When searching for the perfect stylish tote bag or back pack, some labels are willing to take you to the moon and back. Here, we get a look at the newest offerings from Montreal’s hot luxury brand, Want Les Essentiels de la Vie. Inspired by Expo 67’s Man, His World and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, designers Byron and Dexter Peart channel the human desire to explore and discover.
It’s become a yearly ritual for me. All roads in early August will lead to Montreal’s Parc Jean Drapeau for a year’s worth of auditory jubilation, delectable eating and feverish festival fun. With back-to-back record-breaking years in attendance, it’s clear that Osheaga has embedded itself onto the list of North America’s premier music festivals.
One of the great music festivals in Canada is a mere 22 days away! While everyone here in the city of Ottawa enjoys the amazing acts performing at RBC Bluesfest, Osheaga 2013 in the great city of Montreal is gearing up to put on memorable performances from such classic acts as ‘The Cure’, Mumford and Sons, Kendrick Lamar, Pretty Lights, up and coming Azari & III, and so many amazing acts that I can’t even wrap my head around who to focus on!
French electronic group, Dirtyphonics prove that being dirty has never felt so good. With their intense bass music gaining international attention, Charly, Pitchin, Thomas and Pho are converting hard electronic music lovers into dirty party animals and redefining the blending of musical genres. “The dirty philosophy is whatever you want to make of it,” says Charly, one of the four members of Dirtyphonics.
Hyped & Ready to Conquer The music industry today is not the same as previous generations. Artists are discovered fast. Fan bases develop early and grow internationally at the same rate a town would’ve once learned of a band playing in a garage down the street. Social media and the unfathomable number of music blogs have made the competition fierce for acclaim and success, but also allows the strongest to survive and proposer at a quickened pace.
One of the most eccentric characters in the electronic music scene, Dillon Francis, embarks on his ‘Wurld Turr’ of North America this month. With a stop in Ottawa on Friday March 29th at Barrymores Music Hall, Canadians will be in for a show with no boundaries. “I plan on throwing tacos out into the crowd every night,” forewarns Francis.