THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By The Sheaf September 17, 2009
Erin McDermott is a recent graduate from the U of S fine arts program. She is currently working, painting, travelling and slowly preparing for grad school. Erin sat down for a chat about Joan Mitchell, a modern American abstract artist who has influenced her work and helped her to make sense of her own style.
By Tomas Borsa September 17, 2009
Hailing from New York via Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Ethiopia, Scotland, China, Romania, Japan and Ecuador, Gogol Bordello is what Folkfest would look like if it were run by a gang of bat-wielding anarchists. Gogol Bordello really is the most entertaining show on Earth. I don’t care if Elvis plays a farewell tour with Mozart and Biggie next week ”” they would suck in comparison.
By The Sheaf September 17, 2009
Every song, on their albums of the past five years, tells a story. The characters in these stories live in a whole world of scuzz, booze and a special strain of religious hope. The slang is specific but innately comprehensible. And this, fundamentally, is what makes the Hold Steady great.
By Ishmael N. Daro September 12, 2009
Immaculate Machine released their latest album High On Jackson Hill in April. Since then, Gallupe and his fellow bandmates have been touring sporadically around North America promoting their new material.
“I think that people who are coming in with an open mind are loving it. To me it’s objectively a big step up; it’s sounding great. I’m really excited about playing the new stuff,” said Gallupe.
By Ashleigh Mattern September 11, 2009
When the Indigenous Peoples Program hosted the first Aboriginal Music Festival six years ago, they had no idea how big an event it would become.
The festival started as a fundraiser for the various programs the IPP hosts. They held their first festival at Amigos Cantina with about 100 attendees. However, over the past six years the festival has become its own event; this year’s sixth annual festival on Sept. 10 and 11 will take place at TCU Place and about 2,000 people are expected.
By The Sheaf September 11, 2009
I very much enjoy the first week of school, and it’s not because pick pocketing is so much easier.
No, I like the first week of school because I get to bitch about it to all my friends. C’mon let’s face it: nothing is more satisfying than agreeing to dislike something, right? Don’t you just hate it when someone likes what you dislike, right? Bleh, I hate that, right? Cool, me too, I just know we’re gonna be best friends…
By The Sheaf September 11, 2009
Teenage Fanclub is actually still a band, which makes it a little weird (perhaps unkind?) writing about them in a section called “From the Vault.” They’re even still writing the straightforward power-pop numbers for which they were momentarily famous. Although they have released some electrifying hits since, they have never made an album as powerful, perhaps even esoteric, as 1991’s Bandwagonesque.
By The Sheaf September 10, 2009
If you read only one novel in the upcoming year, make sure it’s The Gargoyle.