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Jason Rankin Lance Writer PATRICK WATSON Adventures In Your Own Backyard (Secret City Records / Domino) Patrick Watson’s fourth album Adventures In Your Own Backyard offers a relaxing experience for music fans. It combines indie rock with soft falsetto vocals and the lull of piano, plus the occasional Spanish twist tossed into the musical salad. The album starts with “Lighthouse,” featuring a soft piano and gentle guitar rhythm, then picking up with dreamy vocals. The last third of the track takes a spin as it blares with trumpets and beats to the drum, turning the song from a melody into...
Horror-comedy Cabin in the Woods is not your typical gorefest H.G. Watson ARTS EDITOR ity the poor person who walks into Cabin in the Woods believing that they are getting a straight horror film. The film, directed by Drew Goddard and co-written by fan favourite Joss Whedon, is so much more than that. It occupies that space between comedy and horror that is so difficult to straddle. It’s hard to say too much about the plot of Cabin in the Woods without giving away some of the best moments of the film. But right from the first beat it becomes...
Josh Kolm Editor Emeritus THE UNQUIET DEAD Tales of the Unquiet Dead: Book One (Ind.) It’s easy to look at Windsor’s nine-piece roots rockers the Unquiet Dead and see their Broken Social Scene-esque packed stage as a gimmick. And while Tales of the Unquiet Dead wanders off at points, it shows they are capable of crafting some focused, striking songs. Zippy country-tinged rockers like “Rescue Me” and “Holy One” are busy and fun and sound like every member is pulling their weight. But the Unquiet Dead is really at their best when they slow things down. The sludgy, Tom Waits...
John Doherty
SPORTS EDITOR
niversity of Windsor teams secured three national titles, the football and volleyball programs saw significant changes to its coaching staff and several Lancers, past and present, were called upon by their country to perform internationally. Listed here are some of the more notable Lancer highlights, highs and heartbreaks of 2011. FEBRUARY Basketball The men’s team loses an OUA West semifinal 85-82 to Laurier. Isaac Kuon, now of the St. John Mill Rats, leads the Lancers with 28 points in his final game with the team. • Women’s head coach Chantal Vallee sets an OUA record with...
The new Chevrolet Volt has the weight of the future riding on its electronic engine testdrive Stephen Hargreaves NEWS EDITOR he Chevrolet Volt is the one of the most hyped and anticipated cars of a generation. A car with the weighty tasks of saving the environment, your time and money at the fuel pump and the reputation of General Motors, the Volt needs to be everything GM said the electric car would be, or it could make a joke out of over 10 years and billions in research and development. “It’s an amazing vehicle,” said Narayan Kar, the aptly named...