I started an Indyish blip.fm station a few days ago and spent a lot of time this morning playing with it, keeping my ears happy by featuring music from some of the artists we’ve gotten to work with, or who are from this crazy town, or who have come through recently, or who we listen [...]
WHO IS KK DOWNEY? re-opens with an exclusive engagement at CINEMA DU PARC from Oct. 20th - 23rd. From tonight until Thursday, KK will play once a day at 9:30pm. If you haven’t caught it yet, this might be your last chance!
“the real thing…a truly funny movie”
John Anderson, VARIETY
“FOUR STARS”
John Griffin, MONTREAL GAZETTE
“…touching, [...]
Ok, we’ve seen the official music videos, here are some other sweet instances from the world’s favorite indie musicians, Montreal’s adopted daughters and sons…
Arcade Fire in an elevator for the incomparable Blogotheque:
Fatboy Slim remixes Arcade Fire’s No Cars Go at Coachella 2008:
With David Bowie:
And on a lighter note, a Gmod version of Keep the Car [...]
Clayton Evans, aka complexgeometries, was one of the very first people to show some support for Indyish, and though in recent times he’s gotten kinda insanely busy we still feel the love. After meeting out in Halifax and sharing a ride together back to Montreal with Serah-Marie McMahon we became friends and have had the [...]
On Monday October 6th, at MainLine Theatre, something happened in Montreal for the first time: The Wrecking Ball!
Now, before I explain what The Wrecking Ball is, I should first mention that this is not the first Wrecking Ball in history. Nope. The Wrecking Ball has taken place annually in several major Canadian cities since 2004, [...]
I love the still light juxtaposed against the balanced run timed to the train in this photo. I think modern life and art are often a lot like this: running to try and time our leaps to the machine in the light of the unnoticed sun.
Photo of the day is just something we’re trying [...]
Between running around at the Indyish POP Mess on Friday I was able to grab a few goodish bits of video. I’ve editted them together here to give you a taste. If you were there and shot any video or photos you’d share please get in touch!!
The show featured:
Spoken word by Rachna Vohra, with musician
Video: [...]
Fixture Records is a young record label and we’re very lucky to be a part of Pop Montreal this year. We programmed a showcase, with 6 of our bands, taking place on Friday, October 3rd at Trois Minots, 3812 St. Laurent [map].
We’re also selling our music at the first ever Puces Pop Record Sale and [...]
James Finnerty to join Montreal & Quebec City Dates
On the verge of releasing his second full-length album, Hamilton’s Matthew De Zoete will begin the Eastern Canada leg of his tour in October after playing eastern USA, the Netherlands and Southern Ontario earlier this year. Local musicians James Correa & James Finnerty have been invited to [...]
Box is a multimedia boxing performance by Paul Litherland, a Montreal based experimental artist. Using gloves hooked into wireless gameboy controllers, two boxers control videos via programs written by Patrice Coulombe.
Photo of the day is just something we’re trying out- a collection of interesting and inspiring photos from here and there. Click here for [...]