Stories for local explorers
Tamy Emma Pepin is a woman of many titles. From host, to producer, to content creator, to media figure, and most recently founder of her very own creative studio Un Peu Plus Loin, Pepin is, above all, a woman of boundless, indefatigable ambition. Having won the adoration of a Quebecois audience early in her career,…
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Montreal seems to have a particular grip on the Red Bull Music Academy. Known for their multifaceted, 5-week long residencies held in a different country each year, the Academy’s decision to host a long weekend on the island only a year after last year’s impressive 2016 edition came as a welcome surprise. Whether this was due…
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“I love it when people walk into the café and look through the window and say ‘what the hell is going on here?’” Mitch Martin, one of the owners of September Surf Café points to the rectangular window at the back of the bright, high-ceilinged space. On any given day you’ll find customers with foreheads…
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During a year rife with political turmoil, global pride celebrations – and celebrations of diversity, in general – seem more important than ever. With that in mind, Fierté Montréal pulled out all the stops for this year’s pride celebrations, bringing in the biggest names from the award-winning competition show: RuPaul’s Drag Race. With the addition of…
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If you’re passing through the Plateau on a Tuesday evening, chances are that you’ll find the East Laurier Running Club taking the streets; their name emblazoned on the shirts of those keeping the pace. A weekly tradition since East Laurier’s inception, the Tuesday social run serves as the nucleus of a club that prides itself…
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“This used to be my office,” says Dax Dasilva with a laugh. The founder of Never Apart points to the enclosed glass room in front of us, decorated to look like an abandoned travel agency: unflattering dim light, gray carpet covered in airline logos, Hawaiian lei hanging off an open glass case like a guest…
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Moment Factory is a studio at the height of its powers. Based in Montreal, but with international branches spreading across the Northern Hemisphere, the award-winning multimedia and entertainment studio creates, well, moments: visceral, visual experiences that aim to reassess the way you interact, physically and mentally within a given environment. While this may seem like…
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“I feel like we deserve to be here, for sure,” says Johnny Griffin as he squints at me from across the large picnic table, sun in his eyes, “I just didn’t expect us to play this year.” The rest of John Jacob Magistery laugh or nod in agreement, knowing full well that while they are labelled ‘up-and-coming,’…
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Surprisingly minimalist yet ultimately affective, Seoul are a dream-pop band on the rise. Recently signed to Last Gang Records, the enigmatic Montreal-based trio are set to release their debut LP, I Become A Shade on June 9th. We had the chance to chat with Julian, Dexter, and Nigel—responding together as a unit—before the release. “Everything we…
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Yardlets have a partnership that would make most other musicians jealous. A power-duo of sorts and friends since forever ago, Sam Goldberg Jr. (of Broken Social Scene) and Jeff Edwards both live by the same set of principles: create what you want when you want to, and have fun doing it. While this may be…
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