The Return of the Epigraph.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.
-From “Transmission” by Joy Division
UKULA’s monthly DJ party at Andy Poolhall (489 College St, Toronto) is happening again this Friday, August 7th. Indie [...]
A last look at an iconic venue.
Words by Scott Tavener Photo by Lucia Graca
Music is a peripatetic endeavour. Bands traipse stages and cross land, falling in and out of favour, proverbially burning brightly and fading out. Each one is tacitly terminal, most with expiry dates looming not long after inception. Usually, venues have longer shelf [...]
UKULA photographer Walid Lodin captures Day 2 at Toronto’s 2008 edition of Virgin Fest, complete with a couple shots of the Gallagher assault melee.
UKULA photographer Walid Lodin captures the festivities at Toronto’s Virgin Festival 2008.
A completely surreal clip of actor Ben Kingsley posing as Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye for a spin through “Minor Threat.”
Sir Ben Kingsley STOMPS into the shoes of Minor Threat’s Ian MacKaye from Mean Magazine on Vimeo.
Vancouver glam popsters mount a slick rebellion
words: Ian Gormely
I always wondered how kids with hippie parents rebelled. Drum circles and socialist ideals don’t really leave much room to move on the left, and smoking pot is more “joining the family business” than “act of defiance.” My guess is they all turn into Alex P. [...]
Okkervil River’s follow up to last year’s critically revered The Stage Names
words: Scott Tavener
Like a banjo before a river trip, orchestral interludes set an ominous tone; so do pictures of skulls (excluding Appetite for Destruction, of course). Okkervil River’s The Stand Ins begins with both, care of introduction, “Stand Ins, One,” and bones-emblazoned album art. [...]
Trick Ponies and Kate Bush: Ra Ra Riot’s September 4th showing at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern
words: Scott Tavener
Toward the end of Ra Ra Riot’s uneven though oft-compelling Horseshoe set, an attendee yelled out, “play ‘Ghosts Under Rocks’ again.” “We’re not a one trick pony,” responded front-man Wes Miles. And then the band launched into its second [...]
Leeds 2008 delivers enough mud and talent to rival even Glastonbury
words/images: Heather Parry
The one thing Leeds festival has always held over the more illustrious Glastonbury weekend is not something it has, but something that it doesn’t have: the mud. Ok, so there’s been the odd shower and subsequent smattering of the brown stuff, but here [...]
A surprising conversation with Moby
words: Chris Bilton
The entity that is Moby has long been a polarizing presence in the pop world. Love him or hate him, there’s no denying his influence and success as a producer, remixer, DJ, writer, performer and even apprehensive activist. After the turn-of-the-century success of his commercial masterpiece Play, Moby’s been [...]
