Album review: Anywhere but here
Anywhere but Here
Mayday Parade
Atlantic Records
Mist, blood and snow at CUAG
In spite of its title, the exhibition Climats (Climates) it is not a call to action about climate change, its artist explained during a talk at the Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) Sept. 26.
“It is just to drive attention,” Montreal artist Jocelyne Alloucherie said. “It is not political.”
“This is a call to reflection,” CUAG curator Diana Nemiroff said, adding that audiences already know what actions to take.
Christina Maria’s musical eurotrip
For Christina Maria, her most recent European tour was a little bit like going home.
“My mom has 72 first cousins, many of them in Holland, so a lot of family comes out to my shows and that’s something really special to me,” the Swiss-Canadian explained.
Maria released her second album, Straight Line, this past February.
The tour’s European setting is fitting, given the international production of the album, which she said shaped her sound and the record as a whole.
Game review: Halo: Reach
Halo: Reach
Developed by Bungie
Xbox 360
As Bungie’s last addition to the Halo universe, Halo: Reach has to be the pinnacle of a decade of long, hard work.
Starting with Halo: Combat Evolved in 2001 and culminating with this game, Bungie has done the gaming community a great service.
Film review: Get Low
Get Low
Directed by Aaron Schneider
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Robert Duvall, whose first film role was as Boo Radley in 1962’s To Kill a Mockingbird, returns to his reclusive roots in Get Low. He plays Felix Bush, a hermit who has been living isolated in the woods for the past 40 years, and through town folklore has become a bogeyman figure in the eyes of young and old.