When thinking outside the box just isn't enough
It’s summer in the city and things are about to get really hot, and I do mean in the regards to the Montreal music scene. If these upcoming show are any indication of the weather then I predict it’s going to be a very hot, sunny and sultry season. So now’s the time to get your suntan lotion and earplugs ready, here are your shows this week:
The festival SOIR will kick off this weekend along Mount-Royal. It encompasses 15 businesses that will “navigate through and between unsettling expositions, distinguished performances and immersive construct. ”
Tonight Montreal chef extraordinaire with a voice of an angel, Beaver Sheppard, will be playing with his band Co/ntry along with Petra Glynt and Birds of Paradise, a trippy art pop duo.
Petra Glynt’s art rock will take you in all kinds of interesting directions. You won’t know if you listening to it standing up or upside-down.
Birds of Paradise, Co/ntry and Petra Glynt perform at L’escogriffe, 4467 St Denis, on Friday June 22 at 10pm. Tickets are $12 and available at lepointedevant.com
The festival SOIR is running until the August 10th. You can check out there variety of performances at soirmtl.com
If you’re down to see some great hard rock/nouveau punk this weekend then Bistro de Paris is the place to be as The Brie Face will be blasting their audience with punk and hard sensibility.
The Brie Face perform with Cardiff Giant and Pirate Radio at Bisto de Paris, 4536 Saint-Denis, on Saturday, June 23, 9pm. Tickets are $6 and available at the door
This Saturday check out Aaron Allen play songs from his latest album Judgement Day.He has been lauded for paving a new path for modern country music, while paying homage to its traditions.
Aaron Allen & The Small City Saints perform with Ivan Rivers and Pat Fockler at Barfly, 4062A S-Laurent, Friday June 22, 9pm.
The electronic sounds of Chad Valley have been called ethereal and mysterious or as I like to call it: The perfect summer music. He’ll be playing with Aquarius dreams.
Chad Valley performs with Aquarius Dreams at Quai des Brumes, 4481 St-Denis, Tuesday June 26, 9pm. Tickets available through Indie Montreal for $12 or $15 at the door.
* Know a band or an artist that should be featured in Shows This Week? Maybe a show FTB should cover, too? Let us know at music@forgetthebox.net. Our week goes from Thursday to Wednesday, so let us know by the preceding Sunday, though not too much in advance, or you may get lost in the shuffle. We can’t be everywhere and can’t write about everything, but we do our best!
Launch parties all around at shows this week!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6
Sensitive Shredders video premiere w/ KoKo + BEARMACE + Hiroshima Shadows @ Drones
A new Montreal skateboard video will premiere tonight followed by a show featuring three of Montreal’s noisiest bands. Watch the Sensitive Shredders trailer below:
Tickets $5, doors at 10 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7
Dethfox + Septimo Continente + Towanda @ L’Escogriffe
Montreal boasts an impressive array of punk bands that have cropped up this past year. Dethfox is one of them (see BEARMACE for another example) and tomorrow they’re playing what will be their second show ever to officially launch the release of their demo tape.
Tickets $6 or $10 including demo tape, doors at 9 p.m.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9
El Napoleon + Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel @ L’Escogriffe
This is the week of launch parties and to round it out nicely is the cassette launch of prominent Montreal’s psychedelic music scene member El Napoleon. Joining him are Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel touring in support of their debut LP Nico & Her Psychedelic Subconscious, released in October on Burger Records.
Tickets $5, show at 10 p.m.
Hey you! Yes you! Go see these shows this week!
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
This one’s for all you club kids out there. Winner of best newcomer of the 2013 DJ Awards, Lleida, Spain’s UNER specializes in minimal house and techno with a definitively smooth European flavour. The club scene is really not my thing, and usually when I see the words “minimal house” my mind draws a total blank. That being said, there’s definitely something refreshing about UNER that sets him apart from many of his contemporaries.
When: 10 p.m.
Where: 1248 rue de la Montagne
How much: $25 ($20 pre-sale at Kafein and Atom Heart)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16
MUTANK + Squalor + CroMagnum @ Barfly
Montreal band MUTANK strip away all the superfluous nonsense to give you pure thrash metal at its simplest and punchiest. There could be no better venue to see them in. Ah, the smell of dingy bar sweat and cheap beer. Good times.
When: 9 p.m.
Where: 4062 St-Laurent
How much: $5
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Scale the Summit + The Reign of Kindo + JOLLY @ Il Motore
Scale the Summit are touring in support of their fourth album, The Migration, released earlier this year. Their music, as does their name, evokes that tingly feeling you get when you’re about to embark on an adventure. Get there early and catch NYC’s JOLLY.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: 179 Jean-Talon o.
How much: $15
