Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsBike Smut
Bike Smut, a sub-culture led by Reverend Phil recently visited Montreal for the end of its Canadian tour. The tour plays erotic short films related to bike culture, now doing a stint through Eastern Europe.
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Fringe ArtsTheatre a la Sauvage
Beneath a rushing storm of thunder, we find two youths coming of age sheltered in a stable. World War I looms, and so does the inevitable journey of love betwixt Carlie and Mary. Canada is still young and filled with hope,dreams and loyalty to the King. When Mary wakes up from her dream, will Charlie still honour his promise?
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Fringe ArtsWeekly Spins
It’s pretty rare to find an album that’s both as varied and consistently brilliant as this. Leeds-based quintet Vessels harness an arsenal of gear to create textural, fluid post-rock on Helioscope, a record that is leaps and bounds ahead of their previous work.
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Fringe ArtsKeyboards Exposed
Montreal’s indie music scene is flying high with the international acclaim of bands like Arcade Fire, Islands, Plants and Animals, and a legion of groups whose names either begin with an article or make reference to wolves. But what about its resident gear-heads and technophiles? Montreal’s synth artists are definitely a more marginal bunch.
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Fringe ArtsApathy is Boring
If the personal is political, what could be more political than art? Concordia Alumnus Ilona Dougherty is the co-Founder and Executive Director of Apathy Is Boring, a non-partisan group that promotes youth activism through art and media.
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Fringe ArtsTheatre a la Sauvage
This week, hidden in a far off theatre on Loyola, the curtains go up for Concordia Theatre’s most eagerly a waited creation.
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Fringe ArtsBright Lights & City Beats
Claire Kenway uses sustainability as a springboard for a novel exhibit that explores the potential of the bicycle as a musical medium with ///Friction 2.0, happening this Thursday at the Société des Arts Technologiques on Saint-Laurent Boulevard.
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Fringe ArtsA Little Bit Country
Sometimes wishful thinking can lead to great things. Portland-based musician Henry Jamison is the voice of The Milkman’s Union, his solo moniker that now has expanded to a full band.
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Fringe ArtsFor the Love of Vinyl
The fourth annual International Record Store Day is happening now, with independently owned Montreal vinyl shops participating in the 2011 events.
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