Festival 77 Montreal in Pictures

August 26 2017 // Robert Portnoff // Magazine // Features

1. Californian band Joyce Manor. Barry Johnson (left) Matt Ebert (right)

Celebrating forty years of punk music, Festival 77 Montreal slammed into Parc Jean-Drapeau. The weather was perfect, the festival site with two stages, a record fair, poster exhibition and movie house was a busy place. 

The city of Montreal was well represented by The Pale Lips, which got the festival started, hardcore punk band Genetic Control, The Kingpins and powerhouse Barrasso. The Creepshow also brought their unique brand of psychobilly to the festival. 

CJLO FUNDrive 2017 is Here!

August 25 2017 // Josh Spencer // Fundingdrive

CJLO's FUNDrive 2017 is HERE!

After many months of meticulous planning, we are incredibly excited to launch CJLO's 2017 Funding Drive! This year there are so many exciting ways to help us hit our $10,000 goal and take CJLO to the next level...

The first way is to make a donation in exchange for top-notch CJLO perks and merch such as LIMITED EDITION Tie-Dye T-Shirts. Trust us, it'll feel good: http://cjlo1690am.bigcartel.com/

Pitchfork Festival 2017: A Review

August 15 2017 // Michael Cardillo // Magazine // Features

Festivals can be a truly polarizing experience. On one hand, there are a lot of unknown variables that can lend themselves to a bad time. Not so friendly weather, band cancellations, poor planning, and endless lines at food stands and bathrooms. On the other hand, there’s nothing quite like watching your favourite artists in the great outdoors, the freedom to be as much (or as little) part of the action as you like, and just the feeling of warm air and summer vibes that connect you with the rest of the attendees in a way you just don’t get inside a closed venue. While Pitchfork Festival has a history of strong line-ups and excellent organization, I still wasn’t sure what to expect, it being my first time attending.

CJLO Wants to Send You to See Guns N' Roses

August 13 2017 // CJLO

As much as all of us hate to admit it, summer is drawing to a close, but we at CJLO 1690 AM want to help you end it off right in the most rockin' way possible. That's why, thanks to evenko, we're offering you a chance to win tickets to see Guns N' Roses at Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 19th with Our Lady Peace opening.

"How do I win?" I hear you asking. Because we like you, we're giving you two options:

Fantasia 2017: Week 3 - The Final Lap

August 10 2017 // Remi Caron // Film

Normally, by the final week of the Fantasia Film Festival, I am trying to catch up on everything that I have missed in a long marathon run of the festival. Sadly, with work and the real world being a demise to my film viewings, I only got around to seeing two viewings. These are probably the two biggest Hollywood fare films that the festival offered up this year.

Atomic Blonde

Fantasia 2017: Week 2 - The Midnight Run

August 3 2017 // Remi Caron // Film

The start of the second week of the Fantasia Film Festival, brings in the rhythmic pacing of trying to squeeze in as many movies as you can. This is not the final marathon, however I have tried my best to map out my run with screeners and theatre viewings. The theatre viewings are varied between the Fantasia setting, and the big multiplex for the big releases. As previously stated, I would like to see most of the documentary films that the festival has to offer as a core concentration. 

Darkland

Lakes of Canada Come Out of Hiding to Play Osheaga Opening Party

August 2 2017 // Megan Flottorp // Magazine // Interviews

Montreal’s own Lakes of Canada have been on a bit of a hiatus lately. After months on the road, Jake, Conor, Sarah and Caleb have been in the realm of the musician’s existence that privileges long days in the studio over long nights playing to noisy rooms. Luckily for us though, an offer to play a slot at the opening party of one of their favourite festivals coaxed them out of seclusion. 

The Hillside Music Festival in Pictures

August 1 2017 // Robert Portnoff // Magazine // Features

01. Happy Hillside is a common greeting at the festival.

The thirty-fourth edition of Hillside Music Festival took place over the July 16th weekend. Taking place over three days in the scenic Guelph Island Lake, this edition of the festival holds up with the best acts and lives up to its history of over thirty years. The theme this year at Hillside was resistance.

It is through resistance that we can build stronger communities and stronger bonds. We must resist the lines of thinking that tell us to separate ourselves along gender or racial lines, or that tell us we’re too different to get along.

The Collective - Panels & Performances

July 28 2017 // Josh Spencer // CJLO

This is CJLO's second event on mental health awareness!

Due to the success of the first event we are back with more performances and a special panel discussion on mental health. Join us August 15th, 8pm at Le Divan Orange as we create space for people of all abilities to express their experiences with and engage with others about mental health.

Let's erase stigma through education and visibility. 

Performers include: Selena Mae, HYRE, Maria Em, Everest Chomolungma, Lucas Charlie Rose, Darcy Valentine Stack, Heather Eaton, The Collective, and more!

CJLOXJFL: AUNTY DONNA'S SMOOTH MOVES TAKE MONTREAL BY STORM

July 26 2017 // Patricia Petit Liang // Magazine // Features

Australian comedy group and YouTube sensations Aunty Donna took Montreal by storm with their outstanding 3 man variety show at The Mainline Theatre. People from all across Canada came to Montreal to watch Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly and Zachary Ruane perform their incredible first show in the city. Aunty Donna’s super smooth moves captivated their audiences and it’s no surprise that they made the cover of this week’s Montreal Gazette!

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