Articles by Stephan Boissonneault
Alix Fernz Was a Wayward Star in Montreal
Bar Pow Pow, May 16
PUBLISHED May 17, 2024
As we piled up the stairs into the Pow Pow Club to join the album release party of Alix Fernz, one of the newer Mothland label phenomenons...
Kaia Kater's 'Strange Medicine' Is a Healing Epic
PUBLISHED May 15, 2024
Back in 2018, Kaia Kater's third album 'Grenades' sent a ripple through the folk and roots music world, earning her Polaris and Juno ...
Elephant Stone Go Deep on 'Back into the Dream'
PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2024
'Back into the Dream,' finds the four-piece diving head first into the nighttime hallucinations we all experience...
Ducks Ltd. Kept Their Foot on the Pedal in Montreal
Taverne Tour, February 10
PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2024
Watching Ducks Ltd. was too much fun, McGreevy’s wobbling moves and lead guitarist Evan Lewis’ aloof demeanour providing genuine spark...
ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT Made a Scene in Montreal
Taverne Tour, February 8
PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2024
What makes an ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT performance so memorable is the amount of sonic space both Menuck and Engle leave for each other...
Hot Garbage Stake Their Claim with 'Precious Dream'
PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024
For the past decade or so, there have been four bands heading the sooty psych rock battlements; the Black Angels, Osees, Frankie and the Wi...
Night Lunch Are Running Through the Dark on 'Fire in the Rose Garden'
PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2023
On Fire in the Rose Garden, Montreal's Night Lunch make their weird little home beneath layers of post-disco punk haze, R&B, obscure sugar...
There's Nothing Out of Place on Population II's 'Électrons libres du québec'
PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2023
Almost exactly two years ago, Montreal psychedelic-meets-art-rock-three-piece Population II released their debut album À la Ô Terre. The al...