By: Eva Lynch The best show I saw this year was never meant to be a concert. Nor was it technically a band. Yet despite their adamant refusal to be categorized as such, it seems that while Pussy Riot didn’t… Continue Reading
Photos by: Lauren Mosley Half Moon Run at MTELUS
By: Rachel Mattingly Although I haven’t been to very many concerts, on November 30th I attended one that completely changed my expectations for them. At Bar le Ritz, a small venue with a short stage, the Cancer Bats as Bat… Continue Reading
By: Lauren Mosley I couldn’t keep up with all the bangin’ releases this year. On one overwhelmingly unproductive day my everyday playlist (titled appropriately) had expanded from its usual 40 or so songs to almost a hundred. Every new album… Continue Reading
By: Natalie Dumonceaux When I first moved to Montreal, people always told me about how the city completely (and literally) lights up around Christmas. Now, experiencing it for the first time myself, I see what all the excitement was about:… Continue Reading
By: Simon Leff For aspiring Gen Z rappers, success in the Internet mainstream is dependent on the character they create for themselves. Lil Pump was the lean sippin’ ‘Harverd Dropout’; Drain Gang fashioned in Eurotrash; Ice Spice shot to fame… Continue Reading
By: Patricia Stadnik I would argue that Megan Thee Stallion’s recent ‘Rock Remix’ of her song ‘Cobra’ – in collaboration with the metalcore powerhouse band Spiritbox – is the most unexpected release of the year. Best known for songs like… Continue Reading
By: Shelby Deegan Boiler room sets have become infamous for jumpstarting small artists careers and creating characters out of the concert-goers who attend, by the millions of viewers who tune in to the sets on YouTube. Big names like Peggy… Continue Reading
By: Nick Gibeley Held every August at Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal’s Osheaga Music and Arts Festival gathers thousands of fans to watch over one hundred artists perform their biggest hits. First held in 2006, Osheaga has proven to be an immensely… Continue Reading
By: Eva Lynch Oral – Björk and Rosalía For years, Björk has been following the open net pen farming crisis which has been unfolding in Iceland, where farms have been altering the genetic structure of their fish to accelerate their… Continue Reading