Possessing a haunting voice that often draws comparisons to fellow Canadian Neil
Young, Québécois singer-songwriter Benoit Pinette (born in 1981 in Sherbrooke,
Quebec) makes alt-folk music as Tire le coyote (Shoot the Coyote). Having cut
his teeth in indie-rock band Fono Jône – with whom he performed at Montreal's
Francouvertes and Francofolies de Montréal festivals, but parted ways before
putting out any releases – he dropped his solo debut EP in 2009. The full-length
follow-up, Le Fleuve en huile, emerged two years later. After keeping up the
momentum across his next two LPs, 2...