Arctic Monkeys + Smith Westerns // 10-1-11 // Walker
Photo by Andrew Mazurak at the Walker in Winnipeg. The Arctic Monkeys came through Winnipeg with Chicago's Smith Westerns at...
Frank Turner + the Andrew Jackson Jihad + Into It, Over It // WECC, 10.21.11
by Sheldon Birnie Once in a while, a rock n roll show is just perfect. It takes you for a...
Talk – Action = 0 – Canadian punk legends hit the road again
By Sheldon Birnie Over 30 years after forming Canadian political hardcore pioneers D.O.A., band leader Joe “Shithead” Keithley is back...
Hillbilly Highway – Gettin’ loose with Those Darlins
by Sheldon Birnie Those Darlins are a group of three babes and one sweet dude who rock. The formula is...
Son Lux – We Are Rising
The world seems to expand like breath in a bubble with the first note of Son Lux’s sophomore album. The...
AMEN DUNES – Through Donkey Jaw
Arriving to the party a tad late, I’ve since become a member of the church of Amen Dunes. Damon McMahon’s...
Alpha Couple – WHNZ:27:NJNYC
After their departure from Winnipeg, Alpha Couple conceived this album on the road. Driving/touring/vacationing/living/playing somewhat directionless, Jax and Wohlgemuth eventually...
TERRA LIGHTFOOT – Terra Lightfoot
A sleeping wolf, a feisty wolf – what album art could better depict the nature of Terra Lightfoot’s eponymous debut?...
Napalm Death – Brutalizing
Photo via U-Zine.org By Kevin Strang Napalm Death to brutal music is the equivalent of your parents’ genitals to your...
Tim Hoover – Should Have Grabbed More Napkins
By Adrienne Yeung
I know you’ve heard/seen Dj Co-op around town sometime, somewhere – perhaps DJing at Grippin’ Grain, or as half of the Co-op/Hunnicut duo. But less ubiquitous is the name of the man behind the turntable. Meet Tim Hoover and his most recent project, which is a huge departure from hip-hop beats you might hear him spinning on any other night. He’s created 60 minutes of richly layered instrumental music, stirring together lost-and-found samples with his own compositions. The day after his album listening party at the Planetarium, we got away from the heat and the traffic at Bar Italia to talk about recording under his own name this time to produce this totally different sounding album, More Napkins.