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From the very first images that surface in WAVE, we recognize Sylvain Émard’s touch. Bodies are lit from the back with moving spotlights, casting shadows that appear over transparent but blurry screens. The swiftly shifting lights create a non-human body, a being that can move far quicker than any human possibly could, not to mention [...]

This review comes from IndieCredential, excerpted from a long and funny/informative post about scalpers (”touts” in British-speak) and the music fest in Leeds this past weekend:
What bothered us was how he actually seemed to get most of his tickets. For starters it seems that they have a cleaner’s uniform so they can get onto the [...]

Firstly, the Unsettlers. I saw this band play their first ever show fourteen months and some eighty gigs ago, and have seen many shows in between and it reaffirms one undeniable truth: there is no substitute for hard work. While they’ve always been one of the most interesting and fun bands in the [...]

(Alright, I wrote and promptly forgot to post this during the Fringe. Sorry Alan. Better late then never?)
Alan Shain is an Ottawa-based writer and performer who has worked over the years in theatre, storytelling, stand-up, dance and improv. He holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Sociology, and a Master’s in Social Work. He [...]

Former Montrealer King Khan made another triumphant return to what he affectionately refers to as “the deep south of the north” last Saturday, as he hauled his eight piece psychedelic soul explosion over from Berlin to a sold-out Sala Rossa. For those uninitiated in the dark arts of Mr. Khan, let’s just say that he [...]

Tom Waits
Small Change
Asylum Records (1976)
jazz, pop, blues, rock, beat poetry
It was tough to choose one Tom Waits album, (and I’m sure one day, we’ll get an album from another period), and picking just one from his Asylum Record years was a little daunting. It could have just as easily been Blue Valentine (1978), [...]

This was my second trip down to the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, and I continue to be impressed by the three day celebration. The festival has a very small and intimate feel, even though it has grown to include over 35 acts and 10,000 attendees. It does an impressive job bringing together [...]

A few night ago, I biked over to Divan Orange with my camera in tow excited to finally witness the great local band The Receivers in action and it seemed like I wasn’t the only one. It seemed every one was out of the house that night and swaying along to lead singer Emily Marzinotto’s [...]

If you were hanging out anywhere in the Mile-End on the idyllic, sunny Saturday that was July 12th, chances are you dropped in at the Pomme-Pomme craft fair at Sala. Then, after longingly fondling fabric squares and crocheted penis-puppets, you’re likely to have done a few reps of the following: guichet, Pomme-Pomme, Casa/coffee, Pomme-Pomme, bike [...]

Belleisle is a young group of old souls who jumped into recording to catch these sounds as they are coming together all early, earnest and yearning in the band-becoming-band process. Tasha Cyr’s voice is particularly delicate, charming, soo soul sad and careful, thoughtful, dropping soft things in her phrasing. (Tasha is recording with the Darling [...]