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Israeli direction! Mmmm. Directed by well-known Israeli actor and rapper/musician Michael Moshonov and Lael Utnik, the video’s stunning cinematography captures a beautifully directed love story between two emotionally drawn, young females. Romantic scenes of the girls on the beach at dusk fit perfectly against the song’s warm electronic and trip-hop melodies Read more
I’m featured in the new Monster Truck music video “The Lion”. The video had an exclusive release on BILLBOARD MAG! Hell yeah!!! Thanks so much to the crew at Collider Films for a great time on set. Rising hard rockers Monster Truck roll on with a string Read more
News dropped last night that Mansion Productions’ much-hyped Foundry music festival (which THUMP has already called “Canada’s Most Interesting Underground Dance Series”) would not be held at the abandoned Tower Automotive building at 158 Sterling Road. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the 416/647, Sterling Read more
When the isolated Akha tribes people of Northern Thailand were ordered to trade in their opium crops for coffee beans by the Thai Royal Commission, they probably did not realize how fair a trade they were given. Until recently, Thailand was never thought of Read more
Click to expand this big baby. It’s been said and done before, but I really like the way all these factoids were prepared.
Last night, I was invited to a special pre-screening of “In Fear” as part of the Sinister Cinema movie series curated by Raven Banner Entertainment and Cineplex Front Row Centre Events. As the title implies, it’s a dark and minimalist indie horror/thriller that plays on the all Read more
FEATURES ARE THE JUNOS OUT OF TOUCH? By Jesse Ship After a talk with Juno Awards Chair of Voting and Nominating, Kim Cooke, the 44 year old awards show is starting to sound a bit like a slightly out of touch, but sensible and well-meaning Read more
Sugith Varughese is an actor, teacher and winning screenwriter and a working member of the Canadian film/ tv industry. He first cut his teeth working on Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock (!!!) which he claims was never intended as a children’s show. This sounds weird but Read more
It’s Juno season and this year, the Electronic category will turn four years young. It’s kind of hard to believe since the section speaks to one of the top performing musical categories in Canada, especially when it comes to the artists’ successes abroad. With past Read more
Frank Kozik’s cute, pack-a-day smoking animals have now become iconic in the vinyl toy scene. But before anyone had even dreamt of the possibility of a thriving toy collectors market, Frank was one of the most in-demand rock poster illustrators in the world. Making the Read more