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Last year, my cousin decided to do something about the comic book collection that had been collecting dust in his basement for over 20 years.…
Warner Bros. never did figure out what to do with the goldmine in its backyard. The Flash is just the latest example of the studio’s willful blindness.
Vancouver actress Sarah Desjardins talks about her work in the TV series Yellowjackets, Riverdale, and The Night Agent.
BC filmmaker Dani Barker talks about her webseries Starvival, financing her new thriller Follow Her, and casting her lead cat.
The Toronto-based singer talks about her early days busking on BC’s Sunshine Coast and her love of The Weakerthans.
The mighty Styx roared into Abbotsford Centre on Thursday night on its Crash of the Crown tour. Nancy Wilson’s Heart opened the classic-rock lover’s dream concert.
For his follow-up to 1989’s money geyser Batman, Warner let Tim Burton do whatever he wanted. It shows. At no point does Batman Returns even…
Did you grow up in the eighties? For me, it was the most formative of decades, musically (and otherwise) speaking. I graduated from The Clash…
Filmmaker Kier-La Janisse on her new documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk-Horror.
The Canadian filmmaker on Geneviéve Bujold, NFTs, and providential cats.
And thus concludes my deep-dive into the Styx discography.
Styx’ baffling New Wave concept album Kilroy Was Here offers a treasure trove of weirdness, 1983 style.
Styx’s 10th album offers up the band’s biggest surprise yet. Oh, and the record was the band’s fourth platinum-seller in a row.
Cornerstone, Styx’s ninth album, was also its third triple-platinum seller in a row.
Following the success of The Grand Illusion, Styx releases another triple-platinum monster.
Finally, the mighty seventh album, the one that sold over 3m copies in the U.S. alone—ladies and classic rock fans, its The Gand Illusion!
Say “hi” to Tommy Shaw, as Styx enters a new phase that is a lot like its old phase (but with nicer hair).
The band’s fifth album finds it recovering from the blues-rock excess and muddled psychedelia of its previous two.
Man of Miracles, Styx’ fourth album, finds the Chicago rock band betwixt the craziness of their lowest-selling album, The Serpent is Rising, and their emerging arena-rock stardom.