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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.