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Joni Void’s latest release drops with a wonderful genre blend of lo-fi, avant-pop, downtempo, and ambient, incorporating his home base of Montreal as a recurring character. It offers a warm and peaceful transitional journey throughout its concise 44-minute runtime. Every Light Is A Life is an experimental collage of sounds that invites its listeners to get lost in its extended loops and slow bpm. 

During this Broadcast, the CJLO team runs you through everything they saw on their first full day at the festival. We talk about the new wave of slowcore, the state of experimental music, the Pop Montreal and M for Montreal showcase, and how Montreal is the best music city on the planet.

Originally aired: March 13th, 2025

In late February, I visited the Bashing. The Bashing consists of individuals from Montreal who are passionate about all things medieval. Every Tuesday, they meet under a church and practice sword duelling. While doing so, they wear medieval-inspired armour, and wield foam weapons. I went there for a video assignment on the activity but did not expect to discover a new genre of music. 

Priors is the band I’d choose if I ever had to, like the characters in my favorite war movies, storm the beaches of Normandy. Priors makes me want to rage. Listening to Priors makes me feel like I could take over a country and brasanly threaten the independence of all of my closest historical allies.