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JUNE, 2014 | VOL. 1

June Playlist

These are some tracks that we have not been able to stop listening to over the last month. Some are brand new, some are older, but all of them have been on our playlist.

KINGS OF LEON Beautiful War THE MAINE Visions BRAND NEW Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades MACKLEMORE &RYAN LEWIS Neon Cathedral (ft. Allen Stone) LA DISPUTE Such Small Hands MODERN BASEBALL Your Graduation THE SUMMER SET Someone Like You ARTCTIC MONKEYS Do I Wanna Know? TRANSIT So Long, So Long BEARTOOTH In Between

THE RED THREAT

Brandynn L. Pope

THE GREATEST GENERATION TOUR

REVIEWS

EVEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT

of the show sparked excitement amongst fans. Twitter accounts read, “is this tour even real?”, while others expressed their delight at the number of stops on the tour. Often the schedule of tours this size leave fans disappointed. Complaints such as, “what about this city?” or, “what about this country?” are all too familiar to concert-goers. However, The Greatest Generation manages to escape these as well as talk about unbalance band lists. The show sold out in record time with fans being so desperate for tickets that they roamed past the line-up asking for spare tickets. Others opted to wait by the door to see if there was another way they could get inside. Before beginning their set, Modern Baseball came out to announce themselves as the first band of their tour’s Battle of the Bands. The crowd started bouncing immediately as they opened with “Tears Over Bears”. Guitarist and vocalists Brendan Lukens and Jacob Ewald paused between each song to recount stories from the tour so far, also stopping to ensure the crowd would vote for them in the battle of the bands. They joked with the crowd, reminding them that they were, “Modern Baseball, with two L’s at the end”, and to, “make sure to tell the guy with the big gauges that you came here for Modern Baseball.” Crowd surfing commenced when they played

“Your Graduation”, a song that they just recently released the music video for. Though the venue was relatively small, this didn’t squash the dancing, or the crowd’s exhilaration that remained high throughout the night. Some even managed to make it up on stage with the bands before jumping back down into the sea of music fans. Citizen’s frontman Mat Kerekes provided a highlight when he let his microphone dangle over the crowd, capturing the different voices of fans as they chanted along to tracks like “Sleep.” Dan Lambtom of Real Friends was one of the more energetic frontmen: jumping around enthusiastically and singing with great expression. To match him, bassist Kyle Fasel got into the crowd with fans as he was playing. After this the crowd was able to cool down as the band played “I’ve Given Up On You”. Everyone sang along to this emotionally charged song. Fireworks was up to work the crowd next, holding themselves out over the crowd to perform the lyrics of their songs. They played a plethora of songs off their most recent album Oh, Common Life. While all the bands had perfect energy, it was clear that the entire room was ready and waiting for The Wonder Years. As their song “There, There” started up, only one silhouetting was visible at first

until the lights flashed on and the entire band was revealed. They all yelled in chorus, “I’m sorry I don’t laugh at the right times”, and the crowd went wild. There was never a moment when someone wasn’t surfing the crowd, or jumping off of the stage. The people’s excitement was enough to make Dan “Soupy” Campbell remark that this was almost the most pop-punk show to happen all tour. As the show neared its end, Soupy announced that he was beyond exhausted, and that 10

instead of doing the whole cliché encore routine he was going to step to the side of the stage, try not to get sick, and then after a few moments the crowd was allowed to start calling out for an encore. As he strode off with the rest of the band, the room started to chant back from ten, nine, eight... An amused smirk crossed Soupy’s face as the room rang out together at “one” and everyone began calling for their promised encore. The band picked up their instruments to finish the night with, “I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral.”

While The Wonder Years might have a long while to go before their funeral sells out, they were able to provide an energetic tour for fans of the pop-punk genre. At the very least, they were certainly able to sell out their shows.

ABANDON ALL SHIPS THE BEST PART ABOUT

shows at the Gateway is how welcoming the environment is. Once a show is ready, tables are set up for drinks and people move from the relaxing couches to find a place on the floor. For those too excited for Abandon All Ships to begin performing, a place close to the stage is found much earlier. A sizable crowd had already gathered well before a single member stepped on stage. However, once the band’s intro started playing, people started to pile in, in mass. 12

Bright lights on either side of the stage illuminated the room, flashing to the rhythm of the music. Everyone who had gathered along the stage chanted along to the lyrics; rows of people had their hands in the air, waving them in excitement while anothers found their spot in the pit. Throughout the entire set the energy was kept high. The lights flashed to the beat, hypnotizing the crowd and drawing them further into both the music and the show. The track that really got the

venue in motion was the crowd favorite, “Take One Last Breath”. Abandon All Ships was able to maintain a presence on stage that kept their fans amused and their show amusing. To conclude, these guys are consistently able to draw in a great crowd of people and perform a blistering set.

REVIEWS

INTERVEWS

DELACROIX Delacroix is a four man Post-Hardcore band based out of Calgary/Cochrane Alberta that justrecently released a self-titled EP. Zachary Kerr plays guitar and shares vocals with his brother Jake Kerr, Jordan Rumrill handles the bass guitar and Brandon Yuen rounds out the quartet on the drums.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC AND HOW DID THE BAND, DELACROIX, COME TO BE?

Zach: The band started up when Jake wrote a song with our producer and then Jake showed me, and I was really stoked on the musical direction of it so Jake asked if I wanted to write with him and I said yes of course. Then I recruited my good friend Jordan Rumrill to play bass and help with some writing aspects, and then eventually found Brandon back in January to complete the four piece we have now.

HOW DID YOU GUYS COME UP WITH YOUR NAME?

Zach: Well I was watching Skyfall a year or so back and saw that Delacroix was actually James Bond’s, Mom’s maiden name and have always kept that name in the back of my head for a band name. I found it really interesting for some reason and it turns out it has a couple meanings. In French it means “of the cross” but we are not a Christian band by any means, although we do convey a positive message through our music.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG TO PERFORM?

Our favourite song to perform is the last song on our EP called “Glassed Like Eyes”. Its one of our more punky songs and its a

lot of fun to just go wild on stage. And plus Jordan gets to do a spin move.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

Zach: I have been listening to a wide range of music as of late. I’m a huge Paramore fan: So Paramore’s latest album as well as Periphery and Being as an Ocean’s new record, and I’ve also been rocking out to a lot of Chvrches. Jordan: I can’t get enough of Every Time I Die, Beartooth and Set It Off (shameless plug – Cease & Desist). [Editors Note: Jordan also plays guitar in Cease & Desist]

WHAT DO YOU DO TO RELAX?

Zach: Personally for me, I really like to meditate or go long boarding.

WHO DID YOU SEE AT YOUR FIRST CONCERT? Zach: Billy Talent was my first rock

concert. My dad took me when I was thirteen. It was amazing. I remember that being a huge defining moment when I starting listening to a lot of more rock/punk music.

Jordan: My Mom used to work for a production company and did Avril Lavigne’s TV special and I got to go. Maybe it was foreshadowing to my hatred for Nickleback.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN AUDIENCE MEMBER GIVE YOU THE WILLIES BECAUSE THEY KEPT LOOKING AT YOU ALL WEIRD? Zach: Nah never. If they look at me weird I think, “that’s perfect cause I’ll look at them weird right back.”

Jordan: I had my crotch grabbed once. That was weird.

Jordan: With all the harder music I play live with the two bands, to sit down and write a slow song is really relaxing to me. POP PUNK LOVE BALLADS FOR LIFE!

IF YOU COULD ONLY EAT ONE THING FOR THE NEXT MONTH, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Zach: Easy. Hummus.

Jordan: Zach’s a hippie. Pizza. POP PUNK FOR LIFE!

@delacroixband @delacroixband

Andre Kan

Straight from Newmarket, Ontario, Andre is a twenty-two year old artist who focuses on drawing and painting. Previously, he had spent his time focused on music and creating demos before he found love in mark making at the Ontario College of Art + Design. He is now based in Toronto, Ontario, working hard to show case his work and creating new art consistently.

WHAT DOES BEING “CREATIVE” MEAN TO YOU?

I think being “creative” means having an idea that’s worth sharing. Everyone is creative in their own way, but I think being aware of “being creative”, I guess, means having some love towards mark making, leaving something behind, or something as simple as making a difference for someone. It all sounds pretty cheesy [laughs] but to me, just making something into existence is good enough for me.

HOW DID YOU COME TO DECIDE ON YOUR CURRENT STYLE?

About a year and a half ago! Actually, I’m still a newbie and adjusting to the whole business side of things. But I decided to start a body of work less than two years ago in fourth year at OCAD [Ontario College of Art + Design]. I wanted to make a body of work that was actually worth obsessing about. I mean, I spent a good couple of years painting, but I was never really focused on painting and the possibilities that could come out of it. I was generally too focused on being in a band at the time, playing guitar, and writing/recording crappy demos in my parent’s basement. You know just music and only music. But like most bands, it’s really hard to manage something that requires more than just you, at least, in order for something worthwhile to come out of it. So eventually it was harder and harder to schedule plans that worked with everyone, and finally we all just started doing our own thing. I still play the guitar, not as often as I’d like to, but I totally still listen to our demos. [laughs] Anyways, I had wanted to do something I could totally have full control over and wasn’t afraid to completely immerse myself in. It started in advanced studio in fourth year. I didn’t have the grades to get into the thesis class, so I made the

best of it and tried to paint/research myself as much as I could. This whole style and body of work is really just an extended project I intended on only spending a year or so on to get me through a shitty time in my life. I never would have expected ANY of this to come out of it.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CREATIVE PATTERNS OR RITUALS?

This is kind of a funny story, but a while back I was collaborating on a painting with my buddy and fellow Toronto artist, Chris Perez, and he commented on how I compulsively clean my brushes. I mean, I literally clean every brush after every color. Even after every use. So he totally thought it was weird I kept every brush super clean. I think I even joked to him that I’d be an amazing painting assistant for someone one day, ‘cause I’d even take his brushes/utensils and clean those so it be ready for the next round.It’s really because I’m trying to maintain the purity of the flat colors, so I hated dealing with dirty brushes. Even slightly dirty brushes would leave residue on the painting and I hated that. So for the purpose of this whole project, you can say it’s a ritual.

DID YOU EVER TAKE AND CLASSES FOR ART?

Yes, I took classes when I was young; took the mandatory art credits in high school, and eventually just thought OCAD would be an interesting art school to go to.

ARE THERE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT INSPIRE YOU? Yes. I’m a sucker for music documentaries, romantic comedies, twisted Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy jokes, 7/11 coffee and pizza! Those things inspire me to be creative, and stay motivated everyday. Oh, and James Franco’s ridiculously long education background. I swear I look at that every couple of months.

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doing, stick to it, and try to forget about if people like it or not. to feel self-conscious sometimes. But honestly, if you like what you’re doing, stick to it, and try to forget about if people like it or not. Oh and commitment. I can’t express enough how often I get asked how to get paintings out there and start showcasing, whatever, yet I never see them at shows, and I never see them do new work. So I think a lot of people just say they want it, but not really want it that bad. And truthfully it’s a whole other ball game, especially with art.

HOW DO FRIENDS AND FAMILY RESPOND TO YOUR WORK?

Well I’m really blessed to have such a supportive family, and I know their always going to be there when I need it. My grandma, she’s just the most supportive. Always checking up on my work, helping me out with new ideas, being an angel and all. My friends have always been supportive of my work so its awesome and I’m really lucky to have such an amazing and beautiful girlfriend who’s always helping me out with new work.

DO YOU HAVE A DREAM PROJECT?

Not sure. I’d love for this body of work to grow into something more, and I’d love to show internationally eventually. That would be a dream, to get my work over to the States, UK, and other major cities in the

world. It’s a pretty surreal goal but I’m working at it.

IF YOU DID NOT HAVE YOUR WORK AS AN ARTIST WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Probably go to school for recording & producing. I’d love to get into more recording engineering down the road and eventually go to school for composing/producing. I’ve always wanted to write scores to movies, indie films, shows, etc.

IS THERE ANY ADVICE YOU HAVE TO OTHER ARTISTS TRYING TO SHOW OFF THEIR WORK? Yeah. Stay positive and stay committed. I mean, it’s hard to sometimes, and obviously when it comes to art especially its hard not

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS FINISHED?

I still don’t know if some of my stuff is finished. I’m always working on a couple paintings at a time, so I try not to get too stuck on something. In terms of knowing when certain paintings are good enough to be finished or not, I’d like to think its like… this game of getting out of a “box”, the second you leave a mark on the canvas, you’ve subconsciously created this box your now stuck in and have to work out of. And in order to successfully get out of this box, you need to almost answer these aesthetic questions and concerns through your brush. So the second I get out of this box, usually when everything looks up to par with what I’m expecting… then I’ll know when it’s done.

@andrekan @andrekanart andrekan.com

BECKY

RUSSELL Currently based in Calgary, twenty-three year old Becky Russell is a hardwork from Hinton, Alberta. Russell ing artist originally mediums such as painting works within multiple believes she still has much moand drawing, and re to give to the art community.

simplest â&#x20AC;&#x153; Inof the terms, my goal

is to tell stories with my art

HOW IS THE PROCESS FOR YOU AS YOU’RE MAKING SOMETHING?

The majority of the time I would say I work intuitively. I definitely consider myself a pretty notorious procrastinator, so I tend to leave my art making to the last possible minute, and then I sort of just go at things wildly with everything I have at my fingertips. I also have a really hard time putting something down and picking it back up again. My usual process would be to mull an idea over in my head for a good, long while, and then just sit down and not stop until it’s finished.

ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC THEMES YOU LIKE TO PURSUE?

Narrative, regret, shame, confession, and disguise are big ones that come to mind. I tend to draw a lot of monsters, or anthropomorphic beings, and almost always they’ve got something to say, usually with the help of a speech bubble. Text is a huge theme in my work; I have a fondness for ambiguous phrases and half described intimacies. I’d like to hope I fall somewhere in the realm between humorously grotesque and humanly relatable.

WHAT DO YOUR MASKS MEAN FOR YOU?

I see them as a way to mesh my experience of the real world with the world within my artwork. A couple of close friends and I have started a ‘club’ over the last year, called the Band of Creeps, and we get together every full moon to make masks and have a little party. Just recently, we’ve been developing our own mythos about the Band of Creeps, and we really see it as a way to bring legend, lore, and mystery back into our everyday lives. It’s definitely something that we’re going to be pushing further as an art collective, with its own Tumblr,

I think it would be fair to say that I don’t really balance my time effectively, at all. I don’t know if it’s the pressures of school or if it’s just my own laziness, but I hardly make as much time as I should for sitting down and creating. That’s probably something I admittedly need to focus on the most: setting time aside every day for creative endeavors. When I’m not making art, I’m usually playing video games, surfing the net, or hanging out with my creep pals.

ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE (OR THINGS) THAT INSPIRE YOUR ART?

I find creative people that are directly around me pretty influential, like current work by my Band of Creeps members, or other ACAD artists. A contemporary artist I’m pretty into at the moment would have to be Brian Kokoska, definitely check out his stuff if you haven’t seen it already. And then just everyday conversations and experiences influence my art as well. Things someone has said to me, or things I have said to someone else, might end up in my work. comics, group shows, and hopefully a Zine in the near future. So keep your eyes on my Tumblr for any ‘Creep’ updates.

HOW HAS YOUR ART PROGRESSED OVER TIME?

I think I’ve started to really develop my own visual style. Other than that, I haven’t really strayed in my themes much since I’ve been at 24

ACAD for the last four years. I’ve kind of always been on this route, and been interested in these same themes. I’ve become more aware of the tools I have available to me, and the ways in which I can explore my interests.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO BALANCE YOUR TIME?

IS THERE ANYONE WHO YOU WOULD EVER WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH?

Let’s see… comic book artist Marco Corona, illustrator and graphic novelist Isabel Greenberg, the almighty Hayao Miyazaki (in my dreams), Egon Schiele (if he were alive), Barry McGee, um... I’m sure there are so many others, but that’s all that really comes to

mind off the top of my head. If anybody would like to collaborate, let me know!

WHAT IS YOUR STRANGE HABIT OR QUIRK?

When I press the crosswalk button I press it a bunch of times in a row because I really like the sound.

DO DO HAVE A SPECIFIC GOAL OF WHERE YOU WANT YOURSELF AND YOUR ART TO GO? I’d love to be able to make my own comics, graphic novels, or animations. In the simplest of terms, my goal is to tell stories with my art. Illustration is an avenue I’m looking into as well, but I still haven’t really fleshed out a direct ultimate goal.

IS THERE ANYWHERE YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE YOUR WORK?

Absolutely everywhere. I’d love to see my artwork out in the world, in any way, shape, or form.

WHAT HAS ART CHANGED ABOUT YOUR LIFE?

I don’t really know if it has changed me more than it has shaped me, and smoothed me, and rounded me into the human I am today. Also, it has given me ACAD, the community, and all of the wonderful people I have met through it, which I am so incredibly thankful for. @notincalifornia @redheadpretender

ALBUM REVIEWS THE BLACK KEYS

ALBUM: The Black Keys RELEASE: May 9th, 2014 STAND OUT: In Time AUTHOR: Morgan Fraser

I went in to the new LP of The Black Keys dying to hear the band try something new, and I got it. It is not as raw as their previous albums, it is more clean and refined, but it gave me what I was looking for. Turn Blue has some of the qualities of their previous albums, like El Camino, in the sense that it has a more upbeat vibe to the album. If you were to merge El Camino and Attack & Release, you get Turn Blue. You get the blues sound and feel from Attack & Release, and you get the more dance and upbeat feel from El Camino.

This album as a whole is reminiscent of summer, and I get the sudden urge to go out driving with my windows down. “Fever”, “In Time” and “Weight” of love are probably my three favorite songs on the album Each have a musically relaxed feel and I just can’t get enough. Although this album is not my favorite to come from the Black Keys, it is definitely a good album to throw in to your iTunes library. Especially if you’re going on a road trip or you just need a good cd to put in your car for your trip to and from work.

Each song is able to start off with a soothing melody. You can feel the heart of the musicians in the instruments being played. Season Therapy, the first song released off of the EP, has a catchy structure and is able to have an even flow throughout. Everything is balanced. While the songs hold an aggressive pattern they have this underlined delicate nature to them that shows how they were thoughtfully put together.

itself from how harmonies are handled in different tracks, such as “Serpent” and “L’appel Du Vide.”

DELACROIX

ALBUM: Delacroix RELEASE: April 30th, 2014 STAND OUT: L’appel Du Vide AUTHOR: Brandynn L. Pope

Their album is reminiscent of something Bring Me The Horizon might put together, but separates

As a debut EP, all the tracks are successful and carefully considered. With sincere lyrics and strong musicality, it is worth listening to.

FOXES Louisa Rose Allen, better known by her stage name Foxes, is a British singer and songwriter. She has gone from obscurity to a Grammy winner virtually overnight. She is best known for her feature in Zedd’s track “Clarity” where she lent her vocal talent, but also was included in tracks such as Fall Out Boy’s “Just One Yesterday.”

ALBUM: Glorious RELEASE: January 24th, 2014 STAND OUT: Holding Onto Heaven

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might hear while listening to the radio, and I certainly wouldn’t mind hearing it while I’m driving in my car.

As popular as Foxes has become for her featured work, her debut album Glorious LP is nothing short of the most anticipated pop album of the summer. “Holding On To Heaven” fits seamlessly with other songs one

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Glass Boys Platinum Diet Let The Ocean Take Me The After Party Sparks Lazaretto Real While (1<2) Ultraviolence Brand New Day X Through Art We Are 5 Seconds of Summer

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