Articles by Stephan Boissonneault

There's Nothing Out of Place on Population II's 'Électrons libres du québec'

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2023

Almost exactly two years ago, Montreal psychedelic-meets-art-rock-three-piece Population II released their debut album À la Ô Terre. The al...

Baroness Are Streamlined and Focused on 'STONE'

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2023

Since their first true full-length release, 2007's Red Album, Baroness have been trying to mutate their primal sound. The sludgy, progressi...

Avenged Sevenfold and Alexisonfire Fed on Nostalgia in Montreal

Bell Centre, July 22

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2023

If there are two bands that can pluck you out of reality and drop you back into the weirdness of the early to mid-2000s, it's the Californi...

Grian Chatten Soars Solo on 'Chaos for the Fly'

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2023

Often, when an artist in a worldwide popular band decides to go solo, one of two things can happen: the new solo project sounds eerily simi...

PRIORS' 'Daffodil' Is Coloured by Contentment

PUBLISHED May 30, 2023

PRIORS frontman Chance Hutchison has no doubt lived the life of a societal sonic reprobate — woken up on cigarette-burned carpets and couch...

Kristian North Grapples with Reality on 'Pseudoscience Fiction'

PUBLISHED May 15, 2023

The latest from Montreal's Kristian North, Pseudoscience Fiction, sees the artist at his most maximalist; a wild composer who seems able to...

Gabrielle Shonk Meets Your Gaze on 'Across the Room'

PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2023

Across the Room, the sophomore album from Quebec City's Gabrielle Shonk, began with a question: how do you admit that you've veered off the...

The Sadies Carried On in Montreal

La Sala Rossa, February 11

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2023

Last summer it seemed possible that the Sadies would hang up their hats, guitars and stand up bass forever — but during their Taverne Tour...