Safia Nolin comes out from the dark
An interview with the celebrated singer-songwriter ahead of the biggest concert of her career.
Living and loving Loud at the Bell Centre
A review of last night’s arena show, the first of two by the Keb rap star.
Meet your Piknic Électronik programmer
Lucas Jacques’s favourite artists from his 2019 bookings and how his history as a promoter and DJ prepped him to take the reins at Piknic.
WATCH: The new video by Montreal rapper Kontos
“This song is like walking into a spinning tornado that’s coming at you,” he says of the single “Giannis.”
Metro Metro came correct
A review of the inaugural edition of the Montreal hip hop festival.
Metro Metro fest breaks ground with Cardi B
A review of day one of the inaugural edition of the hip hop festival, which continues today.
Slave to the riddim
Montreal’s Osmosis Unlimited launch a record at their annual Porchfest gig in the Alley Cat Gallery.
REVIEW: Drake, Scorpion
It’s tempting to label Drake’s 25-track double-album “ambitious,” but truthfully, he’s been the single hardest-working artist in hip hop for a considerable, hit-laden stretch of time.
REVIEW: Beyoncé & Jay-Z, Everything Is Love
Everything about Everything Is Love works at a musical and lyrical level, though there is nothing truly groundbreaking happening either.
Don Letts, punk attitude ambassador
We spoke to the U.K. DJ and legend of first-wave British punk ahead of multiple events happening during his first Montreal visit.