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On September 23rd I dragged my weary bum out of my apartment to see some of my most highly-anticipated acts of the PopMontreal festival. I started off the night at the newly-opened Royal Phoenix, all the way up on the corner of Bernard and St. Laurent. I had been hearing good things about the venue through the grapevine for a while, so I was excited to see how it faired as a location for PopMontreal....
Photo by Alex Menjivar
PopMontreal turned 10 years old this year, and they brought an extremely packed roster of both well-known and more obscure acts for their audiences. With big names like Arcade Fire and Chromeo taking the stage, it was fantastic to see lesser-known cult favourites like R. Stevie Moore and...
With the Suoni Festival done and the Jazz Festival taking its place, there won’t be as much concert-going in the Plateau in the coming days. Prince Rama and Leopard et Moi braved the stage of a small but patient crowd the night of June 23rd. They waited and waited for the hordes to come through the door of the small second stage at Casa del Popolo, but it didn’t happen. So, after about an hour and a half delay, Leopard et...
With my ears still recovering from the Keiji Haino show at La Sala Rossa the night before, more noise music was maybe not the best idea. However, Borbetomagus, Martin Tetreault, and David LaFrance made it worth my while. The crowd in Casa del Popolo’s second space was small but devoted. Borbetomagus began the set with their three piece sax, electric guitar, and electronics lineup. Its members, ...
Last Friday was the loudest of my life. As part of Suoni Per Il Popolo, noise artists Esprits Frappeurs and Keiji Haino took the stage at La Sala Rossa, with medieval psychedelic Preterite sandwiched in between for good measure. The show began with Esprits Frappeurs, which is a collaboration between Philippe Lambert (of Monstre fame) and ...
