Arts

Someone For Everyone
Directed by Patrick Gauthier
Arts Court Theatre

For those who have watched Woody Allen agonize over romantic relationships in films like Manhattan or Annie Hall, a play like Someone For Everyone may seem a little unoriginal. Boy meets girl, boy is passively rejected, boy spends life agonizing over girl/girls in general.

Smile Kid
We the Kings
S-Curve Records

We the Kings’ sophomore album, Smile Kid, isn’t a horrible record by power-pop standards, but it won’t knock your socks off either. By all rights, it’s fairly standard fare from the ever more popular power-pop sub-genre.

A Thousand Suns
Linkin Park
Warner Bros. Records

Linkin Park is dead. As a band who based their whole sound on one guy whining, followed by another guy angrily rapping about what the first guy whined about, Linkin Park’s death can only be seen as a good thing.

But through their death, they have risen like a phoenix from the ashes to be reborn. In doing so, they have crafted an album nearly as mythical as the journey itself.

Despite two albums, several singles and a 2010 Juno nomination, Down With Webster vocalist Bucky Seja said he hasn’t really changed since middle school.

“I still dress the same, I still listen to the same music, I’m still rapping,” he said.

The Toronto band came together for a middle school talent show and have stuck together since.

Down with Webster played the Capital Music Hall Sept. 18 as part of their North American tour to promote their new album Time to Win, Pt. 2.

Even speaking over the telephone, Renée Yoxon’s voice is smooth, calm and poised — a voice that is becoming ever more popular among the Ottawa jazz scene.

Music, more specifically her singing, has taken her through her schooling years and is propelling her forward as a recognizable talent among Ottawa’s vibrant arts community. Yoxon, like all musicians, had to start somewhere.