Articles by Lorraine Carpenter

Wolf Parade’s Concrete Jungle

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2008

"That’s what the studio looks like in my mind,” says Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner, only semi-facetiously. He’s referring to the cover art for...

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 B...

Dark Angels and Death Songs

How myth made martyrs of Ian Curtis, Kurt Cobain, Richey Edwards and Tupac Shakur

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2008

From religious martyrs to reality TV, from rubbernecking at accident sites to building celebrity death shrines, our attraction to other peo...

Bishi

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

A voice, a sitar, a MiniDisc and a dress out of a ’60s sci-fi flick. That’s how this British lady of Indian descent works her magic, playin...

Gary Lucas

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

After playing a live soundtrack to the silent film Le Golem at l’Eglise St-Jean-Baptiste last year, this Captain Beefheart alumnus brought...

The Paper Cranes

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

The 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 repla...

Patti Smith with A Silver Mt. Zion

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

The festival’s unofficial opening show, publicised largely through word of mouth, featured local octet A Silver Mt. Zion backing NYC legend...

The Two Koreas

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

This band of Toronto journalists, led by Eye Weekly editor Stuart Berman, played to a thin crowd on Pop’s second night, but that didn’t sto...