Is: Danny Vacon of The Dudes

Danny Vacon, frontman for The Dudes, one of Calgary's most beloved and enduring rock and roll institutions, answers some questions in the present tense. Read More

Music

Royal Canoe review R. Kelly’s Black Panties

P: “I’m going downtown. Do it til your legs are shaking” Hmmmm.. S: So downtown here would possibly be a metaphor... P: He’s probably not going to Portage and Main. Read More

Arts & Life, Music

Is: Wally Clark

A present tense interview with Wally Clark, co-founder of Gummy Soul. Read More

Music

Mahogany Frog review Lady Gaga

A prog-rock review of Artpop: "It’s like a volume of “Dick and Jane” with a page or two missing, bound in a tapestry of saffron and mermaid hymens." Read More

Music

Chic Gamine review Avril Lavigne

I actually used to really connect to her music. The connection involved a Friday night, her music, and 8th grade me shedding silent tears whilst staring at boys names in my junior high school phonebook. Read More

Music

Arcade Fire think Winnipeg is in Saskatchewan

Does the band believe Premier Brad Wall will go on a power-mad expansionist rampage? Read More

Music

Greatest ever use of Burton Cummings sample?

Chivas and Kream play tonight at the Windsor. This is likely to be one of the many costumes they appear in. [youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4_QyrcWk8w”] Read More

Music

The Unbelievable Bargains review Arcade Fire’s Reflektor

The first in a new series on the Spectator Tribune in which local artists review big album releases. Read More

Arts & Life, Music

Is: L’Orange

L’Orange is an artist who shrouds himself in mystery as much as he shrouds his music in layers of narrative, ambiance and evocative nostalgia. He agreed to answer a few questions in the present tense. Read More