The Whammies play the music of jazz icon Steve Lacy
Versatile jazz man Jorrit Dijkstra discusses the Whammies’ record, show and raison d’être, all of it revolving around the work of late soprano sax specialist Steve Lacy.
Edward Maloney: virtually Montreal
Figments of Reality, by Edward Maloney The question is like a zen koan. When generating reality using a new technology, is it necessarily a virtual reality? Montreal artist Edward Maloney’s latest work makes it all the more difficult to decide. Figments of Reality, on display at pfoac221 (the Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain gallery’s project space) […]
Hate crime legislation has failed us: Against Equality
Cult MTL talks to Ryan Conrad of Against Equality on the failures of hate crime legislation and why equality movements buy into the status quo.
On the walls: the week in art
This week, the art world mulls on Quebec culture, with exhibits inspired by Passe-Partout, learning French as a second language, plus big names Babette Mangolte and Edward Maloney.
Space is still the place
A pair of concrete / drone records for the coldest / darkest time of the year — namely VagusNerve’s Go Back to the Sirius and Dieter Moebius & Asmus Tietchens’ self-titled debut. Plus a pile of recommended shows and DJ nights over the next seven days, from Chelsea Wolfe tonight to the reunion of Hot Water Music next Monday.
Charbonneau sets the truth bar
Martin Dumont didn’t begin his testimony before the Charbonneau Commission last fall by claiming he wasn’t going to lie to us, but he did swear to tell the truth. That’s pretty much the same thing, isn’t it?
Tuesday, Jan. 22
* Arrington de Dionyso’s live-drawing marathon
* La Cavale launch
* Chelsea Wolfe plays Il Motore
* Chaos & Order in the SATosphère