“This short and highly strung man in cowboy boots lit a hand-rolled smoke in a little room, asking me to play something”: How did Angine de Poitrine get so very weird? Khn’s maverick but brilliant guitar teacher might explain a lot

Khn de Poitrine of Angine de Poitrine plays live in Belgium, 2026.

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If you ever find yourself on the guitar internet watching wackadoodle Quebecois math-rock duo Angine de Poitrine wondering how they got like this – y’know, how they got so weird – then maybe one brilliant, eccentric, maverick guitar teacher is to blame.