Allen HuangThe Wild Hunt Director: Alexandre Franchi Canada, 2009 Geexploitation has been a Hollywood trademark for years. From “Revenge of the Nerds” to “Superbad” to “Fanboys,” even when geeks are the heroes they are still...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Space Labias and complete ridiculousness.
Montreal-based photographer and designer Sofia Ajram is stupidly multi-talented. I’m not sure whether to pay more attention to her photography or her design. But it’s her designs that really stand but to me, because they’re from...
This SxSW, FIVE REDEFINE staff members were on hand, rendering it the biggest SxSW for REDEFINE yet. And because three of us definitely attended many a show together, my top five list definitely shares some commonalities with Tim Vordtriede’s...
Thad McKrakenThe first thing that pops into my mind while listening to this Montreal four-piece’s sophomore effort is, “Who came first, the Priestess or The Sword?” And then I think about how The Priestess And The Sword sounds like a horrible ’80s...
Canadian band Plajia have a video for their song “Kyaan Done,” directed by Adam Owens. It’s only a couple weeks old, and features the wonderful voice of Patrick Pleau, whose record we reviewed here. Reggae-influenced tracks might...
More than a year ago, I was introduced to the raucous electro-indie-punk stylings of Duchess Says. They represented, to me, the perfect hybrid of mainstream dance rock and teen center electro, and in my book, they had the perfect recipe for success...
Singer-songwriters are very rarely my thing, because let’s face it; the majority of them are boring and seem to think that an acoustic guitar, a voice, and minimal songwriting talent are all you need to make it in the music world. Hence, my...