Category: Entertainment

Rating: 7 Long gone are the sugary-sweet pop anthems and generic melodies of One Direction’s first album. On their new record, their fifth one to date, the record-breaking quartet prove themselves to be mature and talented singers and songwriters. Made in the A.M., out now since November 13th, is a carefully crafted pop-folk collection of 13 songs (17 on the deluxe edition), and it’s obvious by listening to it that the band has come a long way from the one-dimensional songs of their debut, Up All Night, released nearly four…

It’s hard to imagine Windsor, Ontario is a particularly welcoming place for a metal band. Yet lo and behold, the so-called “City of Roses” has produced a collective of local veterans that are making large crimson waves across the country. The Apex made their first-ever stop in Montreal in late November, where they were given a warm, drunken reception. The band, who compare themselves to acts like Meshuggah and The Dillinger Escape Plan, pride themselves on sheer brutality. Far from being driven by melody, they boast a highly technical brand…

Rating: 7.5/10 Sun Leads Me On is not a particularly apt name for Half Moon Run’s sophomore debut. Far from being guided by a single, distinct vision, the band sound like they’ve entered a period of light experimentation. Which is unusual, since they seemed to have already found a unique sound on 2012’s Dark Eyes, but there are two things that make this clear after one listen. The first is that the instantly recognizable style they cultivated on their debut album is somewhat phased out. Sun Leads Me On is…

The Hypnosis show that took place on Friday October 9th at Vanier’s own auditorium was a blast. Liam Prevost, who also performed on the Just for Laughs stage and in many different countries, put on a great act. The show began at 8 pm, and lasted until 10 pm, and all two hours of the show were filled with cringe worthy, but at the same time, extremely funny moments made possible with the help of the courageous audience members brave enough to take a seat and embrace the power of…

  What if somebody captured the magic of an impromptu jam session, like lightning in a bottle, and then just left it as it was? That’s the modus operandi of Vanier’s Jukebox Ocean and, with their first EP Rivers of Song set to drop sometime in November, it’s interesting to reflect on the spark that ignited this still-young project. When  founding  members  Joseph  Anidjar  and Shayne Assouline first played together in the back mods of Vanier’s music department, there must have been a moment when they realized there was something…

Atomic Café on Ontario Street East is hardly the kind of venue that screams “metal.”; a 1950s nostalgia décor, bizarre works of art hanging from the wall, and the presence of lighting. However, it was the plaster of these very walls that Montreal’s own Vantablack Warship made a mission of dislodging on the 26th of September. The occasion: the October 9th release of their debut self-titled EP, a lukewarm album that shows some metal prowess, but too often feels like a parody of the genre. The band’s members, veterans of…

Though the summer has come to an end, and it may feel like your freedom and amusement has gone with it, it is always a good idea to take a couple of hours every day, for yourself, to simply unwind. To do so, there is virtually no better way, than to watch a movie. Movies are beautiful pieces of art that can take you to a different time or place, stopping you from remembering that you have returned to your dreaded classes. That being said, not just any movie will…