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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!

Fringe-for-All: What's Coming This Year @ Fringe

May 31 2018 // Chris the Frog // Magazine // Features

Montreal’s Fringe Fest has officially begun! Now is the perfect time to pick up the program and start planning which shows you want to see. But sometimes, the short descriptions of shows can be vague. When in doubt, there’s Fringe-For-All, a chance for media and spectators to get a short preview of each show. Artists are given two minutes of stage time to do whatever they want. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a scene from their show, but it’s an opportunity to introduce the themes, the overall plot or the characters. At the one-minute mark, the lights will flicker to give a warning. If the artists go beyond two-minutes, the sound will cut and the lights will go out.

CJLO @ Pouzza Fest 8

May 29 2018 // Robert Portnoff // Magazine // Concert Reviews

The eighth edition of Montreal’s punk music extravaganza, better known as Pouzza Fest, kicked off the festival season over the Victoria Day weekend, taking place outdoor at Quartier des spectacles and indoors at several establishments centered around the area. 

This year’s fest featured some returning Pouzza alumni like MU330 and The Creepshow, while welcoming some new bands like Reel Big Fish and Face to Face. Punk music has always been known for its political message, and War on Woman and Anti-Flag made sure that fire kept burning at the outdoor stage on Saturday night. 

Festival Review : Distorsion Psychfest Day 2

May 28 2018 // Alexandre Denis // Magazine // Concert Reviews

After a great first night at Distorsion on Wednesday, things were looking good for the festival. Unfortunately, it made it hard to live up to that first night. Thursday started off poorly with the first band hitting the stage almost an hour late. With a four band bill and a start time of 9 p.m., time is precious. No one wants to be at a show late on a weeknight. 

Concert Review: Sa-Roc @ Kalmunity Music Week

May 23 2018 // J-nice // Magazine // Concert Reviews

First and foremost, I must give the Kalmunity Music Week 2018 a standing round of applause for creating an excellent event with numerous artists from home and abroad spanning numerous genres.

As part of the week, the collective hosted a hip-hop night featuring Washington D.C’s own Sa-Roc (a.k.a Goddess MC), and she did what she usually does: put on a great performance.

15 Years of Unity at Kalmunity, pt.2

May 22 2018 // Amrew Weekes // Magazine // Concert Reviews

This year, the Kalmunity Vibe Collective celebrates their 15-year anniversary. They have provided a creative outlet for musicians, singers, rappers, poets, and dancers by hosting a weekly improvisation night. They got together in 2003 at small venue called Sablo Cafe, founded by drummer Jah Sun, and since then has nurtured aspiring artists to go on stage and express themselves. Some of my closest friends have started with the collective, and now perform around the city, have written books, have put out albums and more.

Better Know a College Radio Station: CJLO (via Bandcamp.com)

May 22 2018 // Michal Langiewicz // Magazine // Features

Look ma, we're famous! 

Yesterday, one of our favourite music platforms, Bandcamp highlighted our station's history, favourite music and more in their monthly Better Know A College Radio Station feature! As a major source of new music discovery, this is a huge honour for us and we'd like to take a moment to thank Ally-Jane Grossan and the whole team at Bandcamp for their relentless support of college radio. Not all heroes wear capes ✨

Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/2LfxsiK

Fringe 2018: Glam Gam's Greasy on Fatal Attraction! #fringe2018

May 16 2018 // Patricia Petit-Liang // Magazine // Interviews

Today on Fatal Attraction on CJLO 1690AM, Patricia interviews the gorgeous Booze Crotch and Michael J McCarthy from Glam Gam Productions! about their upcoming Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal

Festival Review : Distortion Psychfest

May 15 2018 // Alexandre Denis // Magazine // Concert Reviews

The Distortion Psychfest returned to Église S-E-J du Mile-End May 9 to 13 2018 for its third edition. The festival showcases some of the best psych, garage, and noise bands from Montreal and beyond. This years edition kicked things off with a double release party — Tel Aviv→New York guitarist Yonatan Gat’s latest LP Universalist, and Montreal band TEKE::TEKE’s debut EP Jikaku. Sheenah Ko which I unfortunately missed, opened the show filling in for Chris Forsyth, and Sunwatchers took care of the music for the after party.

 

Next Music from Tokyo vol. 12: PREVIEW

May 13 2018 // DJ Lawrell // Magazine // Features

The month of May is upon us. Japanese music nerds all across Canada rejoice: another edition of Next Music from Tokyo is coming!

Next Music from Tokyo (NMFT) is a series of DIY tours showcasing relatively unknown bands from all over Japan (despite its name) organized and funded entirely by anesthesiologist, music aficionado, and all-around good guy Steven Tanaka. It’s been running since 2010, and the last edition, volume 11, was in October 2017.

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15 Years of Unity at Kalmunity

May 11 2018 // Emily Vidal // Magazine // Concert Reviews

Canada’s largest and longest running urban music collective Kalmunity celebrates 15 years of unity this week with a pool of talented story-tellers, spoken word poets and singers, including the organization’s declared National Treasure, D’Bi Young Antifrika.

The world-renowned dub poet and storyteller began her journey in the city of Montreal with the Kalmunity’s original members, the majority of which are still a part of the collective today. “To the people in this room, this is who I have become and for that, I say thank you,” the artist said to a crowd full of spectators at Petit Campus on Wednesday, May 2nd.

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