Lumen Park’s Soft Machinery is an electro-pop record built around a severe rule: every beat comes from electronic drums. There are no live hi-hats leaking into…
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Review: Soft Machinery Finds Power in Electronic Restraint
Where Montreal’s Green Heart Became a Folk Song
In Montreal, a park can feel like a second living room. People carry coffee through its paths, meet friends beside the pond, read beneath old trees, and use…
Five Female-Fronted Indie Bands Built Around Vintage Gear
Vintage equipment gives independent music a particular kind of physical presence. Tape saturation, valve compression, spring reverb, old drum machines, and…
Why This Artist Performed Her Entire Set in a Mask for One Show
A performer appearing in a mask for an entire concert changes the audience’s relationship with the stage. The face is usually where a singer’s emotion is read…
The Story Of A 2015 Free Download Remixed In Montreal
In 2015, a free MP3 could travel in a way that felt both intimate and surprisingly international. A listener might find a song through a blog, save it to a…
Lyrical Themes in 2014 Indie Folk Albums by Women
In 2014, indie folk was stretching beyond its familiar acoustic frame. Guitars, banjos and close harmonies remained important, yet many women artists used them…
The six instruments behind a fearless debut album
For most musicians, a debut album is an exercise in choosing what to leave out. For Montreal-based artist Clara Venn, it became a chance to keep every useful…
The 2013 Indie Compilation That Put Community First
In 2013, an independent music blog could do more than announce a new single or review a local gig. It could connect artists, listeners and a cause through a…
Ten Glitch-Lit Electro-Pop Songs By Women
Glitch effects can make a pop song feel as though it is being transmitted from somewhere slightly beyond the present. A clipped vocal, skipping beat, distorted…
How A Female Indie Rocker Found Her Band Through A Craigslist Ad
The ad was short, specific and slightly desperate: guitarist wanted for a new indie-rock project, influences included Sleater-Kinney, The Breeders and early…
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