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The seventh annual M for Montreal festival happens next week (November 14 – 17) in its namesake Canadian city. Previous years, M4M has featured mainly Montreal (and other parts of Canada) artists, being showcased to a group of “international delgates” (talent buyers, journalists, music supervisors, tour agenents and other industry types) in a tightly controlled set of shows, this year’s fest expands its scope with nearly 100 performer at 16 venues, giving it more of an actual festival feel than an industry conference that has music showcases the public could by tickets to…

Doldrums at MHOW last week (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, Doldrums (the project of Airick Woodhead) and Moon King (the project of Airick’s brother/collaborator Daniel), who were both just in NYC will return for CMJ…

CMJ just released the third round of artists playing this year’s fest which happens in three weeks (October 16 – 20). Names include Dent May (who we already knew about) Penguin Prison, Toronto’s Born Ruffians, Erika Spring, Berlin trio Fenster (who were here in March) Chad Valley, Rush Midnight and more…

As an “international delegate” at M for Montreal, by Friday you start to get a little worn out. Your day is booked with meet-ups, panels, something called “speed schmoozing” and loads of bands…