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Articles by Tomas Hachard

Daily Disc: Crystal Antlers

By Tomas Hachard | July 15th, 2011
Two-Way Mirror Crystal Antlers Things get heavy quickly on Crystal Antlers’ new album. “Jules’ Story” starts with slow building distortion before pummelling straight into a double drum-kick fuelled three minutes. For the next fourRead More

The Fall of Man as Solo Act

By Tomas Hachard | July 15th, 2011
Soulpepper founding member Ted Dystrka brings back his adaptation of Tolstoy's controversial Kreutzer Sonata as one-man show.Read More

Daily Disc

By Tomas Hachard | July 6th, 2011
Reviewed: Drum Between the Bells, from Brian Eno and Rick Holland.Read More

Daily Disc: Memory Tapes

By Tomas Hachard | July 4th, 2011
There's something instantly recognizable about the songs on Memory Tapes' sophomore album even on first listen. I found myself racking my brain as one sweet, melody after another made me think of Pains of Being Pure at Heart, then of Belle & Sebastian, thRead More

Daily Disc: Bon Iver

By Tomas Hachard | June 30th, 2011
If Bon Iver’s debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, was defined by the shack in which its songs were crafted, this follow-up is equally tied in sound and vision to the studio that’s so integral to the album’s orchestral, overgrown sound. BRead More

Daily Disc: Handsome Furs

By Tomas Hachard | June 29th, 2011
Sound Kapital Reviewed.Read More

T.O. Jazz Fest Picks

By Tomas Hachard | June 23rd, 2011
Too cash-strapped for the bigger shows at this year’s Jazz Festival? Fortunately the festival also features some of the best jazz players from Canada and abroad playing bars and smaller venues around the city. Here are a few worth checking out... CRead More

In Theory: NXNE vs. MMVAs

By Tomas Hachard | June 20th, 2011
One is about getting horizontal, the other vertical.Read More

Malick's Tree

By Tomas Hachard | June 2nd, 2011
Surveying TIFF's upcoming retrospective of Terrence Malick.Read More
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