Articles by Lorraine Carpenter

The Cary Grant Box Set

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

No matter how scatterbrained, scheming, stubborn or silly his characters got, Cary Grant was always likeable. Whereas other tall, dark and...

The Electric Six

Petit Campus, Montreal QC - February 11, 2006

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

"You!" You? I can't quite believe that this is Dick Valentine. Having missed their last swing through town, and never having paid attention...

Martha Wainwright

The Spectrum, Montreal QC - January 11, 2006

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Martha Wainwright looks comfortable in the spotlight. Though initially humbled by a tidal wave of applause, she played it sassy from the st...

Supersystem

La Sala Rossa, Montreal QC - January 16, 2006

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

"It smells like a big, fat joint in here." So said a bemused Pete Cafarella (Supersystem's co-singer and electronics man), who seemed almos...

Feist

Metropolis, Montreal QC - January 17, 2006

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

As pleasant as her album is, and as charming as the lady can be in interviews, I can't really get behind Feist. She achieves an alluring ba...

Paradise

Café Campus, Montreal QC — October 7, 2002

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Fusing hard, trashy '80s rawk with the quaint trappings of tiki culture, Montreal's Paradise are conceptual pioneers, lending heaviosity to...

Romance Is In <b>The Stars</b>

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

With an unrelenting flair for drama and a sprightly knack for classic pop, Stars shine brighter than ever with a precious, passionate recor...

No Scouse in the <b>Coral</b>'s House

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

From the Beach Boys to Lee "Scratch" Perry to Destiny's Child to Walt Disney, the Coral's list of influences looks like a family MP3 collec...