Mello G on The Anatomy of Caribbean Music

October 26 2017 // Gordon Weekes // CJLO

Roderick « Mello G » Thomas will be on the Anatomy of Caribbean Music Saturday, Oct 28th at 8pm!

Imagine a deep soulful voice with a reggae flavour, sometimes a reminder of Barry White, with a touch of a jazzy saxophone; it’s reggae/soul as you never heard before.

Tune in at cjlo.com or at 1690am

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CJLO presents: The Link Magazine Launch Party

October 25 2017 // Josh Spencer // CJLO

CJLO and The Link Magazine have organized a panel discussion and evening of great music to celebrate The Link's November Mag Launch!

Enjoy music curated by our Head Music Director, Omar Husain, featuring performances from Slight (MTL), Blessed (VAN) and AIM LOW (MTL).

Au Contraire Film Festival Kicks Off!

October 24 2017 // Remi Caron // CJLO

 

Tonight the Au Contraire Film Festival kicks off! Last week Remi had the opportunity to interview Vincent Sabella about the premier of his film Elizabeth Blue, which is premiering tonight at 7 PM located at Musée McCord Museum. The festival showcases an array of films that deal with the topic of shinning a light on mental health, The 5th edition of the festival runs from the 24th - 25th of October.

Listen to Remi's interview on At The Movies (Tuesdays from 8-9am), HERE.

 

Giveaway - Thor: Ragnarock

October 20 2017 // Brian Doc Holidae // CJLO

We're giving away 2 pairs of tickets to an advance screening of Thor: Ragnarok on Nov 1st at Cineplex Banque Scotia

1st way to win is to e-mail promo@cjlo.com with your full name!

2nd way to win is to tune into Franklin Armstrong Collective's #GeektastiqCypha on Wed, Oct 25th at 9pm and phone-in your answer to the following question at 9:39pm

"The new Thor movie Thor: Ragnarok is a hybrid of two Marvel comic stories that have been mix together. What are the two stories?"

Sinkane on The Pressure Drop

October 20 2017 // Danny Payne // CJLO

 

Tune in to The Pressure Drop show on Monday 23rd October from 5pm to catch their interview with Ahmed Gallab, band leader of the one and only Sinkane ahead of their show at Bar le Ritz on Tuesday, October 24th.

Concert Review: GoldLink @ L'Astral

October 19 2017 // Akeem Johnson-Pierre // Magazine // Concert Reviews

After weeks and weeks of playing songs of his latest LP At What Cost, and falling in love with GoldLink's unique sound, I came to expect not a show, but a house party from the D.C rapper. Luckily for me and the sold-out crowd at L’Astral, he came through.

Worst Case Scenario on Grade A Explosives

October 18 2017 // Andrew Wieler // Sessions
 
This Sunday on Grade A Explosives (4 - 6PM), Montreal horror-pop-punk-probably some other hyphenated genre band Worst Case Scenario will be in doing a live session and interview. Listen in as they play unreleased tracks, talk about horror movies, and being in a slowly re-emerging genre of music.
 

DJ SPOTLIGHT #1 - Chris Aitkens

October 16 2017 // Chris Aitkens // Magazine // Features

Ever wondered who exactly was behind your favourite show on CJLO? Starting this week, CJLO 1690 AM presents DJ Spotlight, a brand new series aiming to connect the station's DJs to the public. All the DJs answer the same fixed questions—meaning it's up to them to make their answers worth your while. For the first instalment of the series, we introduce you Chris Aitkens, alias Chris the Frog, host of Sewer Spewer.

Hello! My name is Chris. I'm a journalism student, professional screamer and lover of all sounds that are painful to the ears.

What is your show on CJLO?

Concert Review: Hanson

October 12 2017 // Angelica Calcagnile // Magazine // Concert Reviews

"If you ever had to take shit for being a Hanson fan, this is for you."

 

Next Music from Tokyo vol. 11

October 6 2017 // DJ Lawrell // CJLO

 

The bi-annual Next Music from Tokyo tour is back to rock Canada to its core for its 11th edition! Organized by the generous Steve Tanaka out of his own pockets and love for the Japanese indie scene, the Next Music from Tokyo tour features five bands from all over Japan guaranteed to give you the wildest show in Canada.

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