Montreal

Iggy Pop & Mike Watt @ United Palace (more)Montreal police have found the truck stolen Monday from American punk icon Iggy Pop and his band the Stooges, but tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment is still missing…

DOWNLOAD: Duchess Says – Ccut Up (MP3) Osheaga (Vero.b) Osheaga, the outdoor music festival in Montreal, celebrated its third birthday this weekend with a bevy of local acts, some emerging talent, and great live performers…

mike watt’s 1963 gibson eb-3 “the little bass”IGGY AND THE STOOGES EQUIPMENT STOLEN ON AUGUST 4, 2008 OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL 208 SAINT ANTOINE OUEST, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA all equipment was in a rented penske 15 foot yellow truck with u…

DOWNLOAD: DirtyFinger and PorkChop on WNYU Rotations Radio 6-03-05 Part 2 (zSHARE MP3) Fred Falke @ Tribeca Grand – July 12, 2008 (CRED). I feel like so much has happened since my last post…

electronic music in Montreal….

The past few months have seen things move rather quickly for Plants and Animals. Their anticipated debut, Parc Avenue, just dropped, they’ll soon be heading out on the road beginning with a stop at SXSW and, when I popped in to meet the guys, they were in the planning/conceptual stages for their first music video…

This past weekend (Saturday, March 1st to be exact) the 11th Annual Montreal Independent Music Initiative (or MIMI) awards were handed out, celebrating the best in the Montreal local scene…

DOWNLOAD: Creature – Brigitte Bardot (MP3) I spoke of Creature in last year’s Montreal/SXSW feature, but for those not in the know, definitely check them out now…

DOWNLOAD: CPC Gangbangs – Teenage Crimewave (MP3) These four lads fuse garage rock and anarchic punk flare into short, riotous outbursts.The usual suspects, proto-punk explorers like MC5, Stooges and Rocket From the Tombs, get the nod on songs like “Gone Black” and “Coke Blues,” but CPC Gangbangs bring a new sense of heaviosity that tips the scales with Hawkwind-styled oscillations, obscure psychedelic references and even a nod to Goth gods Sister of Mercy on the unlikely album opener, “Jeff Starship…

DOWNLOAD: Torngat – You Could Be (MP3) Torngat was a real discovery highlight for me at this past Pop Montreal. The instrumental trio modestly refer to themselves as “French horn, keyboards, and drums” on their myspace, but their brilliant and unique songs weave compelling melodies that are all encompassing and welcoming, proving the axiom “the whole is greater then the sum of it’s parts…