“Montreal progressive rock innovators Atsuko Chiba have done something most bands only talk about: they completely reinvented their sound.”
9/10
Atsuko Chiba, self-titled: REVIEW
What to do today in Montreal 🚲
“Canada’s constitution has been under attack by conservative provinces using the notwithstanding clause to push their socially conservative agendas, as much as Alberta separatists looking to become the 51st state.”
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As voted by our readers in the 2026 Best of MTL readers poll, the best cocktail bars in Montreal are Cloakroom, Atwater Cocktail Club, Le Mal Nécessaire, Bar Numéro and N sur Mackay.
Montreal art punk band La Sécurité made their new album Bingo! amid higher stakes and spicier sauce
Bingo! is out this Friday. Read our June cover story here.
Canada to ban social media for kids under 16 and regulate AI chatbots as part of the new Safe Social Media Act
Conservatives now polling at lowest level since Nov. 2022
“Support for the CPC has not been this low since November 2022 — around the time Pierre Poilievre became party leader.”
“If the City of Montreal wants to house the homeless (and it should — because tolerating homelessness is far more expensive than fixing the problem), then City Hall needs to be leading the development. We can’t depend on the private sector.”
#polmtl
Quebec court blocks City of Montreal’s attempts to dismantle homeless encampment
“A human being cannot exist nowhere. The right of the residents to stay where they are is a consequence of the absence of evidence of a safe alternative.”
#polmtl
Montreal is about to come alive for the #FIFAWorldCup in a way Canadian soccer has never experienced before
“Toronto and Vancouver may host the matches. But cities like Montreal will help provide the soul.”
Cult MTL
Montreal experimental post-rock and progressive psych band Atsuko Chiba have released a stellar self-titled fourth album on Mothland.
