Tag Archive for the term: montreal bands

If you are out west, check out Erik Virtanen and Tasha Cyr of Montreal pop-noir group The Darling DeMaes ending a westcoast tour back in Canada on Vancouver Island. First on Sept 25th at The Dancing Bean in Chemainus, BC, and on the 26th in Victoria with Kaya Fraser at Torquay Village. They’ll [...]

Update: thanks to those sweet folks who kindly and quietly pointed out that I had managed to disapear 4 days by thinking these shows were Thursday not Sunday. D’oh! Anyway – another chance to see the shows!
Ok, it started life as a list for my sister, but the list stands!
Here are 3 free [...]

Playing their song “Dragon’s Lair” off their album Dragonslayer in Austin Texas, Sunset Rubdown melt faces with little apparent regret and much valour.

This thursday night June 11th at a gorgeous, and usually punk rock, venue on St Laurent and Bernard, our brand new Indyish hombres, members, and collaborators ‘cheap as candy’ present:
JAZZ NIGHT
There will be a 10 piece ensemble from 10pm till 1am called:
The M-Theory Collective.
They are a group of Montreal-based jazz musicians [...]

Joining us today for the Indyish Mess at the Fringe (co-produced with Suoni per il Popolo in the park on the corner of St Laurent and Rachelle here in Montreal from 2:30 – 9:30!) are the incredible Urban Preacher!
Urban Preacher was born in Montreal in 2007 from a collective group of musicians who had the [...]

Tessa’s already written a review complete with videos of the show last Wednesday (read it here), so here are some photos!They’re mainly all taken from our little spot on the balcony at Le National.
Opening band the Magic:

Announcing: Drama Mess!
April 26th, 2008 8PM
OFF Interarts (5145 Saint-Laurent)
Pay What You Can
Indyish.com invites you to unleash your inner drama queen!
This month, Indyish.com will snatch Dramatics from the safety of theatre and set it loose upon you at the Indyish Monthly Mess. The event features an interdisciplinary lineup of performers, all theatrical in their art forms.
Our [...]

I like local band Plajia when they make a sound that is an exact emotion and it washes over you – like that one shining moment in Virgin Suicides when it’s just suburbs and sun and the Air soundtrack. Anyway, check out this video previews of songs from their new album, Beautiful Explosion. These bits [...]

Montreal – Tuesday, April 22, 2008
In a city like Montreal, it’s hard to imagine being without music. However, regions affected by war suffer damage to the arts and culture along with basic infrastructure. An upcoming concert organized by Montreal klezmer band Balebuste seeks to raise funds in support of music students and teachers in [...]

Hey, we just posted our first podcast over———->>here.
It’s a preview for our show at Cagibi next Thurday, February 14th. But it’s also just a podcast. We play a bunch of new music from Montreal bands. Not “Montreal” in the sense of noise or glitch or electro. It’s mainly pop and some folk and a bit [...]