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Choses Sauvages
Choses Sauvages is a Canadian dance-punk group from Montreal, Quebec. They are most noted for their 2025 album ''Choses Sauvages III'', which was longlisted for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize. The band consists of Félix Bélisle on vocals, bass and keyboards, Marc-Antoine Barbier on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Tommy Bélisle on vocalists and keyboards, Thierry Malépart on vocals, guitars and keyboards, and Philippe Gauthier Boudreau on vocals, drums and percussion.Stephan Boissonnault"Choses Sauvages bring their provocative show to MTelus after breaking the dancefloor at FME" ''Cult MTL'', September 7, 2022. They released the self-titled album ''Choses Sauvages'' in 2017. ''Choses Sauvages II'' followed in 2021, and ''Choses Sauvages III'' was released in 2025. In 2019 they received a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for the song "La valse des trottoirs", and a Félix Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the 41st Félix Awards. In 2024 they received a Félix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Presse (Canadian Newspaper)
is a French-language online newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1884, it is now owned by an independent nonprofit trust. ' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edition was discontinued in 2009, and the weekday edition in 2016. The weekend Saturday printed edition was discontinued on 31 December 2017, turning ' into an entirely online newspaper. Audience and sections ' is published on its website, .ca, as well as on its mobile and tablet apps, and ''La Presse+''. The newspaper targets an educated, middle-class readership. Its main competitors are two Montreal print dailies, the tabloid-format ', which aims at a more populist audience, and the more left-leaning broadsheet . ' comprises several sections, dealing individually with arts, sports, business and economy and other themes. Its Saturday print edition (now discontinued) contained over 10 sections. The newspaper's archives from 2000 to 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Line Of Best Fit
''The Line of Best Fit'' is an independent online magazine based in London, concentrating on new music. It publishes independent music reviews, features, interview, and media. Founded by Richard Thane in February 2007 and currently edited by Paul Bridgewater, the webzine's name derives from a song on Death Cab for Cutie's '' You Can Play These Songs with Chords''. Album reviews by the webzine are used for music review aggregate sites AnyDecentMusic? and Metacritic. ''The Line of Best Fit'' also publishes music premieres, exclusive live performances, podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str ...s, and playlists. The webzine has its own record label, Best Fit Recordings, and since 2015, has hosted its own annual music festival in London, the Five Day Forecast. It al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sécurité
La Sécurité is a Canadian dance-punk group from Montreal, Quebec, whose debut album ''Stay Safe!'' was released in 2023. The band, consisting of vocalist Éliane Viens-Synnott, guitarists Melissa Di Menna and Laurence-Anne Charest-Gagné, bassist Félix Bélisle (Choses Sauvages) and Kenny Smith, was launched in 2020 as a side project during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when the members could not play in their primary bands. ''Stay Safe!'' was a longlisted nominee for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize. The band toured the United States in 2024, supporting The Go! Team The Go! Team are an English indie rock band from Brighton, England. The band initially began as a solo project conceived by Ian Parton; however, after the unexpected success of the Go! Team's debut album, '' Thunder, Lightning, Strike'', Parton .... References Canadian dance-punk musical groups Musical groups from Montreal Musical groups established in 2020 2020 establishments in Quebec {{Canada-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Félix Awards
The 46th Félix Awards was held on November 3, 2024, to honour achievements in Quebec music. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais. The advance gala, presenting the awards in lower-profile and industry categories, was held on October 30.Philippe Renaud"Les Cowboys Fringants brillent malgré une absence au Premier Gala de l’ADISQ" ''Le Devoir'', October 30, 2024. Nominees and winners References {{reflist 2024 in Canadian music, Felix 2024 music awards, Felix 2024 in Quebec, Felix Félix Awards November 2024 in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOCAN
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 175,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects license fees through a music licensing program approved by the Copyright Board of Canada. History SOCAN is a result of a merger that took place in 1990 between the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC) and the Performing Rights Organization of Canada (PROCAN). In 2013, Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. initiated an online musical instrument insurance program for members of various Canadian music associations, including SOCAN. In May 2016, SOCAN acquired the Seattle-based company Medianet Digital for an undisclosed amount; the organization planned to leverage the company's software and database of rights metadata to assist in the calculation and distribution of royalties for works on digital music streaming se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
41st Félix Awards
The 41st Félix Awards were held on October 27, 2019, to honour achievements in Quebec music. The gala ceremony was hosted by Louis-José Houde, and televised by Ici Radio-Canada Télé. Nominees were announced in September.Olivier Boisvert-Magnen"GALA DE L’ADISQ 2019 : LES LOUANGES ET ALEXANDRA STRÉLISKI EN TÊTE DES NOMINATIONS" ''Voir ''Voir'' was a francophone alternative weekly newspaper in Montreal, Quebec, published by Communications Voir. ''Voir'' was founded by Pierre Paquet in November 1986. The first issue of the newspaper was published on 27 November 1986. Later o ...'', September 17, 2019. Nominees and winners References {{reflist Felix Felix Felix Félix Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Award
The Félix Award ( is an award, given by the ''Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois'' (ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music and humor industry in the Canadian province of Quebec. The award The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979. The idea belonged to the first president of ADISQ, Gilles Talbot. The award trophy was created by Marc-André Parisé. The awards are named in honour of Quebec songwriter Félix Leclerc. In contrast to the Juno Awards, whose nominations are based partially on record sales, nominations and winners of the Félix are decided by ADISQ members. The awards are given during an annual ceremony "Gala de l'ADISQ". Among the categories are Best-selling album, Best album (in various music genres), Songwriter of the year, Composer of the year, Song of the year, Male/Female singer of the year, Discovery of the year, Show of the year, etc. The awards have sometimes been controversial. In 1983, song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOCAN Songwriting Prize
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, SOCAN Songwriting Prize, formerly known as the ECHO Songwriting Prize, was an annual competition recognizing the best in Canadian emerging music, both anglophone and francophone, from 2006 to 2023. Established in 2006, the competition was designed to recognize some of the most innovative, creative and artistic songs created in the year preceding the award by emerging songwriters in Canada. Songs were selected by a competition panel composed of 10 music experts from the Canadian music scene, who each nominated two songs based on a set of criteria they believed to be the best songs by emerging artists from the past year. The songs were narrowed down to a set of 10 finalists and announced publicly. Fans then voted for the winner over the course of two weeks in June. Once the winners (one anglophone and one francophone) were determined after the voting period, they each were awarded a $10,000 cash prize from SOCAN and an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance-punk
Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk) is a post-punk subgenre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the disco, post-disco and new wave movements.Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984. Simon Reynolds.Faber and Faber Ltd, April 2005, (U.S. Edition: Penguin, February 2006, ) The genre is characterized by mixing the energy of punk rock with the danceable rhythms of funk and disco. It was most prominent in the New York City punk movement. Predecessors Many groups in the post-punk era adopted a more danceable style. These bands were influenced by funk, disco, new wave, and other dance music popular at the time (as well as being anticipated by some artists from the 1970s including Sparks and Iggy Pop). Influential acts from the 1980s included Talking Heads, Public Image Ltd.,Swaminathan, Nikhil (25 December 2003) �Dance-punk ends scenester dormancy New Order and Gang of Four. New York City dance-punk included Defunkt, Lizzy Mercier Desclo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult MTL
''Cult MTL'' is an English language arts, culture and news website and monthly print publication, based in Montreal, Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ..., Canada. Its first print edition appeared on 7 September 2012. It was created only a few months after Montreal's last English-language alternative weekly, '' Montreal Mirror'', was unceremoniously closed by its parent company, Quebecor. The founding editors of ''Cult MTL'' were also involved with the ''Mirror''. In August 2013 the print version of the magazine was started. Its editorial stance is liberal.https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/advancement/2022/05/26/meet-lorraine-carpenter-creator-of-cult-mtl.html See also * List of magazines in Canada References External links * 2012 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
