Articles by Ralph Elawani
Blowing Fuses Left and Right: The Legendary Detroit Rock Interviews
Gil Margulis
PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2013
This title will pose a problem to anyone valuing form over content. This four-chapter DVD is essentially a compilation of three long interv...
Mudhoney/Modern Primitive
Il Motore, Montréal QC, September 1
PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2013
Mudhoney coming through usually means a remarkable assembly of older fans who grew up listening to "Superfuzz Bigmuff" and newer fans in TA...
Frank Zappa
A Token of His Extreme
PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2013
It's about time someone finally decided to milk Zappa's catalogue a wee bit more and made this 1974 TV special, which had never really been...
Nails / Xibalba / Early Graves
Il Motore, Montreal QC, April 30
PUBLISHED May 2, 2013
Southern Lord Records has been synonymous with top quality doom and black metal for about 15 years. Early Graves' set was the fart in the e...
Killing Joke
Café Campus, Montréal QC, April 23
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2013
The good news could have been that Café Campus's customary crowd of the noisy and trust-funded headbanging to Psy's latest output on their...
Akron/Family / Absolutely Free
Il Motore, Montreal QC, April 20
PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2013
Non-standard rockers and ex-DD/MM/YYYY Absolutely Free got the ball rolling without saying a word or giving the impression they were about...
Jerusalem in My Heart
Le National, Montreal, QC, March 15
PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2013
After over eight years of activity, it might sound as if Radwan Ghazi Moumneh took his time to finally crystallize seven songs on a full-le...
Bosnian Rainbows
Cabaret du Mile End, Montreal, QC, February 22
PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2013
Manic pedalboard mogul Omar Rodríguez-López swung through town to unveil his most recent hybrid act, Bosnian Rainbows. Having released more...