Pop Montreal

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  AroarA

  Ukrainian Federation, Montreal, QC, September 20

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2012

  AroarA were beautiful in 2011 when they opened for Syria's most celebrated cultural icon this side of the Atlantic, Omar Souleyman, at Sala...

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  Hot Snakes

  Mission Santa Cruz, Montreal, QC, September 20

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2012

  In a face-meltingly hot room plastered wall to wall with slogans designed to sell you sneakers, it was delightful to hear Hot Snakes open w...

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  Wild Nothing

  Il Motore, Montreal, QC, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2012

  Wild Nothing is the dream pop brainchild of Virginia native Jack Tatum, whose sold-out show at Il Motore was a warm welcome for this year's...

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  Valleys

  Il Motore, Montreal, QC, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2012

  Marc St. Louis and Tillie Perks, better known as Valleys, debuted a set of solid new material from their upcoming new album, out (with any...

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  Diamond Rings

  La Tulipe, Montreal, QC, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2012

  Contrast is a great word to describe the stand-out performance of Diamond Rings at Pop Montreal. There was a conflict of style and generati...

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  Stars

  La Tulipe, Montreal, QC, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2012

  Hometown heroes Stars, in the words of fellow Canadian act Diamond Rings, "needed no introduction" before their performance on the opening...

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  Guy Picciotto in Conversation with Howard Bilerman

  Quartiers Pop, Montreal, QC, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2012

  Pop Montreal definitely threw a bone at a crowd that consisted of about 80 Dischord Records aficionados by having Howard Bilerman interroga...

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  Orca Team

  Ukrainian Federation, Montreal, QC, September 19

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2012

  Opening for once-upon-a-time Stereolab singer Laetitia Sadier, Seattle-based trio Orca Team didn't sound too out of place in the lineup. As...