Tag Archive for the term: pop montreal

Seriously, Pop Montreal outdoes itself each year. Risa mentioned some of the great acts playing the 5 day festival this year in this post. Beyond the music, there are some great offshoot projects being offered. Kids Pop! Gear swap! Record fair! (Fixture will be there…), Symposium! with a circuit-bending workshop and a panel on open […]

Well, a few things starting to bustle on the POP Montreal horizon as our local indie love-in approacheth. Indyish.com will be presenting a showcase at the new Blue Skies Turn Black venue, Il Motore, which is opening next weekend up on Jean Talon, between Parc and St Laurent with a Priestess show. Check out a […]

Every year, as part of the Pop Montreal festival, Puces Pop holds a fashion show sponsored by Le Chateau. 6 emerging Quebec designers present a mini-collection of 6 looks to a panel of judges from the industry and the winner receives a 2000$ prize. Interested in being a part of this years’ show? We’re looking […]

Over the course of running the Outdoor Site (read: Beer Tent) at the 18th edition of the Ste-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival I was able to snap a few shots of the goings on around the tent. The Indyish Mess, Pop Montreal, pancake breakfasts, improv, stand up, buskers, fringe artists, shenanigans, volunteers, staff, groupies, musicians, lovers […]

Here are three videos of the wonderful Adam & the Amethysts playing yesterday at the Fringe Fest outdoor stage.
Their brand new album is available here on Pome Records.

Puces Pop was a day long of catching up with friends, emptying my wallet, meeting some new interesting crafty people and spending a quiet evening with 150 of my closest friends (and mainly complete strangers) playing bingo. Who thought loosing at Bingo could be so entertaining? Everyone seemed to be in a great mood, possibly […]

Looking for some new music? Pop Montreal has a game up on their website right now called Pop Thumbs that lets you listen to a bunch of songs by different indie bands. You can click “Pop” or “Poop” for each song depending on what you think of it. Listen to all of them, or just […]

Marilis and I spent a good part of yesterday passing a wet perogie from vendor to vendor at Pop Montreal’s Spring Puces Pop Craft Fair. Hot Potato is a new video series where we interview artists at festivals, fairs, shows. At the end of each interview, we ask the artist to “pass the potato” to […]