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DANIEL ISAIAH – High Twilight
reviewed by Sebastian Gahan

DANIEL ISAIAH – High Twilight

Hailing from Montreal, the gloriously named Daniel Isaiah’s new album High Twilight is a thoughtful but full-bodied aperitif, and if it were a beverage one [...]

Show Review: NXNE 2011
words by Garrett Lyons | photos by Leigh Metzler

Show Review: NXNE 2011

One of the beautiful things about NXNE is that one can stick with big-name acts, or get adventurous and go find the lesser-known artists.

Little Scream – The Heron and the Fox

Little Scream – The Heron and the Fox

“I had never envisioned being a solo artist, but that’s just kind of how it worked out in the beginning,” says Laurel Sprengelmeyer, aka Little [...]

Interview: Little Scream
words by Nathaniel G. Moore | photo by Brantley Gutierrez

Interview: Little Scream

With the release of her highly anticipated debut solo LP The Golden Record, Montreal’s Little Scream (a.k.a Laurel Sprengelmeyer) is ready to, as she puts it, [...]

THE LUYAS – Too Beautiful To Work
reviewed by Dan Chapman

THE LUYAS – Too Beautiful To Work

The Canadian four-piece The Luyas have emerged with a courageous effort in Too Beautiful To Work. The group spawned from the bustling music scene in [...]

Interview: Melissa Auf der Maur
words by Andrew Lapham Fersch | photo by George Fok

Interview: Melissa Auf der Maur

Melissa Auf der Maur is no stranger to success — as the bassist for Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa managed to be a serious [...]

The Luyas – Tiny Head

The Luyas – Tiny Head

The Luyas recently completed their Dead Oceans debut. Too Beautiful to Work will be released on February 22 (February 21, in the UK). A picture-perfect collection [...]

SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK: A MODEST BESTIARY by David Sedaris
reviewed by Robert Wringham

SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK: A MODEST BESTIARY by David Sedaris

Little, Brown and Company, 176 pages, hardcover, $21.99 Following in the footsteps of Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and [...]

Verbicide at Montreal Expozine 2010

Verbicide at Montreal Expozine 2010

On November 13 and 14, VerbicideMagazine.com returned to the Expozine in Montreal, one of North America’s best independent media fairs. Not only did we give [...]

THE SAINTE CATHERINES – Fire Works
reviewed by Chris Aitkens

THE SAINTE CATHERINES – Fire Works

Ah, yes, the pride of Montreal. After six albums and more than 11 years since their formation, this inseparable six-piece hardcore band named after the [...]

Verbicide’s Montreal Expozine 2010 Mixtape

Verbicide’s Montreal Expozine 2010 Mixtape

On November 13 and 14, Verbicide is visiting one of the liveliest independent publishing conferences in North America. We always enjoy making the trip to [...]

HUMANIFESTO – The Infamous
reviewed by Beth Harper

HUMANIFESTO – The Infamous

Opening with the obligatory power chord hold-outs that are the mark of most classic punk hardcore albums of late, Humanifesto’s newest release The Infamous sets [...]

Parlovr – Pen to the Paper

Parlovr – Pen to the Paper

Meet Parlovr (pretend the V is a U when you say it). Over the last few years, these three Montrealers have been bringing their manic [...]

Think About Life – Sweet Sixteen

Think About Life – Sweet Sixteen

Think About Life is a Montreal-based band that formed in 2005 as a collaboration between a few friends in an industrial building in a lost corner [...]

Interview: Off With Their Heads
words by Chris Aitkens | photo by Tony Nelson

Interview: Off With Their Heads

“Off With Their Heads might be the best punk band going right now — Epitaph needs them; music needs them!” That was Brett Gurewitz’s explanation [...]