Videos: Shabazz Palaces @ Il Motore (04. 11. 2012)

Fat, thumping beats.

On point rhymes from an exceptional MC.

All that was needed on stage was a Macbook, Congas, Mbira and a high-hat drum for their live Montreal debut and the best Hip Hop show i’ve seen in eons.

Shabazz Palaces is a Seattle-based hip-hop collective, led by Ishmael Butler aka “Palaceer Lazaro” (once “Butterfly” of early [...]

Kestrels / Aim Low / Cresting / January 28th @ Le Cagibi

First live show of the year I shall attend is for these find fellas.
Halifax shoegazers Kestrels coming to town for the first time Saturday night @ Le Cagibi.

They’ve got a fine debut album in 2009’s “Primary Colours” and early last year with a 7″ titled “The Solipsist” and last month with a free single titled [...]

CMJ Music Marathon 2011: The Videos

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My 3rd CMJ Music Marathon was a blast.
More so things I did around it which is stuff like attend tapings of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (so awesome!) meeting tons of new people (you know who you are *winkyface*) and the very few bands I was excited to see.
Not [...]

Videos: Portishead @ Jacques-Cartier Pier (10. 07. 2011)

Setlist
Silence
Nylon Smile
Mysterons
The Rip
Sour Times
Magic Doors
Wandering Star
Machine Gun
Over
Glory Box
Chase The Tear
Cowboys
Threads
Encore
Roads
We Carry On

11 000+ people showed up on a chilly Fall night to witness the return of
Portishead after a 13 years absence.
Last time they were here (March 1998), Our favorite Bristolians had a memorable
2 night stay in a VERY sold out Metropolis.
This time around, they went [...]

Scene 1425: Fall Season Schedule

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Us Montrealers are lucky to have great show promoters in Blue Skies Turn Black, Evenko and Greenland.
Something that was seriously lacking in the rest of the Quebecois province, especially on the indie music front and that’s when Scene 1245 came into the picture.
Located in the Laval suburbs, it was [...]

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