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This Week In Montreal

This Week In Montreal

Montrealers should really feel lucky this week. Let’s face it, how many times do we have Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Peter Frampton and Kaki King playing at the same time as Hey Ocean!, The Dears, White Denim, Mazes, Jaga Jazzist, The Roots and Weezer. The Jazz Fest takes full swing this week with a variety of amazing shows going on all over the city. You may have trouble deciding what to see this week due to the volume of great shows but we hope to make things a little easier by giving you our highlights for the week. Read more…

Cults – Il Motore – 19.06.11

Cults – Il Motore – 19.06.11

Cults first appeared on the internet map, in the form of a vague and informal bandcamp website.  Let this be a lesson to all you casual jammers – a small bandcamp website that’s meant to hold a sample of some of the fun recordings you do with your friends, might slowly come to be picked up by a blog here, a blog there, and eventually, the blog (pitchfork, I guess), and you will suddenly find yourself touring the continent.  Read more…

This Week In Montreal

This Week In Montreal

Festivals galore! While this year’s Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival may be coming to an end this week with performances by Chad VanGaalen, The Strange Boys, Dirty Beaches, D’Eon and more, this week also marks the beginning of this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival. And what better way to kick off this year’s fest than with back to back performances by the legendary Prince at Metropolis. But don’t get too excited unless you already have tickets because both nights are sold out. There are also some great smaller shows going on this week at Club Lambi, Il Motore and Cabaret Mile End so be sure to check them out as well. Here’s all the highlights from a very busy week in Montreal. Read more…

This Week In Montreal

This Week In Montreal

The Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival continues to roll on this week with a whole new batch of great and eclectic musicians from all over the musical spectrum. Omar Souleyman, Dolphins Into The Future, Jerusalem In My Heart, Parlovr, Colin Stetson and Lichens are a few of the great artists that will be taking the stage this week as a part of this years festival so be sure to check them out. Besides the Suoni shows there are a bunch of great shows going on this week in Montreal. The Dodos and The Antlers will play La Tulipe on Wednesday and Cults will play Il Motore on Sunday. Oh and Brian Wilson and Supertramp just so happen to be in town for shows. Keep reading to have a look at all of this week’s highlights. Read more…

This Week In Montreal

This Week In Montreal

With the end of the 12th edition of the annual MUTEK Festival comes the beginning of the this year’s Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival, which celebrates great music in all of it’s various forms. Playing as a part of the festival this week are Molly Sweeney, Tonstartssbandht, Grimes, Keiji Haino, Silent Land Time Machine, Alele Diane, Junior Boys and many more. For the full Suoni Per Il Popolo schedule click here. And here’s a full list of highlight shows happening on this week in Montreal. Read more…

This Week In Montreal

This Week In Montreal

While this week won’t be the busiest week we’ve ever seen in Montreal for concerts there are still some great shows that are certainly worth checking out. Highlights this week include MAN MAN, Austra, Johnny Flynn and Friendly Fires. On the local front we’ve got folk songstress Charlotte Cornfield playing tonight at Casa Del Popolo, The Lindbegh Line, Bad Weather and She’s Got A Habit playing on Tuesday night at Divan Orange, Little Scream playing on Wednesday night at Il Motore and Snailhouse will close out the week on Sunday at La Sala Rossa. Here’s all the highlights for the week: Read more…

January Shows

January Shows

Here you’ll find a comprehensive list of concerts big and small that will be taking place throughout the city of Montreal during the month of January. This list has been compiled from various sources around the web and will constantly change as new shows are announced or more information becomes available. If you know about a show that isn’t on this list or if you would like us to add your band’s show please send us an email at info@meetyouattheshow.com with the subject: “SHOW LISTING” and please provide us with all the details and we will get it up ASAP. So without further ado, here’s what’s happening in January:

Thursday, January 12th

The Darcys @ Casa Del Popolo
w/ Receivers + Belgrave
8:30 PM
$10.00
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Monday, January 16th

Tycho @ Il Motore
w/ Beacon
8:00 PM
$15.00 Advance – $17.00
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18+
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Wednesday, January 18th

Herman Dune @ Il Motore
w/ Guests
$13.00 Advance – $15.00 Door
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18+

Real Estate @ La Sala Rossa
w/ The Babies
8:00 PM
$13.00 Advance – $15.00 Door
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All Ages

Friday, January 20th

Anamanaguchi @ Il Motore
w/ Extreme Animals + Moon King
$10.00 Advance – $12.00 Door
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Down With Webster @ Metropolis
w/ Guest
$22.50 Advance – $25.00
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Saturday, January 21st

Ghost @ Corona Theater
w/ Blood Ceremony + Ancient Vvisdom
$16.50

Monday, January 23rd

Fujiya & Miyagi @ La Sala Rossa
w/ Statue Park
$17.00 Advance – $19.00 Door

Wednesday, January 25th

Daniel Isaiah @ Casa Del Popolo
w/ Guests
8:00 PM
$8.00 Advance – $10.00 Door
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18+

Thursday, January 26th

Cass McCombs @ Il Motore
w/ Frank Fairfield
8:00 PM
$12.00 Advance – $15.00 Door
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18+

Friday, January 27th

Machine Head @ Metropolis
w/ Suicide Silence + Darkest Hour + Rise To Remain
$23.50 Advance – $25.00 Door

Saturday, January 28th

The Arkells @ Petit Campus
w/ Guest
$12.00

Collie Buddz @ Metropolis
w/ Zion I + New Kingston
$22.50 Advance – $25.00 Door

Smith Westerns @ Il Motore
w/ Porcelain Raft + Bleached
$13.00 Advance – $15.00
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18+

Sheer Agony @ Brasserie Beaubien (73 Beaubien est)  w/Sleuth Bears + Home Shake.  5$ suggested/PWYC

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This Week In Montreal

This Week In Montreal

The stars are coming out this week in Montreal. Starting off tonight with Adele‘s highly anticipated and sold out performance at L’Olympia and continuing throughout the week with performances by A-trak, Lykke Li, Grimes and Arctic Monkeys, we are in store for some great shows this week. But if you’d like to check out some of Montreal’s best local acts, we suggest you check out First You Get The Sugar on Tuesday at Divan Orange, UN, Reversing Falls and Nightwood on Thursday at Casa Del Popolo and Miracle Fortress on Friday at the Torn Curtain. Here’s all the highlights for the week:

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Photos: Dinosaur Bones + Bear Hands – Il Motore – 11.05.11

Photos: Dinosaur Bones + Bear Hands – Il Motore – 11.05.11

Wednesday night at Il Motore was a night to celebrate young and exciting indie rock at its finest. On the bill were Toronto’s Dinosaur Bones and Brooklyn’s Bear Hands. While MYATS’ writer Joni Shuchat was in an unfortunate bike accident pre-show making it impossible for her to make it out, photographer Amelia Robitaille was able to make it out to capture the night in the following series of photos.

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