Friday, April 12
* Black.Art.Empowerment series at MAI
* From the Ground Up at CCA
* Orville Peck plays Casa
* Black Neon at Théâtre Fairmount
* Aurora Halal at Exposé Noir
Friday, Jan. 18
* MAC Nocturne
* Art Battle MTL at La Shop
* Jim Beam Talent Search at Sala Rossa
* Under Black Helmet at Katacombes
* Blue Hawai at Datcha
* Raw Moments/Anoma afterhours
Blue Hawaii get reconnected
The Montreal duo returns with Tenderness, their first album in four years
Thursday, April 30
* Day one of La virée des ateliers
* The Scrivener Creative Review launch party at Kafein
* Allie X performance and two-day residency launch at the Phi Centre
* Albert Maysles’ film Iris screens at Excentris
* Body Meta brings the Afrodisiac party to Club Balattou
* Blue Hawaii, Project Pablo and Bataille Solaire DJ at Datcha
Our music scene in the spotlight again
We spoke to director Timothy George Kelly about A City Is an Island, premiering at RIDM tonight.
The Top 30 MTL Songs of 2013
Hear the best tunes made in Montreal this year.
Mikey B Trippin: NXNE part 1
The best part about NXNE, Toronto’s answer to Austin’s SXSW, is that the city’s crack-smoking mayor allows bars and venues to close @ 4 a.m. during festivals, meaning more bands, more afterparties, more spending and more blackouts. Let’s just say the drug business is booming. Smart…
Saturday music
New tracks and videos by five local (or honourary Montreal) bands.
Friday, June 7
* Wunderkammer pop-up sale at Espace Pop
* Actress, Agor, CFCF and Cadence Weapon at the PHI Centre
* Le Révélateur at the MAC’s Vendredis Nocturnes
* Galerie FRINGE vernissage at M.A.I. Centre
* The XX and Grizzly Bear by the Lachine Canal
* Sole Power at Greenlight Gallery
* Jonathan Richman at la Sala Rossa
Mikey B Trippin: The Great Escape pt. 1
M for Mikey reports from the Great Escape music festival in the (alleged) lesbian capital of England: Brighton. Read about the festival’s excess of bands, booze and blondes, and what it feels like to pass out on a rocky beach with a God-awful chicken salad sandwich in your face.