Articles by Joshua Ostroff

The Island

Michael Bay

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Much to Michael Bay's embarrassment, his blockbuster-directing career was both immortalised and emasculated by the singing puppets of Team...

Public Enemy

Heroes to Most

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

There's a George Bush in the White House and a war in Iraq but if you want to know how far we've fallen from the days when Chuck D declared...

Cadence Weapon: Resident E-ville

Edmonton Hip-hop Champion Charges In From Leftfield

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Inside Toronto's church-turned-club Revival, a sold-out crowd of next-big-thing seekers has arrived en masse to UK grime queen Lady Soverei...

Trans Am's Transformation

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

"Hey look! We're partying. We're not faceless music nerds. We like to have a good time and we want you to have a good time." All right then...

The Cinematic Orchestra...Score!

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

"The reason for picking the name was just strictly functional, to try to describe how the music sounds," explains Cinematic Orchestra condu...

Pretty Girls Make Graves Get a Makeover

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

In the unwritten rules of rock, a minor breakthrough should be followed up quick as possible to prevent newfound fans from wandering off in...

Harvest Festival

Aldida Organic Farm, Bond Head ON — September 21 and 22, 2002

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

The feeling of dancing in a brand new environment — on the top level of a hay-filled barn — took me back to my ravin' days of yore. Lately,...

Cornershop Collaboratorshop

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Hip-hop might bear the brunt of attacks on the ever-growing guest shot front, but the celebrity cameo is now catching on across the pop spe...