Once upon a time, there was a radically quiet style of noise music known as “lowercase.” Now it’s time to extend the genre, and by bridging ambient minimalism and free improvisation, this record by Nigel Taylor and Fausto Sierakowski provides one model.
Montreal artist Heidi Taillefer talks about pop surrealism, her upcoming show in L.A. and why she had to move beyond the city before bringing her work home.
In today’s news round-up, we’ve got Luka Magnotta’s preliminary hearing, the federal budget, the Liberal leadership race and a small-town cartel.
Montreal singer-songwriter Leif Vollebekk crafts a kind of dusty folk that seems lost in time and space. But as easy as he makes it sound on his long-awaited LP, North Americana, inspiration is fleeting, each song is laborious and, he says, dodging the blue halo to reach the golden shimmer is a real bitch.
Danish troupe Granhøj Dans’s excellent Dance Me to the End ON/OFF Love breathes new life into Cohen’s songbook, combining dance, theatre and a whole lot of mannequin heads to teach lessons about love.
Tina Fey, Paul Rudd and an all-star cast of comedic cameos somehow fail to save an unfunny premise.
A Montreal band and circus company team up to launch a record, mount a multidisciplinary spectacle and give horrifying new life to a hokey art form.
* Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Metropolis
* Juliana Spahr reading
* Women in publishing panel
* Heart Streets launch
* Graffiti doc Making a Name premiere and afterparty
* Trust and Eraas at SAT
