Journal.
Records, rooms, people. A few things worth talking about.
Visual art editorial / VancouverRichard Barnes photographs the work behind the statueCarrara’s quarries and robotic carving workshops meet in a new Vancouver exhibition by Richard Barnes.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwidePlaying the machinery with Josh JohnsonOn Animative, Josh Johnson uses the saxophone to play a phrase and change the machinery around it.2 MIN READ Music editorial / VancouverPISS take Red Gate to Sub PopThe Vancouver quartet’s debut puts songs, archival speech and a whole-album performance in the same project.2 MIN READ Visual art editorial / WorldwideWool, steel and the landscapes of Amine El GotaibiMountain and Desert brings wool to weathered steel in El Gotaibi’s new Southern Guild exhibition.2 MIN READ 
Music editorial / WorldwideAn awkward reunion, courtesy of Helena DelandTwo early songs from Eternity Shrugs find Deland preparing for an encounter and considering a very private notebook.2 MIN READ Photo: Levi Manchak · CC BY 2.0Music editorial / TorontoDusted went back to take oneThe band tried Black Tattoo again, then chose the performance they had started with.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideTen years later, Brokeback have a song for PigeonA dog’s long presence in Douglas McCombs’ writing room gives the forthcoming Colder, Milder an unusually personal dedication.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideMadra Salach and the Price of Staying in DublinTraditional songs, synthesizers and the uncomfortable arithmetic of making a life in Dublin.2 MIN READ Visual art editorial / San FranciscoThe Earrings Tell the Story in Maryam Yousif’s CeramicsA grandfather’s homecoming gift brings family history into Maryam Yousif’s ancient sculptural references.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideDry Cleaning: Leave the Weird Bits InSecret Love gives Dry Cleaning’s peculiar characters somewhere to hide.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideLeave the Tape Running with SMLTwo uninterrupted pieces from Zebulon put SML’s rhythm section, electronics and collective decisions in the same long frame.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideArmand Hammer knew how this would endA planned finale, a difficult beat and a child’s question shape the story behind Snakes & Ladders.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideDawuna wrote Love into the recordA spare room in Baltimore became the studio for Love’s Arp. Its subject was close enough to hear the songs being made.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideGetting four people in the same room with Chastity BeltAll My Friends took years, several studios and a strictly regulated Secret Santa.2 MIN READ Exhibition preview / San FranciscoSarah Sze gives the entrance its own exhibitionOpening November 21, the SFMOMA commission makes the free atrium somewhere to spend time.2 MIN READ 
Music editorial / WorldwideCMAT has bigger things to sing aboutA celebrity chef, an economic crash and several very bad feelings: EURO-COUNTRY has a lot on its mind.2 MIN READ Photo: Collin Knopp-Schwyn · CC BY 4.0
Music editorial / WorldwideGeese didn’t give themselves foreverGeese’s ten-day recording sprint left room for danger, jokes and a very strange voice.2 MIN READ Photo: Redolta · CC BY 4.0
Visual art editorial / WorldwideJulie Mehretu gives the atrium an argumentTwo canvases in SFMOMA’s free atrium carry a troubled history of the American West.2 MIN READ Photo: Galerie Magazine · CC BY 3.0
Music editorial / WorldwideK.Flay stole the opening slotFourteen years after that Fortune opening set, Blood Cells gives us another reason to follow K.Flay.2 MIN READ Photo: Abby Gillardi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/abbers13/) · CC BY 2.0Visual art editorial / WorldwideKent Monkman won’t leave history aloneStormy water, a deliberately unruly title and the histories inside Kent Monkman’s monumental canvas.2 MIN READ 
Music editorial / WorldwideLittle Simz chooses her companyAnger has company on Lotus, from Flood’s confrontational guest pairing to Sampha’s closing appearance.2 MIN READ Photo: Frank Schwichtenberg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Music editorial / WorldwideMakaya McCraven keeps the editFour EPs and a decade of performances give McCraven plenty of material to rearrange.2 MIN READ Photo: Dirk Neven · CC BY 2.0Music editorial / WorldwideSaya Gray leaves the song standingA guitar, a trip to Japan and a difficult departure give SAYA its shape.2 MIN READ 
Music editorial / WorldwideSudan Archives brings the equipmentThe BPM gives Brittney Parks’ Gadget Girl room for desire, uncertainty and a very busy dance floor.2 MIN READ Photo: Elise Malterre · CC BY 2.0
Visual art editorial / WorldwideWolfgang Tillmans has room for the ordinaryA kitchen portrait, a kiss and a camera-free abstraction can occupy the same wall without one explaining away the others.2 MIN READ Photo: Hpschaefer www.reserv-art.de · CC BY-SA 3.0
Artist editorial / VancouverAllison Russell makes room for other voicesOn The Returner, Allison Russell gives survival a rhythm section.2 MIN READ Photo: Sciencebloke · CC BY 3.0
Artist editorial / TorontoDie Spitz keep the controls movingFriendship, possession and the urge to make something loud run through Die Spitz’s debut.2 MIN READ Photo: IngeniousPachyderm · CC BY-SA 4.0Artist editorial / TorontoHovvdy’s partnership is the through lineBig World brings Hovvdy’s two writers back to the small work of staying close.1 MIN READ 
Artist editorial / San FranciscoJake Xerxes Fussell and the work of passing songs alongWhen I’m Called carries old songs through a contemporary band, with Art Rosenbaum’s recordings close by.2 MIN READ Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0
Artist editorial / TorontoKate Nash after the first impression9 Sad Symphonies puts Kate Nash’s blunt songwriting among strings, choirs and some very low moods.2 MIN READ Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Artist editorial / San FranciscoL7, Loud and UnimpressedBad company, blunt hooks and the gleefully sour humour of Bricks Are Heavy.2 MIN READ Photo: Cedar777 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Artist editorial / VancouverMargaret Glaspy gets back to the workA fictional escape to Michigan opens a record made with Joe Henry in three days.2 MIN READ Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0Artist editorial / TorontoPretty Sick is still changing shapeOscar Scheller’s production, short sharp songs and a bigger electronic presence reshape Pretty Sick’s second album.2 MIN READ 
Artist editorial / San FranciscoQuadeca Heads for Open WaterVanisher, Horizon Scraper gives Quadeca’s ambition an ocean to cross—and a film to go with it.2 MIN READ Photo: Benmode2012 · CC0
Artist editorial / San FranciscoSienna Spiro waits for someone who never comesOn Visitor, grand arrangements surround a smaller, painfully familiar story: hoping somebody will show up.2 MIN READ Photo: EGilham · CC BY-SA 4.0
Artist editorial / VancouverSquirrel Flower keeps the road in the writingElla Williams’ latest album follows the places and people that stay with a songwriter after the drive is over.2 MIN READ Photo: Levi Manchak · CC BY 2.0
Artist editorial / VancouverWolf Parade still have two sides to the storyA second life for “I’ll Believe in Anything” brings new listeners to a band built around two very different writers.2 MIN READ Photo: Photo taken by Kreeningsons at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Venue editorial / VancouverBefore the amps, the Rickshaw had a screenA Shaw Brothers cinema became a Vancouver home for very different kinds of live music.1 MIN READ Photo: Ben Didier from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0
Venue editorial / San FranciscoRickshaw Stop: a different kind of screen timeThe Fell Street venue began with dance parties. Its live bills grew around that original impulse to go out.2 MIN READ Photo: Jaredzimmerman (WMF) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Venue editorial / TorontoThe Horseshoe’s history has more than one volumeCountry bookings, the Last Pogo and generations of Toronto bands share the Queen West address.2 MIN READ Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0
Music editorial / WorldwideAn awkward reunion, courtesy of Helena DelandTwo early songs from Eternity Shrugs find Deland preparing for an encounter and considering a very private notebook.2 MIN READ Photo: Levi Manchak · CC BY 2.0Music editorial / TorontoDusted went back to take oneThe band tried Black Tattoo again, then chose the performance they had started with.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideTen years later, Brokeback have a song for PigeonA dog’s long presence in Douglas McCombs’ writing room gives the forthcoming Colder, Milder an unusually personal dedication.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideMadra Salach and the Price of Staying in DublinTraditional songs, synthesizers and the uncomfortable arithmetic of making a life in Dublin.2 MIN READ Visual art editorial / San FranciscoThe Earrings Tell the Story in Maryam Yousif’s CeramicsA grandfather’s homecoming gift brings family history into Maryam Yousif’s ancient sculptural references.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideDry Cleaning: Leave the Weird Bits InSecret Love gives Dry Cleaning’s peculiar characters somewhere to hide.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideLeave the Tape Running with SMLTwo uninterrupted pieces from Zebulon put SML’s rhythm section, electronics and collective decisions in the same long frame.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideArmand Hammer knew how this would endA planned finale, a difficult beat and a child’s question shape the story behind Snakes & Ladders.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideDawuna wrote Love into the recordA spare room in Baltimore became the studio for Love’s Arp. Its subject was close enough to hear the songs being made.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideGetting four people in the same room with Chastity BeltAll My Friends took years, several studios and a strictly regulated Secret Santa.2 MIN READ Exhibition preview / San FranciscoSarah Sze gives the entrance its own exhibitionOpening November 21, the SFMOMA commission makes the free atrium somewhere to spend time.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideCMAT has bigger things to sing aboutA celebrity chef, an economic crash and several very bad feelings: EURO-COUNTRY has a lot on its mind.2 MIN READ Photo: Collin Knopp-Schwyn · CC BY 4.0Music editorial / WorldwideGeese didn’t give themselves foreverGeese’s ten-day recording sprint left room for danger, jokes and a very strange voice.2 MIN READ Photo: Redolta · CC BY 4.0Visual art editorial / WorldwideJulie Mehretu gives the atrium an argumentTwo canvases in SFMOMA’s free atrium carry a troubled history of the American West.2 MIN READ Photo: Galerie Magazine · CC BY 3.0Music editorial / WorldwideK.Flay stole the opening slotFourteen years after that Fortune opening set, Blood Cells gives us another reason to follow K.Flay.2 MIN READ Photo: Abby Gillardi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/abbers13/) · CC BY 2.0Visual art editorial / WorldwideKent Monkman won’t leave history aloneStormy water, a deliberately unruly title and the histories inside Kent Monkman’s monumental canvas.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideLittle Simz chooses her companyAnger has company on Lotus, from Flood’s confrontational guest pairing to Sampha’s closing appearance.2 MIN READ Photo: Frank Schwichtenberg · CC BY-SA 4.0Music editorial / WorldwideMakaya McCraven keeps the editFour EPs and a decade of performances give McCraven plenty of material to rearrange.2 MIN READ Photo: Dirk Neven · CC BY 2.0Music editorial / WorldwideSaya Gray leaves the song standingA guitar, a trip to Japan and a difficult departure give SAYA its shape.2 MIN READ Music editorial / WorldwideSudan Archives brings the equipmentThe BPM gives Brittney Parks’ Gadget Girl room for desire, uncertainty and a very busy dance floor.2 MIN READ Photo: Elise Malterre · CC BY 2.0Visual art editorial / WorldwideWolfgang Tillmans has room for the ordinaryA kitchen portrait, a kiss and a camera-free abstraction can occupy the same wall without one explaining away the others.2 MIN READ Photo: Hpschaefer www.reserv-art.de · CC BY-SA 3.0Artist editorial / VancouverAllison Russell makes room for other voicesOn The Returner, Allison Russell gives survival a rhythm section.2 MIN READ Photo: Sciencebloke · CC BY 3.0Artist editorial / TorontoDie Spitz keep the controls movingFriendship, possession and the urge to make something loud run through Die Spitz’s debut.2 MIN READ Photo: IngeniousPachyderm · CC BY-SA 4.0Artist editorial / TorontoHovvdy’s partnership is the through lineBig World brings Hovvdy’s two writers back to the small work of staying close.1 MIN READ Artist editorial / San FranciscoJake Xerxes Fussell and the work of passing songs alongWhen I’m Called carries old songs through a contemporary band, with Art Rosenbaum’s recordings close by.2 MIN READ Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0Artist editorial / TorontoKate Nash after the first impression9 Sad Symphonies puts Kate Nash’s blunt songwriting among strings, choirs and some very low moods.2 MIN READ Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0Artist editorial / San FranciscoL7, Loud and UnimpressedBad company, blunt hooks and the gleefully sour humour of Bricks Are Heavy.2 MIN READ Photo: Cedar777 · CC BY-SA 4.0Artist editorial / VancouverMargaret Glaspy gets back to the workA fictional escape to Michigan opens a record made with Joe Henry in three days.2 MIN READ Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0Artist editorial / TorontoPretty Sick is still changing shapeOscar Scheller’s production, short sharp songs and a bigger electronic presence reshape Pretty Sick’s second album.2 MIN READ Artist editorial / San FranciscoQuadeca Heads for Open WaterVanisher, Horizon Scraper gives Quadeca’s ambition an ocean to cross—and a film to go with it.2 MIN READ Photo: Benmode2012 · CC0Artist editorial / San FranciscoSienna Spiro waits for someone who never comesOn Visitor, grand arrangements surround a smaller, painfully familiar story: hoping somebody will show up.2 MIN READ Photo: EGilham · CC BY-SA 4.0Artist editorial / VancouverSquirrel Flower keeps the road in the writingElla Williams’ latest album follows the places and people that stay with a songwriter after the drive is over.2 MIN READ Photo: Levi Manchak · CC BY 2.0Artist editorial / VancouverWolf Parade still have two sides to the storyA second life for “I’ll Believe in Anything” brings new listeners to a band built around two very different writers.2 MIN READ Photo: Photo taken by Kreeningsons at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Venue editorial / VancouverBefore the amps, the Rickshaw had a screenA Shaw Brothers cinema became a Vancouver home for very different kinds of live music.1 MIN READ Photo: Ben Didier from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Venue editorial / San FranciscoRickshaw Stop: a different kind of screen timeThe Fell Street venue began with dance parties. Its live bills grew around that original impulse to go out.2 MIN READ Photo: Jaredzimmerman (WMF) · CC BY-SA 3.0Venue editorial / TorontoThe Horseshoe’s history has more than one volumeCountry bookings, the Last Pogo and generations of Toronto bands share the Queen West address.2 MIN READ Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0