Articles by Ralph Elawani
Pharmakon / Marshstepper / Ligature

La Vitrola, Montréal QC, December 12

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2014
Noise outfits are not creatures born to be loved. But just as Santa can't be the merry obese old man he is without Krampus (or his French e...
Aut'Chose
Chaud comme un jukebox
PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2014
Aut'Chose officially bellied up in late November 1976, after a series of performances at Marc Hamilton's club, the Grand salon du domaine M...
Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll
By Peter Bebergal
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2014
Peter Bebergal has succeeded in publishing an unfussy but thoroughly documented piece of prose on pop culture. With Season of the Witch, th...
King Diamond
L'Olympia, Montreal QC, October 17
PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2014
Card-carrying member of the Church of Satan King Diamond hit L'Olympia's stage after the rise of a Baphomet and the lighting of inverted cr...
L’évolution du métal québécois: No Speed Limit (1964-1989)
By Félix B. Desfossés
PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2014
Felix B. Desfossés has once again tapped into a main vein of Quebec's historical underbelly. After singlehandedly reissuing the "maple syru...
Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust
PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2013
The idea of blunt linearity must have been tossed aside early on by director Matt Weston when it came to documenting the life and times of...
Gisèle Ricard
Électroacoustique (1980-1987)
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2013
The brainchild of ex-Pas Chic Chic drummer Éric Fillion, Montreal, QC-based non-profit organization Tenzier has been disseminating, archivi...
Going Underground: Paul McCartney, the Beatles and the UK Counter-Culture
Tom O'Dell
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2013
One of the main problems that arise when discussing the legacy of '60s counter-culture involves having to make sense of the numerous microe...
