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Tie-Dye and Kaleidoscopes : Tame Impala and Mini Mansions
Psychedelic, good-vibe show at the Metropolis with great opening band. [read on]
Articles by Nina Chabel
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Review: Belle and Sebastian are Back!
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is their poppiest album yet. Read the full review here. [read on]
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Review: Big Eyes Looks at Keane
Film on Margaret Keane’s struggle to gain authorship of her own work puts Tim Burton back in the spotlight [read on]
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White Bird in a Blizzard in Sundance
Film based on Laura Kasischke’s novel about a disappearing parent re-opens in Montreal in conjunction with Sundance festival. [read on]
Festivals
Review: White Bird in a Blizzard at Fantasia
Coming of age film about a girl whose mother has disappeared is an all-around winner. [read on]
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Review: Wish I Was Here No Garden State
Feel-good film Wish I Was Here has Zach Braff in a robot-space costume and making peace with his life. [read on]
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Swedish Artists who Sing in English: First Aid Kit, Lykke Li and Mind Fox
Get Scandinavian by listening to these new albums by these Swedish indie groups: Lykke Li, First Aid Kit, and Nina’s new discovery, Mindfox [read on]
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Suburban Teenage Boys and Creepy Coaches : Palo Alto
Based on the book by James Franco, this film looks at suburban teenage life through a slightly exaggerated percpetion. [read on]
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Three Album Reviews for April 2014: Tokyo Police Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, Real Estate
Reviews of new albums by Tokyo Police Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, and Real Estate. [read on]
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Montreal Rampage Album Reviews April 2014
Nina Chabel reviews three albums for April: Death Vessel’s Island Intervals, The Notwist’s Close to the Glass, and Lyla Foy’s Mirrors The Sky [read on]
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Concert Review: Getting To Know The Neighbourhood
Alternative American band The Neighbourhood remind reviewer Nina Chabel of UFOs — though that might just be her penchant for the X-Files. [read on]
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Dee Dee Penny Gets Honest About Too True
Dum Dum Girl’s Dee Dee Penny talks to Nina Chabel about their latest album Too True. [read on]
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Girl Power: St. Vincent, the Dum Dum Girls and Warpaint Album Reviews
Nina Chabel reviews three hotly anticipated releases from female artists. [read on]
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Review: Graveface Roadshow with The Casket Girls
Casa del Popolo was the perfect intimate setting for the This Many Boyfriends Club, Dreamend, The Stargazer Lillies, and The Casket Girls [read on]
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The Eerie Side of the Fairy Tale with the Casket Girls
Interview with Phaedra Green and Ryan Graveface about the origins of the Casket Girls and their new album True Love Kills the Fairytale [read on]
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How Many Boyfriends? This Many.
The This Many Boyfriends Club are part of a new, young emerging love n’ punk music scene in Montreal that loves guitars and puns about polyamory. [read on]
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Monogrenade’s Composite Made of Electro-Pop and Synth
Jean Michel Pigeon talks about the origins of Composite. [read on]
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The Labor of Being JD Samson and MEN
Feminist, dj, and artist, JD Samson talks about making Labor, involvement with freeing Pussy Riot, and the relationship between writing music and activism. [read on]
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Waiting for Jake Bugg Without My Glasses
British sensation Jake Bugg’s concert proved to be exactly what reviewer Nina Chabel hoped… And beyond that, the Skins proved to be better than expected, while Albert Hammond Jr. shows he’s a worthy front man. [read on]
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Family Secrets Drive Tension in August Osage County
Dysfunctional family compelling to watch. [read on]