Tag: "Metropolis"
ALL I REALLY WANT… IS ALANIS MORISSETTE IN MONTREAL!
Alanis Morissette played the Metropolis on Tuesday night in Montreal, with opening act, Souleye. Souleye played quite a smooth set. Â I am not familiar with his music, but his set was a testament to what a computer can do for music these days. Â While his rapping was smooth and flawless, the over produced singing left [...]
GOTYE: AMBIANCE FESTIVE À MONTRÉAL!
Le métropolis de Montréal accueillait ce soir Zammuto, le groupe pop-électro Chairlift, ainsi que l’auteur-compositeur-interprète et musicien Gotye et ses quatre musiciens. Dès le départ, j’ai été agréablement surprise de constater la polyvalence des musiciens, dont Gotye qui sait non seulement utiliser sa voix à merveille, mais qui sait également faire une multitude de percussions [...]
THE OFFSPRING: JUICE ON THE LOOSE
Cali punk rockers The Offspring have been on tour promoting their new album “Days Go By” which came out in June. With Nostalgia tours on the rise, the Offspring seemed to be enjoying playing their older catalogue. I was in attendance of the first of two Montreal concerts last Monday at the Metropolis. It was a [...]
CHILDISH GAMBINO: IT’S ON FOR HIM!
Earlier this year, rap sensation Childish Gambino, also known as Donald Glover, rescheduled his concert date of March 25th at Montréal for the August 1st due to an injury. Wednesday night, we were witnesses that hip hop still has a beating heart with a brillant performance at the Metropolis by this multidisciplinary guy (comedian, producer, etc.) [...]
THE XX: MARKED MELANCHOLY!
During a hot summer sunday night in beautiful Montreal, United Kingdom trio The xx stopped by for a quick visit to a sold-out crowd at the Metropolis. People there were highly excited to hear this very humble performance for a straight ahead 70 minutes playing sixteeen songs. The entire show contained six new songs from [...]
HIGH FIVE HIVES!
Garage rockers The Hives stepped up to the plate and brought home a victory at the Metropolis in Montreal last Monday night. We witnessed that this band is still running wild and entertaining people with pure raw energy after many years on the music scene. They brought us into their world where tuxedos are appropriate [...]
MOGWAI: MIND-BLOWING IN MONTREAL
The pioneer of post-rock Mogwai from Scotland were in the city of Montreal for a second time in 14 months. This time, they played a more scaled down performance at the Metropolis, it wasn’t sold out, but for those in attendance we knew why they are one of the loudest live acts ever. Being realistic, [...]
THRICE AT THE METROPOLIS
Thrice was back in Montreal for their tour “2012 Farewell Tour” As always, Thrice continues to get better with time. With a very good mix of older songs and new songs off of their album “Major/Minor,” this performance was a breath of fresh air in an otherwise average year of concerts. Their sound is record [...]
HERITAGE HUNTER TOUR – OPETH AND MASTODON
Opeth and Mastodon were the co-headline for this Heritage Hunter Tour – North America The Metropolis was sold out and some fans were desperately looking for tickets to get in! The temperature rised up as the first notes of Black Tongue began. Mastodon and their leader Troy Sanders played hits after hits: Hand of Stone, [...]
NERO AT THE METROPOLIS
NERO – Metropolis – Montreal QC When they appear atop a giant console made of TV sets, at the centre of a giant lightshow, the crowd greet them with chants of “Nero! Nero!” They fuse portentous synthesiser wails and bowel-movingly loud bass.  London dance duo NERO have built themselves a great reputation as producers operating [...]
