Fringe Arts

Living on the edge of appropriateness

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:31:02 -0500

Local zine publishes photographs that shock, amuse and offend

Who wants to wait to be discovered when self-discovery is right at your fingertips? Daniel Pelissier sure doesn’t. “I’m not going to wait for someone to ask me to...

A literary first aid kit

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:07:37 -0500

Palimpsest magazine mixing up the magazine format with multimedia

When one thinks of a magazine, images of glossy pages and celebrity profiles glutting the aisles next to the check-out line at a drug-store fill the mind. In a dying...

Can’t stop, won’t stop

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:06:31 -0500

Sean Nicholas Savage conquers and represents Montreal at the North by Northeast Festival

Two weeks ago, somewhere between the Greater Toronto area and Montreal, a high-priority freight train whizzed from Lower to Upper Canada carrying some unexpected cargo....

Arcade Fire fails to bring the heat

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:02:57 -0500

Local band falls short of impressing fans

I fell in love with Arcade Fire with the release of their groundbreaking album Funeral and had my devotion reignited with Neon Bible. I don’t believe there is much chance or...

The beginning of an end for Isis

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:59:59 -0500

It’s the final curtain call for Boston-bred and LA-based post-metal outfit Isis. After 13 years and five full-length releases—as well as a myriad number of EPs and live...

Wacky and weird

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:57:49 -0500

The Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival celebrates a decade of existence

Among the bigwigs of Montreal’s summer music festivals—ahem, Montreal Jazz Festival—stands a small but significant festival that is as wacky and interesting as its name....

Vintage vixens

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:52:20 -0500

Ladies of vintage take on Mile-End studio project

Vintage has become more than just a style for Brooke Doyle and Becky Emlaw. What many fashion-savvy people consider a hobby has become these ladies’ livelihoods. They...

The power of hope

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:45:20 -0500

Local indie darlings headline a show at the revitalised The Rialto

As the dust settles on the now-condemned Green Room on St. Laurent Boulevard after a recent fire, many in the city lament the loss of another mid-sized local venue....

From inside prison walls

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:23:02 -0500

Concordia student gives a voice to female inmates

Being tough on crime is a matter for legislators who emphasize punishment as the primary response to unacceptable behaviour. To Alissa Jafiarova, a Concordia student exhibiting...

Mischievous milk cartons

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:38:18 -0500

Papier10 highlights the many purposes of pulp

The paper airplane stands as one of the least aerodynamic aircraft designs in human history, but also one of the most popular and persistent. The fun isn’t in flying them so...