K-OS proves to the frosh that “hip-hop’s not dead—it’s all in the emcee” at the annual frosh concert last Friday. (Ian Babbit)
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Mass K-OS at frosh concert
While K-OS may earn his moniker by his erratic and versatile stylings on the mic, the atmosphere at Friday’s annual frosh concert was surprisingly tame. Sure, there were a few crowd surfers who coasted quickly into the arms of the yellow-garbed Stu Cons. Sure, there was some pushing, shoving, and the occasional waft of marijuana. But by the time the Whitby-based M.C. took the stage, most crowd members were able to stand back and happily soak up the beats and melodies emanating from the speakers.
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Skin Deep delves too deeply
Union Gallery, on the first floor of Stauffer Library, is a space usually devoted to students’ artwork, but for the next month, it is housing Skin Deep, or Poetry for the Blind, an exhibition by Montreal artist Nadia Myre. An artist of Algonquin and French-Canadian heritage, Myre attended Emily Carr Institute and Concordia University. Her best-known piece is a beading of the Indian Act, called Cont(r)act.
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Kid Koala spinning his way to success
Kid Koala is the kind of DJ who can win over even the most skeptical of haters. Everyone’s got that self-righteous, musical purist friend, who fiercely believes (and never shuts up about it, in fact) that no music created after 1969 is worth listening to. Well, take that friend to see Kid Koala, and I bet he’ll grudgingly groove alongside the fanatics, saying things like “I guess this guy’s okay,” and “Holy shit! How’d he make the record do that?”
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Whitey Houston will always love you
For the last time, Whitney Houston is not coming to Kingston. But Whitey Houston is. In fact, Whitey Houston doesn’t even take its name from the aforementioned songstress.
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Thousand Foot Krutch, The Art of Breaking
Listening to The Art of Breaking makes me wonder how Thousand Foot Krutch ever got to where they are. After wallowing around southern Ontario’s indie community for the better part of a decade, the God-rockers hit it big with 2003’s Phenomenon. So how are these Jesus freaks spending their 15 minutes?
