M for Montreal

M for Montreal will hold its 12th edition from November 15 – 18, 2017 at venues all over the city. Alvvays, Odesza and more among the initial lineup…

One of the talked-about bands at SXSW 2017 was South London punks Shame, who announced a few months after SXSW that they signed to Dead Oceans. They’re returning to North America for a November tour…

Indie Week, comprising of educational panels in the day followed by a few select nighttime events, runs June 5-8, 2017, in NYC.

M For Montreal partners with BrooklynVegan and Sound on Sound on Thursday, and then host their own showcase Friday night. Check out the details:

The Montreal band still make slinky Francophone disco but have grown leaps and bounds as a live act since adding a fourth member on percussion and other instruments, and their new LP is a treat.

Friday of M for Montreal was the best day, musically, of the festival so far and not just because it was the official BrooklynVegan showcase at Casa Del Popolo (co-presented by Heavy Trip). Most of the folks crammed into the small venue (sold out) were there to see Cindy Lee, the solo project of ex-Women […]

“I haven’t played a strip club in 20 years,” admitted Brendan Canning as he took the stage at Cafe Cleopatra which on most nights hosts burlesque but on Thursday (11/17) was home to one of two shows at the 2016 M for Montreal festival…

The 11th edition of M for Montreal is currently underway, having kicked things off Wednesday night (11/16) at historic Mile End venue Rialto Theatre. Usually the first night is entirely dedicated to on-the-rise performers, but this show was headlined by Martha Wainwright whose new album, Goodnight City, was just released last week. At this hometown […]

Demented bubbleglam garage rocker Nobunny kicked off his fall 2016 tour last week and will be making his way East…

Montreal band Heat will release their debut album, Overnight, on January 20. Made with producer Alex Newport (Death Cab, ATDI), the LP finds them expanding their atmospheric VU/JAMC-influenced postpunk sound into poppier territory…