MonthlyMess

FRINGE MESS June 12
Parc Des Ameriques – 4pm to 9pm

This Mess will feature as many 1 minute mini previews of Fringe shows as we can cram in between the following amazing bands. To participate email monthlymess@indyish.com:

Courtney Wing invites his listeners into a compelling world of carefree and unpretentious humanity… backed by a 15-piece ‘operatic folk’ ensemble. This super group consists of members from Belle Orchestre and Godspeed! You Black Emperor as well as a 10-piece opera collective called Liederwolfe.

The story of electro-pop duo Hexes & Ohs begins with a pair of high school sweethearts and spans years of couple-hood and musical projects. Their sophomore 2008 release “Bedroom Madness”, produced by Byron Wong (the Crystal Method, David Usher), has been bringing them new levels of success. The band successfully toured across Canada, quickly topping national campus radio charts and garnering rave reviews from press and media. The infectious video for first single “H-H-Highschool” is currently in rotation at MuchMusic and MTV Canada.

Hank Pine and Lily Fawn are a vaudeville-inspired duo from Victoria, British Columbia, whose act is based upon the tragic and hilarious adventures of their comic book series.

Victory Chimes

After spending a number of years playing keyboards and bass in various rock and jazz bands(Royal Mountain Band, Moufette, Fearless Freep, Vox Crosby, Dr. Draw, the Jeff Louch Trio, N.L.S Trio, and piano player at a polish restaurant) in Montreal, Jeff Louch has started a solo project. He is now joined Alex Formosa on guitar, Michelle Tompkins on guitar and voice, Tony Spina on bass and Tyson Scallmann on drums.

Ladies Luncheon

Ladies Luncheon wrap naughty little bundles of lyrics up with their sweet soda-pop harmonies. Combining keys, guitar, and their distinctive Roland 77 beats with recorder solos and the occasional nervous breakdown, the ladies have been happily giving Montrealers diabetes since their saccarine performance debut in the summer of 2005.

Singer Songwriters in the Round:
James Finnerty, Steve Brockley, Molly Sweeney, Declan O’Donovan, Sarah Burton.

Jamming it out, backing each other up, gracing the stage with song to set the tone of the evening, a collection of truly great local singer songwriters come together to get this party started.

Full Schedule:

8:10 – 8:40 – Courtney Wing + Leiderwolfe
7:30 – 8:00 Hexes and Ohs
6:50 – 7:20 Hank and Lily
6:10 – 6:40 Victory Chimes
5:35 – 6:05 Ladies Luncheon
4pm – 5:30 – Singer Songwriters in the Round: James Finnerty, Steve Brockley, Molly Sweeney, Declan O’Donovan, Sarah Burton.

April / May Mess – It’s 2 Years of the Mess!

Yikes, we’ve been producing this show for two years!?
Come be part of the celebrating, with lots of suprise performances!

May 2, 2009
Centre Chat Bleu – 435 Beaubien West, 4th floor [map]
Metro – Parc
Cost – PWYC

7:30pm – Doors Open
8:00pm – HOST – COMIC Asaf Gerchak – Opens the Show!
8:05pm – Movie – Perfect Harmony
8:25pm – Music – Reversing Falls
8:40pm – Comic – Chason Gordon
8:45pm – Music – Nir Blue
8:55pm – Dance – “Why are you being a dick?”
9:05pm – Music – Chris Ralph
9:15pm – Comic – Dan Derkson

9:20pm – Break

9:30pm – Asaf Gerchak Bring us back!
9:35pm – Music – David Ryshpan
9:45pm – Music – David Simard
9:55pm – Reading- Jeff Gandell
10:05pm – Music – Darling Demaes
10:25pm – Comic – David Heti
10:30 – Music – Kalmunity Vibe Collective

March MESS – The Shake it off Show, Sale & Swap!

March 28, 2009
7:30
Centre Chat Bleu
435 Beaubien West, 4th floor [map]
Metro – Parc
Cost – PWYC

Featuring: BEN SPENCER’S FUNERAL

and more!!

Have you got things you want to swap or sell?!
Well, bring ‘em down, and swap ‘em out!

To Sell:
If you do want to sell, please bring a blanket of sorts to display you stuff! And come around 6:30pm to setup!

To Swap:
If you want to participate in the clothing swap, please make sure to bring your stuff by 8:30pm the latest. The swap will start soon after. (Thanks to Tessa & Marilis!)

February’s Mess was the post-Valentines Show:
Rejections and KNOCK OUTS

February 20, 8pm
Centre Chat Bleu – 435 Beaubien, 4th floor [map]
5$ at the door

WARNING: this show featured real boxing fights.

Yes, we teamed up with the Centre Chat Bleu to launch their Friday Night Fights series and help work out the blood, sweat and tears of St. Valentine’s.

This show also featured:

Music:

Dan Livingstone
The Jimmyriggers with a special duet set!
Elgin-Skye + Alison Louder + Marie-Desneiges Stockland
plus – members of the Franco Proietti Morph-tet back up YOUR rejection stories from 8-8:30!

Comedy:

(special 5 minutes sets on Rejection)
Claire Brosseau
Christophe Davidson
Peter Radomski
Sonali Karnick
Uncalled For

Circus:

by the students of the Centre Chat Bleu!

And Drawings by George Blott, like this one:

=)

January’s Mess was the Stone Soup Show

January 31, 7:30 pm
Centre Chat Bleu – 435 Beaubien, 4th floor [map] [press]

Produced in collaboration with the Centre Chat Bleu and ELAN, the English Language Arts Network, this Indyish showcase featured a huge variety of arts, an open jam, visuals artists who work with food in all kinds of ways, bakers, nutritionists, a musical documentary about dumpster diving called “Surfing the Waste,” a presentation about the Potato and so much more.

The show was Pay What You Can and we also asked people to bring 1 Soup Ingredient.
Yes, we made Stone Soup.

Schedule:

7:30 – 8:30 – open jam led by the irish jam circle, everyone welcome
8:20 – 8:30 – Circus Mouth live installation
8:30 – 8:45 – screening Surfing the Waste
8:45 – 9:00 – Barry Goodz
9:00 – 9:05 – Myrite Rotstein
9:05 – 9:20 – Krista Muir
short break
9:30 – 9:35 – No Small Potatoes
9:35 – 9:50 – Irish songs about food
9:50 – 9:55 – Get Baked cooking show preview
9:55 – 10:30 – Lake of Stew
(optional ongoing jam)

With Visual Art By:

Christine Hale
Svea Vikander
Circus Mouth
Food Porn
Shane Watt Recipe Maps

Read up on the December 2008 Mess.
Listen to this Midnight Poutine Podcast Featuring the Mess.

The October Indyish Monthly Mess was a Pop Montreal Showcase! It was on Friday, October 3 at Les Saints, 30 St. Catherine O., corner St. Laurent. [Map]

9:00 Spoken word by Rachna Vohra, with dancer and musician
9:10 Short film “The Affair” by Kidnapper Films
9:15 Dave Martel with his band
10:00 Video: “The Six Stages of Breakups” by Lorne Hiltser
10:05 Liederwolfe Collective – Opera undressed
10:20 David Ryshpan with Contemporary Dancer
11:00 My People Sleeping
11:30 Liederwolfe
12:00 The Darling Demaes
12:40 Courtney Wing with the Liederwolfe Collective
1:20 Spiral Beach!
Check out the Flyer on the Events page.

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