These are the best albums of 2022
Six critics share their Top 10 lists for the year that’s coming to a close.
14 POP Montreal shows that radiated festival-comeback energy this year
“Featuring members as young as 12 — they even talked between songs about doing homework on the red-eye flight here — talented L.A. quartet the Linda Lindas boast plenty of spunk, attitude and genuine chops, and proved it on Thursday night in front of a packed Rialto.”
Osheaga 2022: 28 sets that made up a momentous weekend for music in Montreal
From the heights of headliners Arcade Fire and Dua Lipa to the WTF stupidity of Machine Gun Kelly and Slowthai to killer sets by the hyped Wet Leg and relative unknowns Khruangbin, this weekend there was no place like home.
These are the best albums of 2021
Four critics share their Top 10 lists for the year that’s coming to a close.
Osheaga Get Together: A fall festival gamble that paid off
The yearly summer music blowout got an intimate autumn makeover to give Montreal festival fans a taste of tradition.
These are the best albums of 2020
Top 10 Albums lists PLUS notes on shows, pleasant surprises and the future of the scene.
These are the best albums of 2019
Top 10 Albums lists, best-concert picks and biggest musical disappointments of the year from seven music writers.
Highlights from M for Montreal 2019
Reviews of six sets from the local-scene-boosting music festival.
10 shows from POP Montreal 2019
PLUS Two Film POP movies and a hot play that had people lining up around the block.
Loving FME: A report from Quebec’s festival town
A long weekend of “emerging music” shows is well worth the northwest trek to Rouyn-Noranda.