Articles by Courtney Baird-Lew

Julien Baker

Osheaga, Montreal QC, August 3

PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2018

Known for her spare acoustic and piano-driven odes to heartache in all its forms, Julien Baker's pop-rock-trained voice is soaring, defiant...

Radiohead / Junun

Centre Bell, Montreal QC, July 16

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2018

One thing is clear: Radiohead don't simply "play a show," they curate a reverential experience. For the first of two packed Montreal shows,...

Hua Li 化力

Maison Sociale, Montreal QC, September 18

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2018

Hua Li 化力 — the alter-ego of Montreal-based multi-disciplinary artist Peggy Hogan — is a performer who commands attention. Taking to a make...

Nils Frahm

MTelus, Montreal QC, March 23

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2018

Nils Frahm is a musical anomaly. Straddling the line between classical and pop, and flavouring his compositions with every genre in between...

Suuns

Le National, Montreal QC, March 9

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2018

Suuns are a band at the height of their powers. Over the past decade, they've built a repertoire of guitar-driven tracks dripping with indu...

Suuns Emerge From the Darkness and Get Happy on 'Felt'

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2018

On a spring-like Montreal morning, Liam O'Neill and Joe Yarmush — two parts of rock quartet Suuns — are smiling and joking about the antics...

Suuns

Felt

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2018

For the past decade, Suuns (pronounced "soons") have balanced on shifting, tectonic plates. Meticulously composed, guitar-driven tracks rub...

​King Krule

MTELUS, Montréal QC, October 28

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2017

The stakes were set high for Archy Marshall last night (October 28) in Montreal.   Since the release of his debut LP 6 Feet Beneath the Moo...