HOMESHAKE – A Breath of Fresh Air Smooth grooves, minimalist beats, layers of melodies on the keyboards and a lazy and softly singing voice are the ingredients found on the aptly...
XENIA RUBINOS – YOLO, Baby! Brooklyn based musician Xenia Rubinos was back in Montreal, as she had promised after her technically disastrous, but creatively awesome show at the...
JAY-JAY JOHANSON – Same ol’ blues again A concert by Jay-Jay Johanson is always kind of the same... and it's a good thing for his fans. I saw three times live and it's pretty much the same...
The Truth About Being a Successful BEATMAKER As part of the Francofolies's industry workshops series, one particularly stood out on the subject of Beatmaking. The workshop was lead by an...
HEARTSTREETS: Montreal Girls Crawling South A few years ago, two girls from Montreal started posting some great tunes on YouTube and a lot of people paid attention. I definitely felt they...
CROSS RECORD specialize in creeping rock Pitch Perfect News Release- January 22, 2016 - “Cross Record specialize in creeping rock songs that blow in and out like storms.” — Stereogum...
DRALMS – Dark and Hypnotic Explorations Imagine you're in a dream. It's nice, not freaky, but you kind of feel that something isn't normal. You are not scared but you aren't 100%...
LANE 8 – A Groove That Takes You by the Hips You can hear it when pop music is great. It isn't overly repetitive. It has great melodies (Loving You), some very cool grooves (Diamonds) and sound...
Brazilian KDU COSTA emerges from midtempo to trip-hop Features which connects the Brazilian electronic music to traditional elements, like forró or bossa nova, is increasingly seen as fallacy. When a...
Welcome into HAUSCHKA’s Vortex There's only two ways, really, to listen to a concert by Hauschka. Either you sit by the stage, and watch him play his prepared piano and...
DOLDRUMS : Trouble in Paradise What seemed to be leaning towards heavy groovy dance floor beats (the catchy Loops) takes a sharp turn in direction of industrial offbeat...
