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This Week In Montreal
Osheaga takes over the city this week in Montreal. Not only will the 2011 edition of festival take place this weekend at Parc Jean Drapeau, but the folks at Osheaga have even planned some great shows leading up to the festival, along with an exciting Osheaga after party on Saturday at Olympia featuring Special Disco Version (James Murphy & Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem). There are a few other noteworthy shows heading up to Osheaga including tonight’s show at Casa Del Popolo featuring Montreal’s own Intensive Care and Washington D.C.’s Deleted Scenes and the Sonny & The Sunsets show at Divan Orange tomorrow night. But the real party starts on Friday so be sure to rest up! Read more…
Beach Fossils + Craft Spells – La Sala Rossa – 19.04.11
Beach Fossils are an American, Brooklyn-based, Indie rock band that has, (unsurprisingly) garnered comparisons as a less frantic sister alongside the recent Wavve of its lo-fi brethren. But before we tuck this band away in a list of bands that the internet (the Authorities, whatever) are starting to say all sound the same – let’s maybe take a moment to think about what we like about these bands. Furthermore, if stubborn reverberation, defiantly plucking at strings, and quietly conversing with the audience through a series of melodic vocals is wrong – than neither Beach Fossils, nor Tuesday night’s Sala Rossa’s crowd want to be right. Just look at them! Pleasantly cradling away to paced drums, and almost consciously ignorant to inaudible vocals. This is a date night. Read more…
Beach Fossils Ticket Giveaway (Ended)
It’s time to announce the winner of our latest ticket giveaway for the Beach Fossils, Craft Spells, Intensive Care show that is going down tomorrow night, April 19th, at La Sala Rossa. We had a great time looking over all your drawings and thank you for taking the time to make them for us. But unfortunately there can only be one winner. Find out if it’s you after the jump. 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…
Intensive Care Return With New Songs, Website and Live Date
Those loud experimental Montreal rockers that go by the name Intensive Care have been holed away for the last little while, working like beavers on some new music for us and it’s finally time to hear the fruits of their labour. Along with a brand new website, the band is offering up three new tracks for their forthcoming sophomore LP. We’ve got the tracks streaming after the jump.
Oberhofer + Cloud Nothings + Intensive Care – Casa Del Popolo – 18.01.11
Maybe it’s the weather, but it seems to me that Montreal’s music-listening community has been much wilder than usual lately. I was really happy to get back to a more intimate, smaller venue, after my crazy experience at club soda just a couple days back. But to my dismay, Tuesday night’s show at Casa Del Popolo was not going to be any tamer. Actually, it ended up being crazier than I expected, which is pretty fantastic for the bands who played. Read more…
This Week In Montreal
While the month of January may have started off a little slow in Montreal, things really get going this week with a whole bunch of great shows on the calendar. Before Lauryn Hill closes out the week at Metropolis on Sunday, there are lots of smaller shows that are definitely worthy of some attention. We highly recommend you check out Oberhofer, Cloud Nothings and Intensive Care at Casa Del Popolo on Tuesday, The Concretes at La Sala Rossa on Wednesday and BRAIDS at Sala on Thursday. But here’s the general picture of what’s going on this week in Montreal.
This Week in Montreal
September is all about settling into the swing of things. Whether it’s about readjusting your primetime TV schedule, wiping the dust off that library card or renewing that gym membership, we all need some routine in our lives. Despite the serious connotations of the word, routine need not be boring. So why not try to pencil some musical diversions into your weekly agenda? With plenty of exciting shows scheduled, this week would be a great time to start. Keep on reading for our Montreal show highlights this week, including Jamie Lidell, School of Seven Bells, Dirty Projectors and Caribou.
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