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The night started off with Moe Clark + Cheour Maha, we then jumped right into Wants and Needs dance, featuring Andrew Tay and Helen Simard! This was also a collaboration with my new favourite performer Ira Lee! This was the first time I’ve ever heard of him, or even seen him perform, and he is [...]

In my previous post, I was thinking (and wondering) about the real worth of music now. The yesterday’s show of The Unsettlers (at the pop mess) was a big part of the answer. PASSION! PASSION! PASSION! When someone see and feel passion coming from the stage in the way The Unsettlers did [...]

Kingston’s creative collective, Apple Crisp, presents: The Gertrudes, PS I Love You and False Face featured as part of the Apple Crisp Showcase at POP Montreal, plus we’ll be screening work by the Apple Crisp Music Video Club!
The Jupiter Room, 3874 St. Laurent, Sat Oct 3rd, 8pm, $5

The Gertrudes – Catfish John – LIVE (colourshift) [...]

Tonight is our official Indyish POP Showcase! We’re doing a special edition of our usual Mess show, featuring an epic set by The Unsettlers, who we’ve been wanting to have back for a Mess since our very second Mess ever, when folks followed small cards through a labyrinthine industrial building to the bright, banging pot [...]

With just a few hours away to the Pop Mess, here is the full schedule for the night:
8:30pm – Radio Jean-Talon
9:30pm – Choeur Maha & Moe Clark
10:00pm – Wants and Needs Dance
10:10pm – Ira Lee
10:40pm – Miss Sugarpuss & Seska Lee
10:50pm – Hexes and Ohs
11:20pm – Dance Animal
11:30pm – The Unsettlers

It’s [...]

What I caught of their set at Il Motore last night for Pop Montreal 2009 was electrifying, so here are the videos I’m able to dig up on Canadian indie folk band Bruce Peninsula. These come close to approximating the size of the live sound the Bruce Peninsula make, but not quite, you must add [...]

4 experimental short films premiere October 1, 8 pm at Pop Montreal.
Emerging Quebec filmmakers and musicians collaborate in a creative process to explore the relationship between music and cinema. Creative teams play with the mediums of film and sound; they strive to find a new way to tell a story, to [...]

One of the shows I’m excited about during Pop Montreal 2009 (aside from our Mess!) is the Paper Garden Records show with Charlie Coote at Syndrome. We’ve become interweb friends with Paper Garden via Charlie and I love the art and music they bring and the whole spirit of the thing. Check out this [...]

I am super excited to announce the following updates to the Indyish Monthly Mess for POP Montreal:

The Unsettlers are bringing special guests: contortionist Andreane Leclerc (see video below!!), local burlesque stars Miss Sugarpuss and Miss Seska Lee, and saxophist Franco Proietti.
Hexes and Ohs will be collaborating with rapper Ira Lee for one song.
Ira [...]

Check out Pat Donnelly’s Gazette Blog about “30 DATES” the upcoming hit comedy coming to Montreal for 5 shows ONLY at Centaur Theatre. (Sept. 23 – 26).
http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/stageandpage/archive/2009/09/10/online-dating-speed-dating-fenulla-jiwani-s-30-dates-at-centaur-theatre.aspx
Look for Pat’s in-depth feature Gazette article on the playwright and star of the show, Fenulla Jiwani, on Tuesday, Sept. 22nd, 2009.
For tickets call: (514) 288 – 3161
ADVANCE TICKETS [...]