Staggering death noise on the new record (on vinyl) by Nate Wooley, Christian Weber, Paul Lytton + a Rihanna cover by Bat for Lashes and another audio-visual gem from South African freaks Die Antwoord.
Though the bands are largely English-language (and, in one case, actually English), the touring Ooh La La festival aims to bring the sound of France to North America. Have a listen and look at the four pretty amazing acts playing SAT tonight.
Solo shows by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Mimmo Jodice and JJ Levine, Montréal/Brooklyn mega-vernissage, Beaux Degats art battle at Fresh Paint and new digs for Galerie Point Rouge.
Jem Cohen’s understated drama Museum Hours and Carlo Shalom Hintermann’s touching but tough documentary The Dark Side of the Sun are spotlighted in today’s roundup of the Festival du nouveau cinéma’s offerings for the evening.
Political columnist Peter Wheeland weighs in on the PQ’s proposed plan to pull mandatory English classes from French-language first- and second-grade classes and this summer’s surprising local tourism numbers.
Talisman Theatre’s English-language debut of The Medea Effect twists feminist and Freudian themes into a tense psychological drama.
Our series on vintage Montreal-shot movies continues with this 1987 oddity, starring Christopher Reeve and Morgan Freeman (as a violent pimp!)
* Melanie Gilligan screening
* Ooh La La music fest
* KoboL puppet show
* PiL!
* The Luyas video launch
