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Pop Montreal reveals full 2016 lineup

The 2016 edition of Pop Montreal happens September 21 – 25 at venues all over the city. It’s the 15th anniversary of the festival and they’ve just announced the finalized lineup…

Montreal's Varning Fest returning; many bands playing NYC first (Hank Wood & the Hammerheads, La Misma & more)

Montreal punk/hardcore festival Varning is returning for its seventh year from November 7-9 at MTL venue Katacombes. A bunch of NYC bands will be there, like Hank Wood & the Hammerheads, Nuclear Spring, La Misma and more, plus Sweden’s Institution, Portland’s Criminal Damage, San Francisco’s Ruleta Rusa (ex-Born/Dead and Peligro Social whose last show was Varning VI), Boston bands Bloodkrow Butcher and Koward, and many m…