Category: Arts

In review: DJ Gareth Emery

Last Thursday, the air crackled with excitement I was waiting with a group of friends in a massive, smoke-filled line-up in Uptown Waterloo to see DJ extraordinaire Gareth Emery...

Notes from the world of comics

Hello readers, I thought that this might be a good way to get you all updated about my San Diego Comic-Con trip before the next issue of The Cord comes out on Wednesday July 27...

In review: Tiësto

One of the world’s most recognizable and prominent DJ’s took the city of Waterloo by storm on June 28 and 29 when he performed at Beta nightclub Most commonly known as...

New talent, old faves highlight NXNE

Taking over Toronto for the 17th consecutive year, the North by Northeast (NXNE) festival has expanded beyond a launching pad for new Canadian bands Boasting over 600 bands...

Bonnaroo turns ten

Since its inaugural launch in 2002, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has grown into one of the United States’ most renowned and anticipated summer festivals Ten years in, the...

Marvel forgoes interesting origin

On May 6, Marvel Studios’ Thor kicked off the summer movie season It was big, it was epic and it was pretty much everything a summer blockbuster should be Including not being...

Laurier music grad honoured

Wilfrid Laurier University graduate Nick Storring has been awarded the Toronto Emerging Composer Award by the Canadian Music Centre The award was created to promote the work of...