The Oedipus Project
NOBRO, an all-female punk band from Montreal, deliver an album of liberation, intensity and hilarity.
Set Your Pussy Free, reminds me of The Ramones’ 1st. Joey Ramone would have loved this.
“Delete Delete Delete” screams of leaving the internet.
Men I Trust is the cleverly named trio from Montreal led by female vocalist Emmanuelle Proulx.
“Billie Toppy”, a song released late last year, is a perfect beginning for 2023.
Helena Deland, Montreal-based singer/songwriter, has released 4 short volumes of songs over the past months she entitles From the Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied”.
The title is a bit of a misnomer as the songs themselves are not unaccompanied.
Claudion is heard on From the Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. III & IV.
Claudion
Purity Ring, the duo from Montreal, gave us a new song on the 5th anniversary of their debut album Shrines.
Asido is the commemorative song.
Asido
Half Moon Run is a Montreal quartet who released their 2nd album, Sun Leads Me On, late last year.
Compelling harmonies on the new single “Turn Your Love”.
“Turn Your Love”
Megan James and Corin Roddick are Purity Ring.
This Montreal-based duo debut next week with the album Shrines.
Their electronic beauty shines through on “Fineshrine” and is a free download.
The primary duo (Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner) of the band Wolf Parade out of Montreal also front their own bands and are involved in numerous side projects. Yet they have found time to release their 3rd album, Expo 86, with one of the catchiest songs of the summer. “Ghost Pressure” is the Song of the Day.
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“Ghost Pressure” by Wolf Parade
Of the hundreds upon hundreds of rock shows that I have attended over the years, only a couple of dozen can be described as truly transcendent. And of those, when the band was new, the songs mostly unknown and when I had no pre-conceived notions of the artistry, only a rare few have mesmerized me from the ring of first note to the last sustain of the encore. A performance where after the cheering had died and the lights had come up, I stood enraptured, basking in the afterglow of a great artistic experience, floating in a sea of wondrous thought knowing that I had witnessed something transformative.
One such performance for me was by the Arcade Fire. This band from Montreal will soon release their third album, Suburbs. From that album, the song of the same name is the Song of the Day.
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“Suburbs” by Arcade Fire
