Pop Montreal 2011: Or How Arcade Fire Took Over My Week

While I missed out on Wednesday’s Metropolis show, I did attend Thursday’s free downtown show @ Place Des Festivals with 100 000+ of their closest friends to celebrate Pop and it’s decade of existence: Then on Saturday, the first annual Pop Vs. Jock Basketball tournament @ McGill University Sports Center. A charity game organized by […]

Pop Montreal 2011: Day 5 Picks ( September 25th )

Official Website | Myspace | Facebook | Twitter Last day. Knees are weak, feet hurting like a bitch from these last 4 days of standing up for hours on end. While you spend the first half of your lazy Sunday sleeping it off, you got all afternoon to do some record shopping @ the 3rd […]

Pop Montreal 2011: Day 4 Picks ( September 24th )

Official Website | Myspace | Facebook | Twitter The Vandelles @ Cabaret Du Mile-End / 10:30pm This Brooklyn foursome are the spawn, offspring, progeny of The Jesus And Mary Chain and Danish duo The Raveonettes if they made sweet, messy love to each other. Shoegaze meets Surf Rock, for any lovers of crunchy guitars and […]

Pop Montreal 2011: Day 3 Picks ( September 23rd )

Official Website | Myspace | Facebook | Twitter Tahiti 80 @ La Tulipe / 9pm The forgotten sons of the french indie pop scene where sadly, all the media attention went to Phoenix, Tahiti 80 have soldiered on and have kept churning out quality albums year after year. “The Past, The Present & the Possible” […]

Pop Montreal 2011: Day 1 Picks ( September 21st )

Official Website | Myspace | Facebook | Twitter Pop Montreal is a decade old. I was there at the beginning back in 2002. I have fond memories of seeing those black-clad New Yorkers Interpol playing their first show in our fair city at the now closed Jupiter Room. The place was PACKED. People standing on […]

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