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WIRED: 59 – KARKWA (CMW 2011)

By R. Stephenson Price 1 April 2011 No Comment

TAGS: Canadian Music Week 2011, CMW 2011, Indie Rock, Karkwa, Moi-Léger, Montreal, Wrongbar

Montreal’s Karkwa might be named after a quiver of arrows (french: carquois), but they’re not likely to unleash that barrage of rock on you – just your ears.

The 2010 Polaris Prize winners hit Toronto for CMW 2011 and showcased exactly why they’re among some of the top musical and lyrical talent in the country.

Doubters? Check out “Moi-Léger”. – be sure to hit up their website to find out more about this amply-ammoed Quebec quintet.

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Ryan Stephenson Price is the co-host/producer of THE iNDiE MACHiNE; Art Director of evening newspaper TONIGHT; and journalist/designer/photographer/director through his self-run STRATASFEAR PRODUCTIONS. A classically-trained & self-taught musician, Ryan is eagerly anticipating the debut of his sci-fi rock project TRIDIA which he claims will finally see the light of day in 2012 - he has been saying this every year since 2004.

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