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music monday / sam smith
sam smith is another artist i featured in my “artists to watch 2014″ post, but another one that is so good, i felt he deserved his own music monday article. a british singer/songwriter with electronic...
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10 montreal folk artists you should know
i’ve been having an affair with electronic music for almost a decade now, cheating on my first true love, folk music. it doesn’t feel wrong though – electronic music is the younger, hotter babe i take...
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music monday / kelela
if you’re wondering what sex sounds like, it’s this track from kelela. having been pegged by pitchfork’s rising feature last year, kelela mizanekristos has been on everyone’s radar as one to watch....
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featuring / alka rex
“to be honest, we hate interviews,” eddie krilov and sasha kaline, new york-by-way-of-saint-petersburg producers known by their stage name, alka rex, laugh wholeheartedly. it’s around 1 pm on a grey...
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music monday / sango
i am a sucker for a good rework of a cheesy 00s classic (as evidenced by the fact that i am still listening to cyril hahn’s say my name remix. it’s been almost 2 years, guys) – so, of course, sango’s...
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the 90s called / throwback style in 2014
the nineties called – they want their style back. not only are the 90s making a triumphant return in fashion but we’re welcoming back the sounds and styles of decades past in music as well. and who...
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foundry 2014 / review
12:00 am we’re already late. i had promised friends that we’d be heading down to 99 sudbury street in toronto for the last foundry event of 2014 at around 10:30 pm. it’s midnight and we’re still...
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music monday / vancouver sleep clinic
after what has been a pretty insane easter weekend, i thought about not posting today. it’s monday. it’s the day of…you know…jesus and whatever, so i figured i could give myself a break. but, seeing...
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minilogue avant-mutek / review
it’s a rare thing that gets everyone in the montreal dance music scene excited. solid bookings are, more often than not, met with scepticism, indifference, or mild bemusement. maybe it’s because in...
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featuring / ain’t no love
the last time i saw roly broere, we were 12. we went to summer camp together as kids. the staff there gave out “moose dollars” (or “mooney”) to campers for achievements and good deeds, and at the end...
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DEMF 2014 / survival guide
headed to detroit for this year’s movement festival? me too. this will be my second year hitting the dancefloor at hart plaza, and although 2013′s DEMF was a really life changing experience, there are...
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speaker sessions 019 / hazy
what does haze sound like? it might sound like a foggy bassline coloured purple with reverb. it might sound like an acid-trip ambience. it might sound like a smokey synth or a trippy, futurist vocal....
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em15 mutek x elektra 2014 / review
standing immediately in front of the stage at metropolis on friday night, the bass was so loud that you could feel it in your bones, your head, your heart. and yet, behind me, a girl and her buddy are...
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featuring / klangscheiben
“claing-sh-eye-bin. clang-sch-high-ben,” i stumble over the words, trying to tell a friend the name of the german record label i’ve been writing for. behind me, i can hear thomas baz, the label’s...
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music monday / tinashe
i read a feature about singer/songwriter tinashe kachingwe in dazed the other week. she’s a self made girl — started from the bottom, or whatever that horrendous expression is that drake did not make...
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featuring / hushlamb
“music that moves you has a lot of different contexts. i can be moved at home, i can be moved on the dancefloor,” sarah lamb is explaining the philosophy behind the hushlamb mantra, “ the natural...
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osheaga 2014 / review
i have a strange relationship with osheaga. this is my seventh year taking to montreal’s parc jean drapeau for the three day music and arts festival. you might say i’m a veteran. you might also say i...
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introducing / bolting bits collectif
“we both love going out, meeting new people, new trends, music, and new concepts,” sarah-marie and florent tell me of their new events venture, bolting bits collectif. “we studied in different cities...
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music monday / spooky black
it’s been a hot minute since i last posted. and so far, my list of excuses includes: it’s the last 2 weeks of summer, i’m super busy and important, and also, i’m moving to berlin (surprise!) so that...
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september photo diary / and some things i’ve learned in berlin
one month ago, i packed up my entire life (and by that i mean i packed up 9 pairs of shoes, 7 pieces of outerwear, basically no clothing, and nothing else of use to me other than both my laptops,...
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