Pop Montreal 2010: Day 3 Picks

Rain and grey skies once again on today’s menu but do not fret
fellow festival goers, the sun shall return in kind this weekend.
Timber Timbre @ Ukrainian Federation / 10pm [ ms ]
The show to see this evening is without a doubt Timber Timbre
@ the Ukrainian Federation.
The trio led by Taylor Kirk, a Torontonian by birth, [...]

Pop Montreal 2010: Full Schedule Unveiled

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The 9th Edition.
September 29th - October 3rd.
350 artists vying for you attention.

Some of the big names this year includes The XX, who just won the
coveted Mercury Prize, England’s annual music prize awarded for that
year’s best album which their self-titled debut was the favorite to win.
Macy Gray, German [...]

SXSW 2010: The Pictures

( Flickr ) South By Southwest / Austin, Texas / March 15-22, 2010 ( Flickr )
Took me a little bit longer than I would’ve liked but I finally went trough
all the pix I took at SXSW and here’s what I believe to be the best
ones in the bunch.
The list of artists/bands I was fortunate enough [...]

MVs Collection #11

Blood Red Shoes - “Light It Up”

England. Night. Winter. Cold. Man running with torch. Fire. BURN! BURN! BURN!
Brighton, UK’s rock twosome will release their sophomore album “Fire Like this”
March 1st in the UK and February 10th in Japan. You can stream a few tracks
off the new album on their official website.

Surfer Blood - “Swim (To [...]

CMJ 2009: The Recap

My first CMJ Music Marathon was a fun-tastic one.
Most of my CMJ-ing was done @ Pianos, a great little venue on historic Ludlow St.
I’ve discovered at least half a dozen promising new bands (Seven Saturdays,
Warpaint, Deastro, Peggy Sue, Jeff The Brotherhood , Hurricane Bells,
Pete & The Pirates, Choir Of Young Believers) which will [...]