Pop Montreal

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  Dearly Beloved

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  In front of a thin crowd at Montreal’s cosiest dive, Barfly, this Toronto quintet hit the stage like a pack of junkies playing for their sm...

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  Discord of a Forgotten Sketch

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  They were drunk! They were sloppy! They were great! This Montreal-based quartet blazed through a set of start/stop hardcore that owes as mu...

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  Kid Sister

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  This Chicago gal gained her profile by playing hot parties hosted by Flosstradamus, and got a boost in the biz by scoring local ace turntab...

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  Gary Lucas

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  This world-renowned alumnus of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band and leader of the long-running Gods and Monsters opened the festival with a l...

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  Ghost Is Dancing

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  This new Sonic Unyon signing are an exuberant eight-piece whose enthusiasm was almost too big — both physically and sonically — for the tin...

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  Gonzales

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  It's a good thing most of the audience was on mushrooms, because if you weren't, Gonzales's "spectacle d'orgue" was a major letdown after l...

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  Evan Gordon and the Sad Clowns

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  Faced with an abbreviated set well past last call, the Sad Clowns had no trouble keeping a late night crowd of stragglers rapt. By the time...

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  Habitat

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  One cute couple, two cheap synths, four shows under their belt, five original songs, it might not sound promising on paper but Sylvie Smith...