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Until further notice, several North American radio stations, including CBC, are pulling Arcade Fire's discography from their programming following recent allegations of sexual misconduct against lead singer Win Butler.   We…

After a long, pandemic-induced hiatus, Australian indie pop rock outfit Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever has come out swinging with their third album: Endless Rooms (2022, Sub Pop Records). Bandmates Fran…

There are four figures losing their minds on the Le Ministere stage—all dressed in a black modern goth kind of look—jamming to a heavy and gargantuan trance. A woman playing…

I arrive at Nuit D’Afrique’s first night, at 8:40 p.m. in Club Balattou and Lindigo, an eight-piece Maloya percussion group from Reunion Island, is already leading the club into a…

On June 18, 2018, 20-year-old Jahseh Onfroy, better known as XXXTentacion, was tragically murdered in cold blood. Four years later, almost to the day, his fans and constituents were graced…

Montreal's favourite psych-rock festival, Distorsion, put together by our favourite experimental music label, Mothland, is returning—this time from July 22-24 at Entrepôt 77, a mythical Montreal landmark located in Plateau…

In fact, he deserves retribution. Kendrick Lamar’s fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, dropped a few days ago and it is already reaching critical acclaim. Multiple reviews…

Dark Disco and Flowery Sea Monsters: Our account of the Distorsion Théâtre Plaza Takeover series This past weekend in Montreal was host to a number of shows within the heart…

Big Thief has always been an enigma to me. It’s a group led by singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker, who has a penchant for mercilessly honest poetic songs that have enough lyrics…

Much like everyone on Earth, Ukraine has been on our minds as of late. It’s quite easy to get caught up in the vicious cycle of doom scrolling through the…

No matter what you say, dance floors - whether institutional or underground, legal or illegal - are eminently political, especially when it comes to electronic music. An aspect that Melvin…

On March 2nd, news broke that California-based Bandcamp, which runs the ultimate online sales and listening platform for global independent production, was being absorbed by Epic Games, a North Carolina-based…

Like all humans of goodwill, we, music lovers, will have to monitor carefully the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine by the Putin regime. Instrumentalists, composers, beatmakers, singers, amateurs, connoisseurs,…

Dallas Good passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022. He was 48 years old. The Grim Reaper hadn't been so cruel to Canadian rock since Gordon Downie died at age…

“In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.”  Whether many in the music industry know it or not, they have been reflecting on this ethos by Albert Einstein constantly.…

At Pan M 360, we're looking at the health of music and its practitioners through our "When Music Hurts" article series. In this article, our contributor Elsa Fortant looks at…

2021 was a great year for video production, despite the circumstances. Directors showed inventiveness and audacity in pursuit of an original clip, despite the constraints. As for the artists, it…

One of the pleasures of owning vinyl albums is being able to study the cover from every angle while listening to the music. Sometimes the cover is so captivating that…

PAN M 360’s rundown of the hundred best music releases of 2021, in five parts over five days, continues with further titles, these ones released between June and August.The Pan…

PAN M 360’s rundown of the hundred best music releases of 2021, in five parts over five days, continues with more great records, released between August and October. The Pan…

PAN M 360’s rundown of the hundred best music releases of 2021, in five parts over five days, wraps up with a final 20 top releases, from the last months…

With his longtime friend Sly Dunbar on drums, bassist Robbie Shakespeare formed The Riddim Twins, known as the ultimate reggae rhythm section of the last 50 years. His death from…

The far-northern festival hosts some of the most compelling bands of the year. Last weekend, eight hours north of Montreal, the city of Rouyn-Noranda was host to the 19th year…

HotNewHipHop is one of the most influential platforms on the hip hop planet. Who knows that its founder and CEO is a Montrealer? Who knows that the HNHH neighbourhood is located in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal ?