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By: Staff – After a year on hiatus, Heavy Montreal returns on July 28 & 29 at Parc Jean-Drapeau & July 27. Over 40 bands have been confirmed for the two-day festival including: Avenged Sevenfold, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, and Gojira. Other notable bands include: Emperor, Underoath, Hollywood Undead, Trivium, Sleep, Asking Alexandria, Alestorm, and I Prevail. Festival passes go … Continue reading
By: Staff – Montreal-based electro-pop duo Young Galaxy have announced the upcoming release of their first fully independent, album, Down Time, on April 6th. The album stories Young Galaxy’s shift into complete independence and positions the band as a countercultural beacon during the current climate of isolation, corruption and despair. For a taste of the new … Continue reading
By: Staff – Montreal-native Sara Diamond is back with her latest single “Stay A Little”, which can be streamed below. Diamond, who got her first taste of stardom as a member of mid-2000s pop-rock girl group Clique Girlz, wrote “Stay A Little” at around 5:00 am right after a breakup. “Something in me told me to start writing, … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Osheaga Music Festival and Arts returns to parc Jean-Drapeau this summer for another not-to-be missed edition. Three days of hip-hop heavyweights like The Weeknd, Run The Jewels, and De La Soul, along with indie rock royalty like The Shins, Belle and Sebastian, and Death From Above 1979, makes Osheaga one of the best … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – Montreal-based electropop/jazz singer-songwriter Charlotte Cardin, who released her debut EP, Big Boy, on July 15th, 2016 via Cult Nation Records, which featured songs in both English and French, and which included the song “Les échardes”, which was a shortlisted SOCAN Songwriting Prize finalist in the French division, performed at the Drake Hotel in Toronto last night … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Montreal-based psychedelic rock band Suuns, who released their newest album, Hold/Still, on April 15th, 2016 via Secretly Canadian, which was produced by John Congleton (Brian Wilson, Earl Sweatshirt, Franz Ferdinand, Future Islands), performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night.
By: Staff – The Luyas will release their new full-length album Human Voicing on February 24th via Paper Bag Records. The band also debuted the album’s first single “Self-Unemployed”, which can be streamed below. “The song itself is a jumble of images and things I wrote down,” says vocalist Jessie Stein of the new single. “My favourite choreographer, Katie Ward, did a piece last year called … Continue reading
Photos by: Isaac Wray – Montreal-based indie rock band Half Moon Run, who released their second album, Sun Leads Me On, on October 23rd, 2015 via Glassnote, which followed up their 2012 debut album, Dark Eyes, performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver last night.
By: Staff – Icelandic experimental rock band Sigur Rós have announced a new leg of North American tour dates for Spring of 2017. Continuing the experiment begun this year, the group will be performing as trio, eschewing the string, brass, and other auxiliary musicians that have been a hallmark of live performances the past decade. Once again they will be … Continue reading
Photos by: Cindi Huang – Montreal-based pop-punk band Simple Plan, who released their fifth album, Taking One For The Team, on February 19th, 2016, performed at House Of Blues Chicago in Chicago last night.
