Reading Time: 2 minutesShad is one of the most charismatic and talented rappers working today, and The Old Prince is filled to the brim with entertaining and thought-provoking hip-hop.
Reviews
Reading Time: 3 minutesConvenience Store Woman is a love story, but not in the orthodox sense—this is a love story not between Keiko and her eventual husband, but between herself and the store in which she has worked for 18 years.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSimply put, Devon Welsh’s vocals and lyrics are stunning. His booming baritone voice cuts through the songs’ hazy synth-beds and commands your attention—leaving you no choice, but to listen to him as he spills his soul into your ears.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere has been barter of course, but as Graeber explains, most of the time this was in the context of people who were already familiar with the concept of money, or had low systems of trust. So what preceded money? Another old concept—debt.
Reading Time: 2 minutesVince Staples seamlessly blends the best of rap and electronic music.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe campus’ new Boost app causes problems for users.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you like soft melodic tunes that are at the intersection of genre, you should check out (04:30) Idler.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Get ready to experience the world through Joyce’s eyes in A Portrait.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving only just discovered this absolute gem, I will unashamedly admit that it is the only music I have listened to for a solid week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeciding where to eat doesn’t have to be hard—here’s where to go and where to avoid.
Reading Time: 4 minutesBoth movies take to the screens this summer after long Asian-American film drought.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to its inherently startling nature, dystopian fiction remains an effective way to captivate readers and warn them of the dire repercussions of their actions. However, in Sinclair Lewis’s book It Can’t Happen Here, it is the reader’s inaction that leads to a spiralling series of events.
Reading Time: 7 minutesUndercurrents is a non-mainstream theatre festival in the heart of downtown Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMan of The Woods, released on Feb. 2, encapsulates a wide range of elements, from his signature pop style to the heavy roots of southern soul and country.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPacific Daydream noticeably leans towards a pop-friendly audience. Cuomo and bandmates eschewed power chords in favour of slick production, softer acoustic instrumentation, and electronic samples and effects.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith its fourth season announced for 2018, now is as good as a time as any to look back at what makes this series so memorable.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe quintessential novel of the 1960s that most people have never heard of, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me, is a seminal work of counterculture fiction, and required reading for anyone seriously interested in the Summer of Love.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’re looking for a fun, breezy way to brush up on your Shakespeare before exams roll around, don’t bother dusting off that old Coles Notes pamphlet that’s stashed under your bed. Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed has got you covered.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the end of the day, for someone who defined so much of what it means to be a pop/hip-hop superstar, I think it’s fair to expect more.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPacked with quirky characters, eccentric humour, and plenty of pop culture references, this 1990s cult novel reads like The Omen mixed with Monty Python.
Reading Time: 2 minutesKeys collectively combines her classical piano style with soul, R&B, and hip-hop rhythms to create a masterpiece of eclectic and diverse tracks.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity of Ottawa professor directs haunting love triangle at The Gladstone.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUltimately, Drogas Light is a mixed bag with more highlights than failures, remaining a worthwhile standalone listen for Fiasco’s veteran fans and newcomers alike.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLGBTQ+ reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream met with standing ovation on last night of show.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“… prisons are used to resolve or to hide all sorts of other kinds of social problems, but they don’t actually make communities or people safer.”— Brett Story, director of The Prison in Twelve Landscapes.
