Arts

The Coca Cola Case, a controversial documentary alleging Coke’s involvement in the deaths of Columbian union leaders, has re-sparked interest amongst Carleton student associations seeking a boycott of Coca-Cola’s exclusivity contract with Carleton, which makes them the only pop distributor on campus.

“The movie was amazing to connect the dots of all the student activists who want to join this cause,” explained Carleton student Katie Lloyd, a founder of the petition.

The Charlatan (TC): The sound on your new album represents a bit of a departure from earlier records. Were there any specific reasons for that?

Alex Norman (AN): Nothing really, it was the second studio record we wanted to make.  We liked All Day with It, but I think it was a bit too bright, a bit too polished. Considering

Contra

Vampire Weekend

XL Recordings

Stars: 3/5

The sophomore release can be a daunting task for any band, and Vampire Weekend is no exception.

In fact, with its 2008 self-titled debut making the band a household name, this New York indie-pop quartet had their work cut out for them.

This February, Ottawa’s urban landscape will be yarn-bombed by a locally based craft and music troupe, Spins and Needles, as part of citywide Winterlude festivities.

Jason Pelletier and Melanie Yugo collaborated to combine their two passions, mixing beats and craft making respectively, for the Ottawa-based art-DJ ensemble, Spins and Needles.

The tight-knit couple marry their arts into a unique experience hosted monthly in Canada and abroad, binding together not just their knacks but people as well.

The members of Boxhands, an Ottawa-based three piece band, joke that the most common interpretation of their name is something dirty, but insist this wasn’t their intention.

One member commented that the name reminds him of a cartoon of robots with box hands, while another said, “I like the irony of a band with boxes for hands and how useless that would be.”