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SATANIC PANIC
SYLVANA D’ANGELO DREAMS UP THE DEVIL In the 1980s and ’90s, there were Satanists. They listened to Metallica or Marilyn Manson. They lived in Tallahassee, or Mobile, or some other shit city. They...
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LAPALUX
A SYNTHETIC FUTURE On September 22nd, 2011, Flying Lotus signed English producer Lapalux to his L.A.-based label, Brainfeeder. Brainfeeder is known for its experimental, beat-driven sound which is...
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BLACK PUSSY
INTERPRETERS OF ANOTHER DIMENSION Black. Pussy. Two words that, when strapped together, get everyone’s neurones firing off in every direction. A band that will throw you into a heavy rock haze. Out of...
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DAD ROCK DIALOGUES – MAY 2014
WITH BITTER FICTIONS Parents, like all artists of every discipline, never know what the final result will be when you start the journey. Your children, the most precious piece of art, more often than...
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SHAWN HUNT AND ‘ARTIFAKES’
Shawn Hunt work “Flipping the Bird” TAKING BACK THE TOTEM POLE Five years ago, Shawn Hunt picked up a paintbrush for the first time. Since then, Shawn has progressed as an artist with remarkable speed...
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BUTTER
SLED ISLAND ART FUNDRAISER DEBUTS THIS MONTH It’s getting to that time of year again: Calgary’s biggest live music festival, a weekend of bike riding, film, comedy and art lovers, is only a month away....
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GENDER FAILURE
THE UNCHARTED WORLD OF RETIREMENT FROM BINARY GENDER IDENTITY Growing up, nursery rhymes taught the majority of us about what little girls and boys are made of, but what about people who identify as...
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CULVER CITY SALADS
THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO LETTUCE SINCE RANCH DRESSING Be it peanut butter and jam pasta, meatloaf ramen, or microwave grilled cheese, everyone has a signature dish they countlessly fall back on meal...
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KEEPIN’ IT SLEAZY – MAY 2014
A quick search on Google for “rules in your sex life” returns a cool 121 million results. The sources of this wealth of advice range from sites devoted exclusively to bagging a husband to WebMD and...
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GROWING CITIES
PLANTING THE SEEDS OF URBAN FOOD SECURITY Three-and-a-half years ago, Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette ventured out on a road trip across America to find a seed of positivity amidst a field of...
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KATHLEEN HANNA GUEST CURATOR APPEARANCE FOR SLED ISLAND 2014 CANCELLED
THE JULIE RUIN FRONTLADY UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR LYME DISEASE The eighth annual Sled Island Music & Arts Festival will be going on without its guest curator this year, due to The Julie Ruin...
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FAILING
THE APPLE IN THE PIG’S MOUTH, SELF-RELEASED Vancouver’s Failing start their debut LP off with a blast, falling in line with their self-described aesthetic of ‘doom-laden noise’, but continued...
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NO MORE MOMENTS
LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY The number of active bands based out of Calgary these days is staggering. The city has become a hub for some of Alberta’s finest talent. What people need to be aware of,...
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CHEF
Within the last several years, director Jon Favreau has gone down the big-budget directorial route. He kicked off Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the critically acclaimed film Iron...
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PALO ALTO
WORTH THE VISIT BUT DOESN’T MEAN YOU’D WANT TO LIVE THERE In Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto, youth drift through the washed-out paradise, searching for something intangible. There is no linear narrative but...
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FADING GIGOLO
A FILM THAT NEVER QUITE GETS THERE The central conceit of Hollywood polymath John Turturro’s fifth effort in his side gig as director seems inherently comedic. In an effort to support themselves after...
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KYOKTYS
AT THE THRESHOLD Local death metal faction, KYOKTYS, formed in mid-2010 thanks to a flurry of ideas centralized around the goal of creating an original and brutal project. Their 2010 debut EP, A River...
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CHRONOBOT
DROP OUT OF LIFE Channeling the cosmic, phase-shifted frequencies of space rock overlords, Hawkwind, and the psychedelic stoner grooves of desert icons, Kyuss, while adding their own interstellar hurly...
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PANZERFAUST
THE VAST, COSMIC ARENA “I always find it hard to explain to people, what is the goal, what is the exact philosophy behind Panzerfaust.” So says co-band founder and guitarist, Kaizer, of the...
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FAIRY TALES 2014: TO BE TAKEI
Jennifer M. Groot’s documentary is a campy, entertaining film that explores George Takei’s personal history and career spanning five decades, as well as his loving relationship with his husband, Brad...
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