To mark a milestone for Barfly’s Sunday-night old-time jam, we spoke to one of Montreal’s key roots-music players and promoters Matt Large, organizer of ye olde bluegrass hoedown, about the event and the appeal of wood and wires in the 21st century.
When the U.K.’s Gallows lost a singer and Canada’s Alexisonfire broke up simultaneously, it was serendipity for both camps. Wade MacNeil discusses the difficulties of being a band’s new frontman, and the ease of his new band’s evolution.
So you’re into this whole cultivating a ’stache for prostate cancer research thing. But where can you go to be among your fellow fundraisers and compare hair, and perhaps attract the ladies (or gents) with your good deed and fuzzy man face? Here’s where:
This simple guacamole recipe is a must, whether you’re getting ready for a Día de muertos party or just hankering for a delicious snack.
Is the cupcake craze over? And what’s the deal with cake balls, or cake pops, cake balls’ spherical cousin? Why do people hate slices of cake? This, and other ruminations on baked goods, right here.
Jonny “2 Bags” Wickersham speaks to Cult MTL about the sad circumstances by which he came to play guitar with Social Distortion back in 2000, and reflects on a dozen years on tour with the California punk legends.
The best ideas in the world are hatched while blackout drunk and naked in a South Korean sauna. That’s where two Montrealers came up with the idea for a TV show, whose crowdfunded pilot is now online.
Rude boys and girls, skins and other ska-lovers are breaking out their braces, 2-Tone gear and dancing shoes, because reggae’s about to get dirty in Montreal.
Still coming off last year’s high of hosting the Skatalites, the Montreal Ska Fest is back and is kicking off its fourth edition tonight at Petit Campus with the Fundamentals, the Dropsteppers and friends.
Lorraine Muller, for one, is pumped. Formerly of the Kingpins, now of Lo and the Magnetics and the Fabulous LoLo, the Queen of Ska is also the fest’s spokesperson, and has been helping out main organizer Valérie Desnoyers since the start.
Samantha Bee, Sean Cullen and Debra DiGiovanni talk to Cult MTL about the revived comedy/game show shot here in Montreal.
The post-apocalyptic world according to Jonathan Bergeron is a crumbling wasteland almost entirely void of human existence — and that’s the good news. Lueurs, his new solo show at Yves Laroche, translates directly to “a faint light” — a ray of hope, perhaps, “but not necessarily for us,” Bergeron says.
