Chez Chili does Sichuan and Hunan classics justice
Relative Chinatown newcomer Chez Chili may be a bit tricky to find, but the journey’s worth it. Read our review here.
Animal Collective on nostalgia and sonic clutter
Indie/art-rock darlings Animal Collective are spread out across the U.S., with an outpost in Europe, but chose to gather in their native Baltimore to make Centipede HZ, a record that prompted the band to look back for the first time. Ahead of tonight’s show, Cult MTL spoke to Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) about radio waves and old habits.
WTF: The rest of the week in news
Wondering WTF happened this week in Montreal? Yeah, us too. We’ve got CAQ leader François Legault talking Bill 14, more Pope news and an outcry about fighting in hockey. Oh, and a major post-pastagate resignation.
George Saunders’s post-capitalist parody
George Saunders’s latest, Tenth of December, continues the work of defamiliarizing contemporary life and solidifies his place as one of the most sensitive and hilarious voices in American literature today
Lowbrow meets highbrow in Dead Man Down
Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace star in an action thriller, from the director of the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, that tries semi-successfully to fuse lowbrow and highbrow cinematic pursuits.
Every Time I Die on bowling, beards & Billboard
After 15 years, Buffalo, NY metalcore band Every Time I Die charted in the Top 20 with a record that found them exorcising demons. Ahead of tonight’s show, Cult MTL spoke to frontman Keith Buckley about Ex Lives, looking back in anguish and ushering in more lighthearted material, possibly about solving Rubik’s cubes while masturbating.
SIPA’s short and sweet student theatre
Concordia’s Short Works Festival presents student groups’ term-long self-run theatre projects: great theatre in small doses.
Film Friday: Magic worlds and tragic words
Sam Raimi’s Oz reboot hits all the right notes, while local director François Delisle’s Le météore is a boldly original and challenging vision.
Friday, March 8
* Mark International Women’s Day
* Art Matters
* Richard Suicide vernissage
* J’adore ton travail vernissage
* Metalcore bros Every Time I Die
* The Fabulous Lolo & ska company
* Animal Collective and Dan Deacon
* Bang ‘N Shout at Il Motore
* Village des Chilleurs