Music

Music is spiritual. The music business is not. -Van Morrison Tuesday, Jan.22 Cobra Starship + Metro Station + We the Kings + The Cab @ Le Studio Juste Pour Rire Jorane @ Le National Wednesday, Jan. 23 Cellador + Trail of Tears @ foufounes Electriques Faculty + Wild Child @ Les Saints Sleepless Nights (CD Release!) + Reversing Falls @ Casa de Popolo Thursday, Jan.

It is three weeks into 2008, but Rich Terfry, (internationally known as Buck 65) has the year 1957 on his mind. "That year is so significant. It was the beginning of the end of the good and the bad. It changed the way we think and the nature of the world that we are living in," Buck said.

Editors' drummer Ed Lay's first words to The Concordian were comments on how they lucked out on great weather in Atlanta. The U.K. rockers are no strangers to the hardships of touring, including run-ins with bad weather. Although Montreal weather can be a little unpredictable, at least our fans are bound to show them some love.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. -Victor Hugo Tuesday, Jan. 15 - White Williams + Ecstatic Sunshine @ Sala Rossa Wednesday, Jan.16 - Famous Lovers, Intensive Care, Revised Edition & Pamela Brottes @ Sala Rossa - Ozzy Osbourne + Rob Zombie + In This Moment @ Bell Centre Thursday, Jan.

Eric Sann, a.k.a. Kid Koala, is known for reinventing the wheel. He has managed to embrace things that have been done many times over and give them a life and a personality all their own. And he seems to make it look effortless. His inspiration comes from other artists, DJs and of course, the wonderful city of Montreal.

Tomorrow, Wednesday Jan. 8, be sure to catch Eric San, aka Kid Koala, in a free concert. Organized by the CSU, the concert will be held at the Hive, the newly-reopened student space on the Loyola Campus, at 8 p.m. Kid is known for his energetic turntabling style and keen ear for sampling, as well as hiw fun and quirky animation which decorates the covers of his many albums.

"There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something, we'd all love one another." - Frank Zappa Wednesday January 9 - King Bochek + Milie Croche + Travelling Headcase @ Casa del Popolo - Pédo Pedro + Brigitte Bordel @ Rockette, - Necro + The Psycho Realm + Sick Symphonies @ Les Foufounes Electriques Thursday January 10 - Mia Verko + Bivouaq @ Quai des brumes - Little Birdie @ Casa del Popolo - The Darcys + Boo Hoo @ L'Esco - The New Groove Orchestra + Twiddle @ La Sala Rossa - DJ Night W/ DJ Sarcastic + DJ InYourFace @ Zoobizarre - Uffie + Steve Aoki + Mark Meny @ Coda Friday January 11 - Jeans Team + Claass @ Zoobizarre - Lily Frost + Julie Doiron @ La Sala Rossa - Camaromance + Me & Maryjane @ Centre St.

10 Battles – Mirrored (Warp) 9 Kayne West – Graduation (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Records) 8 Tie: M.I.A. – Kala…

This Polaris nominee and Juno Award winner is on most critics' Best of 2007 year end lists and there is a reason for that. Julie Doiron made a lot of noise when she released her bare and moody album Woke Myself Up. Three years after her previous release, Doiron didn't only wake herself up, she shook ears across Canada and now the country is calling her the next Leslie Feist.

Mere hours before the country woke to the dawn of Christmas Eve, Oscar Emmanuel Peterson left this world. It was a sad day for the city of Montreal, the place where Peterson was born and lived the majority of his life. His upbringing in the neighbourhood of Little Burgundy/ La Petite-Bourgogne surrounded him by the jazz culture that cultivated the musician and true artist that we knew and adored.