The Dears
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…
Pop Montreal Preview – Part 2 (Thursday, Sept. 30)
The second day of Pop Montreal takes place this year on Thursday, September 30th. While day one offered us some really interesting shows we are going to go out on a limb and say day 2 at Pop Montreal this year will be the best day of the festival. One after another, we’ve got a stacked lineup on day 2 which will obviously lead to some very tough decisions on your part. We would like to try and make those decisions a little easier by giving you our picks for a busy day 2 at Pop Montreal 2010.
Pop Montreal Preview Part 1 (Wednesday, Sept. 29)
It’s that time of year again! That’s right, we are only just over a week away from our city’s best music festival. Since Pop Montreal‘s inception back in 2002 it has continued to grown and get better year after year. This year’s Pop Montreal Festival will run from Wednesday, September 29th through until Sunday, October 3rd and it’s looking like this will be the best year yet. Leading up to the festival we are going to be doing a five part festival preview, starting with the festival’s opening night, next Wednesday. Here is our preview of day one at Pop Montreal 2010.
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The Dears To Perform Entire New Album At Residencies This Fall
We’ve got good news for all you Dears fans out there. The Montreal rockers have announced that they will be playing their entire new album at residencies this fall in Toronto, Brooklyn and right here in Montreal. We’ve got all the details after the jump. Read more…
Busking For Change at Osheaga 2010
Following the succesful Busking For Change event that took place in Montreal back in March, in which some of Montreal’s finest musicians took to the streets and subway platforms in order to raise money for children affected by war, it has just been announced that Warchild will be bringing Busking For Change to this year’s Osheaga Festival in an effort to keep the philanthropy going. Read more…
Just Announced!
The Vaselines, XIU XIU, Hot Hot Heat, The Most Serene Republic, The Dears, Holy Fuck, Les Savy Fav, Hey Rosetta!
TV On The Radio Design Shirt for Montreal Charity
As if TV on the Radio weren’t already cool enough, the Brooklyn based 5-piece has recently designed a lovely new t-shirt for our friends at The Yellow Bird Project. The proceeds from the shirt will go to Partners in Health, an organization that has been one of the leaders in getting Haiti back on it’s feet after the devastating earthquake that hit last month. Keep reading to see the very Bowie-esque design. Read more…
Busking For Change Montreal
Yesterday you may have noticed that your local busker’s had a little bit of a different aura surrounding them. You may have also noticed unusually large crowds of people gathering around to watch, along with green and red buckets that said War Child on the side. Well, if you hadn’t already guessed, these weren’t just your ordinary buskers. In fact, the buskers that you may have seen at Berri-UQAM and Place Des Arts metro stations and at various locations around the Eaton’s Center yesterday were some of Montreal’s finest musicians and pop stars, playing their hearts out for a very worthy cause.
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Busking For Change Is Today!
The schedule for this year’s Busking For Change event, which will take place today at various metro stations around Montreal, has been announced and it contains some pretty notable names. Among the artists that will be performing are Amy Millan (of Stars), Jason Bajada, David Martel, Patrick Krief (ex-guitarist of The Dears) and Winter Gloves. Keep reading to find out the full list of artists performing along with information on where and when this will go down.
