Lani Imre is a multitalented artist who splits her time between Baja and Vancouver, creating work in many mediums and genres, including painting, maskmaking, drawing, and sculptural ceramics. I first encountered Lani’s work at Ayden Gallery during BraveArt 2008, where she was live painting alongside Milan Basic, otherwise known as Sez. Her playful, easygoing [...]

In case you’re not the kind of person who pays really close attention to movies and follows the UK street art scene, there’s a really interesting case of life imitating art going on right now. In Alfonso Cuarón’s brilliant film Children of Men—about the worldwide chaos that ensues when the human race loses the ability [...]

You all know Bruce McDonald right? Canada’s rock ‘n’ roll filmmaker. Director of Canadian classics like Highway 61, Hard Core Logo and last year’s The Tracey Fragments. His latest, Pontypool had its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival and it’s his first foray into genre films. It’s also the best horror film made by [...]

Reviews of the latest by A Camp, Robyn Hitchcock, Malajube, M. Ward, Röyksopp, Sepultura, Telepathe and Vetiver after the jump.

Read some shameless self-promotion from the people behind issue#55

Depending on whether you are a consumer or a major label CEO, the music industry is either in the best shape yet or it’s looking like a homeless donkey. For the consumer it’s great. There is more music available than ever before, it’s easier to find music that suits you and a lot of it [...]

Dear Diary,
This month we launched a new website and I inadvertently got addicted to Twitter. It started off innocently enough. A few updates that were either jokes or various attempts to internet market to our lovely readers. Then I stopped using phone, email and verbal communication with people I’m in the same room as in [...]

It’s hard to walk when you have a club foot. It’s hard to record someone’s words when your phone connection is fuzzy (Oh, and you lost your recorder) “Pull it Together” comes on the stereo and I promise I will.
My introduction to Clubfeet was their first single, “Teenage Suicide (Don’t Do It)” from their debut [...]

Spring fashion collections have always been synonymous with all that is super sweet: from baby doll dresses to bubble skirts, to an abundance of frou frou patterns. This year, however, fashion has a brand new outlook on femininity. Gone are the days of box-like, shapeless silhouettes. Instead, Spring ‘09 calls for mixing, borrowing from the [...]

Since 1999, Jeff Kleinsmith and Jesse LeDoux have had their fingers deep in the poster art pudding, and have been gobbling it all up with delicious intensity. These two have a great back-story and here it is in their own words. “We started Patent Pending while working together as art directors at Sub Pop Records. [...]

TiFdyL (also known as Taka Sudo) is a young Japanese-Canadian artist whose work and life spans two continents, deriving inspiration from both. This multidisciplinary artist currently splits his time between BC and Tokyo, keeping a home base in Whistler while spending a few months of every year in Japan. In addition to painting, illustration and [...]

This month’s prize comes courtesy of San Fran’s very own Loyal Army Clothing. Featuring men’s, women’s and kid’s shirts, hoodies and accessories that are bound to catch your eye. Simply adorable graphics in delectable colours: each Tee has a pretty sweet design and an even better catchphrase. Seriously all that and a bag of chips. [...]

[1] We’ve Moved!
Hi, we’re very much aware that we mentioned we moved last issue, but some things are so important they are worth mentioning twice. So here goes, over the holidays, ION relocated to a lovely new office in a charmingly cruddy area of town. Our new address is Suite 303, 505 Hamilton Street. [...]

Pisces
Flattery is going to finally pay out big dividends. Free meals, free tickets to the hottest shows, even FREE SEX with numerous SEXual partners! However mid-month, Pisces, you may find yourself feeling a bit guilty about manipulating people for your own selfish purposes. When this happens, remember the words of the Great Edwardian Poet Laureate, [...]

On our cover this month is Lykke Li. When her debut, Youth Novels, dropped last year, it was met with critical praise, peppered with the predictable comparisons all talented female musicians who are a little bit weird get. Bjork-ish, Feist-y, M.I.A.-esque. However you want to describe her, at the young age of 22, this Swedish [...]