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Heavy Montreal 2016: Who Rocked Best This Year?
Our two days of metal, food and wrestling. [read on]
Month: August 2016
Interview
Sabaton on new album, expanding their sound and the awesomeness of Heavy Montreal
“This festival feels very European. From what I’ve seen so far, it would make the top 5 on the European circuit”, says Sabaton singer Joakim Brodén. We’re sitting, with drummer Hannes van Dahl, in the [read on]
Festivals
Photojournal: Heavy Montreal Day 2
Decibels, horns, body surfers, flailing hair: Heavy Montreal kept the party going on Day 2. While you wait for our full review, here’s a look at the day in pictures.
Review
Looking: It Will Be Missed
The HBO show about the love lives of three gay men is finished off with a full-length movie. [read on]
Festivals
Photojournal: Cosplayers at Otakuthon
Great costumes and a celebratory vibe make this one of the most fun conventions in Montreal. [read on]
Festivals
Photojournal: Heavy Montreal Day 1
The 2016 edition of Heavy Montreal was off to a great start on Saturday as bands covering many sub-genres of metal played to delighted fans. Here’s a look in photos at our favourites. Full review [read on]
Festivals
Otaku Everywhere : Saturday at Otakuthon
Review of events and a photojournal of Saturday morning at Otakuthon. [read on]
Review
Toro Premieres in Montreal at Fantasia
Kike Maillo’s new film is a vibrant and tragic thriller. [read on]
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Concert Review: Cat Empire
Cat Empire play a powerful set that practically bans anyone from standing still. [read on]
Review
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the (un)Connected World
Werner Herzog’s new documentary shows us how the Internet took over the world. [read on]
Festivals
Ten Things To Do at Otakuthon 2016
Japanese Otaku culture sends its warm, welcoming tentacles and arms and claws to everyone with a huge variety of offerings this weekend. [read on]
Festivals
Heavy Montreal 2016 Preview: Rampage’s Must-See List
Montreal’s heavy metal festival is upon us! On Saturday August 6th and Sunday August 7th, over 35 bands covering a multitude of sub-genres of heavy music will descend upon Parc Jean-Drapeau to the dismay of [read on]
& Other Quebec Curios
1713: The Treaty of Utrecht & Other Quebec Curios
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, far away from New France, in a not-so-little continent named Europe, there was a war going on, and all because of the lack of children. More specifically, countries [read on]
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Past and Present Heroes: Death Cab and Lana Del Rey
I review and reflect on Death Cab For Cutie and Lana Del Rey’s shows at Osheaga 2016. [read on]
Festivals
Heavy Montreal Preview: An Interview With Leigh Kakaty of Pop Evil
Success has been a long time coming for American pop metallers Pop Evil. Formed in a small Michigan town in 2001 by singer Leigh Kakaty, the band released its first album “Lipstick on the Mirror” [read on]
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Osheaga Day 2 Review
Day 2 of Osheaga offered everything from jazz to rock. Plus, not one but two hometown bands dazzle. [read on]
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Sizzling Sunday at Osheaga
From Grimes to Radiohead to Grammatik to St. Lucia, Sunday at Osheaga keeps it lit [read on]
Festivals
Heavy Montreal Preview: Zakk Wylde Pulls Triple Duty
Zakk Wylde answers my call from somewhere in Texas, where he is on tour promoting his first solo album in 20 years, “Book of Shadows 2”. Zakk’s in a good mood: he answers my call [read on]