Concerts

Grimes @ POP Montreal

Two young women wrapped in plastic jumped out onto the stage and took their place at their stations, as thrilled as their audience to be there. Moments later out comes Vancouver-born, Montreal-bred Grimes, glowing, hungry, ready to do her thing, to be herself.

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Eight and a Half @ POP Montreal

“I’ve gained a lot of weight since I was twenty-two… and then I wrote a song about it… and this is it,” frontman Dave Hamelin of newly formed Eight and a Half shared with his audience last night at La Tulipe, kicking off the first night of POP Montreal.

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ION Showcase @ POP Montreal

POP Montreal is back for another year of bringing us the best in emerging musical artist from around the globe. The five day festival, from September 19th to 23rd, will showcase everyone from David Byrne and Saint Vincent, Doldrums and Grimes, Laetitia Sadier, Mozart's Sister, Peaches and Purity Ring, to touch just the sides of this ridiculously good line-up.

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Live stream of Yeasayer tonight

Holy Yeasayer! Yesterday we posted the audio stream for the new Yeasayer album, Fragrant World. Now you can catch them performing live in HD from New York. The live video stream starts at 10PM EST (7PM PST) and you can catch it here.

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BASS COAST | Music Festival

This beat heavy dance festival, Bass Coast, is back for its fourth consecutive year. Catch over 100 eclectic local and international artists at the Squamish Valley Campground, including San Fran Dirty Bird legends Justin and Christian Martin, deep bass favourites Sepalcure and the Machine Drum and the funk-tastic Fort Know Five vs. Thunderball.

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POP Montreal | Sneak peek at 2012 lineup

There are some exciting things going on over at POP Montreal. They have announced a sneak peek at some of the acts that will be coming to the festival. Check their site out often as new acts will be posted. Lil B Grizzly Bear Chilly Gonzales Tim Hecker Jacob Lusk and the R Kelly All-Stars K’naan Patrick Wolf Peaches DJ Extravaganza POP vs Jock Deerhoof Gang Gang Dance Gotye Nicky Da B Zammuto David Byrne / Win Butler talk Dam Funk Venus X Jimmy “Bo” Horne Andre Williams Fanfare Ciocarlia Cate Le Bon The Sadies Hot Snakes Dirty Three Julia Holter Antibalas Laetitia Sadier Bertrand Burgalat

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ION Magazine and Green Couch | NXNE Showcase

On June 13th, ION Magazine and Green Couch will be presenting the Tracks On Tracks showcase at NXNE, featuring some of the talented bands from the west coast. This amazing showcase will be at the Gladstone Ballroom, from 7PM-3AM. Tickets are $15 and wristbands and badges are accepted. Line-up and times are below.

7:30 Chris Ho

8:15 Shred Kelly

9:00 Portage and Main

9:45 The Matinee

10:30 Maurice

11:15 Sydney York

12:00 Belle Game

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Festival De Musique Émergente

Have you ever been to Quebec? No, Quebec. No not Montreal, Quebec. La Belle Province; home of poutine, Guy Lafleur’s disco album, and Mitsou. Well I have and God bless those Libertarian princes and princesses. They take the government’s money and give them none. Heck, I would vote for the Bloc if only they had representatives here in British Columbia. They are the special people of this country and they deserve every grant they get. So there’s really no turning down a chance to cover a festival in remote Rouyn-Noranda when it’s offered to you.

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