A Retrospect on Dub Rifles

On Saturday February 7th, Monomyth, Brazilian Money, and Homeshake took the stage at La Vitrola.

This blogger heard rumours about (very in-famous) Montreal punk Shlonk! around the CKUT hallways while looking for some diversity in the male-dominated 80s-90s cassette section.

Composed of Montreal natives Martin Dumais and Daniel Langlois, Odds is a noise project from the early days of the Montreal electronic avant-garde underground.

Blakey’s solo beats down like the desert sun, cymbals chiming with the breeze. The rest of the album restates and expands on tones and themes first presented, a true bop classic.

This old country blues seems to suit any occasion well, particularly hot Montreal summers.

This piece of Canadian music history compiles songs from a multitude of Halifax bands approaching their fourth decade.

A chat with The RZA, who was in town presenting a screening of his film “The Man With The Iron Fists”.

Gateway (the album) is filled with surreal interweaving and dazzling textures; the trio seems to speak as one.

This week’s pick quickly jumped out at me as I perused the Super Lock-Up section of our library. Mingus Ah Um was released in 1959.

Last Friday Flying Lotus sold out the S.A.T. on Saint-Catherine street in Montreal leaving a lineup of disappointed fans out in the cold.

Every month, we look at new releases both local and foreign, and break down some not-so-new but under-exposed material.

Saturday night, Montreal saw the release of Flying Fortress by Saxsyndrum – David Switchenko (sax), Nick Schofield (drums).

Tune in to CKUT today, May 1st, as we celebrate Mayday, International Workers Day, and a day marked around the world as a celebration of social struggles for dignity and liberation.

The Kills filled L’Olympia, a much larger venue then I was expecting, with their massive sound. You felt like you were a basement with them oh so close to you bouncing around.

The King of Latin Soul Joe Bataan is interviewed by Andy Williams on CKUT.

Although we played and loved the Arcade Fire like everyone else and their cousin, we also really felt some handmade, sent out of the blue shit!