Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own

Tortoise bassist and guitarist Doug McCombs is a multi-instrumentalist based in Chicago, Illinois. He's been a part of many notable projects over the years, such as Eleventh Dream Day, Brokeback and Pullman, Most recently, McCombs released an album called Sycamore, a duo effort with inventive guitarist/improvised noise artist, David Daniell.... Read More

Mary, we love the fact that you're happy ― no more drama ― and that your personal issues seem to be a thing of the past. Trouble is, your pain was what fuelled your passion. It's the reason why What's the 411 was a classic, and why subsequent albums were usually measured by whethe... Full Review

If you've ever wondered why Toronto's first wave punk scene lacks the oral histories, band biographies, and memoirs pouring out of similar scenes, Treat Me Like Dirt is for you — as evidenced by a first printing selling out a week before its release. "I didn't know that any of this had happened the way I knew that New York and London had these great punk movements," says author Liz Worth.... Read More

Taking a break at about the halfway mark of director Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama, The Hurt Locker, I realized my jaw was sore. I had been unconsciously clenching it from the first moment of The Hurt Locker, which chronicles a three-man team of explosives ordinance disposal (bomb s... Full Review