Seattle's major/indie label releases three classic albums from the aughts by a great band who happen to be playing Montreal this week. PLUS all the other awesome shows and events in the key of heaviosity.

Your key to the week's visual art happenings.

You know it's summer when those sweet weekly outdoor dance parties at Parc Jean-Drapeau begin. Day one may have been a bit rainy, but Piknic was in full swing. Cindy Lopez captured the revelry.

In the interest of hyperlocal journalism, we spoke to drunk people on the lower Main this weekend.

NYC's Anamanaguchi, playing Il Motore tonight, take the video-game-derived chiptune style into the future.

Codirector Malcolm Guy talks about his documentary Being Chinese in Quebec, a road movie about race and identity.

Emily Rose Michaud talks about how land art and guerilla gardening pretty up the city, as she gets ready to launch the second issue of Sprout Out Loud! grassroots gardening zine.

The Canadian rapper took time out from the studio to speak to Cult MTL about making records and mixtapes with Skratch Bastid and J Period, and livin' right (on the West Coast).

On the eve of launching his latest book, Tibonom, Billy Mavreas chats about the drawings, his decision to eschew words in his graphic works and the state of Montreal comics today.

Rob Ford, without crack pipe. Photo via Flickr To exactly no one’s surprise, MP Denis Coderre yesterday announced that, yes, he will run for mayor of Montreal, saying the city’s in need of a “conductor,” presumably because it’s running off the rails and losing control and going to...

J.J. Abrams' reboot of the Star Trek franchise continues to please without resorting to gimmicks.

On their second LP, Wait to Pleasure, No Joy erect a wall of sound with affective guitars, gauzy vocals and a rhythm section that can’t be beat (because the drummer is armed).

Can Chingu, the new Korean restaurant on Parc, satisfy Mile End's need for bulgogi, bibimbap and the like? We found out.

Thomas Vinterberg’s drama The Hunt which earned Mads Mikkelsen the Best Actor Award at Cannes in 2012 comes to Cinéma Excentris.

Hip Hop Karaoke happens tonight. Enjoy the staff's picks for pairings of summer jams and drank. PLUS the week's other top events in the realm of hip hop and party vibes.

If you dug Couchella, Boiler Room TV invites you to party with hipsters around the world — and now even here in Montreal — from the comfort of home. Here's how last night's local debut went over.

With cigar-box guitars, keys, strings and voices, AroarA bring the cut-up work of a Pulitzer-winning poet to life on their EP (and forthcoming LP), In the Pines, launching with a kind-of secret show this week.

Are you a fan of our bus, metro and train systems? Well, these folks aren't.