Fringe Arts
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Fringe ArtsPrecious Life
The screening of Precious Life, latest documentary of acclaimed journalist and director Shlomi Eldar, submerges viewers in a different version of the Israel-Palestine reality, one more microcosmic and human.
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Fringe ArtsI’ll Talk, You’ll Fill that Notebook
“At a certain point, it becomes difficult to discuss literature. To discuss it is like discussing a garden, in that the comments probably reflect more the taste and preferences of the person looking at the garden than flaws in the garden itself.”
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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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Fringe ArtsI’ll Talk, You’ll Fill that Notebook
Whatever your authorial creed, writing can be a painful experience. But it doesn’t stop there: the reception of one’s work can be just as—if not more—unpleasant.
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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.
