Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
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…
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Weezer, Arctic Monkeys, Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks, Supertramp, Owl City, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Dodos, Omar Souleyman, Sondre Lerche, Woodpigeon, Hexes & Ohs, James Blackshaw, Young Empires, Tiga, WIN WIN, Trentemøller, Pantha du Prince, Uh Huh Her, The Death Set + More
The Heavy Play Le National Tomorrow Night, May 26th
Ok, so we could sit here all day and talk about the accolades of Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and not run out of things to say. And deservedly so. But instead, we’d like to bring your attention to another great band that just so happens to be hitting the stage of Le National tomorrow night before Sharon Jones. They are called The Heavy.
This Week in Montreal
So it appears that summer has arrived in Montreal, bringing with it enough ice cream, cold brews, picnics and BBQs to liven up your weekends. As much as we all love lounging in parks and terasses across town, we can’t forget that summer is not complete without its requisite tunes. So for a brief moment, drop that frisbee and come check out some of the bands that will visiting Montreal this week. If there is one show not to miss it would be LCD Soundsystem, whose new LP This Is Happening is sure to become part of your summer soundtrack. Keep on reading for a small sampling of Montreal shows this week such as Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Mono and The Twilight Sad, and Stars.
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Venue of the Month: Le National
There was much hemming and hawing this month in deciding which Montreal music venue we would name the venue of the month. The final four came down to Il Motore, Green Room, Divan Orange and Le National. To be fair, there are great things going down at all four venues and many others this month. But because of a few highly anticipated acts coming to Le National, we are proud to announce that, for the first time ever, it is our venue of the month for May.
The New Pornographers Stream New Album
On Tuesday, May 4th The New Pornographers will release their fifth studio album, entitled Together. But if you don’t feel like waiting a whole week to hear what they have in store for us this time around you can have a listen to that album in it’s entirety right now, thanks to the folks over at NPR.
