At this year’s New York Film Festival, Greta Gerwig, writer/director of Ladybird, asked the crowd, “What is Boyhood, but for a girl? What is The 400 Blows, but for a girl? What is personhood for young women?” Ladybird fits somewhere in between both of those films, while remaining singularly unique. Saoirse Ronan’s Christine, or Ladybird as she prefers to be called (prefers is a generous word, more like demands), is in her senior year at an all-girls Catholic School in Sacramento. It would be a mistake to call her a troublemaker or a ‘bad girl’. Gerwig is far too nuanced in her writing to create a female character that could categorized as such.

FRIDAYS = CHART DAYS!!

Above is CJLO's weekly TOP 30 from November 21st to 27th. Our charts are compiled from actual airplay on our airwaves, broadcasted on 1690 AM in Montreal and its surrounding areas, as well as live via our website at CJLO.com

Montreal Locals: Gutser, Total Bliss, BBQT, The Barr Brothers, Tshizimba, Shem G

Canadian: Casper Skulls, Odonis Odonis, METZ, Cardinals Pride, Biblical, Beliefs, Mauno, Alice Glass, King Khan, Chad VanGaalen, Lo Siento

We are super happy to announce our third of five CJLO music department showcases at Casa del Popolo!

Our next showcase is on Thursday, January 11th presented by out Electronic (RPM) Department and features live performances from four amazing local artists: Max T, Raveen, CELESTE and Jaiden Davis-Jones. You can buy tickets at the door for only $7 (pay-what-you-can).

Hosted by Patricia Petit Liang

Stories by Allison O'Reilly, Rebecca Chant and Patricia Petit Liang

Produced by Patricia Petit Liang

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton (also known for her work in Metric and Broken Social Scene) is performing on December 4th at a beautiful church in Sainte-Thérèse.

Thanks to the wonderful people at Festival Santa Teresa we got two pairs of tickets up for grabs!!

To win, send us an e-mail at promo@cjlo.com with the subject title "Emily Haines". We'll be announcing the winner Thursday afternoon!