Burt Bacharach in a church and Final Fantasy in a porno theatre. On the same night. Yes, it must be Pop Montreal
BY Sarah Liss
Sure, you could argue all day about the diversity (or lack thereof) on this year's nomination list. But with the nation's arts funding in jeopardy, we should toast Canada's finest artists any we ...
A disclaimer: though I am more than willing to admit my love of all things nerdcore, I have never been exposed to Star Trek, in all its weird and wonderful incarnations.
You may know him as Derek Madison; you may know him as Grasshopper — either way, the multi-talented man is one of the unheralded linchpins of this city’s independent music community. You’ve seen ...
An overview of the diversions provided for incoming students on some of the GTA’s most active university and college campuses.
Things have sure changed in the relationship between musicians and film and TV producers since the Flaming Lips pimped themselves out to play the Peach Pit After Dark.
In indie-rock circles, Omaha, Nebraska has long been best known as the cozy breeding ground that spawned Conor Oberst’s Bright Eyes empire and its multi-armed offshoots. This fall, though, it’s starting to look suspiciously like an off-site incubator for ...
Two summers ago, there was a cacophony in the streets of Toronto — or at least, in the grasslands, parking lots and cozy clubs situated around a tiny cranny of the city just west of U of T. The ruckus erupted into a chorus of bellows, runts and plinking ...
A tribute night to a fictional band? Sounds like more hipster antics, right? Not at all. The band in question is Hard Core Logo, in which case a tribute night is more like a celebration of the very spirit of Canada’s independent music scene — after all, ...
The SummerWorks festival — the juried, slightly less overwhelming counterpart to the Fringe — throws its hat into the ring with its inaugural music series