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CJLO 1690AM is proud to present the Safe in Sound Showcase at this year's M for Montreal. Featuring a slew of artists who in some way are all related to CJLO, it will be a great way to spend a Friday night taking in some of Montreal and Canada's best music in a wide variety of genres.

Drop on by l'Escogriffe Friday Nov. 16th (4467 Saint-Denis)
Tickets $10 @ the door
Join the Facebook Event

For more info on the artists performing, scroll below!

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9:00pm - Echo Beach (experimental/darkwave)

The brainchild of Vancouver transplant Julie Matson, Echo Beach creates a soundscape of layered vocals with atmospheric electronic melodies that evoke a dreamy haze of genre-bending experimental pop. Analog synths and guitar effects pedals meld different worlds of music into a definitive style by blending Matson’s love of coaxing musical sounds out of random electronics with poetic arrangements and post-shoegaze experimental drifts and peaks.

*Echo Beach's Julie Matson hosts "With Gay Abandon" on CJLO's airwaves and contributed a cover of Rae Spoon's "Dangerdangerdanger" as part of CJLO's "You're Related" Vol. 1.

LINKS
http://www.facebook.com/echobeachsounds
http://echobeach.bandcamp.com
http://www.twitter.com/echobeachsounds
http://www.youtube.com/juliematson

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9:45pm - AIM LOW (drone/shoegaze)

Mining common threads from acts like My Bloody Valentine, Rhys Chatham, Codeine, and Sonic Youth, AIM LOW create a fine balance between drone soundscapes, shoegaze, and noise-pop, creating music that can be both ambiently beautiful and sonically crushing. Taking you through peaks and valleys of feedback and ambient noise surrounded by a sea of cables and pedals to find you at the end of the road, AIM LOW reminds you it's all about the ride.

*2/3rds of AIM LOW are CJLO volunteers (the other 1/3rd being a past volunteer) and contributed a cover of Gino Vannelli's "Black Cars" as part of CJLO's "You're Related" Vol. 1.

LINKS
http://www.facebook.com/aimlow
http://aimlow.bandcamp.com
http://www.twitter.com/aimlowmtl
http://www.youtube.com/aimlowmusic
http://soundcloud.com/aimlow

Aim Low & Les Beyond - "String Theory" (They Live We Sleep, 2012) from Rob Feulner on Vimeo.

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10:30pm - Kestrels (shoegaze/indie rock)

Taking the aesthetic of early 90s Creation Records bands and mixing it with the ethics and energy of the first Merge Records releases, Halifax’s Kestrels have forged their sound into a blend of addictive indie rock hooks, guitar histrionics, and satisfying shoegaze soundscapes.  Their latest album, A Ghost History, is a fresh take on fuzzy guitar rock in the vein of Dinosaur Jr. and early Promise Ring.

*Halifax/Toronto/Montreal's Kestrels have been supported for a longtime on CJLO's airwaves and have recorded a live session in CJLO's studios.

LINKS
http://www.kestrels.ca
http://www.facebook.com/kestrels
http://kestrels.bandcamp.com
http://www.twitter.com/kestrelshfx

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11:15pm - Young Lungs (indie rock/post-punk)

Mixing 70’s NYC art-punk with Rocket from the Crypt inspired garage rock, these dapper young gents kicking around the basements and garages of Montreal have cooked up a collection of catchy pop tunes cut into tasty pieces with a post-punk buzzsaw. Hailing from areas in and around Montreal, Young Lungs are a zippy power trio that combine an energetic live show with surf-punk and lo-fi/garage influenced songs, filtering no-wave guitar tones through power pop sensibilities.

*Young Lungs recorded their debut 7" and forthcoming full length in The Oven @ CJLO and contributed their take on The Unicorns "The Clap" for CJLO's "You're Related" Vol. 1.

LINKS
http://www.facebook.com/younglungsmtl
http://younglungs.bandcamp.com
http://www.twitter.com/younglungsmtl
http://www.youtube.com/younglungsmtl

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12:00am - Dig it Up (punk/melodic hardcore)

No-frills guitars full of chunky melodies and searing leads, a pummeling rhythm section that gallops like a racehorse, and gargle-with-gravel vocals mixed with the occasional gang-yell - on the surface Montreal’s Dig It Up seems rough like sandpaper, but their strength is their amazing sense of melody. With a reputation for an intense and raucous live show, Dig It Up makes sure that more importantly everything stays catchy and fun.

*Dig it Up recorded demos and vocals for their forthcoming full length Manners in The Oven @ CJLO and performed live at a fundraiser for Haitian earthquake relief that CJLO sponsored.

LINKS
http://www.facebook.com/digitup
http://digitup.bandcamp.com
http://www.twitter.com/digmtl
http://www.myspace.com/digitup

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12:45am - USA Out of Vietnam (post-hardcore/art-metal)

A musical enigma wrapped in mystery, USA Out of Vietnam is Montreal’s best kept secret. Led by the inimitable Jonathan Cummins (Bionic, The Besnard Lakes, Doughboys), the band offers a bombastic and dangerous voyage to the very heart of iconic rock sound, layered in punk and soul, exorcized female choirs, psychedelia, experimental benders, dogged drones, and orchestrated prog. It is massive.

*USA Out of Vietnam performed as part of CJLO's Signal to Noise benefit concert series to help Pakistani earthquake relief.

LINKS
http://www.facebook.com/usaoutofvietnam
http://usaoutofvietnam.bandcamp.com/
http://www.myspace.com/usaoutofvietnam

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1:30am - Solids (indie rock/punk)

A band to watch, the improbable two-man band Solids is based on a spontaneous quest for raw tones, influenced by ’90s grunge and post-punk with a contemporary twist. The band, who will release a new record in 2013, has developed a distinctive sound that successfully combines a pop sensibility with a loud and powerful bang.

*Solids have recorded a session in CJLO's studios as well as contributed a cover of Hawkes' "Fleeting Memories" for CJLO's "You're Related" Vol. 1.

LINKS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/solids/125445507468473
http://solids.bandcamp.com/
http://www.myspace.com/solidsmtl

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The dealine is fast approaching and Ontario secondary school teachers are ready to withdraw services.

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation president, Ken Coran told the Globe and Mail on Saturday that seven public school boards will strike as of Wednesday unless a deal can be reached before then.

Teachers will begin to withdraw services such as supervising students outside classrooms and answering parent e-mails outside of school hours.

Teachers are up in arms on Bill 115, a law passed by the Ontario government. The bill imposed cuts to sick days, a partial freeze to pay increases to new teachers and restrictions on their ability to strike.

All 24 school boards throughout the province could also go on strike later this month if an agreement isn't reached by then.

Flickr Photo by: Ryan Stanton

Members of student group La CLASSE decided to call it quits this weekend.

The majority of CLASSE's members voted to disband the group at a conference at UQAM on Saturday.

According to the Montreal Gazette, CLASSE later released a statement celebrating their victories in the student movement against tuition hikes.

Despite becoming a household name since last spring's "Printemps Erable," the Coalition large de l'Association pour une solidarite syndicale etudiante wasn't around for very long.

It was created in December 2011 in response to the former Liberal provincial government's plans to increase tuition fees.

Meanwhile, former CLASSE spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois is also making headlines.

On Thursday he was found guilty of contempt of court for encouraging protestors in a television interview to continue picketing.

Nadeau-Dubois' endorsement came just after a judge granted an injunction allowing a Universite Laval student to return to classes.

Now the student leader is appealing the ruling and asking the public for help paying his legal fees.

The Canadian Press reported that Nadeau-Dubois has so far raised $58 000.

STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY

A new app out of BC could spell hope for recovery and survival of Saskatchewan's indigenous languages.

FirstVoices Chat is a free IPhone app containing over 100 keyboards of indigenous languages.

Developers included not only the 32 original native BC dialects, but all indigenous languages of Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as some in the United States.

According to the Canadian University Press, between 2006 and 2011, the amount of indigenous language speakers in Saskatchewan fell by over 2000 people.

Winona Wheeler, head of the department of native studies at the University of Saskatchewan attributes the decline to a lack of support, and language programs for speakers.

Wheeler added that when the languages die, the cultures are lost with them.

Peter Brand, manager of FirstVoices, believes the app is the dawn of a new era for indigenous languages in Canada.

STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER