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The Music We Hate: Ariel Pink
“There’s an old saying about bad poets: they muddy their waters to appear deep.”This is an online supplement to Maisonneuve’s print-only “The Music We Hate” feature (Issue 36, Summer 2010). To read Carl Wilson on Radiohead, Sean Michaels on Sufjan Stevens and more, buy the print edition in stores or contact us to order it.
Picture it: a …
Issue 36 Launch: Interview With Pat Jordache
Ahead of playing Maisonneuve’s “Music We Hate” launch party on July 8, Pat Jordache discusses friendship, Frank Sinatra and why contemporary music kind of blows.Patrick Gregoire is a man about Montreal, having played in bands like Islands and Sister Suvi before creating stylized soul-rock under the stage name Pat Jordache. He’s also got a gift for the ear-grabbing gimmick: his new self-recorded album, Future Songs, is available only on cassette or as a pay-what-you-can digital download. Pat Jordache sat down with Maisonneuve at …
Issue 36 Launch: Interview With Carl Spidla
Carl Spidla—who plays Maisonneuve’s Issue 36 launch party on July 8—talks about hating Elliott Smith, singing quietly and the difference between sharing and stealing.“Even in places I’ve had where neighbours aren’t an issue, I don’t really feel comfortable enough to sing that loud for extended periods,” admits Carl Spidla. “Seems kind of mean to the people around me.”
Sipping gazpacho at a café in Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood, the soft-spoken musician seems unlikely to disturb the peace. But Spidla …
Issue 36 Launch: Interview With Charlotte Cornfield
Montreal folksinger Charlotte Cornfield is crazy busy and totally vulnerable—but she wouldn’t have it any other way. She plays Maisonneuve’s Issue 36 launch party on July 8.
CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD — Harbord & Grace from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.
As soon as you see Charlotte Cornfield play, you know it: she’s the real thing. Whether she’s fronting her own band, drumming for Bent By Elephants, or playing with any of her other numerous side projects, Cornfield’s got something luminous about her. And though she’s the subject …
The Music We Hate: Online Supplement
Online companion essays to our print-only “The Music We Hate” feature: Daniel Johnston, Destroyer, Belle and Sebastian, Lady Gaga, Timber Timbre, the xx and more.Didn’t get enough “Music We Hate” from Maisonneuve’s Issue 36 (Summer 2010)? Read these web-exclusive companion essays.
John Semley on Daniel Johnston
James Irwin on Destroyer
Joseph Watts on Belle and Sebastian
Amelia Schonbek on Lady Gaga
Marit Mitchell on Timber Timbre
Denise Brunsdon on the Mars Volta
Aaron Vansintjan on Pavement
Max Halparin on the xx
Meredith …
The Music We Hate: Daniel Johnston
“Daniel Johnston sings about soda pop because he doesn’t think capitalism or empire or Coca-Colanization is a problem.”This is an online supplement to Maisonneuve’s print-only “The Music We Hate” feature (Issue 36, Summer 2010). To read Carl Wilson on Radiohead, Sean Michaels on Sufjan Stevens and more, buy the print edition in stores or contact us to order it.
If you slapped Cheap Monday lab coats on all the tastemakers in the blogosphere and locked them …
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ISSUE 36 Summer 2010
online content:
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The Eh-List
You’ve heard of grindhouse, blaxploitation and kung fu flicks. But Canada has its own unique B-movie tradition—Canuxploitation—and new directors are catching on. [full text] -
Things That Make Us Muslim
At the height of Michaelmania, everyone moonwalked—even Muslim kids in Hamilton, Ontario. [full text] -
The Intelligent Universe
The next stage in evolution—a machine consciousness able to manipulate time and space—is just around the corner. The catch: humans will no longer be in charge. [full text] -
Mud and Butterflies
Why do Swallowtails and Sulphurs swarm Alberta’s oil rigs? [full text] -
Adult Language
The internet has changed the way porn writers depict sex. How one man nearly became a scribe of smut. [full text] -
The Music We Hate: Online Supplement
Online companion essays to our print-only "The Music We Hate" feature: Daniel Johnston, Destroyer, Belle and Sebastian, Lady Gaga, Timber Timbre, the xx and more. [full text] -
Dear Maisonneuve
Letters from our readers. [full text]
also in this issue:
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The Music We Hate
Seven top music critics take on the worst bands in the world. -
The Music We Hate: Broken Social Scene
"There is more to Toronto’s music than a mediocre band with one good album." -
The Music We Hate: Radiohead
"Radiohead's Intelligent Musicianship is always up in my face. It’s like being distracted, mid-act, by the fine detailing of a partner’s high-end labial cosmetic surgery." - [see full issue contents]