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Ought Smoothes Out Their Sound on 'Room Inside the World'
On their most polished album to date, Montreal art-rockers Ought strike a balance between the old and the new.
02 Mar 2018
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The City Is Mine: An Interview with Cadence Weapon
With his encyclopedic genre knowledge honed by time as a critic himself, Rollie Pemberton (a.k.a. Cadence Weapon) aims to put Canada on the hip-hop map via Hope in Dirt City, his innovative indie debut.
Dean Van Nguyen
07 Feb 2013
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Deadbeat: Eight
Like its film industry, Canada’s contribution to the electronic music scene is understated despite the quality. But if you go mining, you’ll find diamonds.
19 Nov 2012
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Honheehonhee: Shouts
Energy and instrumental flourishes don't translate into great songs on this Montreal band's debut.
01 Feb 2012
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Miracle Fortress: Was I the Wave?
After a four-year hiatus, Miracle Fortress settles for simple electronica on the newest album.
28 Jun 2011
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Poirier: Running High
The remixes of Running High point out that despite Poirier's willingness to experiment with styles bound to the dancefloor, his methods are still terribly limited.
16 May 2010
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Last Night In Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
There is an entire genre of fiction specializing in unreachable women: women who dissemble, lie, keep terrible secrets of pains inflicted upon them and the pains they, in turn, have inflicted on others.
13 Sep 2009
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Synth Pop Matters: The Silly Kissers
The Silly Kissers are making dense and accessible synth-pop that will be stuck in your head forever.
11 Jan 2009
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Montreal: A Summer's Night
Richie Havens drew out the best of Canadian jazz-folk for this forgotten classic.
09 Jun 2008
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The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse
The second album from Montreal post-rock group the Besnard Lakes dazzles with inventiveness and grandeur.
17 Apr 2007
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