Music

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes. -Bill Cosby Tues., Nov.20 - Deep Dark woods @ Bar St-Laurent II - VHS or Beta, Moving Units @ Lambi - Rat Attack, Zikka Panik @ Café Campus - The Monarchy @ Petit Campus Wed.

Raine Maida has become an icon fronting Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace and after 10 years he stands alone and delivers his most personal and driven work to date. A huge departure from Our Lady Peace's massive arena rock sound, his first solo effort, The Hunter's Lullaby, is an unpredictable collection of 10 compelling, timeless songs built on the foundations of spoken word and poetry.

VANCOUVER (CUP) - Now, I understand the significance of the Sex Pistols, musically. They created a new sound that was edgy, abrasive and took all remaining preconceptions of what a musician or a band was, chewed them up, and vomited them back out. The only problem - in my opinion anyway - is that in the thirty years since it was birthed on the streets of London, punk has done little to grow, diversify, or actually do anything about the problems it has made a living off of pointing out to disenfranchised kids.

They still have it in them. After a six-year hiatus, Bran Van 3000 is back with their third album Rose and they can still bring the goods. You wouldn't think BV3 went MIA with Rose taking off right where 2001's Discosis left off with a potent cocktail of pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop and soul.

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. ~Benny Green Tues., Nov.13 - Behemoth, Job for a Cowboy, others @ Club Soda - Magnetix @ L'Escogriffe Wed., Nov.14 - Bon Jovi @ Bell Centre - David Gogo, Jon Amor @ Café Campus - Crowface, Normal Humans, Go Ghetto Tiger @ Bar St-Laurent II Thurs.

OTTAWA (CUP) -- Emo is a three-letter word that means more than most poly-syllabic contrivances. It started as a music scene, became a fashion statement and is now shorthand for everything from teen angst to Weezer. Emo is many things to many people, including the good folks of Emo, Ontario.

The word "indie," short for independent, is about as easy to define as the music that classifies it. Jeremiah, the twenty-four year-old drummer from the Manchester Orchestra was able to give some insight on what being "indie" or sounding "indie" really means.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. - Aldous Huxley Tues., Nov. 6 - Alesana, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Idiot Pilot, The Number Twelve @ Le National - Say Hi, The A Sides, The Velvet Teen @ Zoobizarre Wed., Nov. 7 - Sea Wolf @ Sala Rosa - All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, The Audition, Valencia @ Le National Thurs.

Every now and then a band comes along by way of the underground, a surprise attack if you will. A band like Coldplay for example must have had a plan of attack before they snuck up and exploded in North America. Unkle Bob, a quintet out of Glasgow, had a plan.

Adead Motion is very much alive. The band rocked out at Festival Emergenza, the biggest festival for unsigned bands. They competed with five other bands to get to the second round. And they did. Adead Motion is Simon Trudeau (vocals), Marc-André Gagnon (guitar), Thibaut Porret (guitar), Vincent Joly (drums) and Jean-David Brisebois (bass), "a screamo hardcore" band.

Like a phoenix is said to rise from ash, Seether is back with their third studio album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces leaving darkness behind them. Seether is Shaun Morgan (lead vocals, guitar), Dale Stewart (bass) and John Humphrey (drums), but it's Morgan who has taken a bullet and experienced turbulent times in the recent past.

Perry Farrell is justifably one of the godfathers of alternative rock. Farrell rose to fame in the mid-80s as frontman of Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros. He is also one of the founders of Lollapalooza. Over twenty years later Farrell formed another band, Satellite Party, and still has a relevant reigning position in today's music scene.