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The Death Set Lives It Upnew

A Death Set gig is in the same full-contact, play-in-the-crowd style as Dan Deacon and Girl Talk, which requires an absence of personal-space inhibitions on Johnny Sierra's part, but how close is too close? "I don't know," he chuckles. "I haven't had to say that yet. The closer and more spazzy it gets, the more fun it is."

Montreal Mirror | Rupert Bottenberg | 05-16-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Worldwide, The Death Set

Kool, It's the Kinks Konvention!new

Some of Montreal's most passionate guys and gals -- including the Besnard Lakes, Bionic, Sunday Sinners, along with members of the Stills and Apostle of Hustle -- are getting together to pay tribute to the dark brown voices of the British Invasion during the first-ever Kinks Konvention.

Montreal Mirror | Erik Leijon | 05-09-2008 | Music

Tags: the, Kinks

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

Tags: Monareta, Picotero

Megadeth is Not Dead Yetnew

Frontman Dave Mustaine on life after 25 years of Megadeth.

Montreal Mirror | Johnson Cummins | 04-25-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Megadeth, heavy metal, Dave Mustaine, Gigantour Festival

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

Tags: Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs, Duchess Says

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