Montreal Rocks

Montreal's Big ‡ Brave stripped out the drums on their tenth record and built something heavier.

in grief or in hope is out now on Thrill Jockey Records.

Album Review: Big|Brave – in grief or in hope The kit is gone and you feel it in your chest before you register it consciously. BIG|BRAVE open in grief or in hope with sustained guitar drone and Liam Andrews’ bass carrying the rhythm alone, and the architecture holds. It takes a minute to understand what you’re listening to. Whether that mi...

10,000 people under the same sky, moving toward the same bassline. Solomun opened Montreal's summer at Piknic Électronik and the city felt it.

Solomun @ Piknic Électronik Solomun Launches Montreal’s Summer in Front of 10,000 at Piknic Électronik Montreal did not ease into the weekend: it arrived loud, restless, and already sweating. Between the opening of Cirque du Soleil, the Canadiens’ playoff fever, Formula 1 energy slowly taking over the city, and the first ...