Review: “The Wedge” Feat. Fucked Up’s Damian As New Host

Last night, on Muchmusic, was the beginning of the new, improved and re-imagined
“The Wedge” that’s been host-less since the departure of Sook-Yin Lee
back in 2001.
In charge of this redux edition is Damian Abraham a.k.a. Pink Eye,
frontman of Polaris Music Prize winning Toronto harcode punk band Fucked Up.

For you non-Canucks outthere, “The Wedge” is a show [...]

Videos: The Joy Formidable @ Petit Campus (11. 04. 2010)

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On a cold, rainy Montreal night, The Joy Formidable were back in town
(almost 6 months to the day) serving us a second helping of their sweet,
melodious shoegaze witnessed by a lucky few @ Petit Campus.
At barely an hour, we got pretty much the same setlist has last time with
maybe one [...]

Videos: Autolux @ La Sala Rossa ( 08. 25. 2010 )

They fucking rocked.
How’s that for a review.
They were all smiles and kind of chatty which is very un-Autolux like if
you’ve seen them perform live before.
They played their new album “Transit Transit” in it’s entirety with a few
choice cuts from “Future Perfect”.
We got to witness Greg Edwards, in piano man mode singing his very Beatles-esque
song “Spots”.

Carla [...]

Osheaga 2010: The Recap

A week ago today, 53 000 people showed up on Île-Sainte-Hélène, making this year’s festivities their most well attended edition yet.
Killer lineup of bands + perfect Summer weather, there was no way this edition
would fail.
Highlights for me included hearing songs from the new Walkmen album “Lisbon”.
they were the first band I caught on Satuday and [...]

Videos: Shad @ Montreal Jazz Fest (06. 25. 2010)

With his trusted DJ Teelo and a bassist/keyboardist at his side, Shad conquered
the Montreal Jazz Fest last nite.
A setlist consisting of songs from his new and just short listed for the Polaris
Music Prize (2nd time in a row for Mr. Kabango) album “TSOL” and songs from
his previous LP “The Old Prince”.
Killer wordplay, amazing flow and [...]

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