Andrew Bird used to be a well-kept, little-known secret of mine. Mr. Bird’s music has graced my headphones since I set sails and settled in Montréal at the end of 2007. It was to my surprise when I saw an ad broadcasting the message that he was playing at local venue Le National, and even [...]

Jay Crocker – The Delicious
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As I’ve recently been experimenting with drum kits, I’ve realized how much of a soft spot I have for snare driven rhythms with the kick taking the backbeat. This tunes ramps up into just that (around 1:10m). Jay’s recorded (and sometimes live) stuff also comes [...]

Here be an extravaganzalopagos of media from the mind of Matthieu Bessudo @ mcbess.com.  I’ve admired Matt’s illustrative style for sometime now, and in the vein of ISO50 I caught on to the notion that supplementing your talent with more talent is the way to go!… as you can see in the following show reel [...]

This past Wednesday in Montréal I saw the advent of “In The Wake Of Hinamaturi”, a Japanese night at La Sala Rossa social club. I arrived just in time to catch Dynamo Coléoptera which was the first MTL band I fell in love with since moving here.