Pop Montreal

Fucked Up

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

Fucked Up had a run of bad luck during their first of two performances at Pop this year. Besides last-minute line-up changes and at least o...

Georgie James

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

As Georgie James, former Q and Not U member John Davis and singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn delivered a modest, energetic set for their Pop...

Grizzly Bear

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

Grizzly Bear came in, and pretty much stayed, like a lamb — an odd, shy and awkward, nerdy lamb. In their defence, some of the songs were n...

Huckleberry Friends

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

Imagine your three little sisters had way cooler record collections than you. Now imagine they had the guts to turn that taste into a kille...

DJ Krush

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

DJ Krush has been perfecting his trip-hop-focused electronica for almost 25 years and he doesn't seem to be losing his edge with age. At 45...

Kyrie Kristmanson

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

With no prior expectations, Kyrie Kristmanson blew me away. Her diminutive stature belies great talent and a charmingly quirky personality....

Gary Lucas

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

After playing a live soundtrack to the silent film Le Golem at l’Eglise St-Jean-Baptiste last year, this Captain Beefheart alumnus brought...

The Paper Cranes

Montreal QC October 3 to 7

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

The first of two shows by this BC band was a fairly thankless gig, being early in the night and unannounced in the Pop program — they repla...