Articles by Lorraine Carpenter
Misstress Barbara
Montreal, QC November 21
PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2009
One of this city's superstar DJs, Misstress Barbara specializes in big beats for the masses, and with her three-piece band Girls on a Ducat...
Yo La Tengo
Montreal, QC October 2
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2009
Still kicking after 13 years behind the mics, monitors and traps, Yo La Tengo started off sweetly with a semi-acoustic "Our Way to Fall" be...
Amy Millan
Montreal, QC September 30
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2009
Mortality is a recurring theme for Amy Millan (Stars, Broken Social Scene), alongside matters of the heart and the liver, so it was fitting...
Osheaga Featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rufus Wainwright, La Roux, Girl Talk, Lykke Li
Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, QC August 1-2
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2009
Over two days of rain and shine, the fourth annual Osheaga festival kicked off on Île Sainte-Hélène to become one of the most successful e...
Nostalgie 80
Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, QC April 10
PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2009
Best performance: Samantha Fox. Sculpted and squeezed into black glitter, sporty neon and bedazzled leather, Ms. Fox was pro, through and t...
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 effic...
M for Montreal
Montreal QC November 19 to 22
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2008
Wherein 21 bands play 25-minute sets for crowds of musicians, the masses and heavily wined and dined international delegates (journalists,...
Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs / Buddy McNeil & the Magic Mirrors
La Sala Rossa, Montreal QC November 11
PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2008
New Zealands Delaney Davidson was a no-show, so local youngsters Buddy McNeil & the Magic Mirrors were left to support Miss Golightly all...
