The Indyish Fringe Mess will be Super Spectacular with Hexes and Ohs + Hank and Lily + Courtney Wing and Liederwolfe + MORE!

Heck to the yeah, I’m getting stoked about our Fringe Mess! I love doing our show with the joyful and dedicated crew who converge each year to make the Montreal edition of this worldwide indie theatre bonanza a community like no other. I can’t wait to see all the different shows in the Fringe Fest this year – especially in the little 1 minute bits that they’ll be sharing between the musical acts in our Mess.

The Fringe is kooky and special and an amazing environment to bring our hydra-headed mess of a show to…

And this show! Oy and oh!

I am so excited to work with Hexes and Ohs and Hank and Lily for the first time – I love their music and I think, under the setting sun in the beery Parc Des Ameriques they’ll give us something special to remember them by.

Working with the utterly epic and yet surprisingly soft-spoken Courtney Wing was a delight when we first did it during our POP Showcase at Les Saints last summer, and I think, spread out beneath the sky to end our show, this massive musical assemblage will bring us all to new heights of mello happy.

Not to mention the hilarious harmonies of Ladies Luncheon or the glorious unfoldings of sexy Jeff Louch’s newish project Victory Chimes, giving even straight-edge kids a good reason to play hooky from their real lives in a park full of delight and bright ditties.

And to start it all off, James Finnerty has brought together enough singer-songwriter talent to make a night all their own. I am secretly looking forward to this hour and a half of friendly strumming, artists backing each other up in the low stress cozy light of afternoon, the most. A toast to them and to all of you who can join us!

Heads up if you’ll be nowhere near Montreal June 12 – the Parc has relatively reliable internet access so we’ll be live broadcasting the show if at all possible, and you’ll be able to find it right here on our (very dear) little Indyish blog.

Friday June 12 2009
4pm – 9pm
Outside – Parc Des Ameriques

Indyish – the international indie arts network who brought the SUN RA ARKESTRA to the 2008 Fringe – yet again brings dramatic and delightful bands to shred the epic Fringe stage for the 3rd year running.

Courtney Wing + Leiderwolfe

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.

Hexes and Ohs

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 and Lily

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.

Check out the Indyish Monthly Mess page for a full schedule and info on getting involved.