Pop Montreal is pleased to extend the fun to the kids! This year, kids and youth can explore Montreal’s innovative cultural scene at Kids Pop, a fabulous new addition to Pop Montreal’s programming. Kids Pop will be offering a variety of workshops that connect artists with young folks in order to share skills, encourage artistic expression and enjoy Montreal’s cultural offerings. It’s all here: film, music, visual art, fashion, and discussion! Take part in our proud first installment. It’s free!
Marko Markovic's freestyle battle: Who wins?
Marko is the young guy with the ponytail! Don't forget about his show on July 22nd!
The Golden Way
Glad to hear that you're making your way down the bike path to the party tomorrow evening! The bike-in begins at dusk, so don your helmets, assemble your bike brigade and head south to 5080 St-Ambroise, along the Lachine canal. And worry not about the way home. After a little dancing, the flocks of people returning home together will give you enough momentum to get up the hill. See you there!
TO GET HERE: Place St-Henri Metro station (About 15 minutes walking distance) Bus: 36 or 191 (on Notre-Dame W.) from Place St-Henri Metro Exit: St-Rémi St./Notre-Dame OR From the Lionel-Groulx Metro, take Bus 78 Exit: St-Rémi, corner St-Ambroise, turn right OR From Vendome Metro, take Bus 37 Exit: Côte St-Paul, corner St-Ambroise, turn left
Echos from the polls
We don't fancy ourselves modern Marconis, but the Pop Sirius Player has been pretty influential on our own day-to-day internetting and is proving to be quite an interesting interactive experience. So far, there have been tens of thousands of votes cast by users, some blindly, and some with clear favorites. Just check out the results page to see some of the recent patterns.
We've made some changes in order to allow all the artists and equal chance at being heard and voted for. By limiting the number of songs in rotation to 2 per aritst, we're sure to see more balanced results and a better diversity in the top 20. We've also made a Facebook application to help you spend even more time sifting through the pop.
Here are some of the more recent top 20 artists. There have been some shifts in opinion since the last tally a few weeks ago. Keep an eye on the results page to see new tracks appear, and older ones creep up closer to the top!
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Rachel Margaret, San Francisco, CA Imagine a gene lab accident. Beakers holding the DNA of Bob Mould, Elisabeth Fraser and David Lynch crash to the floor, their contents mixing and recombining... She calls it Acoustic/Synth Pop. Emo/HyperHookHop, Marge, whatever it's called, Rachel Margaret's music is supercharged and gift-twisted. |
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The Superfantastics, Halifax, NS The Superfantastics are the Alex P. Keaton of the indie-pop scene. Small in size, big in heart and adorable in a sweater-vest. |
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Hard Rock/Heavy Funk, hot wild theatrical show that will set your endorphins soaring, making you dance, sweat and feel alive. |
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Sunshine State is two friends trying to make sense of life and love in the city . It's fresh acoustic pop with bossa nova , jazz , and soul influences that will make you laugh , cry , and be glad you're alive . |
Pop Off Tour 2!
Miracle Fortress
The Luyas
Think About Life
Adam & The Amethysts
The Pop Montreal International Music Festival is proud to present the 2nd POP OFF tour of 2008 . The tour is a great way to show the community and artistic spirit that is alive and well within the Montreal underground. We thought there was no better way to do this than to take a group of bands that are all intimately connected (all 4 bands will share members) and put them on the road to spread the happy vibes. First up is the Luyas who are Jessie Stein, Pietro Amato and Stef Schneider. Three awesome musicians who together create hypnotic and ethereal pop gems. For some shows Adam & the Amethysts will open. Adam is Adam Waito and The Amethysts are a rotating cast of characters who help give life to Amethyst Amulet an album critics are calling “the hit of the summer”. Following The Luyas or the Amethysts is the psychedelic Pop bliss of the sensational Miracle Fortress. Miracle Fortress is the brainchild of Graham Van Pelt, but the live configuration now includes Stein, Waito and Nathan Ward. To end things off we bring you the explosive and electrifying Think About Life, where Van Pelt will be joined by musical renegades Martin Cesar and Matt Shane to bring you the greatest dance party imaginable.
July 25 - Ottawa, ON:: Babylon
July 26 - Toronto, ON:: Sneaky Dee's
July 27 - Guelph, ON:: Hillside Festival
July 31 - Quebec City, QC:: Le Cercle
August 2 - Charlottetown, PEI:: Hunter's Ale House
August 3 - Sackville, NB:: Sappy Fest
