By Leslie Ken Chu
The rock stalwarts lean into vulnerability and nuance, proving that evolution doesn’t have to mean softening the blow.
The American Midwest may have Chat Pile, but from Eastern Canada, we have Truck Violence, a vicious hardcore sludge four-piece that deftly utilizes truncated guitar rhythms, blast bleats, disgusting bass tones, and painful, poetic musings to create a tapestry of frenzied and bitter music about trauma, self-destruction, and community.
Their debut album is full of thematic songs about the darkened thoughts many are afraid to convey and usually sounds and feels like a tormented sledgehammer battering your senses. With all of its instrumental dysfunction, Violence is really an homage to small-town roots and a cry for comfort and love.
By Leslie Ken Chu
The rock stalwarts lean into vulnerability and nuance, proving that evolution doesn’t have to mean softening the blow.
By Cam Delisle
The pop veteran beamed into Rogers Arena Tuesday night with a glitchy arsenal of remixed hits—some faring better than others in her AI-styled end-of-the-world fantasia.
By Alexia Bréard-Anderson
Montréal’s premier gathering for electronic music and digital creativity returns with an immersive three-act program bridging AI, XR, Indigenous tech, and ecological imagination.