Articles by Star DT

Old Time Relijun

Lost Light

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Throw that guitar-fuelled late ’70s funk punk sound against a wall so it explodes a little. The sound of the mess would probably remind you...

Les Mouches

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

This could have been a disaster. Three Toronto indie rock boys from relatively disparate parts of the inter-genre map throw their out-there...

Mirah

C'mon Miracle

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Like the first red buds on the tips of the nude spring trees, Mirah returns with her third solitary record; it’s a tiny burst that makes a...

Echoes of Forgotten Places: Urban Exploration, Industrial Archaeology and the Aesthetics of Decay

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

A snail's pace crawl through the usually exciting world of urban exploration, Echoes effectively reduces the practice to an extremely borin...

Various

Kill Rock Stars Video Fanzine III

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

It has been five years since the last KRS Video Fanzine, which was on old time-y VHS, but it's still a great idea. Acting as equal parts la...

Scout Niblett

Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON — August 1, 2005

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

There's really no denying it now: grunge came back, at least a bit. And okay, even if it's just alive in Niblett's Kidnapped by Neptune rec...

Billy Corgan

The Future Embrace

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

Billy Corgan is such a weird Gen-X goth, new age yoga hippie. His first solo effort is a lot of things, lame above all, but also so earnest...

Gene Defcon

Throw Up and Die

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

He's so eerily like a slightly more punk and American version of the World Provider, it's amazing. Gene Defcon's endless 46-track album app...