Concert Reviews
Kazuya Nagaya
MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21
PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2019
Japanese percussionist and ambient producer Kazuya Nagaya's stage at Théâtre Maisonneuve was beautifully set with a ring of 212 singing bow...
Tim Hecker & Konoyo Ensemble
MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21
PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2019
The main draw for Wednesday night's (August 21) showcase at Théâtre Maisonneuve, fans eagerly rushed in to hold down spots for Tim Hecker a...
Matmos
MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21
PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2019
"You're familiar with plastic. It's inside your lungs. And your stomach and your liver and your brain." Addressing our particle-level re...
Slipknot / Volbeat / Gojira / Behemoth
Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON, August 20
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2019
"We've been at this for 20 years! It hasn't always been easy, but looking at all of you here tonight, I can safely say we'll be doing it fo...
Monolake
MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 20
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2019
Staged in a posh custom-built pyramid, Berliner Robert Henke's Monolake opened MUTEK's 20th anniversary with the kind of ambitious multisen...
Tamayugé
MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 20
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2019
Taking the stage in matching blue sack dresses, top knots, creepers, hoop earrings and oversized glasses with pom-poms fixed atop them, loc...
EXPANSYS
MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 20
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2019
Gabriel R. Drapeau and Guillaume Sauvé capped off the first night working like painters at easels from behind their modular units, tweaking...
Shawn Mendes / Alessia Cara
Canadian Tire Centre, Kanata ON, August 18
PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2019
In the pop music world, word is that Shawn Mendes has been known to put on one of the most electrifying live performances around, eschewing...