M for Montreal

M for Montreal and Brooklyn Vegan have partnered for shows/parties at CMJ, SXSW, The Great Escape and more, but this was the first year we actually presented a show at M for Montreal…

Mac DeMarco and his band played the 2013 M for Montreal twice last week. First, as Walter TV, where Mac just plays bass, with Pierce McGarry on vocals and guitar…

Day 2 of M for Montreal featured five bands in their evening “official selection” which was again held at Casa Del Popolo and La Sala Rossa which are across the street from each other on St…

Here I am again at M for Montreal, the now eight annual edition that is part music festival and part industry conference. Right now it is more of the latter, with “international delegates” (of which I am one) in from around the world attending panel discussions, sanctioned schmoozathons and seeing the night’s “official selection” of bands…

The eighth annual M for Montreal is currently underway in Montreal, having begun yesterday (11/20). After the first night’s official music showcase ended, there was an afterparty at Casa which featured a completely off-the-rails setwhich basically is Mac DeMarco and his band in another configuration, with Pierce McGarry on vocals and guitar…

Montreal band Solids released their debut LP, Blame Confusion, last month in Canada. (You can stream it below.) For those looking to physical procure a copy in America, the duo just announced that they’ve signed with Fat Possum who will release the record stateside on February 8…

The 2013 M for Montreal happens at various clubs across its namesake city from November 20 – 23. Like last year, in addition to it’s industry conference/showcase side earlier in the week, the Friday and Saturday shows are part of M Fest which like a smaller scale CMJ or Pop Montreal with over 75 bands playing over those two days…

Our friends at M for Montreal will be down for CMJ again for their showcase which, as in years past, happens at Arlene’s Grocery on October 18 with Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, TOPS, Pat Jordache, CAMP, Kandle, A K U A and Foxtrott…

We already posted pictures of the Mikal Cronin/Shannon & the Clams show from day 3 (6/15) of Toronto festival NXNE, and that same day we also caught Mikal on the annual M for Montreal / Panache Bruise Cruise during NXNE with Toronto locals Odonis Odonis, Montreal’s We Are Wolves, and rapper Fat Tony (who also played Yonge-Dundas Square)…

Freedom…horrible freedom! One thing M for Montreal, part festival part industry conference, was previously known for was its tightly-controlled schedule…