Interview by Melissa Payette It’s pretty rare that I have the opportunity to interview someone that I can say I have known for longer than she might even remember. Montreal based singer/songwriter Stefanie Parnell is an up & coming artist with an incredible amount of raw talent and ambition, and I was super excited when she agreed to answer some [...]
Review by Steve K Irregularities in life have resulted in the irregularity of my updates lately; I’m sorry, and I’m working on it. This week I’ve got three albums in my aural crosshairs; here’s what I thought: Dirty Ghosts: Metal Moon This is Pop Punk done right, with the added advantage of a female lead vocal! Simple, unpretentious, punk-inspired instrumentation [...]
Suggested by Jenia S What should you listen to for the week of February 8th 2012? How about checking out the newest video from Marianas Trench? “Fallout” is the second single off their album Ever After and the music video was released earlier in the week. What do you think? “The single, “Fallout” was released to iTunes on November 15. [...]
Review by Marie-Lou Plante One of the most famous Quebec electronic bands, Misteur Valaire, will make their first appearance at Studio 12 on Radio-Canada this Sunday. As luck would have it, I won a pair of tickets to assist to the recording Wednesday. They invited a new rap scene figure, SoCalled, who is an artist as surprising as the quintet [...]
Article by Jenia S On January 20th I made my way down to Metropolis to meet with the guys of Down with Webster (DWW) for this cover story. Before I even begin talking about the band I have to mention what I witnessed five hours before the doors opened. It was at least -15 outside and I was wearing so [...]
Review by Marie-Lou P Boom. Boom. Boom. As I was approaching the entrance of the festival, my heart was synchronizing to the sound emanating from the Quays. With the bad weather all day long, alternating between rain, snow and freezing rain, we could almost rename the festival “Lakefest” instead of “Igloofest”. Enormous water holes and mud were therefore wetting my [...]
Interview by Myriam R January 19th, 5:35PM in Montreal downtown traffic. I’m in my car, quite febrile to the fact that I was minutes away to meet and interview DC hip hop artist Wale Victor Folarin, better known as simply, Wale, at Time’s Supper Club, where he is also to give a concert that same night, part of his Ambition [...]
Review by Steve K Young Empires: Wake All My Youth If you’re looking for a quick dose of 1980s New Wave – inspired Technopop with big beats, trippy elements, bleak and energetic vocals and clever, compact and complex lyrics, you definitely owe it to yourself to check out Young Empires’ debut, ‘Wake All My Youth’ The songs make good use [...]
Suggested by Jenia S What should you check out during the week of January 26th 2012? How about Snow Patrols new album “Fallen Empires”? The band will be playing in Montreal at the Metropolis in April. Fallen Empires is the sixth studio album by Snow Patrol. The album was released on 11 November 2011.[3] When asked about the writing process [...]
E-Mail Interview by Lili-Anh CONFRONT: Music was always a big part of your life, when did you decide you wanted to make a career out of it? GABRIELLE: Sometime in the middle around February/March of 2009 after I had finished my Master’s degree. I knew I really wanted to be able to do it full time. In June of 2010 [...]
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