Album Review: When You See Yourself by Kings of Leon
When You See Yourself Kings of Leon RCA Records Label Score: C+ When You See Yourself hails itself as Kings of Leon’s eighth album, but perhaps seven really is a lucky number. It just...
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Noise 101 – CD reviews for Nov. 15
The Killers Battle Born Vertigo Record Following Day and Age, and on the heels of Brandon Flower’s solo work Flamingo, comes Battle Born: an underwhelming album. It’s extremely derivative to say the least....
Noise 101 – CD Reviews for Oct. 18
Chelsea Wolfe Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs Sargent House With a sonic aesthetic that can only be described as “drone folk”, Chelsea Wolfe’s sound finds a fitting imagery for the “once-orphaned...
Calgary actually has lots of stuff to do
Nathan Ross Arts Editor If there is one thing I’m so sick of hearing people say about Calgary, it is that there is nothing to do. Calgary is literally the cultural capital...
Fred Penner delights MRU’s young-at-heart
Famed children’s entertainer jams at The Hub Rachael Frey News Editor The nostalgia was so thick when Fred Penner played The Hub on March 16, you could almost taste it in the...
The Reflector’s guide to the Roughnecks
Tune up on Canada’s national game Pol Nikulin Contributor The Calgary Roughnecks are just beginning the 2012 National Lacrosse League season and have already faced the ups and the downs of a...
The Best of Foo
Grohl and co. burn up ‘Dome Blaine Meller Contributor It was, quite simply, the best, the best, the best, the best of Foo. Foo Fighters, that is. Opening their 160-minute...
Buzzcocks on the line: preview one of Sled Island’s featured bands
A conversation with guitarist/songwriter Steve Diggle of The Buzzcocks By Aysim Parkan The Buzzcocks are one of the original punk rock bands of the early ‘70s having spawned from the same circles...
D-O-Double-G double sucks
By Kevin Rushworth The big Snoopy D-O-double G himself—other wise known as Snoop Dogg—has taught me four lessons through his bangin’ tunes; first off, the self titled father of rap taught me to lay...
‘Necks stronger than expected
by Bryce Forbes The Reflector From nearly missing the playoffs to eyeing the Champions Cup in the course of one season. That’s the path the Calgary Roughnecks are currently on this National Lacrosse League...
