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Independent, provocative, now! The CJLO Magazine is the resource for features, reviews, and interviews. Established in 2004, and run by dedicated CJLO volunteers, the magazine covers the latest and best in local and international music, art, theatre, film, festivals, and more!

High Notes and Hip-Hop: The O CANADABIS Tour 2025 Blazes Through Place Bell

May 23 2025 // Naia Ballman // Magazine // Concert Reviews

Cypress Hill’s O CANADABIS 2025 Tour came to Place Bell on May 20th, featuring The Pharcyde and De La Soul. Each of these groups are extremely important in Hip-Hop history, redefining the genre and inspiring future generations of artists.

YWHW Nailgun Brings Perfectly Orchestrated Chaos to L'Escogriffe

May 23 2025 // Iola Nieman // Magazine // Concert Reviews

YHWH Nailgun hit Montreal this Wednesday night as one of their last stops on the Healing Chariot Tour. After touring the UK, US and Canada, they’ve evidently gained momentum. The four-man experimental rock group have found their groove, bestowing as much of a musical experience as one of performance.

SHEBAD Shines at Blue Dog

May 20 2025 // Joel Sawmadal // Magazine // Concert Reviews

With their debut album Music is the Answer, Guelph-based music and art project SHEBAD lay bare their identity, sonically and as a collective. The LP flutters across the worlds of indie neo-soul and experimental R&B, carried along by intricate jazz melodies and intimate, pensive lyrics.

Machinehead, In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth bring an intense and devoted crowd to MTELUS

May 5 2025 // Libby O'Meaera // Magazine // Concert Reviews

Machinehead, In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Unearth took over MTELUS on April 27th, 2025. Machinehead is a groove thrash metal band hailing from Oakland, California.

Prison Affair's Egg-Punk Criminals at Le Ritz

May 3 2025 // Simon Bowrin // Magazine // Concert Reviews

    Barcelona’s Prison Affair are one of the leading names in the internet-oriented microgenre called egg-punk. Both they and the bands that get grouped in with them are known for short, rapid, abrasive and immediately catchy lo-fi music, often with unintelligibly crunched vocals and cheap keyboard hooks.

Big Ideas, Big Feelings: Remi Wolf's Genre-Bending Performance

May 3 2025 // Micaela Kira // Magazine // Concert Reviews

With a night of unfiltered energy, Remi Wolf brought electrifying chaos and heart to Mtelus on Wednesday, April 23rd. Having loved Remi since before the release of her latest album, Big Ideas, I had been counting down the days until her Montreal stop on the spring leg of her tour. 

An Interview with Empanadas Ilegales

April 25 2025 // Camila Lewandowski // Magazine // Interviews

I spoke with the jazz-fusion Vancouver band, Empanadas Ilegales yesterday. They're releasing a new album called Sancocho Trifasico on June 6th and they'll also be playing at the Montreal Jazz Fest in July. 

Camila Lewandowski is the host of La Panamericana Del Rock.

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Tamino Enchants MTELUS

April 17 2025 // Tamara Galinato // Magazine // Concert Reviews

Perfect, just perfect. That’s the only word I can use to describe a Tamino concert experience. Seeing the Belgian-Egyptian singer live at MTelus brought me a moment of solace during a busy and stressful finals period. Tamino performed on April 9, right in the middle of the last week of classes. Although it may not have been ideal, I could never complain about seeing one of my favourite artists live.  

The Amateur: a Review

April 16 2025 // Remi Caron // Film

The Amateur (Currently in wide release in English and French in Quebec) 

Dir James Hawes 

Staring: Rami Malek, Michael Stuhlbarg, Laurence Fishburne, Rachel Brosnahan

 

SXSW Recap: 12 hours of live music each day for 4 straight days

April 15 2025 // Cam McIntyre // Magazine // Features

Austin is weird. The city’s growing tech sector has spawned these characterless, glass obelisks everywhere. SXSW has clearly embraced it too. There was so much weird and terrifying tech stuff at the 2025 edition of the fest. But if you avoid all that and focus your time criss-crossing the city going to as many concerts as possible, it is actually really nice. 

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