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May 15th & 22nd: The Best of Next Music from Tokyo on Shibuya Crossing with DJs SATYYY and Lawrell!
Tune in to CJLO on Sundays this May as our two resident Japanese music enthusiasts share with you their favorite artists, songs, and moments from the Land of the Rising Sun's vibrant indie music scene, as the annual Next Music from Tokyo concert series gets underway for its eighth edition this spring!
Established and managed by Steve Tanaka since 2010, this completely DIY tour invites Canadians to discover a unique Japanese music experience like no other. Steve explores and scavenges Tokyo's live houses, concert halls, and bars to find the best undiscovered indie talent, curates the best acts, and invites them to perform to eager and curious Canadians.
The annual series has garnered a notorious cult following among both fans of Japanese and indie music, and is known to be one of the most anticipated Japanese pop culture community events every summer, rapidly filling out venues in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. For the Montreal leg of the tour this year, Mass of The Fermenting Dregs, Gozen Sanji to Taikutsu, Dalljub Step Club, Nengu, and Regal Lily will all play for one night at Divan Orange on May 23rd.
Today at 3pm, CJLO Sports broadcasts live SSA On Ice 2- Montreal Canadiens Alumni play for Montreal Children's Hospital!
Sunday at 3pm, CJLO Sports will be broadcasting live from the Samuel Moskovitch Arena in Cote St. Luc for SSA On Ice 2 benefiting the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Hosted by the Solomon Schechter Academy Children’s Foundation, the S.S.A. parents and alumni Big Bears team will face off against the Montreal Canadiens Alumni featuring Guy Lafleur, Chris Nilan and Stéphane Richer to name a few.
Tune in live on CJLO 1690 AM or online at cjlo.com
Live coverage of the event begins at 3pm with Sam Obrand and Matthew Shanahan on the call. Puck drop at 4pm.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Tonight @ 6pm on The Limelight- preview of Royce Da 5'9 show @ Le Belmont- CE SOIR!
CJLO is stoked to co-present with Champagne Productions Royce Da 5'9 with Doug Crawford, Jonathan Emile, Red Rum Records and DJ Nerve tonight at Le Belmont!
"Royce 5'9 returns to Montreal, on tour with a brand new album under his belt. The PRhyme / Slaughter House emcee has recently released his 6th solo album entitled "Layers". If you missed him performing at Osheaga with Eminem, here is your chance to witness one of the greatest lyricists in the game! Royce Da 5'9."
Tune into a special episode of CJLO's The Limelight (6-8pm) for a preview of tonight's show and, (if timing is on our side), Lady Oracle's interview with Royce Da 5'9 in the second hour!! Your official soundtrack to get yourself to Le Belmont!
FWONTE: Live on Beat The World with Neil Lalla - Saturday @ Noon!
Fresh after his EP release last October, FWONTE is back and ready to showcase "No Wanga" live on May 20th at Groove Nation, located at 410 Rachel East in Montreal.
Accompanied by an all-star cast comprised of producer Vincent Letellier (Freeworm), Franky Selector and producer Ghislain Poirier (Poirier) who also helped shape Fwonte's musical career since his first arrival to Montreal. Hip-hop, world, afrobeat, "No Wanga" will have you hitting the dance floor with strong rhythms and bold bass lines perfect for getting down! « Mizik sa, c’est pour danser », like the song of the same name says, with a featuring from Poirier. (Gong Communication)
Listen up, FWONTE will be live-in-studio this Saturday May 14th from Noon to 2pm for an interview on Beat The World, with 2016 Diego Award winning host, Neil Lalla.
Solids - Else EP
Dine Alone Records 2016
One of the great pleasures of listening to Solids' four-track EP, Else, is the wave of noise and distortion that washes over you created by the pounding drums, thumping bass, and distorted guitars. And, unlike the breakneck speed of their debut LP Blame Confusion, Else seems to show the Montreal duo of Xavier Germain-Poitras and Louis Guillemette taking their time and allowing for both the songs and listeners to breathe.
The EP begins with "Blank Stare", a track that has a punchy drum beat, crunching guitars, and a forward driving sound which eventually mellows and fades on a rounded bass line and staccato plucks of the guitar. This is followed by the more emotive, yet equally fuzzy, "Wait It Out". Things pick up again on the EP's third track "Blurs".
The highlight of Else is its last track, "Shine", which demonstrates the imagination and creativity of the band; it seems to push more towards the psychedelic as compared to the rest of the EP. It begins with Guillemette's drum beat, which is less punchy and more rounded. This change gives one the feeling that the drums are surrounding more than attacking them. An infections undulating bass line quickly joins in, which fills out the groove. The buried and repeating lyrics further add to this psychedelic feel. As the track drifts to its conclusion, wafts of wobbly and whooshing sounds fill its sonic space. If "Shine" is anything like what the band has in store for us in the future, their distorted fuzz is also about to get a whole lot weirder.
The grungy sounds are still prevalent on Else but a more nuanced approach to tempo and rhythm demonstrates growth by the band. These changes enable one time to focus and differentiate the fuzzy sounds created, all of which combines to create more interesting musical arcs.
--Fredy M. Iuni hosts Hiway 1, Mondays at 7PM on CJLO
Hardcore Henry: A visually disorienting style
Directed by Ilya Naishuller
Ilya Naishuller's Hardcore Henry knows exactly what it wants to be from the start of the opening credits: a no-holds-barred violent romp à la Tarantino with the aesthetics of a first-person shooter video game. If you are not a fan of this cinematic style, Hardcore Henry will be the most disorienting experience at the movie theatre since the last Paul Greengrass film. As a video gamer, I'm used to this style, but the disorienting action sequences in this film drew me out of it. I'm a big fan of the first-person narrative in Grand Theft Auto V for instance, and whether I'm on a mission or a heist, the first-person mode in a vehicle with a windshield adds a unsettling layer to the gaming experience.
In the film, Henry is the superhuman that has been created in a science lab as a archetypal Jason Bourne. The quiet tranquillity of Henry getting used to his new self is short lived when Akan (Danila Kozlovsky) raids the lab and goes after Henry and his girlfriend Estelle (Haley Bennett), using his band of mercenary soldiers and his telekinesis powers.
Just like in a video game, there are set designs that involve Henry going after Estelle, defeating Akan and trying to stay alive by any means necessary. There are three times that Akan shows up in the plot narrative, and this is the same motif used in video games to emphasize the overall objective. Also there to help out Henry is Jimmy (Sharlto Copley), a colourful character with a wide array of idiosyncrasies that capture the witty disposition of Mike Myers and the obscene nature of Sacha Baron Cohen. The character is sure to get under your skin.
I did not have a bad experience with both viewings, and I commend Hardcore Henry for its style and also for being a fresh experience for audience members who are not jarred by the film's aesthetic nature, or the action sequences that mimic a Paul Greengrass or Quentin Tarantino film. The action sequences are lavish and grandiose, but the experience was jarring when the sequences start to blur.
A friend of mine, a video gamer, began to feel nauseous about 20 minutes into the film and left to smoke a cigarette. Upon exiting, I noticed one audience member grinning from the excitement of the film, and another had to take off their glasses and rub their eyes from sure dizziness.
Rating: 2.5/5
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Remi Caron-Liss hosts At The Movies (with Iconic Sounds), every Tuesday at 8AM, only on CJLO.
News for Monday, May 9th 2016
LOCAL
By Sam Obrand
An anti-electroconvulsive shock therapy group is calling for a ban on the treatment.
According to CTV News, the activist group, Comité Pare-Chocs, asked Quebec's Health Minister to ban electroconvulsive shock therapy on Saturday.
Anti-electroconvulsive shock therapy spokesperson, Ghislain Goulet, said there has not been enough research on the treatment's long-term effects.
The group has estimated that the use of the treatment has increased by 60 per cent in Quebec since 2011.
NATIONAL
By Saturn De Los Angeles
The wildfire in Fort McMurray is showing no signs of stopping.
According to CBC News, the fire has become three times the size of Edmonton, and could expand into the neighboring province of Saskatchewan.
The wildfire has already consumed 1,600 homes, and forced 80-thousand people to leave their homes.
INTERNATIONAL
By Patricia Petit Liang
Anarchists threw firebombs and debris at riot police in Greece, as lawmakers debated a controversial austerity bill on Sunday.
According to Global News, Greek police retaliated using stun grenades and tear gas, inadvertently disrupting a peaceful rally.
The rally was held by union members and Communist party sympathizers to protest a bill that would raise social security and pension fees as well as taxes.
Monday, May 9th 2016
Hosted by Andrew Wieler
Stories by Patricia Petit Liang, Sam Obrand & Saturn De Los Angeles
Produced by Patricia Petit Liang
Friday @ 6pm on Go-Go Radio Magic Show- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard interview & Dead Messenger
Tune in this Friday at 6pm to The Go-Go Radio Magic Show when Prince Palu will be joined in the first hour (via phone) by Stu Mackenzie of the Australian psych band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, to talk about their most recent album, Nonagon Infinity, and their upcoming show, sold out at Bar le Ritz PDB on May 11.
Then in the second hour Oncle Ian will be joined in studio by Roger White of Montreal band Dead Messenger to talk about their forthcoming album, The Owl in Daylight, and upcoming show at La Vitrola on May 13.
Double your pleasure, double your fun!
Hooked on Sonics talks to Several Futures and Best Fern- Thurs 6-8pm!
Tune in Thursday for a jam packed episode of Hooked on Sonics (6-8pm)! Around 6:30pm, we'll be chatting with Best Fern (Alexia Avina + Nick Schofield of Saxsyndrum). Best Fern is part of Montreal's Oh Hi collective and will be playing May 12 at Casa del Popolo with Merganzer + Tess Roby, presented by POP Montreal.
Then, around 7pm, we'll hear from Jonny of Toronto's Several Futures, for a dose of sci-fi and post-punk experimentation, all-in-one!
"(Several Futures) keep things minimal, elemental and old-school, reminiscent of math-y '90s American indie rock and post-hardcore." - Carla Gillis, NOW Magazine
Perennial fixtures of Toronto's underground music scene, members of Several Futures have multi-tasked their music. Whether it's dance punk, shoegaze or experimental improv music- members have collaborated in various projects prior to their recent debut 10-track album titled Before You Forget, which was self recorded (in true DIY form) at the legendary Ratspace.
We will be talking to bassist/vocalist Jonny Dovercourt, who co-founded the long-running Wavelength Music Series. Wavelength consistently programs both prolific touring artists as well as new voices from Toronto's burgeoning underground scene. We will hear what's coming up with this series, including a taste of what will be happening at this summer's Camp Wavelength- a festival of camping and music that takes place on Toronto Island at Artscape Gibralter Point (August 19-21). The line-up has not been revealed yet, but last year's inaugural edition led to Camp Wavelength being named one of Toronto's best music festivals in 2015 by blogTO. This year's theme is "Head in the Clouds". Get dreamy, hazy, lazy - 'cause it's summer!
Catch Several Futures at Brasserie Beaubien (73 Beaubien E.) with Summering, Traces, & Colour Wheel this Saturday night- a Passovah presentation!
Hooked on Sonics, Thursdays at 6pm, is yer weekly dose of indie rock, post-punk, power pop, shoegaze, math rock, noise pop, post-hardcore and anything with loud geetars...with sometimes a little alt-country, post rock and hip hop tossed into the mix. DO IT.
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