Today’s Sounds: Foals
A great third record by England’s Foals, PLUS more British material in the form of the debut track by Toddla T’s new collective and a creepy video c/o Sean Nicholas Savage, who covers a classic ballad and kind of ruins it.
Karriem Riggins on Dilla, Macca & hip hop kids
Detroit’s Karriem Riggins, DJing at le Belmont on Monday night, on raising kids to hip hop beats, and the wisdom gleaned from working with rap and pop legends
WTCHS like cassettes better
Hamilton quartet WTCHS, playing Brasserie Beaubien tomorrow night, discuss the Steeltown scene and why an outdated lo-fi medium is great for indie rock.
EA/Visceral Montreal may be done for
A series of layoffs and firings, the most recent of which were announced at EA/Visceral Montreal yesterday, is changing the face of the city’s video game industry, but hardly dismantling it, Erik Leijon writes.
Who makes the best dirty veggie burger?
Quebec’s not known to be the most vegetarian-friendly place on Earth, so where do our non-carnivorous friends go when they’re seeking a cheap, greasy burger? Cult MTL‘s resident pescatarian put fast-food chains to the test.
All the drama: QDF Spring launch
The Quebec Drama Federation offers a tasting menu of the theatre season — with previews of over 15 shows — at the launch party for their Spring calendar.
WTF: the rest of the week in news
Did you miss the craziness of 2012? This week, City Hall got raided by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad and an Italian eatery got raided by the language cops. Plus, a famously aggressive police officer got checked into the psych ward and Mr. Sidewalk’s Charbonneau Commission testimony provided some comic relief.
Barbara: East German slow burn
Never mind the Oscars, check out this drama set in East Germany back in the day.
Film Friday: Sex and violence, Quebec style
Two local films open this weekend: Roche Papier Ciseaux (Rock Paper Scissors), a drama from talented first-timer Yan Lanouette Turgeon, and Les criminelles, a well-intentioned but odd documentary on sex workers from veteran Jean-Claude Lord.
Friday, Feb. 22
* Norwegian Wood and Marc Simard sample sale
* Argo reading series
* Weija launch with lotsa readings
* Passovah Productions’ fifth anniversary
* Converse skate shoe launch at LeDep
* Italy: Love It or Leave It
* Elevator at CFC