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You there! Go see these shows this week!

SATURDAY, JULY 19

Cult MTL anniversary party: The Posterz + Heart Streets + Le Trouble + Seoul + Saxsyndrum + Folly & The Hunter + Safia Nolin @ SAT

Beloved Montreal publication Cult MTL turns 2 this year and everyone is invited to watch bands and enjoy good food courtesy of Labo Culinaire Foodlab.

Event starts at 3 p.m., 5$.

COUSINS: The Re-up + Cadence Weapon + DJ Rapid Fire @ La Sala Rossa

Doors open at 10 p.m., $5.

SUNDAY, JULY 20

Atsuko Chiba + Shy, Low + thisquietarmy + Obstcls @ La Vitrola

Doors open at 8 p.m., $8.

THURSDAY, JULY 24

MEG: Pulses + Milton Clark + The Driver @ Le Belmont

The 16th edition of MEG Montreal kicks off this Thursday with three different shows. My pick for the night is local A/V techno master duo Pulses at Le Belmont.

Show starts at 10 p.m.; tickets cost $15 in advance and can be purchased online via MEG Montreal, at Atom Heart and MOOG Audio or $20 at the door.

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As always, tons of shows this week. Don’t fuck around.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

S.M.O.S.A.N. #9: Atsuko Chiba + Small Teeth + Big Mamma Tough Love @ Le Cagibi

The Secret Museum of Sound and Nature is a monthly concert series dedicated to bringing together artists and audiences who are interested in the stuff that tends to fall outside of conventional music genres–experimental, stoner, shoegaze, and more.

Show starts at 9 p.m., $5.

COUSINS + Princess Nokia + BootyBakery @ La Sala Rossa

Show starts at 10 p.m., $10.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Vulgar, You + El Napoleon + The Rejecters @ Quai des Brumes

Doors open at 9 p.m., $8.

Rock Against Racism: Asile + Malokio + Les temps liquides + Bearmace @ Katacombes

The 6th edition of Rock Against Racism will benefit Montreal’s Immigrant Workers Centre. Part of the IWC’s mandate is to provide education about workers’ rights in a safe environment, to improve living and working conditions for immigrant workers, and to help defend the rights of immigrants in their places of work.

Show starts at 9 p.m., $6 to $10.

Muted Screams + Mad June + The Falling + Elyse and the Affair @ Pub St-Paul

Show starts at 8 p.m., $10.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22

VCR + Thee  Nodes + Dead Future + Pretty Boys @ Turbo Haus

Show starts at 9 p.m., $6.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

How Sad + Seoul @ Divan Orange

Doors open at 8 p.m., tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at Atom Heart, Cheap Thrills, Off The Hook, Moog Audio, Phonopolis or online here.