Articles by Colin Harris

• 

  Best Fern

  Pop Montreal, Montreal QC, Sept. 27

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2018

  Best Fern entranced with some new songs at the Rialto Hall, as the crowd listened intently, seated on the wooden floor. The duo is a collab...

• 

  Fog Lake

  Pop Montreal, Montreal QC, Sept. 27

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2018

  Fog Lake played cuts off their excellent record, Captain, released earlier this year. They play at a shoegaze pace, but forgo the excessive...

• 

  The Weather Station

  Pop Montreal, Montreal QC, Sept. 27

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2018

  The melancholic folk songs of Tamara Lindeman were made all the more beautiful by a band, including some veterans of Canadian indie rock —...

• 

  Karneef

  Pop Montreal, Montreal QC, Sept. 26

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2018

  Karneef brought his unique brand of dance-y, electrified grooves to l'Esco. No stranger to POP (though, he noted, he had a little trouble s...

• 

  Palm

  Pop Montreal, Montreal QC, Sept. 26

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2018

  Palm led us along their trippy path, and they were happy to have us with them. They let their music do the talking, except for a timid "mer...

• 

  Rapport

  Pop Montreal, Montreal QC, Sept. 26

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2018

  Toronto's Rapport got their first taste of Montreal (playing with this band, at least) with a prime opening spot, between local high-fructo...

• 

  Alexia Avina / Year of Glad / Eric Séguin

  Blanc de Blanc, Montreal QC, August 16

  PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2018

  The crowd in the backyard of Blanc de Blanc was transfixed by three delicate, stripped-down sets on a night that brought together the best...

• 

  Big Brave / Anamai / Ben Shemie

  Église Saint-Édouard, Montreal QC, August 11

  PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2018

  The basement of Église Saint-Édouard was haunted three times on Saturday night. Big Brave, Anamai and Ben Shemie each brought droning, ghos...