Patrick Watson: In Studio
Montreal singer/songwriter Patrick Watson likes to confound expectations. His band is also called Patrick Watson, and they’ve gained a reputation for using unusual and almost orchestral sounds. Now,...
View ArticleThe Luyas: CMJ In The Greene Space
The Luyas' hazy pop songs marry vintage keyboards with French horn and other orchestral flourishes, all built around the breathy coo of Jessie Stein. With its latest album, Animator, the Montreal-based...
View ArticleGig Alert (гиг-анонс): Blue Hawaii
ARTIST: Blue HawaiiSHOW: Friday at Solyanka Cafe (Moscow)Today’s Gig Alert is by way of Russia… by way of Canada. And by that we mean, we’re letting you know about a band playing in Moscow (as part of...
View ArticleThe Mighty Swirl of The Besnard Lakes
The Montreal-based band The Besnard Lakes just dropped its fifth album of confounding space rock. Like the previous four, the record's title — A Coliseum Complex Museum— is as circuitous and curious as...
View ArticleThe Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band
Performing their dramatic, mysterious, politically-charged songs, the seven members of The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band (all of whom sing) bring their violins, cello, double...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin on poutine
Calvin Trillin and Blake Eskin visit the New York restaurant T Poutine to sample and discuss poutine, a Canadian concoction of French fries, gravy, and cheese curds.
View ArticleThieves Thwarted!
Need a hit of good news? How about this story out of Montreal last week: a Paul Klee painting stolen in 1989 —that's 21 years ago!—was recovered and returned. 'Portrait in the Garden' (below), valued...
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Bixi: Big Expansion of Washington DC's Bike Share System
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) -- "Bixi roulera de Washington a Washington" announces the website of the Montreal-based BIXI bike sharing company today.Here's a partial (and somewhat loose)...
View Article#3084: New Music from Montreal
Hear new music from Montreal on this edition of New Sounds, featuring works by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bell Orchestre, and Mains de Givre, among others. Montreal guitarist/composer Tim Brady makes...
View ArticleNew Music from Montreal (Special Podcast)
Hear new music from Montreal on this edition of New Sounds, featuring works by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bell Orchestre, and Mains de Givre, among others.Montreal guitarist/composer Tim Brady makes...
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Montreal: City of the Future?
Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) I was in Montreal recently, on a family vacation. Upon arriving, I was immediately overwhelmed -- by the number of bikers. Everyone, it seemed, was riding --...
View ArticleTN Moving Stories: Chicago Wants To Sell Naming Rights to L Stops, NJ Transit...
A just-released 300 page audit shows that DC Metro failed to keep up with escalator maintenance in its subway stations (WAMU)--and knew that its escalator brakes were faulty a month before an incident...
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New York Expected To Select Bike Share Vendor By Next Month
Bikeshare users in Washington, DC (Photo: Tara Bahrampour)New York's bike share program is expected to advance this summer when the city announces its selection of a vendor to run New York's proposed...
View Article#3084: New Music from Montreal
Montreal guitarist/composer Tim Brady makes dark sounds with bowed electric guitar, guitar with loops, with tapes, and with computers. The overall effect -ambient and abstract- is intended to evoke...
View Article#3084: New Music from Montreal
Montreal guitarist/composer Tim Brady makes dark sounds with bowed electric guitar, guitar with loops, with tapes, and with computers. The overall effect -ambient and abstract- is intended to evoke...
View ArticleA rising tennis star in Canada — Eugenie Bouchard is looking for a Grand Slam...
A rising tennis star in Canada — Eugenie Bouchard is looking for a Grand Slam win at the US Open
View ArticleThe Scottish independence movement learned from Quebec's failed votes for...
For separatists in Quebec, a couple of failed tries at an independence referendum have led to what some there call "neverendum." The Scottish independence movement learned a few key lessons from...
View ArticleThe Montreal Screwjob
When you think of professional wrestling, you probably picture cartoonish characters like Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage. But after the Montreal screwjob, the real world lurked just beneath the...
View ArticleGet Real
Jonathan Goodwin is like no escape artist we’ve ever met, mostly because he doesn’t always escape. But his commitment to being the real deal pushes us to look for those little slices of reality where...
View Article#3882: New Music from Montréal
For this New Sounds, hear music made by Montréal-based musicians, including organist/electro-composer Kara-Lis Coverdale, the musician/producer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, aka Jerusalem in My Heart, music...
View Article#3994: With Saltland, aka Rebecca Foon & More Music from Montreal
Hear music from the Montreal-based cellist, climate activist and organizer Rebecca Foon, operating as her one-woman band, Saltland. (She’s also part of Esmerine, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Set Fire To...
View Article#3882: New Music from Montréal
For this New Sounds, hear music made by Montréal-based musicians, including organist/electro-composer Kara-Lis Coverdale, the musician/producer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, aka Jerusalem in My Heart, music...
View ArticleGig Alert: New Sounds Live Presents Colin Stetson's "Sorrow" at Brookfield...
Gig Alert: New Sounds Live Presents Colin Stetson's "Sorrow" at Brookfield PlaceTickets: FREE. Show at 7:30PMIn 1992, the late Polish composer Henryk Gorecki’s "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" became an...
View ArticleJessica Moss at Murmrr Ballroom
Jessica Moss is a Montreal-based violinist and composer who has played an active role in that city’s bustling contemporary music scene. She’s perhaps best known as a member of the post rock band called...
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