Organized by the British magazine Vive Le Rock, this event brings together a host of veterans and newcomers from the punk, ska and oi scenes. From 2pm to 5pm (7pm to 10pm in Great Britain), you’ll see Cockney Rejects, Ruts DC, Neville Staple from the Specials, Michael Monroe from Hanoi Rocks, former Sex Pistols Glen Matlock with Earl Slick, UK Subs singer Charlie Harper, TV Smith from the Adverts, the Newtown Neurotics, The Vapors, Bar Stool Preachers and many others. Visit the magazine’s Facebook page for all the details.
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Electronic
Piknic Électronik with CRi
Photo credit: John Londono
This summer, the Piknic will be at home. Bad luck but good hearts: the team of the hottest electronic event of the year hasn’t given up and are offering a condensed formula of what could have been. So this Sunday, make some time for Montreal producer and DJ CRi, who will launch into a short, 90-minute set that you can follow here or here.
Rock
Horisont
Photo courtesy of Century Media
The Swedish band will highlight the release of their sixth album Sudden Death with a live concert from their favourite venue, Pustervik, in Gothenburg. The rock band Spiders will open the show at 3pm, Horisont will follow at 4. The quintet will answer questions from the audience during the changeover of instruments, as well as after the performance. The concert is free, but you can purchase one of 100 specially designed t-shirts to mark the event, or make donations to the bands, or to Pustervik.
Photo credit: Renaud Duval
Since the festival season has been cancelled, Century Media Records and the online clothing store EMP have organized a festival that fans will be able to watch from home. The event consists of 13 performances that the participating bands, all signed to Century, recorded for the occasion. On the menu: Angelus Apatrida (trash metal, Spain), Baest (death metal, Denmark), Bonded (thrash metal, Germany), Borknagar (avant-garde black metal, Norway), Dead Lord (hard rock, Sweden), Deserted Fear (death metal, Germany), Hideous Divinity (death metal, Italy), Insomnium (melodic death metal, Finland), Lucifer (heavy rock, Sweden), Omnium Gatherum (melodic death metal, Finland), Svart Crown (death black metal, France), The Offering (progressive metal, Boston), and Voïvod (sci-fi progressive metal, Montreal). The concert is free and will be broadcast on Century Media Records’ YouTube channel for 24 hours.
Hip Hop
“Shaolin Vs. Wu Tang” live-stream hosted by RZA
Leaping out of the mists of time with a deadly flying kick, the 1983 Hong Kong movie Shaolin Vs. Wu Tang, directed by and starring that bald blizzard of fists Gordon Liu, is a classic of kung-fu kicking of ass on film. If the title is familiar, that’s because it’s also that of the fifth album, Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon. In fact, it’s where Wu-Tang originally got their name, and the foundation of their pop-cultural philosophy (and a few familiar samples!). This live-stream will be hosted by the sifu of Wu-Tang himself, RZA, accompanied by Dan Halsted, head programmer at the Hollywood Theatre. Expect a lot of insights, fun facts, and fight-scene assessments from what’s the first of hopefully many such streams at 36 Cinema, the film component of RZA and Mustafa Shaikh’s commercial empire, 36 Chambers.
Tickets are $10, the show gets going at 9:15 pm EST, right here.
Death Metal / Doom Metal
Swallow the Sun – Acoustic Live
Photo credit : Jussi Ratilainen
As their North American tour has been postponed until 2021, the Finnish band is offering a live acoustic concert from Sonic Pump Studios. In order to respect the rules of physical distance, only four of the six members of Swallow the Sun will be on stage: singer Mikko Kotamaki, keyboardist and singer Jaani Peuhu, drummer Juuso Raatkainen and guitarist and keyboardist Juho Raivio. They will answer questions from the audience between songs, and the performance will be available for seven days after its initial broadcast.
Minimalist
Steve Reich: Six Pianos (At Home)
Photo credit: Jeffrey Herman
The American monarch of minimalism, Steve Reich, began with the idea of a work to be performed on all the pianos in a piano store, at the same time. Perhaps unable to secure the requisite 1,000 monkeys, he settled on a work for just a half-dozen uprights. 1973’s Six Pianos remains a key composition in the minimalist movement, a light but invigorating marvel of phase shifting and hypnotic patterns.
The esteemed techno label Kompakt is collaborating with Cologne Culture Stream to present a live-stream of Reich’s piece, performed remotely by German pianists Gregor Schwellenbach, Erol Sarp, Daniel Brandt, Paul Frick, and Kai Schumacher, with Canada’s own John Kameel Farah completing the half-dozen. It’s a reprise, exactly four years to the day after their joint premiere at the Cologne Philharmonie in 2016.
For Eastern Canadian readers: the performance begins at 1pm EST. It will be followed by an online video chat with the pianists… should be fun.
BXBW: Idles, Pussy Riot, Massive Attack, Fever 333, Citizen, Cherry Glazerr, HEALTH, Grandson, Sir Sly, Against the Current and more
In light of the shutdown of countless festivals and other events on a global scale due to the coronavirus pandemic, Courier Club is organizing an online music festival through the video game Minecraft. Block By Blockwest: A Minecraft Music Festival will provide users a unique, interactive music, arts and gaming experience to help break the tedium of the current global quarantine.
The festival will aim to unite performers, artists and fans as they collectively play games, partake in “live” shows, view various pieces and installations from up-and-coming artists and even purchase merchandise from their favorite performers through an interactive online merch tent. The festival can be attended through the Java edition of Minecraft. Users will login, select the Multiplayer option and type in “fest.blockbyblockwest.com” for the server address. Once they visit that server they are in the festival. Those who don’t have access to a Minecraft account can still enjoy live streams of all performances, including audio, through the Block By Blockwest website, Twitch, YouTube or Facebook. Performers will include Russian punk rockers Pussy Riot, Idles, Massive Attack, Fever 333, Citizen, Cherry Glazerr, HEALTH, Grandson, Sir Sly, Against the Current, Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, The Wrecks, Enjoy, Sports Team, Your Smith, Riz La Vie, Phil Good, Billy Lemos, Mood Killer, Fashion Jackson, Rich People, Los Shadows and many more. In many ways, the festival will function as something akin to South By Southwest, but within the confines of a video game, adding a gaming component to the music, arts and culture elements inherent with the annual SXSW experience. All proceeds from the April 25 event will go to CDC’s Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund.
Rockabilly
Quarantine & Chill
DJ El Dedo (Russell Ray Gere Jr.) presents Quarantine and Chill, an hour of rockin’ music live on Facebook with Bloodshot Bill, Slim Sandy and the Hillbilly Boppers, DJ Boppin Pat White and DJ Hideki! Look for Russell Ray Gere on Facebook! The show will be live on his page at 3pm EST.
An Easter Long-Weekend Version of Isol-Aid Festival
This weekend, Isol-Aid Festival returns with another cracking online music feast and gathering space, where every weekend, from 12 noon to 12 midnight (EST), artists play 20-minute sets streamed live via their Instagram accounts. At the end of their set, each musician tag-teams the next artist to play.
This week featuring (in alphabetical order): Allara, Ben Lee, Bob Evans, The Chats, Cameron Avery, Chela, Generik, Kota Banks, Nicholas Allbrook (Pond), Olympia, Paul Dempsey, Pierce Brothers, Tia Gostelow, The Weather Station and many, many more
Isol-Aid is asking online festival attendees to please donate whatever they can to Support Act, a not-for-profit organization, to provide relief for musicians and music industry workers facing physical or mental health issues, or financial hardship. More information on Support Act can be found here.
Angel Olsen presents Still At Home: An Evening of Songs on Piano and Guitar
This intimate concert of songs on piano and guitar, a full-set livestream, will take place this Saturday, April 11 at 6pm EST. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 day of show, with proceeds going to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Effort, and to Angel’s touring band and crew. Ticket buyers will have 24 hours after initial airtime to view the show.
Electronic
TRANSMISSION 03
This week’s TRANSMISSION will be co presented with the Ausgang Plaza gang. A multidisciplinary artist who began as a digital painter, G L O W Z I has established herself as an emerging star on the Montreal scene. Juxtaposing electronica with his Mozambican roots, Samito expresses himself with rumbling basslines and raging beats. Moonshine resident Akantu will set the table, bringing the party as always, followed by the one and only Mr.Touré aka Sagewondah. Shaydakiss’ unique blend of genres and styles will bring the night to the next level like only she can. Ouri’s distinctive and transcendent pyramid of textures, ambiances, voices and synths will lead directly to the house vibes of A-Rock. Finally, The Fitness will wrap up the week’s virtual festivities in style.
Cary Tauben will be the ZOOM party host.
Live-streamed on Twitch, this musical series will allow you to see and hear your favourite DJs all night long this Saturday. A Paypal account will allow you to donate a tip. The money will then be split equally among the event’s talent. Come back to this address this Saturday at 4pm to find the (virtual) location of the party!
Glowzi
https://soundcloud.com/glowzi
Samito
https://samitomtl.bandcamp.com/
Akantu
https://moonshine.mu/moonshine-presents-akantu/
Mr Touré
https://soundcloud.com/dj-sagewondah
Shaydakiss
https://soundcloud.com/shaydakiss
Ouri
https://soundcloud.com/ourimusic
A-Rock
The Fitness
https://soundcloud.com/thefitnessmusic
VJs
A-Rock
D Olders
www.danicaolders.com
Fvckrender
https://www.instagram.com/fvckrender/
Donutjay
https://www.instagram.com/donutjay
ZOOM animateur
Cary Tauben
https://carytauben.com/