taken with the tiny camera in my computer…drew kowalski and karie jacobson, aka the dagons. they’re presently in our belle province! they totally rocked the cabaret at pop montreal last week and have three more dates here before heading back down to los angeles. drew just worked on the soundtrack of an upcoming horror flick called roman, from the folks who did may! A few of the duo’s songs will also be featured. so check’em out!
Posted: October 11th, 2006 | Author:Moon-Hee | Filed under:pop montreal | Comments Off
Long time awaited performance tonite from Beirut who did there first Montreal show as a part of Pop Montreal festival. A great show which ended up setting the crowd on fire off stage. Watch video for more – i’m still burning.
I was stunned by the simplicity, voice, beats and melody of tonite’s Giselle Numba One performance. This girl is definitely at her place – one of Montreal’s few good hiphop-pop solo female performer. Again, impressing.
Zeke asked a report on yesterday’s panel. Here are my thoughts, as you’ll be able to listen to the panel podcast version soon.
At first, it seemed obvious that i was surrounded by what we now call ‘music bloggers’ – hey people, you can now label us : are you a blogger, podcaster, videoblogger, music blogger, new media blogger? hm. I tried to make clear that i am all of the above, but first of all i’m a human being using the web as a medium to share about what moves me, music wise, artwise, technology wise and so on. I may even start an entry on knitting soon, if i feel like.
I am not a journalist, i am a creative person playing, experimenting with creative tools. I am creating a new media, my own one. Its interesting and disturbing.
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We talked alot about the hype made around ‘mp3 blogs’ – not so my thing. Are mp3 blogs the new Napster? I think so yes, i much prefer creating my own show and comment on the songs than posting single mp3s.
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Diversity : why is there no one blogging on the culture of and music history? we’ve got so many of these indie rock mp3 blogs, where are the mp3 blogs specialized in jazz, african, or classical music? I think, its a question of time before a certain ‘non internet’ class of people get into the web and use it as a medium. Plus, its not everyone who needs to share about a passion. I think blogging tools are still reserved, and made for, a generation of internet users – something which is not for the 40 + people, yet. The Web still has to grow.
Gonzales’s performance tonite @ pop montreal was a perfect example of reahmicksing. Re-use a church for a music performance, use a screen to project the image of the artist dressed as a monk, performing remixes of 80’s pop songs on a organ (artist who btw could have been anywhere in the world but in mtl). Add to this the fact that this same artist is performing at the back of the church, in a recluse place where the organism usually playing is not supposed to be seen as being the main act.
All mixed up, but how good.
With barely no interaction with the public, but still, all elements where there to capture our attention. Gonzales’s organism talents are obvious, looking like a child playing on his 4 levels keyboard, experimenting for himself, and for an audience who cant see him. Amen.
Nombreux seront les jeunes gens victimes de l’après festival. Divers symptomes tel le shake, transpiration excessive, envie soudaine de se saouler la geule à 8h un soir de semaine – vous les verrez déambulant sur st-laurent, entre st-viateur et rachel, les yeux vides et le regard inquiet. Et où s’en ira le rock’n roll maintenant? Ché pas, mais moi j’m'en vas m’coucher, ya le MEG qui s’en vient dans pas long.
‘Rock’n Roll will never die‘
F.Rappaz, 2005.
‘Je reprend ma vie en main dès demain‘
M-C Turgeon, Septembre 2005.
L’équipe qui a partagé ses aventures avec vous ici depuis 1 semaine aimerait remercier particulièrement Pop Montréal et Jay Watts The Third. From Montreal, with love – m-c
(m-c vie sur le woueb via son blogue et podcast Vu d’ici – Seen from here, ainsi que sur myspace. Elle aime tout sauf la Gibelotte, les nouilles ramen, TQS, TVA, francis ready, la lotto, les télétons, Latuque, Drumondville, Les Autobus Bourgeois, Réal Giguère et se lever avant que le facteur soit passé).
Tout comme l’Arcade.
Nous sommes en feu, et depuis plus de 5 jours maintenant nous mélangeons odeurs et ardeurs avec celles d’autres specimens qui commes nous carburent de musique forte et se déhanchent jusqu’à tôt le matin, comme si jamais il n’y aurait de lendemain. Qui se ressemble s’assemble, et se consume.
Montreal is on fire. Pop Montreal is the slice to be.
The festival is almost over and we’re getting a little less sober everyday. Here is a picture of us turning nuts after Toine, soon to be mayor, found the official Pop Montreal bread slice laying in the middle of St-Laurent boulevard at 3am on a saturday nite.
We were just getting out of the Zoobombs show after being refused at the entrance of Island (ex unicorns) at the Academy Club (’but she’s doing the blog and poooodcasting thing‘ Nika told the guy – ‘Yeah, but we are totally sold out, sorry‘).
Earlier, The Most Serence Republic (pod#46) and The Lovely Feathers (pod#44) were first part of Metric at Club soda. Both 2 first act were awesome even if the place was filled by teenagers and was way too asepticized for me – i much prefer seeing bands in small venues. All this into the spirit of Rock, and Roll.
Posted: October 2nd, 2005 | Author:m-c | Filed under:Music, pop montreal | Comments Off
Wednesday: crazy 5@7 for the opening of Pop Montreal. We drank, laugh, took silly pictures, lost fred, went to see Gwenweb and Malajube, found fred, then went to la Sala Rossa to see Enon.
Thursday: Chromeo at the Main Hall followed by Devin the dude. I (heart) Chromeo (podcasts #36). Ended the night with Illuminati at Le petit campus. suffered.
Les Dragonnettes (Toronto) ont ouvert le festival Pop Montréal. Annie a du suivre quelque part, je sais plus trop, j’ai cru l’entendre marmonner quelque chose…
Le son était à ch**r,
Éclairages : ya tu quelqun qui peut pointer l’éclairagiste vers le stage du théâtre plaza?
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The Dragonnettes (Toronto) opened the Pop Mtl fest yesterday followed by Annie who’s performance was dramatically compromised by the snd system. Let’s hope there will be another venue for the diva in 2006 – she quite deserve it.
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