The Niche MTL Manifesto
“It could not be a better time to celebrate Montreal’s cultural life in all its diversity and inclusivity. Niche MTL is our new column and we’re ready for that task. Not too big, not too small, it’s Niche MTL.”
The Grand Prix in Montreal: The race for sex is on
Since the Grand Prix is reminding tourists that paying for sex is illegal, we examine three scenarios wherein men come to Montreal and get laid adjacent to the F1.
Ni Quebec, ni Canada
Fresh tracks and timely insight.
Saint-Henri Jazz Week transported the genre into the present tense
A review of the festival’s show led by master American drummer Billy Drummond: “A bit of cool reborn.”
Trollface
Fresh tracks and timely insight.
Op-ed
Fresh tracks and timely insight.
The food is excellent, but don’t we have better things to do than wait in line for brunch?
Small indulgences, the kind that our ancestors who escaped the Ukrainian famine couldn’t enjoy, are arguably called for when we’ve just endured a pandemic and might soon endure a war.
On pause
Fresh tracks and timely insight.
Racine, from the underground up
Montreal experimental electronic musician Julien Racine has launched Amitiés, released by the au courant Swiss label Danse Noire.
Quebec and the curfew: Beyond the limits of control
“Since there is no data to suggest that the first curfew was in any way successful, and plenty to the contrary, it logically follows that any science-loving person must oppose these measures.”