Articles by Sophie Naima Caird

Menomena

La Sala Rossa, Montreal QC September 29

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2010

Portland-based experimental rock outfit Menomena played a generous set from their impressive catalogue to an already pipin' hot crowd. The...

Suckers

La Sala Rossa, Montreal QC September 29

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2010

Brooklyn's Suckers play a collage of wildly textured, polyrhythmic dance rock with more tenacity than you can shake a stick at. For their P...

Osheaga featuring Snoop Dogg, Pavement, Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, QC July 31 - August 1

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2010

Osheaga blossomed into its fifth year with the most attended festival to date, finally proving that sometimes you really can please all the...

Bill Fox

Le Cagibi, Montreal QC May 13

PUBLISHED May 18, 2010

Bill Fox is a name you've probably never heard before, but that's just the way he likes it. To Fox's apparent chagrin, there has been a res...

Dirty Wedding

Divan Orange, Montreal QC May 6

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

Montreal's Dirty Wedding played a solid set of songs off their self-titled debut, proving to the packed audience that they're well worth br...

Sunny <b>Sally Seltmann</b>

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2010

Sally Seltmann lives in Australia but that's not the only reason why her album sounds like sunshine. On Heart That's Pounding, she wanted t...

Blues Skies Turn Black 10-Year Anniversary featuring North of America, Rockets Red Glare, the Besnard Lakes

Il Motore, Montreal, QC February 25-27

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2010

For a decade the people behind the indie music institution Blue Skies Turn Black have helped create the gold standard for live music in Mon...

Joanna Newsom

Have One on Me

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2010

Joanna Newsom chose to announce her latest album, Have One on Me, with a comic. This was the perfect way to approach the promotion of her n...