The Stoned Poet

      It's November 2nd, I'm in Montreal and I desperately wanna go see a show instead of going back home, I write to my friends and one says, 'Go to Barfly I'll be there soon!' The lineup is He Lies In Ruin, Scream For Morphine, Duplah Pootch/Hanichan Gasoline, 2pwels and Shrock. So I run over there and by nine thirty, my friend and I are inside. We are waiting and we notice a huge stack of amps, a thing we rarely see now a days. Not even Traxide handle such heigth of combos and amps. After smoking a gazillion smokes, the show finally starts and we are announced half the bands can't be there and the singer of Duplah Pootch won't be there. Having never seen any of these bands I think to myself that this'll be another wasted night just drinking beer and losing my earsight. Scream for Morphine, a three-piece Jazz noize band who have a rythm guitarist/bassist, a drummer and a pianist start. They are very prog, heavy ass Yes type of prog, and despite all the...

On Saturday August 31th, I'd finally decided to plunge back in the scene and dab my hands at those rockers and mockers trying to take the spolight and maybe get a deal, feel the breeze of the amps and everyone out of stage enjoying their time forgetting their lousy lives. Up at la Sala Rossa was Bad Objection , Drive By , Excess , Street Justice , Scaramanga , and Skull Gate . Downstairs in the same building was War Doves, Evergreen, and The Snatchers. Lets go downstairs for now, where youth is stiff, and waiting for action. It's dark, loud, noises are issued and I can't understand so I jump in and am greeted by folks of The Snatchers , Evergreen and many more friendly faces. Since seeing both shows, money was thight and so I buy tickets and my friend Jonathan buys the beer just like any young school going kid trying to wash out problems and hardships at shows many nights a week. So by the time I've got the beer in hand Matteo from Evergreen comes out of nowhere and as...

 I came in it was a tad late, everlasting traffic and wild wonders kept me drifting along my way to the church. Last time I went to a church I was thrown out because I'd graffitied in a bible. Obscene I was called and so was the show I was on my way to see. A release show for Truck Violences album called Violence. With my head shaved my scrambled beard and my tired arms, I could only hope their would be violence to stir me up. I came there with a friend and of course I found others from bad objection, Sigil Grove and more attending the night. You knew it was going to be a nighter because every local band was there to witness astounding performances and maybe learn a thing or two about giving a good show. What I didn't know was how hot and physical this night would end up being. At my arrival Evergreen start and their performance is dazzling. The classic grunge posture of Matteo the singer fighting with his guitar is at the rendez vous, Hans the bassist is just grooving loosel...

Birds Of Prrrey are one of the rare alternative indie rock band that have swept my heart since their emergence in the local scene around 2023. They recently released around July 6th, a EP titled Yet, We're Still Growing In Place . A title that is quite contradictory to what the group has been experiencing on the street levels. This years, they played Pouzza, they will soon, on the 26th of July, play Birdball which will be happening at La Sottorena serving as their EP release party. Why the fuck to they celebrate so late when their listenings has gone up and everybody has posted their story about being in heaven while listening to the new release weeks ago? Well simply because nothing is a hurry, it'll all come along in due time. The band has no interest in stressing things out, they go on gradually, giving blood were needed without ever straining themselves to a point of disdain of the once hobbyesque music making activity now becomed a more serious concern. They passed on CK...

  Mindfuzz , a project that started out from a melting pots of projects seeing the daylight around October 2022, was a band heavily influenced by the 80's and 90's heavier rock and grunge, alternative tendencies! Listening to their songs Butane, Request and Phlegm, there was a will to bring back groovy laced rock spirited music on the scene. Shows were deemed quite the action packed sets and always a thrill to be part of. While their story might have been troublesome, their music was great, their contribution to the local music scene was by no means gibberish. By the end of the group's lifespan, rumours had it tensions had infested the nest, a leader more like a knicker who'd knick all the control and other stories haunted the bands attic, things escalated quickly leading to accusations and public statements surrounding them, the police had it's nose snuffed in, and soon they were no more. The greatest bands either adapt and become mainstream, or die fast after pavi...

 Two weeks ago, on a Saturday, Rancid Fairy , Booster Fawn , One Trillion Bees , Facades ,  Clifford The Duke and  Blackmagic played at la Sottorena. The next day,  Poolgirl played at Traxide with bands such as Birds Of Prrrey , Freshwax , and Heavenly Blue . Tonight, July 12th, Blackmagic, and Poolgirl will be playing with Steeple and other bands to support a great feminist fronted organizations. Now if you are still not convinced about seeing Poolgirl or be Blackmagic, here's my first impression on Poolgirl's live set and my night Saturday spent at the afterparty of the would have been The Patriarchy Show that was supposed to be hosted by Les Insoumises . The Patriarchy Show wasn't forgotten or anything it was simply cancelled due to outside performances and the bad weather not colliding well one another.  First of all, here's my impressions of Poolgirl, a band I'd heard of by name, but never had I peeked into their activities. Here's how it went.  Sun...