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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!


THE WORLD/INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY @ Petit Campus

By Josh Mocle - The Kids are So-So - 04/07/2009

Wasting no time on hyperbole, I’m just gonna jump right to the quotable: The World/Inferno Friendship Society skirt the line between innovation and outright inspiration and their entirely unique brand of orchestral, cabaret proto-punk may very well bring new life to a genre rife with cliché and stale personalities (and if you disagree you are wrong.)


FRIENDLY FIRES + White Lies @ Les Saints

By Christine Lariviere - The Lonesome Strangers - 03/30/2009

Late March is always a time for Montreal to shrug off the last of its winter blues, but this is always signaled by the odd day or two of freakishly cold weather…winter’s final death rattle.  So it was in a cumbersome winter jacket, layered with a sweater and t-shirt for good measure that I bustled my way down into the hot, crowded depths of Les Saints on March 30th to catch Friendly Fires playing their first show in Montreal.


BIG DADDY KANE @ Les Saints

By DJ Solespin - Eclectricity - 03/27/2009


BLOC PARTY + Holy Fuck @ Metropolis

By Abby Elizabeth Schachter - The Reaktor - 03/18/2009


TOKYO POLICE CLUB + Ruby Coast @ La Sala Rosa

By Rebecca Munroe - The Drive Home: Charts & Crafts - 03/27/2009

Tokyo Police Club’s concert last night… what can I say? Not much.  Seriously the problem I had with them is one that I am finding I am having with most indie rock bands these days. The word I would use to sum it all up: generic.


THURSDAY - Common Existence

By R. Brian Hastie - Drive Home: Countdown To Armageddon - 02/17/2009


SERENA RYDER @ Cabaret du Musée

By Charbel Nassif - Pop Concordia - 03/15/2009

I was excited to see Serena Ryder live. I knew a handful of her songs but not much else about her.On the off chance that you don’t either, Ryder’s from Ontario, just outside of Peterborough.  She grew up listening to the Beatles and Leonard Cohen. During her show, she told the audience that she was an AM Radio “kind-of-girl.”


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