Articles by Vincent Pollard
Tim Hecker & Stephen O'Malley
St. James United Church, Montreal QC June 2
PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2012
With all of the house lights off, Tim Hecker sat at a huge pipe organ and Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley crouched beneath him, hidden in the...
Roll the Dice
Metropolis QC June 2
PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2012
A bank of synths facing each other, duct-taped together on a single rig, was wheeled onto the stage and the lights dimmed, as Roll the Dice...
Larry James
Place De La Paix, Montreal QC June 1
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2012
First on the bill of Friday's Experience -- a series of outdoor shows in the Place De La Paix, a small park next to the SAT in Montreal --...
Alicia Hush
Place De La Paix, Montreal QC June 1
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2012
Primed excellently by Larry James and then Tonepushers, Toronto's Alicia Hush (also one half of Hushlamb) didn't take long to get the crowd...
Nautiluss
SAT, Montreal QC June 1
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2012
Nautiluss, the solo moniker of ex-Thunderheist member Graham Douglas Bertie, started off by playing material from his excellent Alpha EP on...
Kode9
SAT, Montreal QC June 1
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2012
From the first second, Kode9 (aka Hyperdub label boss Steve Goodman) began dropping heavy tracks, segueing into some soulful house classics...
Nano Zakkak
A Pause By Any Other Name
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2012
This record consists of six eerily sparse, minor key piano pieces that straddle the boundary of ambient and modern classical. Each piece is...
Andrew Pekler & Jan Jelinek
Monument-National, Montreal QC May 31
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2012
The story goes that Jan Jelinek met the son of German pharmacist and little-known electronic music pioneer Ursula Bogner on a plane flight...