How the city might ruin street food
Montreal recently opened its door to street food vendors. But will excessive regulation stall our food trucks before they hit the road?
Today’s Sounds: Goat’s Notes, Poliça feat. Justin Vernon, Ski Lodge, Lana del Rey
Leo Records unearths some primo Russian free jazz in the form of Goat’s Notes, PLUS the new Poliça single, feat. Justin Vernon, a very culty video by Brooklyn Smiths-lovers Ski Lodge and a taste of Lana del Rey from the Gatsby soundtrack
Q&A with Gilbert Hernandez
A chat with comic icon Gilbert Hernandez about his new autobiographical book, Marble Season, and what led him to look to his own childhood for inspiration, rather than his “usual rude sex and violence.”
Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel
Lost amid all the news of recent layoffs at EA Montreal is the fact that the studio rather quietly released Visceral Montreal’s final game, Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, late last month. It’s presumably the last chapter in a maligned trilogy, that if truly dead, will have gone down as an exclusively made-In-Montreal series.
This is what an Elton John musical looks like
Alberta Ballet delivers maximum glitz with Love Lies Bleeding, campy Broadway-esque musical theatre set to Elton John’s songbook.
Monday, April 15
* German Weinfête at SAT’s Foodlab
* Ecuadorian film Pescador at FCLM fest
* Pissed Jeans, Solids and Ultrathin at Il Motore
* Marnie Stern and Roomrunner at Casa del Popolo
* Psych-garage freak-out w/ Melted Faces at l’Esco