Articles by Stephen Carlick

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  FRIGS

  Café Cléopatre, Montreal QC, November 17

  PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2016

  Holy shit, can Bria Salmena howl. As Toronto band FRIGS opened the Thursday night (November 17) showcase at Café  Cléopatre, she plunged in...

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  ​Michael Rault

  Café Cléopatre, Montreal QC, November 17

  PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2016

  Psychedelic troubadour Michael Rault is Canada's Kurt Vile, but where Vile sprawls out across multi-minute suites, Rault condenses his psyc...

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  Tasseomancy

  Café Cléopatre, Montreal QC, November 17

  PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2016

  With a new record, Do Easy, on the horizon, Toronto-and-Montréal dream-pop outfit Tasseomancy treated M for Montreal-goers to a set of Kate...

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  SOPHIE

  Empire Garage, Austin TX, March 19

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  SOPHIE, PC Music's biggest artist, quietly came on stage, cracked a QT, and began a squall of noise before kicking off with a trappy, manic...

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  QT

  Empire Garage, Austin TX, March 19

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Some context: QT is both a PC Music artist and an energy drink (hypothetically, it seemed, until this night, but more on that later), and s...

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  Hannah Diamond

  Empire Garage, Austin TX, March 19

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Hannah Diamond is the closest thing to a legitimate pop star on PC Music, and she looked the part as she came onstage swinging her top pony...

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  A. G. Cook

  Empire Garage, Austin TX, March 19

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  PC Music label head A. G. Cook boldly kicked off his half hour-set with what had to be a new song, and yet it connected perfectly.   Cook m...

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  GFOTY

  Empire Garage, Austin TX, March 19

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  GFOTY, or GirlFriend Of The Year, exploded onto the stage with two backup dancers, wearing a matching pink sweat suit combo that read, "Mor...