Articles by Stephan Boissonneault

The Smile Could Have Cut Out Some of 'Cutouts'

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2024

I knew it would only be a matter of time before the Smile went through their 'Kid A' phase, but I had no idea it would be so soon. I was...

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...