Pop Montreal 2011: Or How Arcade Fire Took Over My Week

While I missed out on Wednesday’s Metropolis show, I did attend Thursday’s free
downtown show @ Place Des Festivals with 100 000+ of their closest friends to
celebrate Pop and it’s decade of existence:

Then on Saturday, the first annual Pop Vs. Jock Basketball tournament @ McGill University Sports Center.
A charity game organized by the Butler Bros. with [...]

Pop Montreal 2011: Day 5 Picks ( September 25th )

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Last day.
Knees are weak, feet hurting like a bitch from these last 4 days of standing up for
hours on end.
While you spend the first half of your lazy Sunday sleeping it off, you got all afternoon to do some record shopping @ the 3rd Annual Record Fair [...]

Pop Montreal 2011: Day 4 Picks ( September 24th )

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The Vandelles @ Cabaret Du Mile-End / 10:30pm

This Brooklyn foursome are the spawn, offspring, progeny of The Jesus And Mary Chain and Danish duo The Raveonettes if they made sweet, messy love to each other.
Shoegaze meets Surf Rock, for any lovers of crunchy guitars and walls of [...]

Pop Montreal 2011: Day 3 Picks ( September 23rd )

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Tahiti 80 @ La Tulipe / 9pm

The forgotten sons of the french indie pop scene where sadly, all the media attention went to Phoenix, Tahiti 80 have soldiered on and have kept churning out quality albums year after year.
“The Past, The Present & the Possible” is the [...]

Pop Montreal 2011: Day 2 Picks ( September 22nd )

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Day 2 of Pop Montreal is all about Arcade Fire and what comes after.

To celebrate and give a big thank you to this city we all know and love, Pop and the Arcade Fire crew decided to go all out and throw a shinding downtown @ la [...]

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