AltWeeklies Wire
Robyn Returns in Command of Her Own Careernew
While many of her tabloid-bait contemporaries have crashed and burned, today the 28-year-old Swede is a comeback queen.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
05-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robyn
The Kills are on Targetnew
The duo weathered hurricanes, new-age hippies and tabloid hell to make Midnight Boom.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
05-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Kills, Midnight Boom
Poppin' Wheelies with Monaretanew
The Colombian-bred, Brooklyn-based duo on BMXing
in Bogota and plugged-in porros.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
04-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Megadeth is Not Dead Yetnew
Frontman Dave Mustaine on life after 25 years of Megadeth.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
04-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
You're in Good Hands with Woodhandsnew
"I guess we do rock some funk styles," says Dan Werb. Understandably, he's wary of the "post-funk" tag that has been flung at Woodhands, who rock several styles simultaneously.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
04-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Woodhands
Cadence Weapon Follows His Own Rhythm to the Topnew
Amid building buzz for his sophomore effort, Afterparty Babies, the Edmonton MC/producer talks about growing up weird and getting ahead in the loaded game of Canadian hip-hop.
Montreal Mirror |
Scott C. |
04-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Afterparty Babies, Cadence Weapon
Tokyo Police Club Lays Down the Lawnew
The boys in Tokyo Police Club aren't strangers to hard work. Six songs into recording their debut album, Elephant Shell, they scrapped everything and started over, simply because it wasn't rocking hard enough.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
04-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elephant Shell, Tokyo Police Club
Duchess Says Invokes Banshees, Budgies and Sirensnew
The Montreal band sets off a synth-punk explosion on its long-awaited debut LP, Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs, with guidance from its spiritual
leader -- a budgie named the Duchess.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
04-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Luke Doucet Settles Downnew
For the uninitiated, it may sound like Doucet is one of the new fret-shredders taking up the torch from neck-wringers like Steve Vai, but nothing could be further from the truth. Doucet's solos are kept on a leash and never overstay their welcome, and the one thing you should really know about Doucet is that the man is an expert songwriter.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood's Too Rich, Luke Doucet
Pas Chic Chic Swims Against the Current of Quebec Popnew
The band draws big bilingual crowds with a deep, dark European approach to pop.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Au Contraire, Pas Chic Chic
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Reaches its Promised Landnew
The towering tunes on Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band's fifth album are rich and raucous, monumental and very Montreal.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Adele's Tabloid Troublesnew
The British singer satiates the tabloids, but keeps the paparazzi at bay.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Putting Your Finger on Fuck Buttonsnew
The U.K. duo finds the fine line between fear and fun.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
Omnikrom Turns Your Head into a TV Set with Graphic Gabbingnew
Living in the major cultural liaison between the Parisian electro-pop explosion and the gritty, uptempo crunk and B-more fads south of the border, the regional nuances the Montreal rap trio has drawn on are eclectic to the extreme.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
03-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Omnikrom, Trop Banane
Sum 41: Older but Wiseguysnew
With a proven track record that continues to propel the band, Sum 41 has been rewarded with what few bands on major labels can boast, the freedom to call its own shots.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
03-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sum 41, Underclass Hero
