Music Festivals

The vessel floated through the soupy fog and choppy waves of our city’s harbour. It was a hulking ship, and its name suggested that it had ventured all the way from Scandinavia. But rather than docking at one of the piers, it instead continued floating on—past the port and into the heart of our downtown, […]

As Montreal band No Joy plays its set at the Marquee on October 26, Jace Lasek, singer-guitarist for headliners The Besnard Lakes, will likely be using that time to get a feel for the room. Or to stuff his face. “I have this weird thing where I don’t really like to stray too far from […]

Indie rocker Brian Borcherdt feels haunted whenever he returns to his home province. “There was that time the ghost of an old sea captain sang backups and then stole all the beer from backstage. That was neat,” Borcherdt says cheekily of coming back to play shows in Halifax, like his upcoming slots at this year’s […]

Very few Canadian bands are as epic as Fucked Up. With dozens of releases, including the 2012 Polaris-nominated David Comes to Life and 2009 Polaris winner The Chemistry of Common Life, Fucked Up has been kicking ass since 2001. Between collaborations and tours with rock legends, killer Christmas singles, suing Rolling Stone and eccentric frontman/The […]

Blending Métis styles of musical folk and Midwestern blues, and basically every genre that fits including experimental psychedelics, Ghostkeeper is a haunting experience in memory and creativity. This cross-country five-piece, named after lead guitarist-vocalist Shane Ghostkeeper, with drummer-vocalist Sarah Houle, wunder-guitarist Jay Crocker, bassist Scott Munro and multi-playing Ian Jarvis, released Horse Chief! War Thief! […]