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This Week In Montreal
We’ve an eclectic week of shows ahead of us this week in Montreal. Rock, pop, soul, electronica, folk…pretty much whatever you’re in the mood for can be found at one of the many venues around the city. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings will be making a highly anticipated return to Montreal on Tuesday night at Metropolis in order to spread the message that R&B isn’t dead. Spencer Krug’s solo project, Moonface, will take full flight on Thursday night at Il Motore and Tune-Yards play the very next night at La Sala Rossa. Here’s all the highlights for the week…
YACHT – Il Motore – 01.05.11
Even though Godspeed You! Black Emperor has been ruling our city’s music scene for the past couple of nights, on Sunday night, Portland, Oregon’s YACHT made sure everyone knew that there was another band to get excited about it Montreal as they played Il Motore with Light Asylum and Bobby Birdman. Read more…
This Week In Montreal
For the past week the name Godspeed You! Black Emperor has been on the lips of many Montrealers, brimming with excitement over the band’s five nights of shows in Montreal. Well tonight’s performance at L’Olympia will be the final of the five shows and if you haven’t yet seen the band live tonight will be your last chance. In other news, there are a lot of interesting shows going on this week including performances by The Death Set, WIN WIN, Lake, Baby Dee, and Olenka & The Autumn Lovers. Here are all of our highlights for the week.
YACHT Ticket Giveaway (Ended)
Portland, Oregon’s YACHT will be playing this Sunday, May 1st at Il Motore with Light Asylum and Bobby Birdman. We’ve heard amazing things about this band’s live show and we’ve got a feeling that they are going to turn Il Motore into the city’s craziest dance party. We asked you to tell us about your ideal YACHT party for a chance to win a pair of tickets to this show and we are ready to announce the winner. Keep reading to see if you’ve won.
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This Week In Montreal
While the thing that people will probably remember most about this week is the fact that Godspeed You! Black Emperor will make their long awaited return to the stage, we assure you there will be many other things to remember this week. How about the fact that this will be one of the best weeks for live music in Montreal that we have seen in quite awhile. And unless you have the ability to split yourself in two (or three) you will probably not be able to attend even half of the great shows going on this week, but we wish you luck in your quest. Here’s the week’s many highlights. Read more…
Zola Jesus – Il Motore – 21.04.11
After days of miserable drizzle, the skies cleared on Thursday evening and, so excited to get outside and head north to Il Motore for Cult of Youth and Zola Jesus, I left my cigarettes on the coffee table. Damn. That’s excited. Upon entering the venue, its blood-red mood lighting was decidedly less honeymoon suite and more welcome-to-the-depths-of-Hades – perfect for the Cult of Youth’s goth-rock sound and the beautifully haunting ballads of Zola Jesus. Read more…
This Week In Montreal
We hope you’ve had a quiet and restful weekend because this week, Montreal will be completely jam packed with great shows happening night after night. It’s also apparently album release week in Montreal as there are a number of Montreal bands playing album release shows this week. Malajube will play back to back sold out shows on Tuesday and Wednesday at La Tulipe as they release their latest LP, La Caverne. Pat Jordache will also be releasing his debut album this Thursday at Discoteque Tropicale as well as Grimes and D’Eon who will be releasing a brand new split this Friday at La Sala Rossa. Here’s the full picture for the week. Read more…
This Week In Montreal
The big guns are coming out to play this week in Montreal. Besides a slew of great smaller shows happening around the city, this week there are a couple of blockbuster shows that many people have been counting down the days to. Firstly, The Pixies will play back to back nights at Metropolis on Wednesday and Thursday with Imaginary Cities. Then on Friday at Le National we’ve got one of the best lineups we’ve seen in a long time with Black Lips, Vivian Girls and Davila 666 taking the stage. Saturday we’ve got Timber Timbre playing at Corona Theatre and TV on the Radio will cap things off at Metropolis on Sunday. We hope you’ve saved up!
