The Limelight: Celebrating 17 Years On Air at CJLO 1690 AM

February 5 2020 // Emily Vidal // Magazine // Features

CJLO 1690 AM’s longest-running hip-hop show, The Limelight, is now celebrating its 17-year anniversary of being on air this February. 

Hosts Amrew Weekes, aka DJ Lady Oracle, and Jason Farrell aka J-Nice created The Limelight back in 2003. “I’m not too sure at the time that we started how many other underground hip-hop shows were happening in Montreal,” said J-Nice. “So it was just like, ‘Okay, nobody’s doing this, let’s have fun with it.” 

CJLO DJ SPOTLIGHT

February 4 2020 // CJLO

My name is Danny Aubry, I co-host the radio show At the Movies for CJLO. On our show me and my co-host Remi Caron critique films, old and new.

The Doors Live at the Club Soda: How to do a Tribute Show

February 2 2020 // Hunter Walwaski // Magazine // Concert Reviews

Quebec’s very own Doors cover band Feast of Friends played a free show last Saturday night at the Club Soda on Saint-Laurent. The four cosplayers, dressed in leather pants and floral shirts, managed to amass a full house - with Jim-Jean-Francois-Morrison’s haunting voice drawing in all the boozers and smoochers from nearby streets.

World-Renowned DJs Nina Kraviz and Jeremy Olander Dominate at Igloofest

January 29 2020 // Clara Gepner // Magazine // Concert Reviews

Montreal’s popular winterbound techno festival, appropriately titled Igloofest, occurred this past week on January 25th. Contributing writer Clara Gepner tells us a first-hand account of what events transpired and how the performers stacked up against their competition...

From the moment you walked up the stairs from the Champ-de-Mars metro station to Vieux-Montreal, you could feel the energy pulsing from the attending crowd.

Hayley Williams "Simmer" Review

January 27 2020 // Jen Zipper // Magazine // Features

“Simmer”, the first solo song from Paramore’s Hayley Williams’ solo project “Petals for Armor”, was just released on January 22nd, following a world premiere radio airplay on BBC Radio One. During a follow-up interview on the station, Williams stated that a full-length album will be released on May 8th, 2020, along with news of a tour.

The project was revealed through a series of cryptic hints taking place over the course of six months. Phrases like “I can’t breathe” and references to covering yourself in flowers were popping up on social media accounts of those close to the singer. 

CJLO DJ SPOTLIGHT

January 27 2020 // CJLO

Who am I? I’m Orin Loft of The Noisy Loft, bringing you the loudest, angriest eclectic sonic mess this side of the Décarie!
What’s my show? Loud quasi-metal & hardcore. I take a look at some nostalgic bangers from the 00’s, contemporary and the local scene as a focal point. If it’s Mosh-able, I’m game. 

The CJLO Top 100 of the Decade

January 24 2020 // Zakary Slax // Magazine // Features

We have only just dipped our toes into the opaque open waters of the 2020's. If you'd prefer to mellow in the backyard pool of the recent past for a while, here is your haven. Come, wade with us through these 100 decade-defining releases; ground yourself before taking the plunge into the fraught future.

CJLO DJ SPOTLIGHT

January 20 2020 // CJLO

Hi! I'm Renita. I'm a musician, soundscaper, podcaster and lover of all things sound and storytelling. I'm also the host of my music talk show 5 Songs With. Each week, I play through 5 very different songs, and then explore the unexpected ways they connect. I play everything from classic rock to Bulgarian choral songs to Latin dance music and beyond on the show - you'd be surprised at some of the weird and wonderful ways things are interconnected. It's a rollercoaster of music history and trivia every week!

CJLO DJ SPOTLIGHT

January 13 2020 // CJLO

CJLO's Best of the Decade

December 31 2019 // Magazine // Features

As the decade comes to a close, we at CJLO, have taken the time to look back at the past 10 years to document our favourite albums, artists and movies. Join us on this blast from the past and see if you agree with our choices!

See you in the New Year! 

Alex hosts Ashes to Ashes every Tuesday from 8 p.m.

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