Videos: Shabazz Palaces @ Il Motore (04. 11. 2012)

Fat, thumping beats. On point rhymes from an exceptional MC. All that was needed on stage was a Macbook, Congas, Mbira and a high-hat drum for their live Montreal debut and the best Hip Hop show i’ve seen in eons. Shabazz Palaces is a Seattle-based hip-hop collective, led by Ishmael Butler aka “Palaceer Lazaro” (once […]

Videos: My Brightest Diamond @ Il Motore (05. 03. 2010)

Always a treat to catch My Brightest Diamond (aka Shara Worden) when she comes to town. Last time I saw her was back in December 2008 @ Le Poisson Rouge in NYC with a full band backing her up. This time around, she came here all by her lonesome and very preggers. We got treated […]

Videos: The Depreciation Guild @ Il Motore (04. 03. 2010)

The Depreciation Guild were back in town last nite, playing once again @ Il Motore, opening for Norwegian shoegazers Serena-Maneesh and to promote their sophomore album “Spirit Youth” which comes out May 18th on Kanine Records. Here’s 2 videos I shot of them performing songs from said new album. The Depreciation Guild – “Crucify You” […]

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Il Motore ( 02.13.2009 )

On a very cold Montreal evening, I made my way to the new Il Motore venue run by the Blue Skies Turn Black crew on Jean-Talon street. A few blocks from St-Laurent in a nondescript building, I attended my first show of the year with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart headlining and The […]