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D’bi.young Continues Exploring at the Festival Voix d’Amériquesnew
She’s a dub poet, author, actor, playwright, teacher and social activist. But d’bi.young insists, “It’s all storytelling.” For the Jamaican-Canadian artist, there’s enough cooking on every burner to make the rest of us look like hopeless slackers.
Montreal Mirror |
Neil Boyce |
02-05-2010 |
Performance
Brooklyn's Clare and the Reasons Make Charmed Chamber Popnew
Clare Muldaur’s honey-sweet vocals and fanciful soundscapes may belie the sophistication of her compositions and her husband’s arrangements of brass, strings and woodwinds, but it’s that levity and wonder that make Clare and the Reasons so charming.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
01-22-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Penelope Cruz on Almodovar and 'Broken Embraces'new
“The first time I worked with him, I was a whore giving birth in a bus. Then, a nun that gets pregnant from a transvestite. Every time I have my moment of ‘Really, isn’t this going to be too much? How are we going to make this believable?’ And then, he does it. Every single time.”
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
12-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sex Workers Say Recent Violence Against Them Shows They are More at Risk Than Evernew
The problem, according to Anna Louise Crago, is obvious. Having been kicked out of their stomping grounds around the traditional red light district, streetwalkers have moved to all four corners of Montreal; the scattering of prostitutes has placed them in considerable danger.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
12-11-2009 |
Sex
Neo-mod Brit Brats the Arctic Monkeys are Slowing Down, Growing Up and Branching Outnew
A crusty British music scribe whose name I am unable to recall recently theorized that no one likes the Arctic Monkeys—until they actually listen to one of their records. But as soon as they were built up as the saviors of British rock music, they were knocked down.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
12-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ondi Timoner's Doc is a Timely and Cautionary Tale of a Life Lived Onlinenew
In the weeks leading up to the millennium, artist/businessman Josh Harris holed up over 100 artists in an underground bunker equipped with constantly running webcams. Timoner was hired to document the resulting madness.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
11-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nathan Williams of Wavves Likes His Rock Served Rawnew
Whether Nathan Williams, the multi-instrumentalist behind San Diego's Wavves, likes it or not, his musical vehicle has been shoved under the ever-widening umbrella of lo-fi, or "no-fi" or, to use my new personal favorite term from the blogosphere, "shitgaze."
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
09-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jamaican Hitmaker Sean Kingston Hears With a Teen's Earsnew
They may be as shiny and sugary as any Top 10 tune, but the hooks from Sean Kingston's 2007 hit, "Beautiful Girls," and his latest, "Fire Burning," combine a contagious catchiness with a touch of dancehall and a pile of youthful exuberance.
Montreal Mirror |
Erin MacLeod |
09-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sean Kingston, Tomorrow
Hanging With the Hells: Quebec's Most Notorious Criminals, Observed in Their Southern Habitatnew
I was hoping to escape Montreal's brutal winters but instead found myself sharing a tropical resort with local criminals -- and witnessing their unlikely takedown at the hands of the Dominican Republic's notorious cops.
Montreal Mirror |
Chris Barry |
09-18-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Atlanta's The Black Lips Cook Up Garage Rock Chaosnew
Atlanta, Georgia's flower punks the Black Lips have taken lysergic garage rock around the globe. The band's even been forced to flee India. Here bassist Jared Swilley discusses the group's instigation nation by nation.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
08-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tiga's 'Ciao!' Is Unfettered, Unabashed, Intuitive and Hilariousnew
All of Tiga's hustle and accomplishment is concealed behind the sleek, casual, quirky and fascinating veneer which is ultimately his greatest talent— his distinct personality.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
06-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Post-Convention Projet Montreal Can Taste Election Victorynew
A newly feisty and confident Projet Montreal hopes to seize its stomping grounds and extend its reach city-wide this November.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
06-05-2009 |
Politics
The Uncanny Hootenanny of Hank Pine & Lily Fawn Fires Up Montreal's Festival Seasonnew
Twisted musical revisionists Hank Pine & Lily Fawn testify about their comic book origins, their snake-oil stage show, their creep-outs for kiddies and the robot in their future—but they won't say where the bodies are buried.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
06-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rethinking Canada's Founding Fathernew
For many reasons, historians have been coming together recently in an effort to give Samuel de Champlain a greater place in world history.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-13-2009 |
Nonfiction
Montreal's Edgy Women Festival Breaks Down Barriers and Wants You to Do the Samenew
Living on the edge of arts, disciplines and gender politics for six nights only is the Edgy Women Festival, Studio 303’s annual celebration of boundary pushing artists.
Montreal Mirror |
Lina Harper |
03-13-2009 |
Performance
