Fringe Arts

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  Weekly Spins

  Colin Harris – Published May 3, 2011

  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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  Keyboards Exposed

  Rebecca Hiscott – Published May 3, 2011

  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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  Apathy is Boring

  Jane Gabriels – Published April 29, 2011

  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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  Theatre a la Sauvage

  Kendall Savage – Published April 26, 2011

  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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  Frame to Frame

  Nikola Grozdanovic – Published April 23, 2011

  What does the average film lover think when you mention Danish film?

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  Bright Lights & City Beats

  Rebecca Hiscott – Published April 20, 2011

  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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  A Little Bit Country

  Colin Harris – Published April 19, 2011

  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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  For the Love of Vinyl

  Adrian Sousa – Published April 16, 2011

  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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  Art Speaks

  Rebecca Hiscott – Published April 15, 2011

  Everyone needs an outlet, a way of creating constructive self-expression that can positively impact their life.

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  Frame to Frame

  Nikola Grozdanovic – Published April 15, 2011

  It looks like the Academy actually got something right this year, nominating the Quebecois-made Incendies for Best Foreign Film.