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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:51:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/luminato-rufus-wainwright-prima-donna/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/luminato-rufus-wainwright-prima-donna/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:57:23 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=9877 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/luminato-rufus-wainwright-prima-donna/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/john-mayer-michael-franti-spearhead-in-toronto/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/john-mayer-michael-franti-spearhead-in-toronto/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:05:27 +0000 MUSIC_Jake http://mondomagazine.net/?p=8905 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/john-mayer-michael-franti-spearhead-in-toronto/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-red-skys-tono-a-music-concert/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-red-skys-tono-a-music-concert/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:47:13 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=8657 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-red-skys-tono-a-music-concert/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/the-little-black-dress-at-the-rivoli/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/the-little-black-dress-at-the-rivoli/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:54:25 +0000 MUSIC_Jake http://mondomagazine.net/?p=8483 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/the-little-black-dress-at-the-rivoli/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/matt-nathanson-at-the-mod-club-done/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/matt-nathanson-at-the-mod-club-done/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:00:26 +0000 MUSIC_Jake http://mondomagazine.net/?p=6917 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/matt-nathanson-at-the-mod-club-done/feed/ 1 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/luminato-filme-und-musik-ach-meines/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/luminato-filme-und-musik-ach-meines/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:41 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=5919 Tales of the Uncanny (Unheimliche Geschichten) Directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt Featuring live performances by Robert Lippok, Do Make Say Think and Final Fantasy Part of Luminato June 11 @ Yonge and Dundas Square By Helen Fylactou It was a dark, dreadful and rainy last Thursday night—perhaps the perfect setting for the Canadian premiere (finally—it was made in 1919!) of the silent German film Tales of the Uncanny (Unheimliche Geschichten). Directed by Richard Oswald, the film uses an antiquarian bookstore as the base of five distinct stories, including Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" and Robert Stevenson's "The Suicide Club." [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/luminato-filme-und-musik-ach-meines/feed/ 1 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/a-right-hand-turn-on-to-kidstreet-please/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/a-right-hand-turn-on-to-kidstreet-please/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 05:00:32 +0000 MUSIC_Jake http://mondomagazine.net/?p=5303 Kidstreet Kidstreet Independent, 2007 By Helen Fylactou Everyone has that one album that helps wake them up in the morning, that helps them withstand their day in the office — or at least the morning commute. For the last year or so, Kidstreet has been a prominent member of my morning music rotation. Their self-titled album is a well-developed dance record, weaving from jazz and rock to new wave and pop. Their sound is innovative and bold, and, unsurprisingly, it pays off: Kidstreet is fresh, loaded with texture, precision, and an energy that brings the audience together on the dance floor. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/a-right-hand-turn-on-to-kidstreet-please/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/throwing-up-the-white-flag-a-new-music-review/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/throwing-up-the-white-flag-a-new-music-review/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 05:00:16 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=5182 Poems From a Love Triangle Conceived and composed by Bill Gilliam Musical direction by Gregory Oh Stage direction by Anne Anglin May 2 @ The Music Gallery By Matt McGeachy I’m sitting on the hard pews of a church listening to a new music concert meshed together with semi-erotic love poems based on W.R. Rodgers, an Irish poet of the mid-century, wondering what the hell am I doing here. I’m a theatre critic, I thought, and self-fashioned though I may be, it’s something I think I do pretty well. But this? What do I have to critique about this? It’s something I barely understand and certainly don’t appreciate; the music is chaotic (some would say “challenging”) and the promised acting, in the form of a staged radio drama with new music for which I was ostensibly sitting on the rock hard pew, left much to be desired. What criticism should I offer, if any? [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/throwing-up-the-white-flag-a-new-music-review/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/morrissey-live-in-buffalo/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/morrissey-live-in-buffalo/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:00:13 +0000 music http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4866 Morrissey at the New York University at Buffalo Center for the Arts March 19th, 2009 By John Hastings I was 16 years old when I started getting into The Smiths. I was way behind the curve, seeing as how Morrissey, Marr, and Co. had all parted ways years earlier, and the mysterious frontman was already several albums into a solo career. But better late than never, I guess. I've fallen in love with everything Morrissey's touched over the years but, until a few weeks ago, had never seen him live. He has a moral objection to the seal-hunting that occurs on Canada's east coast and so has refused to play in the great white north for the past several years. Somehow he doesn't object to playing in the United States, the logic of which boggles my mind, but that's for another article. When I found out that Moz would be playing Buffalo upon the release of his newest album Years of Refusal, I jumped online and purchased tickets, then got the disc when it came out. Neither disappointed. I rocked Years of Refusal at every opportunity during the weeks leading up to the show, and convinced my wife and two friends to take a day off so we could head across the border in a leisurely fashion. On the day of the show, we visited a vineyard in Niagara, perused [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/morrissey-live-in-buffalo/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2008/feist-live-in-montreal/ http://mondomagazine.net/2008/feist-live-in-montreal/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:19:29 +0000 MUSIC_Jake http://mondomagazine.net/?p=3118 By Owen Nagels I first saw Feist in Quebec City at the "Festival d'été du Québec" in the summer of 2006. At the time, I didn't know much about her: only a few songs off her Let It Die album, and that she was once a member of Broken Social Scene. All I remember from that show was being blown away by her vocal and guitar looping styles and being fixated on her entertaining show. The following year, I saw her for the second time — this time on a bigger stage with a few more musicians and a much larger crowd. Once again, Feist was buzzing with energy, leaving the crowd — and me — wanting more. The great thing about seeing an artist perform year after year is that you get to watch them evolve. Feist gets more popular by the nanosecond; I'm pretty sure that every time an iPod commercial airs, she sells another record. Those first two shows were great, but last month in Montreal, she was absolutely fantastic. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2008/feist-live-in-montreal/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2008/herman-dune-at-the-el-mocambo/ http://mondomagazine.net/2008/herman-dune-at-the-el-mocambo/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:01:25 +0000 music http://mondomagazine.net/?p=2616 Herman Düne and Throw Me The Statue at the El Mocambo October 2nd, 2008 By Allana Mayer Luckily I arrived early enough to snag a seat along the wall of the El Mocambo; the floor was empty, but the benches and chairs filled up quickly. As I surveyed the crowd I made note of a man wearing a trucker hat, a full beard, a collared plaid shirt, a mismatched tie, a blazer, skinny jeans, and Converses. I have no confirmation on an oversized belt buckle, but my first impression was that he must be the harbinger of the apocalypse. Of course, he later mounted the stage and played 50 minutes of heart-breaking pop songs as lead singer of Herman Düne. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2008/herman-dune-at-the-el-mocambo/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2008/in-concert-nick-cave-and-black-mountain-kc-done/ http://mondomagazine.net/2008/in-concert-nick-cave-and-black-mountain-kc-done/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:00:07 +0000 music http://mondomagazine.net/?p=2589 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds with Black Mountain at the Kool Haus on October 1st, 2008 by Peter Gorman Having ceded the Polaris Music Prize earlier this week to Dundas, Ontario's Dan Snaith (aka Caribou) - whose Andorra exhibits a sun-kissed brand of psychedelia that could justly be described as a very distant cousin of the kind Black Mountain indulges in (think Sabbath and The Zombies Family Reunion-awkward!) - Vancouver's Black Mountain appear to be nevertheless moving up in the world. No longer opening for the likes of Coldplay, they managed to secure a last-minute opening slot at the Kool Haus with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. 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