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Corey Pool
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Special IssueTo Strike or Not to Strike?
The fight against tuition increases has finally come to a head, but a great divide still exists between students who understand the issue and those who don’t.
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Fringe ArtsScreaming at a Wall
Known worldwide as one of the main veins for the arts in North America, Montreal and its well-established graffiti subculture have endured a long and arduous history.
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Fringe ArtsWeekly Spins
Born out of the Japanese music scene’s formative years in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Shonen Knife, an all-girl trio from Osaka, seem to be possessed of an unstoppable—and never-ending—gimmick.
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Special IssueWhat Is Chiptune, Anyway?
Chiptune—also called chip music or 8-bit—is one of the liveliest, most progressive, diversified, and wildly convoluted musical genres that you’ve probably never heard of.
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Fringe Arts“It’s All Very Frankenstein…”
In an unassuming apartment in Montreal’s Plateau borough, two young artists are hard at work bringing a ramshackle steel sculpture to life.
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Fringe ArtsWeekly Spins
Cruising calm and clear out of small bars and cliquey venues of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, comes Slowdance –a modest indie-pop band breaking boundaries with their debut EP Light & Color.
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Fringe ArtsWeekly Spins
Cutting out unnecessary members, Halifax duo Seth Smith and Nancy Urich are Dog Day, a lo-fi rock & roll chillout band with teeth.
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Fringe ArtsWeekly Spins
Our reviews of the latest from POP performers Fucked Up, Topanga and Deep Dark Woods
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Fringe ArtsConcordia Student Goes POP
If you listen closely to Concordia commerce student Elgin-Skye McLaren’s short but powerful repertoire of recorded music, you’ll notice that, hidden discretely behind the ukuleles, melodicas, xylophones, and soft acoustic guitar, there’s a little storm brewing.
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Fringe ArtsFrame to Frame
Since its inception in 2004, Concordia’s Cinema Politica chapter has provided students with a weekly dose of informative, thought-provoking political films and documentaries to make your hair stand up—and your fists clench. This year is no different.
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Fringe ArtsCarte Blanche: My Osheaga Saga
How does one reporter remain completely objective in the midst of a three-day ordeal involving tens of thousands of people, nearly 100 musical and artistic performances, a myriad of mind-altering substances, record temperatures, and a seemingly endless physical and auditory assault? I dropped objectivity and adopted a more participatory philosophy: If you’re already wet, you might as well go swimming.
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Fringe ArtsPhotos: Young Widows at Casa del Popolo
Young Widows played in Montreal on May 10th at Casa Del Popolo (4873 St. Laurent Boulevard) with My Disco and Esses.
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Fringe ArtsResurrection of Youth and Lightness
The Funeral Home was an almost natural decision when choosing a studio location to record In and Out of Youth and Lightness, the third full-length release from Louisville, KY noisemakers Young Widows.
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NewsHigh Times on Parliament Hill
Staggered cheers and clouds of smoke wafted from a sea of umbrellas in Ottawa as the Peace Tower struck 4:20 p.m. on Wednesday. Hundreds of marijuana aficionados took part in the annual gathering in the nation’s capital, filling the front lawn of Parliament Hill.
