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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 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
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
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
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…
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.












