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Photographe Mathieu Charrois 

Comme promis, la Black Fashion Week a eu lieu à l’eglise Jean-Baptiste, dans un décor religieux. Pour cette première journée de la BFW, nous avons pu apprécier tout les tons de noir, c'est-à-dire  du noir d’ébène au noir décoloré-albinos. Cette entreprise est donc à saluer car !

Étant une station de musique, nous avons essayé d’appliquer la notion de son empathique, du génie du son, Michel Chion- son exprimant une émotion, dans notre cas, musique liée à un événement spécifique. L’analyse de la mode vestimentaire sera donc faite en fonction du style musicale choisit par la Dj Debby Rose pour chaque créateur.

Dj Debby Rose est aussi une bloggeuse partageant ses secrets de mode sur Facebook et Tumbr.  Elle a déjà assisté à des fashions show en tant que membre de la presse. Cette Dj passionnée de mode est pourtant à son premier défilé en tant que disc joker dans la mode. Elle dit « apprecier » cette experience !

Créateur Adama Paris 

Genre de playlist : Soul-SudAfricaine

Adama et Rosie on collaboré sur la playlist.

Car selon la stilyste, « légèreté et tendance seront les mots d’autres de sa collection »

Créateur Yves Jean Lacasse

Genre : Rock, Rock-n Roll

Il a lui-même choisi son genre musical.

D’inspiration vintage, un genre de Mozart l’opéra rock en live. Le dernier eéchantillon de sa collection est à tomber !

Luxyria

Genre : Electro-dance. 

Elle s’est fiée à son instinct sur ce coup. 

Luxyria est une compagnie spécialisée dans la confection de bijou en tissu pour femme. La simplicité des robes fait ressortir la beauté des parures !

Aunoir

Genre : Electro-dance

Un seul mot pour décrire la sélection musicale énergique!

Avec des mannequins hommes très physique. La maison fait  Ligne de chemise pour homme à double col et poignets. Les chemises à couleurs unies ont une doublure plus travaillé, alors que dépendant du motif imprimé la doublure l’est plus ou moins.

Designer Oscar Mendoza

Dj Debbie Rose a improvisé cette playlist. 

Designer Helmer Joseph

Feeling : Animal, Safari…

La sélection a été faite à la demande de Helmer.

Un voyage émotionnel, difficile à décrire. Regardez !

Une mise en scène assez surprenante. Les hommes, très musclés,  portaient des masques recouvrant tout leur visage avec des corps bien enduits. Ces masques étaient en fait constitués des trois matières que le designer a utilisées comme base de sa collection. Une très belle collection !

-- Fatoumata Touré accueillera la spectacle de musique africaine appelée "Safari" en Septembre sur CJLO

The S-T-M may be still figuring out how to fix the recent delays in the Metro,

But they have already found out one solution to keep passengers up to date to any future disruptions.

Montreal's public transit service have intensified it's social media presence.

Each Metro line now has its own Twitter handle that will notify commuters connected online.

[ The accounts are @stm_verte, @stm_orange, @stm_jaune, and  @stm_bleue ]

The launch of the new accounts is part of a campaign to address the recent disruptions.

In addition to the installation of a new control room, the Metro has been plagued with computer problems, a passenger emergency and a breakdown of metro cars;

Metro opérations director Dominique Lemay spoke to the C-B-C.

He says these occurrences have been very bad news as he considers the Montreal metro as one of the most reliable underground transport systems in the world.

With the new Twitter accounts, Lemay hopes to put a new action plan to help deal prevent future interruptions.

Flickr Photo by: Sylvain Lacroix

STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES

On the last stretch of an 11-week tour to promote their sophomore full-length Meir (Roadrunner Records), Norwegian band Kvelertak played to a sold-out crowd at Katacombes on May 21st before hitting their last date in Toronto. Performing that night as part of the original line-up were the three guitarists Bjarte Lund Rolland, Maciek Ofstad, and Vidar Landa, bassist Marvin Nygaard, and of course vocalist and front-man Erlend Hjelvik. A few weeks prior to the Montreal date, drummer Kjetil Gjermundrød left the tour prematurely due to an arm injury, so Jay Weinberg (son of E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg) took over on drums to fill the void, and Kvelertak delivered, hands down, the best show in Montreal so far this year.

With only three Canadian dates on this tour, the Montrealers in attendance were damn lucky to have purchased their tickets beforehand because this show was intense... complete with sweat, spit, fist pumps and blood! Yes, blood. Oozing plasma to be exact, thanks to an audience member (or should I say jerk) who decided it would be a good idea to fight-dance in the pit after being tattooed that day. This dude started out the night with bandages on his arm, which were subsequently ripped off by the swarming mass of sweaty metalheads. Enjoy that staph infection, asshole. This was probably the first show I’d ever been to that was literally a health hazard, and I wouldn’t expect anything less.

Kvelertak belted the crowd with their wicked array of in-your-face black metal, garage rock, and punk-inspired melodies, hardcore-style gang vocals, and a hint of—dare I say?—pop. Yeah, dark Nordic-style pop performed by heavily tattooed vikings! And just enough metal to get everyone at Katacombes party-rocking into a collective state of head-banging bliss. I was really impressed with their unique blend of heavy musical styles, and each song sounded different. The stand-out tracks for me included the lead single “"Bruane Brenn", "Åpenbaring", and the eponymous “Kvelertak” off of Meir, and the band were also heavy on the songs from their self-titled debut Kvelertak from 2010. Chokehold indeed!

Erlend Hjelvik tossed his sweaty mane around, caught his loogies right before the spit hit the crowd, climbed the mosh pit, and there was lots of hair touching (much to the enjoyment of two rockin’ chicks who toughed it out front-stage). Marvin Nygaard climbed the rails with ease and pummelled the bass on a teeny tiny platform, and no stone was left unturned as both Erlend and Maciek Ofstad raised their hands and played to the crowd stage right, left, and up on the balcony.

During the encore, the band paused on an instrumental refrain for a good 30-45 seconds and then as they belted out the final tune, Erlend took off through the crowd and disappeared through a door at the back of the venue never to return to the stage that night. When the show was over, I wondered, “Does the door open up to a secret passageway leading to the greenroom?” I chuckled to myself thinking that perhaps he was hiding in a small closet, waiting for the crowd to leave the venue before coming out. Never did see him after the show. Check out their website to find out if Erlend made it home! 

--Stephanie Dee hosts "Twee Time" and "Champions of the Local Scene" every week on CJLO! Follow @tweegirl on Twitter.

Bilingualism is drops 17.5 per cent in Canada according to a recent Statistics Canada finding.

The CBC reports that this is the first decline in the past 40 years.

The statistic is measured as the number of being who can conduct a conversation in both the languages.

This decline raises concerns over the effectiveness of the Official Languages Act.

Bilingualism is still on the rise in Quebec and New Brunswick, with 42.6 per cent of Quebec residents reported as bilingual according to a 2011 report.

STORY WRITTEN BY: HANNAH BESSEAU