Thursday Feb 23rd
MTL today
New Kaytranada Produced Track From Cadence Weapon
“My Crew (Wooo)” is the new track from Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon and is produced by Montreal’s Kaytranada. The song was premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beat 1 radio show today and draws on Cadence’s experiences in Montreal’s underground music scene. (Comment)
Vice Ride Along
Vice Qc hail an Uber in Montreal and delve into the ride sharing app’s recent struggles and early successes in Quebec. (Comment)
RTJ Concert Review
Bad Feeling Magazine has a glowing review (and pics) from Tuesday’s sold out Metropolis show — they even go as far as suggesting it should be the early contender for concert of the year. (Comment)
Montebello Rockfest Line-Up Announced…and it’s amazing
This year’s edition of the Montebello Rockfest is outstanding — from Queens Of The Stone Age to Wu-Tang to Iggy Pop & The Specials. Also, seeing as it’s over St-Jean weekend this year, it’s guaranteed to be a must attend festival. (Comment)
Preserving Historic St-Henri Housing
A study is being organized to identify and preserve some historic sectors of St-Henri. There are a good number of homes which date back to the 1800s and need to be protected, especially in light of the neighbourhood’s “boom” in recent years. This project seems timely, as it doesn’t take much for developers to swoop in and change the identity of St-Henri completely with a few ugly condos. (Comment)
Monkland Street Fest Gets The Axe
Borough councillors have refused to fund the festival, forcing the event organizers to put the show on hold for the foreseeable future. A newly formed business association might step in with some other options, but it’s all up in the air as to when or what the alternative might be. (Comment)
Brief History Of Montreal’s Winter Carnival
Did you know that Montreal was the king of Winter Carnivals years before Quebec City’s was even a thought? Makes you wonder why we couldn’t have kept it going? Radio-Can takes a closer look. (Comments)
Eric Clement@ Station 16
DC Mtl reviews the recent exhibit at Station 16 featuring the works of local artist Eric Clement. (Comment)
Osheaga 2017
Foster The People are the first group announced to this year’s festival. The full line-up should be dropping in the next couple of weeks.
