Articles By Lorraine Carpenter
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Misstress Barbara Montreal, QC November 21 Published Nov 27, 2009One of this city's superstar DJs, Misstress Barbara specializes in big beats for the masses, and with her three-piece band Girls on a Ducati...
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Xavier Caféïne Montreal, QC November 21 Published Nov 27, 2009One-time leader of the fringe punk pop band Caféïne, Xavier Caféïne hasn't exactly switched to decaf, but following...
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Automelodi Montreal, QC November 21 Published Nov 27, 2009Roughly a decade after founding electro pop band Echo Kitty, producer/singer/songwriter/keyboardist Xavier Paradis has honed and toned down...
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Think About Life Montreal, QC November 19 Published Nov 27, 2009For those immune to the bomp of their sophomore record Family, Think About Life's unhinged and endearing live set may leave you as delirious...
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Rural Alberta Advantage Montreal, QC November 19 Published Nov 27, 2009It's difficult to tell whether Toronto's Rural Alberta Advantage are gunning for indie cred, pop stardom or tour support for Blue Rodeo. Wit...
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The Luyas Montreal, QC November 19 Published Nov 27, 2009Remember this band next time you play six degrees of Arcade Fire - their occasional French horn player Pietro Amato (also of Torngat and Arc...
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Yo La Tengo Montreal, QC October 2 Published Oct 14, 2009Still kicking after 13 years behind the mics, monitors and traps, Yo La Tengo started off sweetly with a semi-acoustic "Our Way to Fall" bef...
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Amy Millan Montreal, QC September 30 Published Oct 01, 2009Mortality is a recurring theme for Amy Millan (Stars, Broken Social Scene), alongside matters of the heart and the liver, so it was fitting...
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Osheaga Featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rufus Wainwright, La Roux, Girl Talk, Lykke Li Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, QC August 1-2 Published Aug 16, 2009Over two days of rain and shine, the fourth annual Osheaga festival kicked off on Île Sainte-Hélène to become one of the most successful ed...
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Nostalgie 80 Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, QC April 10 Published Apr 13, 2009Best performance: Samantha Fox. Sculpted and squeezed into black glitter, sporty neon and bedazzled leather, Ms. Fox was pro, through and th...
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Quebs Like Us Montreal's Malajube Expand In Every Direction Published Feb 21, 2009"It's not getting any easier," says Malajube's keyboardist, Thomas Augustin, about the band's four-way songwriting style. "We're more effici...
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M for Montreal Montreal QC November 19 to 22 Published Dec 02, 2008Wherein 21 bands play 25-minute sets for crowds of musicians, the masses and heavily wined and dined international delegates (journalists, b...
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Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs / Buddy McNeil & the Magic Mirrors La Sala Rossa, Montreal QC November 11 Published Nov 25, 2008New Zealands Delaney Davidson was a no-show, so local youngsters Buddy McNeil & the Magic Mirrors were left to support Miss Golightly all o...
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Wolf Parades Concrete Jungle Published Jun 22, 2008"Thats what the studio looks like in my mind, says Wolf Parades Dan Boeckner, only semi-facetiously. Hes referring to the cover art for...
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Snailhouse Published May 27, 2008"I write music for Snailhouse, says Mike Feuerstack, "and I have to learn lots of music cause I play guitar with other people namely Be...
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Dark Angels and Death Songs How myth made martyrs of Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain, Richey Edwards and Tupac Shakur Published Feb 22, 2008From religious martyrs to reality TV, from rubbernecking at accident sites to building celebrity death shrines, our attraction to other peop...
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Patrick Wolf Montreal QC October 3 to 7 Published Oct 30, 2007Flamboyantly adorned with glitter, platinum hair and an antique military jacket, Londons Patrick Wolf played to a room of screaming girls,...
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The Two Koreas Montreal QC October 3 to 7 Published Oct 30, 2007This band of Toronto journalists, led by Eye Weekly editor Stuart Berman, played to a thin crowd on Pops second night, but that didnt stop...
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Patti Smith with A Silver Mt. Zion Montreal QC October 3 to 7 Published Oct 30, 2007The festivals unofficial opening show, publicised largely through word of mouth, featured local octet A Silver Mt. Zion backing NYC legend...
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The Paper Cranes Montreal QC October 3 to 7 Published Oct 30, 2007The first of two shows by this BC band was a fairly thankless gig, being early in the night and unannounced in the Pop program they replac...