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2007

SPECIAL EDITIONS & GUIDES

Noisemakers 2007
Winter Arts Preview
Clubland 2007
Spring/Summer Sports
BEST OF MONTREAL: Readers Poll 2007
Hot Summer Guide

Divers/Cité 2007
Outdoor Sports
Student Survival Guide
Fall Arts Preview
Nightlife '07
Sports
Holiday Gift Guide
New Year's Eve Party Guide
2007 Year In Review




December

Dec 20 -Jan 02, 2007 Vol. 23 No. 27 : NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY GUIDE| Inside COVER: 2007 Year in review >> News >> Music >> Film >> Games >> Books >> Arts and More >> Video Games: Top games

Dec 13 -Dec 19 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 26 : HAUNTED HOUSING| Inside COVER: The Spanish horror film <em>The Orphanage</em> is sad, scary and stunning >> Notre-Dame highway controversy >> Vampire Weekend >> Lavender Diamond >> Brazil film fest >> Oliver Sacks >>Trad >> Video Games: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune >> Resto: Pop! is the king of tarts and cocktails

Dec 06 -Dec 12 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 25 : FORGING AHEAD| Inside COVER: Sibling duo Fiery Furnaces make easy listening difficult and sound great doing it >> Holiday Gift Guide >> Denys Arcand >> Skull Skates >> Noah Baumbach >> The Golden Compass >> Fistful of Rock 'n' Roll >> Video Games: Super Mario Galaxy >> Resto: Sinfully good food at Au Cinquième Péché

November


Nov 29 -Dec 05 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 24 : SOFT REVOLUTIONARIES| Inside COVER: Montreal's Stars declare victory over the indie-pop paradox >> World AIDS Day >> I'm Not There >> Margaret Trudeau >> Poor Boy's Game >> Extraction! >> 3 Inches of Blood >> Video Games: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock >> Resto: Braseiro&rsquo;s Portuguese goods are grilled and smoking

Nov 22 -Nov 28 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 23 : ENTER SANDMEN| Inside COVER: Tinariwen's desert blues-rock is the voice of a forgotten people >> Playing Columbine at MIGS >> Expozine >> Mongrels >> Kuchar Bros >> Paul van Dyk >> Hard Liquor and Porn film fest >> Video Games: Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools >> Resto: Don Que serves delectable Vietnamese in an out of the ordinary ’hood

Nov 15 -Nov 21 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 22 : TRUTH UNDER FIRE| Inside COVER:
Brian De Palma's Redacted is an angry assault on censorship and the Iraq war >> Sports >> Image+Nation >> Juan Cole >> Robyn Hitchcock >> Rabbis for Human Rights >> Empire Isis >> Video Games: Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass >> Resto: Comfort food, southwest France-style, at la Casserole

Nov 08 -Nov 14 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 21 : IN FOR THE KILL| Inside COVER: Ubisoft Montreal makes history with the release of the groundbreaking Assassin's Creed >> No Country for Old Men >> Arcadia >> John Pilger >> RIDM >> Me Mom and Morgentaler >> Video Games: Orange Box >> Resto: Madre adds nuevo magic to Latin favs

Nov 01 -Nov 07 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 20 : NATURE CALLS| Inside COVER: The fire, wood, water and rock music of the National Parcs >> Cinemania Picks >> Lickety Split >> Bruce McDonald >> Maude Barlow >> The Cliks >> Múm >> Video Games: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars >> Resto: South Korean delights at Minga

October

Oct 25 -Oct 31 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 19 : SWEET CALAVERAS| Inside COVER: Celebrating the Day of the Dead >> Nightlife '07 >> Halloween Party Guide >> Reservation Road >> 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days >> Dragonette >> Psychogeography >> Spasm >> Video Games: Stuntman: Ignition>> Resto: Liverpool House is so good it doesn’t need a sign

Oct 18 -Oct 24 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 18 : TORN APART AGAIN| Inside COVER: Anton Corbijn's Control recreates the brief and intense life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis >> NEWS Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! >> Justice >> Drawn and Quarterly >> New Young Pony Club >> HTMlles >> Kosmos >> Video Games: NHL 08 and NHL 2K8 >> Resto: Spice Safar is an all-in-one eatery

Oct 11 -Oct 17 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 17 : MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI| Inside COVER: Clyde Henry's haunting animated journey comes to the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma >> MUSIC 25 years of Chris Burns >> Up the Yangtze & more from FNC >> Digitalism >> Joe Martek >> The Acorn >> Video Games: Heavenly Sword >> Resto: Greek gets a grilling at Rôtisserie Panama

Oct 04 -Oct 10 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 16 : SWITCH HITTER| Inside COVER:
England's Patrick Wolf straddles the electronic and the orchestral, the mainstream and the underground, the boys and the girls >> Boomboxes and Jamaican street art >> Black & Blue >> The Jane Austen Book Club >> Christian film fest >> Life on Mars? >> Video Games: Stranglehold>> Resto: Palais Istanbul serves Eurasian delicacies with European flair

September



Sept 27 -Oct 03 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 15 : Do look now | Inside COVER:
Legendary filmmaker Nicolas Roeg is back in form with the supernatural and sexually explicit Puffball >> Patti Smith >> the Pipettes >> Pop Montreal >> Shake hands with the Devil >> Genocide Art >> Tariq Ali >> Video Games: Halo 3 >> Resto: Classic Seoul food at Chez Hwang

Sept 20 -Sept 26 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 14 : Spells and Decibels | Inside COVER:Montreal's We Are Wolves perfect their craft with Total Magique >> Car Free Day >> Karel Funk >> Turbonegro >> Haitian Film Fest >> Spook Country >> Video Games: Metroid Prime: Corruption >> Resto: The search for the best Chinese in the city goes off-menu at Fu Kam Wah

Sept 13 -Sept 19 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 13 : Fall Arts Preview| Inside COVER: Music Film Visual Arts Video Games Theatre Spoken Word Dance Books >> Toronto film festival >> David Cronenberg >> Dan Deacon >> St Urbain's Horseman >> Video Games: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 >> Resto: Kitchen Galerie puts a fresh spin on nouveau concept

Sept 06 -Sept 12 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 12 : Nu World Wonder| Inside COVER: M.I.A.'s beat is all over the map>> Jack Layton seeks Quebec penetration >> ?uestlove of the Roots >> Student strikes >> Katie Moore >> Canada vs. Denmark >> Video Games: Eidos Montreal >> Resto: Persian in a pinch at la Maison de Kebab

August

Aug 30 -Sept 05 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 11 : Yak Attack| Inside COVER: Montreal's Land of Talk make noise abroad but delay their chance at hometown success >> Outdoor Sports >> The annual Student Survival Guide >> Metal made in Quebec >> World Press Photo >> Fear and Loathing >> Video Games: BioShock >> Resto: Support Tibet by eating Italian at Les Cuisines de Tibet Libre

Aug 23 -Aug 29 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 10 : Mind-Blowing| Inside COVER: Japanese director Satoshi Kon opens up a psychedelic dream world in Paprika >> The rise of the NeoRhinos >> World Film Festival >> Krista Muir >> Reasonable accommodation >> Neil Hamburger >> Video Games: Boogie >> Resto: Take a voyage to Villa Espana for some tasty tapas and sangria

Aug 16 -Aug 22 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 9 : Ready to Erupt| Inside COVER: Montreal's Hot Springs generate steam heat on their debut album >> Roy Surette takes the reins at the Centaur >> Portable Ashtrays >> Junoon >>Brutal Knights >> YoungCuts film fest >> Video Games: Final Fantasy I and II >> Resto: Caffé della posta has the vibrant taste of Sicily

Aug 09 -Aug 15 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 8 : Lives of Crime| Inside COVER: Pedigreed punk perps Only Crime steal the show at the Vans Warped Tour >> Going Green in the City >> Under Pressure >> Au Revoir Simone >> Rush Hour 3 >> Bollywood Bike-in >> Video Games: Project Sylpheed >> Resto: La Hacienda heats up Outremont with spicy Mexican fare

Aug 02 -Aug 08 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 7 : Summer Camp| Inside COVER: Plastik Patrik, Mado Lamotte and Miss Butterfly Toast Divers/Cité 2007 >> Censored Festival >> NASCAR >> Peer Pressure >> The Dirty Tricks >> Video Games: PaRappa the Rapper >> Resto: Feast on scrumptious Salvadorian soul food at la Carreta

July

July 26 -Aug 01 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 6 : Loco Locals| Inside COVER: The manic magic of Montreal's Psychotropical Orchestra >> Célébrations LGBTA >> FrancoFolies >> Know?Show >> Harry Potter >> The Simpsons >> Video Games: The Darkness >> Resto: L’Atelier shares carefully-crafted tapas-esque cuisine

July 19 -July 25 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 5 : Would you have sex with this animal?| Inside COVER: The documentary Zoo examines the disturbing nature of man-horse love >> Gaming Report from E3 >> John Waters >> Ice-T >> Louis CK >> Limp Wrist >> Video Games: Fantasia Reviews >> Resto: Mister Spicee has hot bites with a Trinidadian touch

July 12 -July 18 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 4 : Kids Today!| Inside COVER: Older, wiser and just as weird, The Kids In The Hall reunite for Just For Laughs >> Reggae festival rundown >> Fantasia >> Comedia >> Battles >> Maxïmo Park >> Video Games: Call of Juarez >> Resto: Classic Greek picks at Mykonos

July 05 -July 11 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 3 : Bright lights, weird city | Inside COVER: Anime hit Tekkonkinkreet opens the 11th annual Fantasia Fest >> Montreal Guitar Show >> Le Cagibi >> Fishbone >> Nuits d'Afrique >> Google at the border >> Video Games: Mario Party 8 >> Resto: Munch on Mediterranean, Middle Eastern or straight-up bistro fare at BAZaAR

June

June 28 -July 04 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 2 : Cherchez Les Femmes | Inside COVER: Ladies light up the Montreal Jazz Fest >> No-fly list >> The Polyphonic Spree >> Fixed-gear bikes >> John Lurie >> Sicko >> Video Games: Forza Motorsport 2 >> Resto: Pupusas for every taste-bud at Los Planes

June 21 -June 27 , 2007 Vol. 23 No. 1 : Everyone's Talking About Girl Talk| Inside COVER: From club kids to congressmen, the word is out on mash-up maestro Gregg Gillis>>A Mighty Heart >> The Ex >> Westmount Turf War >> Manufacturing Dissent >> Piknic Électronik >> Video Games: Forza Motorsport 2 >> Resto: Pupusas for every taste-bud at Los Planes

June 14 -June 20 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 51 : CHAOTIC REACTIONS | Inside COVER: Montreal's CPC Gangbangs dish out the darkness on their new album Mutilation Nation >> Fringe Reviews >> Steve Aoki >> Paul Watson >> Montag >> Go Skateboarding Day >> Video Games: MLB 07: The Show >> Resto: Tasty Tunisian tajine and brik at Aslama Tunis.

June 07 -June 13 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 50 : Hot Summer Guide | Inside COVER: Out come the freaks for 10 days of mayhem at the 17th annual Montreal Fringe Festival >> Parkour >> Soccer >> Speedminton >> Gardening >> Gadgets >> Public BBQ >> Video Games: Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars >> Resto: Refreshing margaritas and upscale Mexican fare at Limón

May

May 31-June 06 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 49 : BEST OF MONTREAL READERS POLL 2007 | Inside COVER: The votes are in: the city's jewels and gems, according to our readers >> Socalled >> St-Viateur street fest >> Chuck Palahniuk >> Fuad and the Feztones >> Video Games: Spider-Man 3 >> Resto: Brasserie Brunoise caters to both the gourmand and the jock

May 24-May 30 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 48 : DEADLY DOWNSIZING | Inside COVER: Horror comedy Severance is a bloody take on corporate culture and the war on terror >> Skate park wars >> MUTEK >> Handsome Furs >> EUROfEST >> Halo 3 >> Notre Dame de Grass >> Video Games: Halo 3 multiplayer beta >> Resto: Traditional steamés, toastés, spruce beer floats and more at Paul Patates

May 17-May 23 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 47 : DUTCH DOUBLE-CROSS | Inside COVER: Paul Verhoeven on sex, betrayal, secret agendas and his new WWII resistance thriller Black Book >> !!! >> Snus >> Victo >> FTA >>MUFF >> Green fashion >> Video Games: Sam & Max: Season 1 >> Resto: Pho Lam serves a big, mean Vietnamese hotpot

May 10-May 16 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 46 : GETTING SILLY IN PHILLY | Inside COVER: The juvenile genius of East Coast rappers Plastic Little >> Alice in Oblivion at Dawson >>Arcade Fire >> Sarah Polley >> Arctic Monkeys >> After the Wedding >> Lesbian condos >> DJ XL5 >> Video Games: Def Jam: Icon >> Resto: Bistro a vin success at Les Trois Petits Bouchons

May 03-May 09 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 45 : KINGDOM COME | Inside COVER: With his new album, Jah Cutta reaches for Montreal's reggae crown >> Pillow Fighting >> Sport Stacking >>My Chemical Romance >> Daniel Johnston >>Multimondo >> Inland Empire >> DJ XL5 >> Video Games: Super Paper Mario >> Resto: Mouth-watering micro-tapas at Map

April

Apr 26-May 02 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 44 : WHO'S WATCHING WHO | Inside COVER: A major Montreal conference examines Internet privacy in the age of surveillance >> Trans Am >> Drag Kings >> 2:37 >> Dan Piraro >> El-P >> Rock Plaza Central >> Video Games: SSX Blur and Prince of Persia: Rival Swords >> Resto: Bofinger serves a heaping plateful of BBQ problems

Apr 19-25 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 43 : ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT| Inside COVER: The creators of Shaun of the Dead up the action ante with their new cop comedy Hot Fuzz >> Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone >> Vote for Best of Montreal >> The Subhumans >> Vues d'Afrique >> Hickee >> People for Audio >> Puzzle Quest >> Video Games: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords >> Resto: Fine African cuisine at Farafina

Apr 12-18 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 42 : DEF SENTENCES | Inside COVER: Rapper Nas comes to bury hip hop, not to praise it >> Facebook Fraud >> Lesbians on Ecstasy >> Killawatt >> RJD2 >> Video Games: MotorStorm >> Resto: Tantalizing Turkish at Su

Apr 05-11 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 41 : CLUBLAND 2007 | Inside COVER: Dave One and Pee Thug of Chromeo >> Peeping Tom >> Garbage Police >> Gildan >> Corpusse >>Grindhouse >> Video Games: F1: Virtua Fighter 5 >> Resto: Chinese hotpot chain Little Sheep hits Montreal

March

Mar 29-04 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 40 : HOGTOWN HATEDOWN| Inside COVER: Montreal and its mortal enemy clash at the Toronto Bites! indie rock fest >> One Percent Free >> The Zambonis >> The Host >> Justice >>Metro Party >> Video Games: F1: Championship Edition >> Resto: Little Lebanon’s Abu Elias and Balila

Mar 22-28 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 39 :ARABIAN SLIGHTS| Inside COVER: Reel Bad Arabs zooms in on Hollywood's portrayal of a people by Samer Elatrash >> Report from SXSW >> Sharkwater >> Poker >> Wes Craven >> Evidence >> The Slip >> Election Notebook>> Video Games: Supreme Commander

Mar15-21 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 38 :WEEKEND WARRIORS| Inside COVER: Block party battle the highs and lows of London living >> St. Patrick's Day Roundup >> East-End Toxic Waste >> The Shins >> Isis >> Disney >> Election Notebook>> Video Games

Mar 08-14 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 37 :HAPPY TO BE HATED| Inside COVER: Montreal’s Trigger Effect know the right way to get on your wrong side >> Festival of Films on Art >> Of Montreal >> Eidos >> Pop Levi >> Election Notebook >> Team Canada >> Video Games

Mar 01-07 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 36 : FIGURE OF SPEECH| Inside
COVER: New Orleans MC Voice has plenty to say >> Highlights of Nuit Blanche >> Marc Prent >> TV on the Radio >> Chez Schwartz >> Chez Schwartz >> Zoobombs >> Festivalissimo >> Video Games: >> Alternative Academy Awards

February

 

Feb 22-28 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 35 : HELLCATS ON WHEELS| Inside
COVER: Women rule the rink in roller derby's return to Montreal >>Primitve Records celebrates 20 years >> Hip Hop Karaoke >> Eco-condos >> The Astronaut Farmer >> Neon's eighth anniversary >> Video Games:Phantasy Star Universe >> Alternative Academy Awards >> RESTO: Mexican standards at La Nacion

Feb 15-21 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 34 :ON THE FAST TRACK | Inside
COVER: >> With their second album &hellip;Are the Dark Horse, the Besnard Lakes hit their stride >> Apples in Stereo >> Apathy is Boring >> Anthony Minghella >> Armenian Genocide >> Video Games: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition >> RESTO: Le Palais de l’Inde serves cozy classics

Feb 08-14 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 33 : LANGUE DISTANCE| Inside
COVER: Malajube's Quirky Francophone Rock Goes Global >> Cafe Campus >> The Lives of Others >> Hip Hop and Guns >> Louise Lecavalier >> Video Games: Wario in Pieces >> Alternative Academy Awards >> RESTO: Batter to the plate at Pr&ecirc;t &agrave; Manger

Feb 01-07 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 32 :
VIVA LA BOUNCE! | Inside
COVER: Ghislain Poirier's big plans for his bass heavy beats >> Pierre Perpall >> Black History Month >> Billy Talent >> Arthur Sandborn >> Partition >> Mosh Core 2007 >> World War One >> Video Games: Sin City Shoot >> RESTO: Ethiopian eatery Au Messob

JANUARY

Jan 25-31 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 30 : VIBRATION NATION | Inside
COVER: With 60 or so members and innumerable projects, the kalmunity Vibe Collective keep the grassroots growings >> Belly >> Michael Brook >> So Ann >> Discrimination Against the Short >> Video Games: Resistance: Elite Beat Agents >> RESTO: Zooming in on Zam Zam

Jan 18-24 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 29 : FRACTURED FANTASY| Inside
COVER: Doug Jones and Ivana Baquero on Guillermo del Toro's blood soaked fairy tale Pan's Labyrinth Matt Mays >> Hanif Kureishi on Venus >> The end of Ben's >> Press Start >> Resto: Pho Lien takes tonkinoise to the upper limit

Jan 11-17 , 2007 Vol. 22 No. 29 : WINTER ARTS PREVIEW | Inside
COVER: Music >> Film >> Theatre >> Books>> Dance >> Visual Arts >> Spoken Word >> Video Games >> RESTO: Tri Express excels in all forms of flavour

Jan 4-10, 2007 Vol. 22 No. 28 : NOISEMAKER 2007 | Inside
Cynthia Taylor >> End Poverty Now >> David Flewelling >> Mixoart & Fluid Flair >> Jason Della Rocca >> Alison Louder >> Thunderheist >> The BILZ >> Pierre Rémillard >> Kamikaze Baby >> Think Twice >> Royal Mountain Band >> Heroes & Villains >> Plaza Musique >> A Fly Is on the Wall >> Tracey Deer >> Brandi-Ann Milbradt >> Volatile Works >> Montreal Film Group >> EyeSteelFilm >> Trent Pardy >> Jason Lewis >> Karl Raudsepp-Hearne >> Boutique Mad-Âme >> Taqralik Partridge >> Rafael Lozano-Hemmer >> Headquarters Galerie & Boutique >> Milutin Gubash >> Eryn Dace Trudell >> Mike Hickey >> Ali Naccarato


 





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