Articles by Michael Barclay

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  News Radio: The Complete Series

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2008

  Enough time has passed that Kids in the Hall fans can forgive Dave Foley for taking a straight job on this very mainstream sitcom following...

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  Brian Borcherdt

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2008

  The Holy Fuck front-man stepped back into solo mode with music for four a.m. drives — which wasn’t necessarily what we wanted to hear at te...

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  The Bug

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2008

  Kevin Martin enjoys extreme frequencies: ear-piercing treble frequencies and bass that shakes the venue’s foundations. He’s also one of the...

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  Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2008

  These eight brass blood brothers are definitely horn-y, as they charmed their way through a half-hour on-stage soundcheck by chatting up th...

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  Lil Andy and the Ideal Lovers

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2008

  Where else but Montreal would a porn theatre be packed with hundreds of people at one-thirty in the morning on a weeknight to hear Neil You...

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  Persuasions

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2008

  Such is the trust in Pop Montreal’s curatorial skills that this aged doo-wop group, known primarily for their affiliation with Frank Zappa,...

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  SoCalled

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2008

  The potential was great: an all-star band curated by Socalled that included Final Fantasy’s Owen Pallett, Bell Orchestre’s Stef Schneider a...

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  Colin Stetson

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2008

  Stetson is a new Montreal resident, having been lured there by his work with Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre; his C.V. includes stints with...