Hidden deep among pines, in the heart of the Canadian Shield, Festival De Musique Émergente (FME) burns brighter than an asteroid field. If for some reason you can’t see, you damn sure will hear it. There were a multitude of fabulous bands during this installment of FME. Here are some of the highlights.
Love Changes Everything, constructs a mood and, by extension, an entire world. The usual signature features are still here: Turner’s expressive guitar that likes to play roughhouse or walk around amiably in the background depending on the song’s demands; White’s personifying percussion that paces like a detective with snare-drum anxiety at some moments, soothes with brushwork at others; and Ellis’s violin or piano that frequently serves as the lead,
