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This Week In Montreal
This week will start off with a bang because tonight, indie rock giants, The Decemberists, will make their long awaited return to Montreal in support of their excellent new album, The King Is Dead. The rest of the week will provide us with some great local shows like, The Lindbergh Line, Couples and Reversing Falls on Tuesday at Casa Del Popolo as well as Shortpants Romance on Saturday at Divan Orange. But perhaps the hottest show of the week will be another Saturday night show, when Best Coast, Wavves and Montreal’s No Joy take the stage at the Cabaret Mile End. Here’s the full list of highlights for this week in Montreal.
Best Shows of 2010
2010 has been an amazing year for shows in Montreal thanks to our city’s wonderful concert promoters who have worked their butts off bringing in the worlds best musical talent for our viewing pleasure. After another meeting of the minds we have finally come up with a list of our top 10 shows of the year. This will be the final segment in our Best of 2010 series and we would like to take this time to thank all of you for making our first year running as special as it has been. We have many exciting things planned for 2011 so stay tuned. See you in the new year! Read more…
Honheehonhee Release First Single
If anyone out there thought the Montreal music scene was in trouble lately with the news of Wolf Parade’s hiatus and other Montreal bands simply staying out of the limelight, rest assured that the Montreal music scene is just fine and dandy. Bands like The Luyas, Parlovr and No Joy are just begging to make their presences felt around North America. But today we would like to bring your attention to another newly formed Montreal band that has just released their first single. We are talking about Honheehonhee. Read more…
Interview: No Joy
No Joy is Jasmine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd: both guitarists, singers, and good friends. The local dream-pop/noise duo are about to launch their first full-length album, entitled Ghost Blonde, this Saturday, November 27th at the quaint Casa del Popolo along with Ducktails, Grimes and METZ. We spoke to one half of No Joy, Laura Lloyd, about where they come from and where they’re headed next.
Just Announced!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Decemberists, Girl Talk, Lykke Li, Mogwai, Best Coast, Wavves, No Joy, Dum Dum Girls, The Concretes, Oberhofer, Cloud Nothings, Wye Oak, Telekinesis, Hauschka, Baths, The Radio Dept. and more Read more…
This Week in Montreal: POP Special Edition
It’s time to rest up. This Wednesday marks the start of the 9th annual POP Montreal Festival, and there’s lots to see in the following 5 days. Yet we’re jumping the gun, we can’t forget about a noteworthy batch of shows kicking off this busy week including Best Coast (who’s more famous at this point frontwoman Beth Cosentino or her cat Snacks?), Eels and Foals. Come Wednesday, you’re going to need a game-plan to tackle the endless shows that will be happening around the city. Luckily we’ve got some handy previews (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and rest to come) to help you with your decisions. That’s a lot of options to wade through so keep on reading for our daily top 3 picks.
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Pop Montreal Preview Part 3 (Friday, Oct. 1)
Can’t make it to the first or second day of Pop Montreal? Well, the third time is always considered to be a charm. Speaking of which, what a charming line-up we have for October 1st! The choices are definitely not getting any easier though. If only you could get away with splitting yourself in two… or possibly more in this case. Hopefully there will be less head-scratching after you read our picks for day 3 of the festival. Read more…
Just Announced!
Sufjan Stevens, Mumford & Sons, Junip, Angus & Julia Stone, The D’Urbervilles, Forest City Lovers, Deerhunter, Real Estate, The Fresh & Onlys, We Are Wolves, The Russian Futurists, Miracle Fortress, Diamond Rings, Cotton Mouth, No Joy and more!
This Week in Montreal
We’re knee deep in the lazy days of summer. Sometimes nothing feels as quite as good as doing nothing. While we all enjoy our afternoon drinks, the post-work naps and indecisive evening plans, sometimes we all require a little jostle to wake us up from our summer snoozes. Lucky for us, there are some rather interesting shows to keep us occupied all week long. Fool’s Gold bring their Afropop 80s style beats to Le Belmont this Tuesday. South African hip-hop group and internet sensations Die Antwoord are in town performing this Wednesday at Le National, co-headlining with Sleigh Bells. My pick of the week would have to be Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, whose lo-fi psychedelic pop numbers are sure to provide you with enough conversation starters to last you through the weekend. But, that’s not all folks… Keep on reading for more show highlights this week, including Kurt Vile and Real Estate, and Deleted Scenes.
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