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1 week ago | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Cult MTL
Are many other cities producing danceable post-punk like Montreal these days? Not likely — and the third album by Choses Sauvages is further proof. The five-piece have been making funky, psychedelic-leaning tunes for years now, even as members have found recognition via other projects (singer/bassist Félix Belisle is also in La Sécurité).
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1 month ago | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Justine Smith
Declan Evans-Cargnello’s career begins from an excellent foundation. The son of longtime local troubadour Paul Cargnello, the teenage Declan’s debut album 15 shows he’s picked up some cues from his old man (who is heavily involved with production and mixing and even plays drums on most tracks), but with a musical identity distinctly his own.
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1 month ago | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Cult MTL
At only seven tracks but north of 25 minutes, Waahli knows how to make the most of a short runtime. His newest album, Se7en Bubbles, is further proof of that, while also seeing the trilingual local rapper/singer sound more confident and relaxed than ever. One of the themes here is impermanence, which is the title of its Nicholas Craven-produced fifth track — one that touches on grief in painfully vivid fashion.
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1 month ago | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Cult MTL
Folk music isn’t exactly my area of musical expertise. The most intimate experience I’d had with the genre prior to last month’s Folk Alliance International was volunteering at my hometown’s Calgary Folk Music Festival, but that was 13 years ago. As fun as that was, it was nothing compared to the sheer scale and ambition of this conference. Back in town for the first time in six years, Folk Alliance was held at the downtown Sheraton from Feb. 19 to 23.
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2 months ago | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Cult MTL
After a six-year absence, the Folk Alliance International conference returns to Montreal this week. The conference, whose 37th annual edition begins tonight at the Sheraton and runs until Saturday Feb. 23, is geared toward the folk music industry to showcase artists, host panels and workshops in the daytime, and offer networking opportunities. It is the biggest folk music gathering of its kind worldwide.
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2 months ago | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Cult MTL
Brazilian-born Montreal artist Fernie returns with his newest EP Hopeless Dreams, a darker, more introspective prequel to his 2021 debut LP Aurora. Released this past Friday on Secret City, the fact that Hopeless Dreams has emerged earthside on Valentine’s Day of all days comes as some kind of bitter irony, given how the EP deals with a devastating breakup.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Cult MTL
In a way, 2024 was an even more frustrating year for Montreal’s music community than 2023. Perhaps the biggest, and most maddening, blow to the scene was the announcement of la Tulipe’s impending closure due to noise complaints — sparking a wave of protests and outrage across the city in support of the 111-year-old concert hall. Even if mayor Valérie Plante responded swiftly by exempting bars, restaurants and venues from noise bylaws, it still felt too little, too late.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Matthew Renfrew
The fact that it’s already November is such a mindfuck. Is it just me or did this year go by in an absolute nanosecond? Or am I just smoking away all my capacity for time, space and memory (no thanks to me keeping this column alive, admittedly)? Whatever the case, I’m going to keep smoking it away — partly for you people out there who keep reading my column, and because I enjoy doing it.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions
Fleurs de Lise – Le Passe Partout brought on greasy cravings and heightened feels for music.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
cultmtl.com | Dave MacIntyre |Montreal-related initiatives. Outside |Northern Transmissions |Taylor C. Noakes
This Aussie four-piece has emerged as a ray of hope in a barren climate for true-blue rock music. On their third album, these punks from Melbourne — fronted by an absolute badass in Amy Taylor — are as wily and ferocious as ever, while also placing a bit less of an emphasis on the raw, no-holds-barred energy of their prior material, focusing more on melodies.
