Cover Story
Tegan & Sara Sisters of Mercy
Front Five
Green History
Sufjan Stevens' Inner State
Points
The Baroness Reaction
The Nocturnal Emissions of the XX
Fuck Buttons' Surprise
Little Girls Didn't See It Coming
The Creepshow's Endless Road
Todor Kobakov's Classical Gas
Questionnaire
King Khan
Release Dates
New and Forthcoming Release Dates In Canada All information is tentative and subject to sudden change
Timeline
Slayer Reign Supreme
Video Games
The Brütal Legend of Tim Schafer
Conversations
Eugene Mirman
Former MuchMusic VJ Michael Williams
Ian McCulloch of Echo & the Bunnymen
Sufjan Stevens
Swollen Members
The Avett Brothers
Aggressive Tendencies
The Accused - The Curse Of Martha Splatterhead
Anvil - This Is Thirteen
Armed For Apocalypse - Defeat
Austrian Death Machine - Double Brutal
The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
Bleeding Fist - Bestial Kruzifix666ion
Burning Love - Burning Love
Candiria - Toying With the Insanities, Volume One
Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes
Construcdead - Endless Echo
Converge - Axe to Fall
Crucifist - Demon Haunted World
Despite - In Your Despite
The Destro - Harmony Of Discord
Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity
Eyes Set to Kill - The World Outside
Faust Again - The Trial
The Gates Of Slumber - Hymns Of Blood And Thunder
Gorod - Process of a New Decline
Hands - Creator
Inhale Exhale - Bury Me Alive
Loom - Selva Molhada
The M.E.M.O.R.Y. Lab - Modern Expressing Machines of Revolutionary Youth
Molotov Solution - The Harbinger
Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us — Death Unites Us
Power Pellut - Power Pellut
The Psyke Project - Dead Storm
Red Chord - Fed Through the Teeth Machine
Revocation - Existence Is Futile
The Sign of The Southern Cross - …Of Mountains and Moonshine
Skeletonwitch - Breathing The Fire
Struck By Lightning - Serpents
Trapped Under Ice - Secrets of the World
Your Demise - Ignorance Never Dies
Beats & Rhymes
Amanda Blank - I Love You
Awol One & Factor - Owl Hours
Blue Scholars - OOF!
Crown City Rockers - The Day After Forever
Drake - So Far Gone
Empire - Get It
Junclassic - Imaginary Enemies
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day
King Reign - Reign Music
KO - Let’s Blaze
La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust
La Coka Nostra - A Brand You Can Trust
Latte D. Kyd - Meanwhile...
OK Cobra - Delirium Tremens
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
Warren G - The G Files
Destination Out
Fay Victor Ensemble - The Freesong Suite
Jessica Pavone - Songs of Synastry and Solitude
Mem 1 - +1
Michael Farley - Grain
Örjan Sandred - Cracks and Corrosion
Frequencies
2562 - Unbalance
Bart Skils / Various - VOLTT 001
Broadcast & The Focus Group - Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
Data - Skywriter
Deadmau5 - For Lack of a Better Name
Demdike Stare - Symbiosis
Dinky - Anemik
Dixon / Various - Temporary Secretary
DJ/Rupture & Matt Shadetek - Solar Life Raft
Ethernet - 144 Pulsations of Light
Harmonia & Eno ’76 - Tracks and Traces
Ivan Smagghe / Various - Live at Robert Johnson
Kaito - Trust
Liar’s Rosebush - Thank-You Machines!
Luciano - Tribute to the Sun
Minus 8 - Slow Motion
Motor - Metal Machine
Mungolian Jet Set - We Gave It All Away, and Now We’re Taking It Back
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
Parov Stelar - Coco
Poirier - Run The Riddim
Redshape - The Dance Paradox
Tama Sumo / Various - Panorama 02
Variant - The Setting Sun
Various - Trapez 100
Various - Snuggle & Slap
Vladislav Delay - Tummaa
Way Out West - We Love Machine
Groove
Amanda Martinez - Amor
Capade - Dno’t Say It Mihgt Maen Somehitng
Casey Foubert & James McAllister - Library Music Series Volume 3: Music For Drums
King Tubby & The Clancy Eccles All Stars - Sound System International Dub
Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate
Mr. Anonymous - Mr. Anonymous 2
Pax Nicholas and the Nettey Family - Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - 11:11
Sarazino - Ya Foy!
Shantel - Planet Paprika
Various - Well Hung
Various - The Sound Of Wonder
Various - Si Para Usted 2
No Future
Brand New - Daisy
Broadway - Kingdoms
The City and Skyway - Everything Looks Worse In Black and White
Dig It Up - Magnets
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Hostage Life - Centre Of The Universe
Impediments - Impediments
Loom - Selva Molhada
Orphan Choir - Orphan Choir
Over Stars and Gutters - Consider This Your Curse
Perth - Perth
Sedatives - Sedatives
Transit - Stay Home
The United Sons of Toil - Until Lions Have Their Historians, Tales of the Hunt Shall Always Glorify The Hunter
Pop Rocks
A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
Abernethy - The World Outside The Window
After the Weather - By Flashing Lights and True Love
Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty
The Black Crowes - Before The Frost…
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
Broken Bricks - Pasquale
Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath
Darlings - Yeah I Know
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man’s Bones
Dishwasher / Cotton Mouth - Dishwasher / Cotton Mouth
Do Make Say Think - Other Truths
Early Day Miners - The Treatment
Experimental Dental School - Forest Field
The Fresh & Onlys - Grey-Eyed Girls
Fun. - Aim and Ignite
Girl Loves Distortion - You Better Run, Your Highness
Grass - Rogue Waves
Grooms - Rejoicer
The Happy Hollows - Spells
Julie Fader - Outside In
Kill the Lights - Fog Area
La Roux - La Roux
Left Lane Cruiser - All You Can Eat
Liam Finn & Eliza Jane - Champagne In Seashells
Lights - Rites
Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown
Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown
Manvils - The Manvils
Matthew Good - Vancouver
Mocky - Saskamodie
Moneen - The World I Want To Leave Behind
Music Go Music - Expressions
Music Go Music - Expressions
Nutsak - Failed Musician
Octoberman - Fortresses
Picastro - Become Secret
Polvo - In Prism
Reigning Sound - Love and Curses
Rubik - Dada Bandits
So Cow - So Cow
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio
The Swell Season - Strict Joy
The Temper Trap - Conditions
Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
Various - Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy
White Rainbow - New Clouds
Why? - Eskimo Snow
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
York Redoubt - York Redoubt
Wood, Wires & Whiskey
16 Horsepower - Secret South
Alana Levandoski - Lions and Werewolves
Arlo Guthrie - Tales Of ‘69
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
Bottle Rockets - Lean Forward
Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - Let’s Just Stay Here
The Dustin Bentall Outfit - Six Shooter
Glad Hearts - The Oak and the Acorn
John Fogerty - The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
Lisa o Piu - When This Was The Future
Lisa O’Neill - Partner
Nine Mile - Country Porno Electric Fireplace
One Hundred Dollars - My Father’s House
The Pines - Tremolo
Spring Breakup - Spring Breakup
Terri Clark - The Long Way Home
Tim Buckley - Live At The Folklore Center, NYC — March 6, 1967
Tom Russell - Blood And Candle Smoke
Various - Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes
Various - Things About Comin’ My Way: A Tribute To The Music Of The Mississippi Sheiks
Various - Come O Spirit: Anthology of Hymns and Spiritual Songs Vol. 1
The Warped 45s - 10 Day Poem For Saskatchewan
Concert Reviews
Anti-Pop Consortium Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON October 4
Brasstronaut / An Horse Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC September 23
Butthole Surfers / Psychic Ills Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC October 12
Echo & the Bunnymen Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, ON October 20
Elliott Brood / The Wooden Sky Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC October 7
Every Time I Die / Bring Me the Horizon / Architects Kool Haus, Toronto ON, October 9
Gaslight Anthem / Murder By Death / Jesse Malin / Broadway Calls Kool Haus, Toronto, ON October 13
Grizzly Bear Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC October 14
Islands Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC October 20
Jay-Z / N.E.R.D. / Wale Saddle Dome, Calgary, AB October 15
Kylie Minogue Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, October 9
Mirah / Norfolk and Western The Mod Club, Toronto, ON October 6
Obituary / Goatwhore / Krisiun / The Berzerker / Warbringer The Opera House, Toronto, ON September 25
Porcupine Tree / King's X Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, ON September 30
Rain Machine / Sharon Van Etten Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON October 19
School of Seven Bells / The Depreciation Guild Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, October 9
Sufjan Stevens Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ON October 1
The Manvils / The British Columbians / The Capitals The Venue, Vancouver, BC, October 15
The Scenics / The Big Bend Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, ON October 14
Wavves / Little Girls / Ganglians / Tonstartssbandht Friendship Cove, Montreal, QC September 23
Pop Montreal
AIDS Wolf Montreal, QC October 2
Amy Millan Montreal, QC September 30
Destroyer Montreal, QC October 2
Duchess Says Montreal, QC October 2
Faust Montreal, QC October 3
Fever Ray Montreal, QC October 1
Hunx and His Punx Montreal, QC September 30
Jay Reatard Montreal, QC September 30
Os Mutantes Montreal, QC October 3
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks Montreal, QC October 2
Thee Oh Sees Montreal, QC October 3
Yo La Tengo Montreal, QC October 2
DVD Reviews
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show: The Complete Series
Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season
Two and a Half Men: The Complete Sixth Season
Mr. Belvedere: The Complete Third Season
One Tree Hill: The Complete Sixth Season
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Second Season
Fringe: The Complete First Season
One Step Beyond: Official First Season & 50th Anniversary Special Edition
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles The Complete Second Season
The Transformers Season Two, Volume One
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency: The Complete First Season
Jackass: The Lost Tapes
The Office: Season Five
Fame: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2
The Mentalist: The Complete First Season
Tales from the Darkside: The Second Season
Adoration - Directed by Atom Egoyan
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil - Directed by Sacha Gervasi
Assassination of a High School President - Directed by Brett Simon
Audition [Blu-Ray] - Directed by Takashi Miike
Away We Go - Directed by Sam Mendes
Blood on the Flat Track - Directed by Lainy Bagwell and Lacey Leavitt
Blood: The Last Vampire - Directed by Chris Nahon
Dark Country - Directed by Thomas Jane
Degrassi Goes Hollywood - Directed by Stefan Brogren
Drag Me To Hell - Directed by Sam Raimi
Drag Me To Hell - Directed by Sam Raimi
Easy Virtue - Directed by Stephan Elliott
Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past - Directed by Mark Waters
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Directed by Carlos Saldanha and Mike Thurmeier
L’Heure D’ete (Summer Hours) - Directed by Oliver Assayas
Medicine for Melancholy - Directed by Barry Jenkins
Munyurangabo - Directed by Lee Isaac Chung
My Fair Lady - Directed by George Cukor
My Life in Ruins - Directed by Donald Petrie
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! - Directed by Mark Hartley
Observe and Report [Blu-Ray] - Directed by Jody Hill
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins [Blu-Ray] - Directed by Bryan Levant
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut [Blu-Ray] - Directed by Trey Parker
State of Play - Directed by Kevin MacDonald
The Brothers Bloom - Directed by Rian Johnson
The Dark Crystal [Blu-Ray] - Directed by Frank Oz & Jim Henson
The End of the Line - Directed by Rupert Murray
The Girlfriend Experience [Blu-Ray] - Directed by Steven Soderbergh
The Meerkats - Directed by James Honeyborne
Three Monkeys - Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma - Directed by Patrick Reed
Trick ‘r Treat [Blu-Ray] - Directed by Michael Dougherty
Tulpan - Directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy
Un Conte de Noel (A Christmas Tale) - Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead - Directed by Declan O’Brien
Film Reviews
A Serious Man - Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
An Education - Directed by Lone Scherfig
Cairo Time - Directed by Ruba Nadda
Capitalism: A Love Story - Directed by Michael Moore
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant - Directed by Paul Weitz
Coco Avant Chanel - Directed by Anne Fontaine
Couples Retreat - Directed by Peter Billingsley
Dead Snow - Directed by Tommy Wirkola
Good Hair - Directed by Jeff Stilson
Law Abiding Citizen - Directed by F. Gary Gray
Pandorum - Directed by Christian Alvart
Surrogates - Directed by Jonathan Mostow
The Burning Plain - Directed by Guillermo Arriaga
The Invention of Lying - Directed by Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinson
The Invention of Lying - Directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson
Tom Hooper - The Damned United
Toy Story & Toy Story 2 Double Feature in Disney Digital 3-D - Directed by John Lasseter
Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day - Directed by Mike Clattenburg
Where the Wild Things Are - Directed by Spike Jonze
Whip It - Directed by Drew Barrymore
Zombieland - Directed by Reuben Fleischer
Music DVD Reviews
Little Feat - Skin It Back
Spesh K - 90209
Videogames Reviews
Beatles Rock Band [Multi-platform]
NHL 10 / 2K10 [Multi-platform]
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves [PS3]
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 [Multi-platform]
Need to Know
Transmission 2009 We're Discussing Art, So Where Are the Artists?
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