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Though Montreal and other provinces boasted their quotient, Canadian punk’s twin poles were Vancouver and Toronto. The entire nation’s spiritual equivalent of the Stooges or Velvet Underground has to be Hamilton, Ontario’s avant-garage unit Simply Saucer. Began in 1972 by enigmatic singer/guitarist Edgar Breau, they oozed a loud, rowdy mishmash of the Stooges and such latter-day electro-psych outfits as Hawkwind via such charmingly titled angular riff explosions with power electronics as ...

Its Now or Nowhere for Montreal rockers The Damn Truth Mostly produced by Bob Rock, the bands third full-length album, Now or Nowhere, is all about meaty power chords and intense bluesy vocals. Author of the article: Brendan Kelly  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: May 07, 2021  •  9 hours ago  •  5 minute read  •  Montreal band The Damn Truth is set to launch their new album, Now or Nowhere. From left, Tom Shemer, Lee-la Baum, PY Letellier and Dave Traina are seen ...

Article content Vandals spray-painted QAnon-themed graffiti across the windows of a Montreal art gallery this week, prompting an investigation by the SPVM’s hate crimes unit. Tuesday evening, just after 9, a man and a woman wearing black clothes and carrying cans of spray paint approached the BBAM! Gallery on Atwater Ave. in St-Henri. Surveillance footage shows the couple tagging the gallery, painting “pedogate” and slinking away when cars passed. We apologize, but this video has failed t...