Author: Adrien Begrand
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Osheaga 2017: What to Expect, Who to See?
What to bring? Who to see? We’re here to help you navigate this year’s Osheaga festival so you can focus on having a great time. For those returning to Osheaga, the 2017 version will be considerably different. Because the regular festival site at Parc Jean-Drapeau is undergoing long-overdue renovations, the festival has been moved from…
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Looking Back at Osheaga 2016
Now in its 12th year, Osheaga is a national rite of passage. As we prepare for 2017, Adrien Begrand looks back at last year’s festival. Reminiscing about the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival in Montreal, Quebec, the most indelible impression the event leaves on this writer, time and again, is all the smiles. You have…
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20 Awesome Boutique Blu-Ray Releases from 2016
There were some amazing boutique blu-rays on home video in 2016. Adrien Begrand writes about 20 of his favourites releases, from art film to horror. There’s something about the tactile aspect of art that is appealing to a lot of people, yours truly included. If I like a piece of music, I want the album…
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Adrien Begrand’s Top BluRays of 2014
Some of us are still clinging tenaciously to physical media, including Adrien Begrand, who tells us about some of his best BluRay purchases from 2014. There’s been much talk about many consumers remaining loyal to, or simply reverting to physical formats as digital music consumption continues its upward trend, with vinyl experiencing a remarkable resurgence…
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Concert Review: Saskatoon – Against Me!
Adrien Begrand looks at what has changed, and what has stayed the same for Against Me! reviewing their recent live show at Louis’ in Saskatoon. The constraints of a genre as unfortunately masculine-dominated as rock have to be unimaginably frustrating for a musician trying to deal with gender dysphoria. As the years go by though,…
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Gwar + Austra: Navigating a Night of Eclectic Live Music
“I want your blood I want it in my hair. I want your blood I want it in my hair!” – Austra (Shoot the Water) As much as I love live music, I’m the perpetual outsider. Which works well being a music critic, I suppose, because I can assess a performance with more detachment and…