Posts Tagged ‘Montreal’
Editor’s Picks June 10-13 (UPDATE: Now with Bajofondo
It’s a little thin this week, perhaps due to World Cuppage. However, let that not deter you from seeing awesome performers like the Subs and The Swedish Radio Symphony.
Komodo, the Iridescent Dragon, on the Way to Dragon Lands
Among the many things Komodo has done on his career, he worked with Cirque du Soleil for the world premiere of “Kà”, and also with Peter Murphy on his album from 2002 Dust, which was a very interesting album of this icon of goth rock. Komodo will be playing at The Shelter this Friday on the mini dub festival. We interview him about his music and this, his first trip to China. …While you read, listen to some tracks from his first album Subluna.
Noise Doesn’t Have To Be Annoying
Since the first RESO (Reconstruct the Experimental Soundscapes of Ourselves) concert in April of last year, this collective has managed to bring in a number of experimental artists from around China and the globe to educate the relatively naive ears of Shanghai denizens on non-conventional music. The most recent gathering was at YuYinTang on Sunday night and it opened with Montreal-based Dirty Beaches, a lo-fi ‘call-it-pop’ project of Alex Zhang Hungtai.
