Event Details:

• Artist: Underground Realroad
• Date: Sunday, March 28th 2010
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Underground Realroad in Montreal, QC
• Venue: Cafe Chaos
• Address: 2035 Rue Saint-Denis
• Country: CA
• Admission: $8.00
• Notes: Underground Realroad take the stage with special guests: Miss Tee, Philly Moves, Clarity, SRH
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Time: Sunday, March 21 – Doors at 8.30 PM
Place: Le Cagibi, 5490 boulevard Saint-Laurent – Montréal
$5.00 All proceeds will be donated to the Mile End Mission

WITH PERFORMANCES BY: Allan Lento, Yan Basque, Sébastian Hell, Rick Coluccio, James Irwin, Shaun Mason, Will Austin, Papercrows, Window, Luca Fantigrossi

Description (by Sebastian Hell)
Although it has taken on negative connotations of pretentiousness and full-of-crappery of late, especially in Montreal, being an Artist with particular sensibilities is something some can’t help but feel and become.

Daniel Johnston, for example, in his song ”Story Of An Artist”, sums it up pretty well: Artists are people who see beauty in what the rest of us are jaded of, like lying in a field, surrounded by flowers; on the other hand, they often take Life’s Turmoils harder than most of us, too.

And to cope, some resort to drugs (legal or not), mental hospitals, or seclusion.

They can’t help but create, and in their creations, they can’t help but share their world views – in the manner that they, themselves see it.

This is what we’re paying tribute to this time around: folks who see this world as something else than boring 9-to-5 call center jobs, all-out consummerism, saving to buy a car, paying $15 to go see Avatar.

There are other pleasures in this world, and it takes those who have stepped out from being pretty much mindless zombies to show us the path.

All of our performers will pay a heart-felt tribute to the geniuses who have dared to create their own paths, for better or (more often) worse. Brian Wilson, Daniel Johnston, Rocky Ericson, Syd Barrett, Laura Nyro, Billie Holiday, Karl Stephenson – all people who have shaped music as we know it by straying far enough from what was already being done just because it’s the only way they thought how to.

Just because.

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AVEC DES PRESTATIONS DE: Allan Lento, Yan Basque, Sébastian Hell, Rick Coluccio, James Irwin, Shaun Mason, Will Austin, Papercrows, Window, Luca Fantigrossi

C’est devenu un cliché de mauvais goût depuis quelques années déjà: il se tient dans un café huppé, bérêt sur la tête, mal rasé, un stylo à la main et une page pleine de mots qui ne veulent rien dire sur la table; on le pointe du doigt et on l’insulte en le nommant comme il se prend: ”L’Artiste”.

En insultant cet épais-là, on oublie souvent qu’il y en a des dizaines pour qui ce ne fut pas un choix mais une necessité, pour qui créer est la seule façon de vivre. Plus souvent qu’autrement, ils ont une sensibilité différente des autres, ils sont absolument ”à part” du monde dans lequel on vit, et c’est souvent, aussi, ce qui plaît aux prétentieux qui les imitent dans leur crise d’adolescence.

Souvent, ça va mal se terminer pour ces Vrais Artistes. D’autres fois, ils ont besoin de drogues ou de médicaments pour simplement arriver à survivre dans notre monde, d’autres fois ils se font interner, certains vivent reclus de la civilisation.

Mais ils ne peuvent pas supprimer leur soif de création, de partager leur vision unique de l’univers. Et c’est tant mieux pour nous.

C’est ce qu’on célèbre, ce à quoi nous rendons hommage cette fois-ci: ceux qui, de par leur vision unique nous re-montrent le droit chemin, nous rappellent qu’il y a tout un monde à l’extérieur du sempiternel métro-boulot-McDo-dodo, des problèmes d’Angelina Jolie, des films de vampires, des autos qui ne freinent plus et des premiers ministres qui refusent de gouverner quand on leur rappelle qu’ils sont minoritaires.

Tous nos participants vont rendre un hommage bien senti aux génies qui ont osé créer leur propre voie en utilisant leur propre voix, souvent au détriment de leur propre bien-être. Brian Wilson, Daniel Johnston, Rocky Ericson, Syd Barrett, Laura Nyro, Billie Holiday, Karl Stephenson – tous des personnes qui ne se sont jamais donné le choix entre avoir une vie rangée ou mener une vie qui touche les gens.

Parce que c’était la seule chose à faire.

Event Details:

• Artist: Various Artists
• Date: Sunday, March 21st 2010
• Time: 8:30pm
• City: Various Artists in Montreal, QC
• Venue: Le Cagibi
• Address: 5490 boulevard Saint-Laurent
• Country: CA
• Admission: $5.00
• Notes: The Madcap Laughs Last: Tribute to Brian Wilson, Daniel Johnston, Rocky Ericson, Syd Barrett, Laura Nyro, Billie Holiday. All proceeds will be donated to the Mile End Mission. Performances by: Allan Lento, Yan Basque, Sébastian Hell, Rick Coluccio, James Irwin, Shaun Mason, Will Austin, Papercrows, Window, Luca Fantigrossi.
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Admission is $10.00 | $2.00 for children | $20.00 for family

Please visit http://www.geofflapp.com/listeningroom.html for a discs worth of free music. It’s called “Live at St. Clements”

When: Friday: March 26, 7:30 pm
Where: SOUTHWEST UNITED CHURCH
1445 CLEMENCEAU STREET, Verdun, H4H 2R2 QC
Take the 58 bus from D’l'eglise metro.

$6 at the door
First Date special: $10 per couple (friends can go on dates too… Yay friends!)
Mar 30 2010 @ 8:00PM [Casa del Popolo - Montreal, Quebec]

THE YOUJSH (http://www.myspace.com/theyoujsh)

“The Youjsh get the best of every type of music that I can think of, save maybe thrash metal or something.” – Merrill Garbus [Tune-Yards]

“Using the sounds and aesthetic of eastern European klezmer music as a starting point, Sailor’s colourful and extensive musical background truly lends the Youjsh’s sound to something quite extraordinary.” -The McGill Daily

THE BELLE GAME (http://www.myspace.com/thebellegame)

“Inventing Letters is a hot cup of tea, twinkle lights, a bear hug, fresh baked bread and snow falling when the sun is out.” -Venus Toshiba (The Aural Kinetic)

TIM BEELER of The Crown Vandals (http://www.myspace.com/thecrownvandals)

“Take a pinch of Neutral Milk Hotel’s bracing songcraft, add hefty helpings of sonic whitewash à la Sigur Ros, pepper that with a sprinkling of Polyphonic Spree-esque irreverence, and you have something roughly approximating The Crown Vandals. The freakier-than-thou duo has generated a healthy amount of buzz in its adopted hometown of Montréal, eliciting comparisons to each of the three aforementioned acts as well as freak-folk’s reigning weirdo Devendra Banhart.” -Seven Day Vermont

“These guys deliever… Guenevere even sounds like it wouldn’t be out of place on The Aeroplane Over The Sea… Its a bit lazy to call this folk, it feels more than that, this almost sounds like what I wanted Arcade Fire to sound like…” -These Archives Are Monuments

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Event Details:

• Artist: Various Artists
• Date: Tuesday, March 30th 2010
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Various Artists in Montreal, QC
• Venue: Casa Del Popolo
• Address: 4873 St. Laurent
• Country: CA
• Admission: $6.00 / 2 for $10.00
• Notes: The Youjsh + The Belle Game + The Crown Vandals (Acoustic Set)
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Featuring Carolyn
Fe, Steve Rowe, James Green and the Blues Electric

Hosted by Darragh Hemmings of Mohawk-Radio.com

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Club Lambi: 4465 Boulevard Saint-Laurent (below Mont Royal)

Doors open at 8:00 pm, Showtime is at 8:30 pm sharp

Suggested Donation: 20$ – but if you can’t, we
appreciate what you can donate

~ About the Artists
~

Carolyn Fe: With influences as diverse as Tom Waits, Patsy Cline and Blind Lemon, it is no surprise that Carolyn Fe’s singing style reflects a wide range of genres, all of which she effortlessly slides into, seamlessly morphing from the sweet, purity of a Holly Cole to the raunchy rock and roll edge of Tina Turner. Her life experiences give her the unique ability to infuse lyrics with highly charged emotions. Backed by veteran musicians: Dan Legault (Drums), Jeff Monaco (Bass), George Papafilys (Guitar) & Tim Alleyne (Keyboard), Carolyn Fe will open up the evening and warm you up. Carolyn’s EP, entitled, “100%” is available on CD
BABY, iTunes and many other online stores. What CHOM FM’s Black Cat Alley listeners say about Carolyn Fe: “Indigo Heat, by Carolyn Fe is an amazing song.  This lady has a haunting voice. ”,“She has quite a stage presence and pipes to back it up.  It’s a pleasant surprise to hear her on air,  keep playing her songs”, “ Merci beaucoup de l’avoir introduit cette dame avec une voix onctueuse.  C’est toujours un plaisir d’entendre du blues qui est très près de nous ici à Montréal.”, “What a smokey voice she has! 

Steve Rowe :  Master blues guitarist Steve Rowe has earned
his title of Guitar Hero through media and fans alike.  Montreal’s
CHOM-FM “Black Cat Alley’s” host Randy Renaud called Rowe a
“head-down, have-guitar-will-travel professional who derives his greatest
satisfaction from songs and notes perfectly delivered”. He was right. In
Rowe’s style, every note is deliberate and each tone carries meaning.
Rowe’s approach to blues comes from 50s Chicago and 60s British blues,
largely self-taught, with influences from Michael Bloomfield, all the Kings
(Freddie, Albert, and B.B.), Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton. With the release of
his fifth album, FIVE, he has once again received international acclaim. Rowe
charted in the top 25 on Living Blues and Maple Blue Magazine with his five CDs
and garnered 15 nominations and wins from the prestigious LYS BLUES AWARDS.
Rowe brings a level of artistry and tradition that only comes after years of
“La vie en blues” as seen and heard at The Montreal International
Jazz Festival, countless Blues Festivals, and as an opener for top acts such as
Bryan Lee, Colin James and Smokey Wilson. Rowe’s live performances
have been broadcast nationwide by both Rogers and Bravo Television and has

even been acknowledged by ITunes in their list of Canadian Guitar Heros. Steve
Rowe has recently joined with Paul Grondin on bass and Paul-André Lamarche on
drums to form the Power Blues Trio. Sounding better then ever, this rhythm
section is pushing Steve to places yet to be discovered in blues.

James Green
and The Blues Electric: From Chicago to Asia,
guitarist James Green has hypnotized audiences. A Montreal native, he’s a
veteran of the local and international music scene with performances at the
Montréal Jazz Fest and various Blues festivals. James was lead guitarist for
cult-phenom band The Blushing Brides which toured across North America in the
early 1980’s. Shortly after their first hit single entitled “What
You Talkin’ About”, he joined forces with
David Bowie’s legendary guitarist Mick Ronson
to form Perfect Affair and recorded his second album. It was after his third
album entitled, World Beat, with Reggae band DUB U-5 that James discovered his
real passion – The Blues. He joined Smokestack Lightning and 1993 he formed the
band, Killing Floor Blues. James continues to appear as a guest with the
Blushing Brides and performs with artists and various projects such as: James
Cotton, Edgar Winter, the Dixon Brothers, Big Jack Johnson, Russell Jackson,
Frank Marino, Cliff Stevens’ band Slowhand and
on Slim Williams’ album Pulse of The Planet. James Green and The Blues
Electric came to life in 2004 playing at venues throughout the city where he
combines traditional style Blues with Rock & Roll, R & B, soul and funk
into his electric Blues renditions. His music touches the soul of audiences
everywhere.