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Noisemakers 2008
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Sports
Games & Gadgets
Clubland 2008
Biking

May

May 01 -May 07, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 45 : GIRL ERUPTED| Inside COVER: Swedish pop darling Robyn says konichiwa to a comeback >> Norman Finkelstein >> Mel C >> Ministry >> The Edge of Heaven >> Video Games: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII >> Resto: Ethiopian eats at Mekdella

April

Apr 24 -Apr 30, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 44 : POWER TO THE POTHEADS| Inside COVER: Marijuana activists fight for the right to get high >> Biking >>Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay >> Megadeth >> Blue Metropolis >> Video Games: Rainbow Six Vegas 2>> Resto: La Feuille de Menthe wastes nothing

Apr 17 -Apr 23, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 43 : HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES| Inside COVER: Edmonton MC Cadence Weapon guns for gold, his own way >> Earth Day >> Tokyo Police Club >> Matt Bissonnette >> Woodhands >> Stella >> Zabriskie Point >> Video Games:Condemned 2: Bloodshot >> Resto: Laurier’s Jun-i rolls out chic and seductive sushi

Apr 10 -Apr 16, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 42 : ABOVE THE DIN| Inside COVER: The passion and possession of Montreal's synth-punks Duchess Says >> Couch Surfing >> The Dirtbombs >> Vues d'Afrique >> Green campuses >> The Tenori-On >> The Alkaholiks >> Video Games: MLB 2k8 and MLB 08: The Show >> Resto: Italian goes global at Carmine’s Tuscany Grill

Apr 03 -Apr 09, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 41 :GRADE EH!| Inside COVER: From Shanghai to L.A., Puerto Plata to Paris (Hilton), DJ duo Team Canada show the world how Montreal rocks a party >> German Highlights at the Goethe >> Alpha Blondy >> Dimmu Borgirn >> Giuseppe Tornatore >> Concordia Strike >> Airbourne >> Video Games: Bully: Scholarship Edition >> Resto: Sugar off with Cabaret du Roy’s cabane à sucre treats

March

Mar 27 -Apr 02, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 40 : QUITE CONTRARY| Inside COVER: Pas Chic Chic plot a different path for made-in-Quebec pop >> The Montreal Human Rights film fest >> Voyce* >> Run Fatboy Run >> Luc Doucet >> Gay Cubans >> Video Games: Super Smash Bros. Brawl >> Resto: Pub grub gets French polish at Méchant Boeuf

Mar 20 -Mar 26, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 39 : GRIFFINTOWN'S LAST STAND| Inside COVER: Residents of the embattled neighbourhood man the barricades against a development offensive >> Sports >> Taxi to the Dark Side >> Neon >> 'night, Mother >> Fuck Buttons >> Video Games: God of War >> Resto: Tapioca Thé’s fiery Szechwan

Mar 13 -Mar 19, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 38 : ANIME'S EARLY DAYS| Inside COVER: The first decades of Japanese cartoons are explored at a Cinémathèque québécoise retrospective >> Funny Games >> Xiu Xiu >> Louis XlV >> Nick Zedd >> Festivalíssimo >> Organic Food >> Video Games: Lost >> Resto: Organic veggies at Bonnys

Mar 06 -Mar 12, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 37 : HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA| Inside COVER: L.A.'s Dengue Fever journey to the source of their Southeast Asian psych-rock >> Games & Gadgets >> Paranoid Park >> Army of Two >> FIFA >> Under the Snow >> Relative Good >> Sum 41 >> Video Games: The Club >> Resto: Pâtisserie Harmonie is all about the dough

February`

Feb 28 -Mar 05, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 36 :STRANGE ANIMALS| Inside COVER: Montreal's Creature unleash their freaky chic on their debut album No Sleep at All >> Nuit Blanche picks >> Henry Rollins >> Edgy Women >> Black Mountain >> Alternative Academy Awards >> Video Games: No More Heroes >> Resto: Pan Asian all-you-can-eat at Lu Mama

Feb 21 -Feb 27, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 35 : NATURAL HABITAT| Inside COVER: Montreal's Plants and Animals mark their territory with their new record Parc Avenue >> Anglos at work >> Mr. Leather 2008 >> Super Furry Animals >> The Counterfeiters >> The Israel lobby >> Video Games: DMC4 >> Resto: Graziella takes the cannoli

Feb 14 -Feb 20, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 34 : THIS WAS RADIO CLASH| Inside COVER: Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten is an intimate portrait of the punk icon >> The resurrection of Jesus Christ Superstar >> Montrealers for Ron Paul >> Sex ed >> RVCQ >> Death Boat >> Turbo Crunk >> Video Games: Rez HD>> Resto: Café Tredici banishes bad luck with Italian-based cuisine

Feb 07 -Feb 13, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 33 : BOLD TYPE| Inside COVER: Graffiti godfather Futura 2000 makes his mark at Sneaker Pimps Montreal >> Adil Charkaoui >> Video Games Live >> Alex Da Corte >> Ethnic Heritage Ensemble >> Radical 70's posters >> Video Games: Turok >> Resto: Bouchonné Comptoir à Vin caters to a new generation of wine connoisseurs

Janurary

Jan 31 -Feb 06, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 32 : BIRTHDAY BLOWUP| Inside COVER: Local party impresarios Nu Ravers on the Block throw their first anniversary bash >> Black History Month >> Kurt Cobain About a Son >> John Giorno >> Cancer Bats >> Quebec radical press >> Baby Dee >> Sports >> Video Games: NFL Tour >> Resto: M:brgr gives diner classics a modern twist

Jan 24 -Jan 30, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 31 : THE BITCH IS BACK| Inside COVER: Hedda Gabler is armed and dangerous in MainLine Theatre's revamped version of the Ibsen classic >> NEWS Deconstructing the Turcot Yards >> Distroboto >> Daedelus >> How She Move >> Suites Cruelles>> The Teenagers >> Love/Sex Week >> Video Games: Mass Effect >> Resto: Parsomush does pared down Persian

Jan 17 -Jan 23, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 30 : SUNSHINE AND SLUMS| Inside COVER: Two Montreal photographers explore the colours and troubles of Haiti's recent past >> Young Galaxy >> Security certificates >> Igloofest >> Wildside fest >> Moustache Party>> Video Games: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams >> Resto: Châteaukabab is serious about their shish

Jan 10 -Jan 16, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 29 : ANIMATING IRAN| Inside COVER: Marjane Satrapi's film Persepolis tells a universal story of growing up in troubled times >> Winter Arts Preview >> Jeans Team >> My Kid Could Paint That >> DJ Mini >> Chinese New Year Spectacular>> Video Games: Games to beat the winter blahs >> Resto: Latest Holder brothers holding, L’Étoile

Jan 03 -Jan 09, 2008 Vol. 23 No. 28 : Noisemakers 2008 | Inside Peter Schiefke >> Phil Fish >> Sandra Lee and Lidia Guennaoui >> Ladies of the Canyon >> Sikh Knowledge >> Pirates of the Lachine Canal >> Royal Peasants >> The Agonist >> Jade McNelis >> Lucenda >> Jacques Poulin-Denis >> Joe Balass >> Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre >> Abbey Neidik >>Benjamin Steiger Levine >> Sharon Hyman >> Sarah Hanneman and Elayna Dehaney >> Clayton Evans >> Pierre Dalpé >> Stephanie Pitsiladis >> Joanabbey Sack >> Joyce Quansah >> Brigitte Chartrand >> Yannick Pouliot >> Rick Leong >> Elena Willis >> Anna Leventhal >> Michelle Dabrowski >> Aimée Van Drimmelen >> Jonathan Himsworth >> Kara Blake