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 [...]

Videos: My Brightest Diamond @ Il Motore (05. 03. 2010)

Always a treat to catch My Brightest Diamond (aka Shara Worden) when she
comes to town.
Last time I saw her was back in December 2008 @ Le Poisson Rouge in NYC
with a full band backing her up.
This time around, she came here all by her lonesome and very preggers.
We got treated to songs from both albums [...]

Videos: The Depreciation Guild @ Il Motore (04. 03. 2010)

The Depreciation Guild were back in town last nite, playing once again @
Il Motore, opening for Norwegian shoegazers Serena-Maneesh and to promote
their sophomore album “Spirit Youth” which comes out May 18th on Kanine
Records.
Here’s 2 videos I shot of them performing songs from said new album.

The Depreciation Guild - “Crucify You”

The Depreciation Guild - “Dream About [...]

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Il Motore ( 02.13.2009 )

On a very cold Montreal evening, I made my way to the new Il Motore venue run by
the Blue Skies Turn Black crew on Jean-Talon street. A few blocks from St-Laurent
in a nondescript building, I attended my first show of the year with The Pains Of
Being Pure At Heart headlining and The Depreciation Guild as [...]