As one of the hardest working men in comics, Ed Brisson seems to always be juggling a number of promising projects. We chatted with the gritty Vancouverite earlier this year about his trippy super hero epic The Mantle so we were happy to talk to him again about his new urban noir work The Violent. Where The Mantle was a […]
No Rest for the Weary: Heavy Steps’ Trash Object EP is Sleep Deprived Pop
After a certain point, sleep deprivation tends to make me feel like I’m submerged in something, like dream physics have bled into the real world. A lot of times, when I hear music that would be considered “dreamy,” it feels closer to that effect than what I would consider anything dream oriented– dreams are places […]
The Courtneys – “Social Anxiety”
That bass starts and I freak out a bit because my brain instantly goes “Mclusky?!” as though that’s a totally normal response to a few guttural, sloppily plucked bass notes. Then every other piece of the band pops in and fuck, “Social Anxiety” no longer requires a reflex inspired by a fucked up Welsh thug […]