Tag Archive for the term: blue skies turn black (Page: 2)

The nice thing about seeing a Think About Life show (and sometimes the grating thing, depending on your mood) is their unbridled enthusiasm. No matter what, they’re going to sing themselves hoarse, jump into the audience, swing a mic stand, and thank everyone and tell them they love them and are truly happy to see [...]

Montreal’s Islands visited Club Lambi last night with a packed show to warm up for their UK tour. The band is getting ready to release their second record in May under a new label, a change that frontman Nick Thorburn says he “could not be happier about!” They switched their formerly all-white color scheme for [...]

January in most Canadian cities is known for its high percentage of depressed persons. It’s generally the time when artists hole up and record albums or book art openings in warmer climes or schedule more shifts at their dayjobs or take interest in HBO dramas.
In January, it takes a lot to get the average person [...]

Not even a 40cm dump of snow can keep a good hipster down, Montreal once again proved night why we have such a thriving indie-music scene. The show in question was the sold-out performance by Plants and Animals, which, despite the weather, was packed to the mother-f’ing gills. The show opened with 2/3 of the [...]

Everybody get happy, even if you’re from Toronto…
Photos by Marilis Cardinal (click individual photos to enlarge)
Perhaps 5 years ago, I first listened to, and was made happy by, The Hidden Cameras. They were poppy, they were bright, and their lyrics made sense.
Flashforward to the weekend before last…Marilis and I caught their Montreal show at Sala [...]

Much thanks should go out to Blue Skies Turn Black for having sought out and tunneled plein de cool into Montreal here over the years. They teamed with Friendship Cove to throw the birthday party that shook city blocks last week; here’s my quick little review with some photos from Marilis Cardinal.
Telefauna was singalongloudable, [...]

Round here we’re into process art (see: the Assembly). What follows is a project my roommate documented using facebook. You’ll have to login to facebook to view the project.
Tyler Rauman makes show posters, mainly for local promoters, Blue Skies Turn Black, but also for all kinds of other events. (He designed our Assembly show poster).
Tyler [...]

Monday Jan, 29/07 Sala Rossa
We got to Sala a little after 10 and we were greeted to a full house. It was packed shoulder to shoulder (to shoulder to shoulder to shoulder…..). We politely elbowed our way to the front caught the last three songs by Brooklyn’s Essex Green. They sounded like good stuff. [...]