Monday Re-up #5 MSTRKRFT edition

MSTRKRFT and Boys Noize on Saturday night banged Metropolis for all it was worth and it showed. When I walked out of the show and headed toward St Lo a handful of riot police equipped with shields and batons were blocking the street. Apparently some kind of reggaeton show at Club Soda sold out and people got violent trying to get in. That's true dedication, I wonder if that would ever happen at an electro show.

Now these incidents are not necessarily related but anyone who attended the show will agree that both a riot shield and baton would have come in handy on the floor. Way too many people, but expected. Altogether a great show, we shot some footage there and threw it up on youtube. Enjoy.

March Fucking Madness

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This upcoming week is going to leave you, me, her, him and them, universally all fucked up. In a good way. That is, in the span of seven days your feet, eyes and ears will be taken advantage of by five huge dance behemoths. The assault will be opened by parisian electro juggernauts Justice on Sunday at Cepsum, followed by a Justice afterparty at Coda Club with Busy P and So-Me - the Ed Banger visual artist - which looks like it might bring about a line to get in to rival the Steve Aoki / Uffie blowout of early 08' fame. So get there early or you might cry frozen hipster tears.




After Justice bangs you harder, better, faster and stronger than your boyfriend or girlfriend ever could, you get monday to wednesday to recover, but only to prepare you for Chromeo at Le National on Thursday, Digitalism at Club Soda on monday, and MSTRKRFT and Boys Noize at Metropolis on Saturday. What the fuck. Shit will get real serious.




So drink your vitamin water, take extra naps, aggregate prescription drugs and stock up on bulk units of alcohol, because along with St Pattys day, sobriety will become a rarity among Montreal banger kids.

Justice - DVNO [Surkin Remix] (mp3)



Chromeo - Tenderoni [MSTRKRFT Remix] (mp3)



Digitalism - Pogo [Shinichi Osawa Remix] (mp3)



Boys Noize - & down [Siriusmo vs Boys Noize Remix] (mp3)

Monday Re-up #3

REMIX ALBUMS REMIX ALBUMS REMIX ALBUMS. yes i'm talking Boys Noize, I'm talking Oi Oi Oi remixed which is dropping march 25 and will without a doubt be as hot as the album itself. The last remix vinyl i bought was Bloc Party's Silent Alarm remixed and since then the practice has become pretty popular. Reason to be even more anticipatory of the album is that on the album will be a remix of Oh! by Montreal's A-Trak. And if that's still not enough, we have that very remix here for you to enjoy at your leisure.

Boys Noize - Oh! [A-trak remix] (mp3)




Dj Topcat - Time to listen [Talib Kweli vs MGMT] (mp3)



Fiest - Well it's Time [Feat. Kanye West] (mp3)

Gonzales and Boys Noise, "Working Together"

The only thing cooler than a french canadian concert pianist, is one who covers Daft Punk, gets remixed by Boys Noize and collaborates with Teki Latex. Self described bohemian oppertunist Gonzales is one such concert pianist, who amuses me with his oddball photo's as much as he impresses me with his collaborative creativity.

In an interview with Palms Out, Gonzales dropped this little gem,

"Canada has no culture beyond bearded indie-rock so I left."

I can't help but know what Gonzales means by this, but still I won't defend it in the interest of avoiding a tiresome and mostly pointless debate. Did I mention he remixed some Feist tracks awhile back? No? He did. He's been all over the place lately drumming up some attention for his upcoming album Soft Power and will be touring extensively in support of it. If you'd like to prove to Gonzales himself that here is room in Canadian culture beyond bearded indie-rock, show up to his May 8th show at Le National and tell him yourself.


Gonzales - Too Long [Daft Punk Cover] (mp3)



Gonzales - Working Together [Boys Noize Remix] (mp3)



Gonzales - Slow Down Remix Ft. Teki Latex (mp3)