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Sweet Mother Logic – La Sala Rossa – 04.11.11
La Sala Rossa hosted a peaceful, yet truly deep show last night. The entire audience packed into the venue and were present nice and early, in order to catch all of Sweet Mother Logic‘s album launch. Armen at the Bazaar‘s synth-based, blissful tunes started off the night in a perfectly pleasant manner, only to be topped off by more great music. Read more…
Interview: Nicole Aube
Nicole Aube is a singer, songwriter, and author extraordinaire from Toronto, Ontario. She started her artistic career off with spoken word performances, to inevitably end up in the ever-so-likable music scene. Nicole just recently played Grumpy’s in Montreal, and was gracious enough to take a few minutes of her time to answer some questions. Scroll down and read on to get the full scoop! Read more…
Plants & Animals and Basia Bulat Play Free Show This Friday
To wrap up Dawson College’s 2011 Orientation, the Dawson Student Union has organized a great concert that will take place this Friday at La Tulipe featuring Montreal’s own Plants & Animals as well as Toronto, Ontario folk singer/songwriter Basia Bulat. Two Polaris Prize nominated acts in one place and the best part is, the show is absolutely free. Read more…
Lil Wayne’s Party Comes to Abrupt End Thanks to Pepper Spray Attack
When deciding what to do with your night, you’ve basically got a very finite number of options. A bar, club, movie maybe a house party. So being creative is definitely a plus, but not when you’re the guy who decided to raid the ventilation system with pepper spray at Lil Wayne‘s party. This of course abruptly ended the night. Read more…
Photos: Dinosaur Bones + Bear Hands – Il Motore – 11.05.11
Wednesday night at Il Motore was a night to celebrate young and exciting indie rock at its finest. On the bill were Toronto’s Dinosaur Bones and Brooklyn’s Bear Hands. While MYATS’ writer Joni Shuchat was in an unfortunate bike accident pre-show making it impossible for her to make it out, photographer Amelia Robitaille was able to make it out to capture the night in the following series of photos.
Tonight In The City
Tonight is a big night folks! Why you ask? Because tonight is the night that we are putting on a show right here in Montreal at Bar L’Absynthe. We’ve got two great bands from Toronto, Clothes Make The Man and Jane’s Party, that will be in town to play for you along with two of our favourite local acts, The Wind Up Radio Sessions and Burls. We’ve got all the details for you after the jump. Read more…
The Wooden Sky + Yukon Blonde – La Sala Rossa – 10.26.10
Toronto, Ontario’s The Wooden Sky proved they had a great following last night at La Sala Rossa. After touring across the country, they wound up in Montreal to present their latest album If I Don’t Come Home, You’ll Know I’m Gone. This release showcases the band’s undeniable capacity to push boundaries of both folk and country, making it difficult to limit them to either category. Read more…
Karkwa Win 2010 Polaris Music Prize
Montreal has done it again. For the second time in the prestigious Polaris Music Prize‘s history a band from Montreal has taken home the award and the prize of $20,000. Montreal franco indie rock band Karkwa has won the 2010 Polaris Music Prize for their latest album, Les Chemins de Verre. Read more…
Free Download of the Week: The Darcys – “House Built Around Your Voice”
For this week’s free download of the week we’d like to introduce you to one of Toronto’s best up and coming indie rock bands. Yeah we are usually pretty Montreal-centric around here, but Toronto, Ontario’s The Darcys definitely deserve a listen or two. Not only do we have a brand new free song for you to download absolutely free, but we’ve got a link to the band’s new 7″ which they are offering up to you for free as well. The band will also be playing just over a week from now, May 18th at Quai Des Brumes with Montreal’s Armen at the Bazaar, so if you like what they do, be sure to check it out.
