Creative reinvention can be a tricky thing. Artists need to evolve, of course, but sometimes in doing so they move in directions no one else was expecting. For Ryan McPhun, that...
All things considered, it’s amazing that the Helio Sequence still exists at all. The long-running Portland, Oregon-based duo would have been forgiven for calling it a day back in...
Got 27 minutes to kill? If you're a Beach House fan, you might like to spend it watching the band's short film, "Forever Still", which finds it playing outdoors in locations...
Vancouver rapper Cityreal (who was featured in the Straight's Local Motion column a few weeks ago) recent took a trip to Fort McMurray, Alberta, to complete shooting on a video...
Cam SalayWishbone (Independent)
On paper, it looks like a formula for the same sort of Celtic-based world-beat multi-culti stew that the Paperboys have been cooking up for a...
Wake OwlWild Country (Rezolute Music)
Wake Owl’s bio states that the project’s main man, Colyn Cameron, splits his time between here and Portland, Oregon. (This might explain the...
Joel WilloughbyThe Radio Friendly EP (Independent)
If Joel Willoughby is indeed aiming for radio-friendliness with his music, he makes it clear exactly what he means by that on...
My Bloody Valentine
MBV
For years, a new My Bloody Valentine album was sort of like the Apocalypse. Everyone talked about it, and a few were even convinced it was imminent, but...
As if he's on a mission to prove that there's nothing he can't do, unstoppable force of nature Dave Grohl has turned his attention to directing these days. There's his new...
Fans of the weirdo electronica duo the Knife have reason to rejoice. The Swedish act has a new album on the horizon, its first since Silent Shout came out seven years ago. Shaking...
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