Synth-pop’s not dead
A decade after Montreal’s eclectic-electronic boom, we spoke to Automelodi about what’s changed in the local scene, and how electronic music is the new folk.
Monday, June 30
* Thus Owls & Beat Market play the Jazz Fest
* BAM Scientific Café’s Brainiac event
* Welcome to Night Vale at the Olympia Theatre
* There’s Something Funny Going On at Blue Dog
* Alternatif night at Bar Passeport
Meet the king of Montreal jazz
Vic Vogel has played the Jazz Fest more than any other local artist in its 35 years. We spoke to him about the MTL jazz scene then and now.
Sunday, June 29
* Parc Oxygène love-in
* Homo Platz BBQ at Alexandraplatz
* Nantha’s cooking at Nouveau Palais
* Vic Vogel and Benjamin Clementine play the Jazz Fest
* Teen play Il Motore
Saturday, June 28
* BYO handheld to the Spaceteam Admiral’s Challenge at Café l’Artère
* See Tom Hardy in Locke at the Phi Centre
* Local post-punk band CTZNSHP play la Vitrola
* Rufus Wainwright plays the Jazz Fest
* Body Meta DJs play Casa del Popolo
Doh! No more secret pool
And not just because it’s the city’s worst kept secret. PLUS: Hello Grihanna, bye-bye spam & more in our news round-up.
Join the Spaceteam in Parc Ex this Saturday
Super-popular multiplayer game Spaceteam is coming to the world stage with a series of tournaments. Tomorrow, the Admiral’s Challenge arrives in Montreal.
Manitoba serves up Quebec’s wild side
We sampled the goods and spoke to Elisabeth Cardin, proprietor & expert forager at this novel Mile Ex restaurant.
Michael Bay = the Bumhole of Moviemaking
We sent our critic Roxane Hudon, who’d never seen a Transformers flick, to check out Michael Bay’s fourth iteration of action robot-ness.
Friday, June 27
* Cinema Politica at Encuentro
* NEXT at l’Arsenal
* Tom à la ferme at the Cinémathèque québécoise
* Jodorowsky’s Dune at the Phi Centre
* Hercules and Love Affair & Andy Butler at Club Soda for the Jazz Fest
* Dai Burger at Faggity Ass Fridays