Cadence Weapon
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
Cadence Weapon is talking about something called “super rap,” new Shad music has appeared, and The Dears‘ Murray Lightburn is putting out a solo album.
To read the column, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
LCBO Store
One of the biggest stories in Ontario this week wasn’t about Toronto’s allegedly crackhead mayor Rob Ford, or the fundamentally sketchy behavior of two Conservative Senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin, it was the serious-business worry about whether we’d be able to buy liquor over this Victoria Day long weekend. This, because the LCBO was poised to go on strike.
As such, Sarah wrote a couple stories about this phenomenon for Huffington Post Music Canada. The first takes us through all the stages of grief in realizing that you’re going to run out of booze, all set to mostly-Canadian music.
The second, written after the LCBO strike was averted, contemplates those same stages of grief, but hey, we don’t have to worry about it now, so let’s get shit-faced.
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Oil Sands Karaoke
People have a lot of preconceptions about the ground zero of the oil sands, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Like, that it’s an obscenely expensive city surrounded by gaping wounds in the earth filled with endless pits of toxic slurry. Then there are the workers in the patch, who, to be charitable, don’t have a reputation of cultural refinement.
So when Sarah found out about a documentary film called Oil Sands Karaoke, which investigates a fascinating little art bubble amidst this massive industry, she had to talk to some of the people involved.
To read her interview with director Charles Wilkinson and perhaps For McMurray’s only drag queen (and openly gay citizen) Iceis Rain, head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
Chad VanGaalen
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
This week we check in on how Chad VanGaalen‘s animation sideline is going, get travel tips from Dan Mangan and learn about another headlining Feist event.
To read the column, go here.
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Alias
One of our favourite events is the annual documentary film festival Hot Docs in Toronto.
This year Sarah went deep in her coverage of some of the films. Of particular interest was Alias, a film that followed some decidedly un-Drake rappers as they struggled to pursue their art.
The resulting story can be found over at Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 