Seattle’s major/indie label releases three classic albums from the aughts by a great band who happen to be playing Montreal this week. PLUS all the other awesome shows and events in the key of heaviosity.
Your key to the week’s visual art happenings.
You know it’s summer when those sweet weekly outdoor dance parties at Parc Jean-Drapeau begin. Day one may have been a bit rainy, but Piknic was in full swing. Cindy Lopez captured the revelry.
In the interest of hyperlocal journalism, we spoke to drunk people on the lower Main this weekend.
NYC’s Anamanaguchi, playing Il Motore tonight, take the video-game-derived chiptune style into the future.
Codirector Malcolm Guy talks about his documentary Being Chinese in Quebec, a road movie about race and identity.
Emily Rose Michaud talks about how land art and guerilla gardening pretty up the city, as she gets ready to launch the second issue of Sprout Out Loud! grassroots gardening zine.
* Concordia seedling sale
* C2-MTL: Philippe Starck, Diane von Furstenberg
* Turkish film fest
* Anarchist Theatre Fest
* Montreal Sketch Comedy Fest
* Anamanaguchi at Il Motore
