Poutine Pix - 93

Here's another happy helping. More poutine. Like you could ever get enough. This week I've got an album launch or two to talk about, a blue-grass cover of a Gordon Lightfoot song and some accordian-based hip-hop. Courtesy, as always, of Midnight Poutine :

Ok Giraffe - Heaven Only Knows
Squeeze Rock - Play Your Ax
Idlers - Little Man
The Foggy Hogtown Boys - Sundown
Yeasayer - 2080
Chairlift - Evident Utensil
Statue Park - Picture Irene
El Motor - Last Call
Dinosaur Bones - N.Y.E.
Broadcast Radio - My Last Chance
Pictures and Sound - It's You
Wintermitts - Dans
Zeroes - Arena

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Poutine Pix - 92

Back to our regularly scheduled programming. This week's episode of the Midnight Poutine podcast gets back to basics and reviews the shows happening around Montreal this weekend. Enjoy:

Christine Fellows - What Makes the Cherry Red
Kim Barlow - But He Don't
Zaki Ibrahim - Computer Girl
Flosstradamus - Overnight Star
Hercules and Love Affair - Blind (feat. Antony Hegarty)
Amos the Transparent - She Wasn't Lying
The Awkward Stage - The Sun Goes Down on Girlsville
The Spinto Band - Summer Grof
Frightened Rabbit - Modern Leper
Chocolat - Sois Belle
TK Webb and the Visions - Closed Caption Slang
Receivers - The Numbers
Meaghan Smith - Five More Minutes

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Poutine Pix - Pop 08 Day 5

All good things must come to an end. Luckily, I'm pretty sure Pop Montreal will be back next year. Here's the last of the previews I did for Midnight Poutine. IT makes a fine way to say goodbye to Pop for another year.

Dirty on Purpose - Light Pollution
The Veils - Not Yet
Liam Finn - Second Chance
Mordekai the Falcon - Peepshow
Ghost Bees - Goldfish and Metermaids
La Descente Du Coude - Hobbies
The Sainte Catherines - Ring of Fire = 4 Points
Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat
Future Islands - Old Friend
Thomas Function - Belly of the Beast
Wire - One of Us
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To?
Cadence Weapon - Real Estate

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Poutine Pix - Pop 08 Day 4

Day 4 of the fest and the hits just kept on coming. Don't believe me, check out this recap (originally a preview at Midnight Poutine).

The Dodos - Red and Purple
Spiral Beach - Made of Stone
Bruce Peninsula - Rosie
Sun Parlour Players - If the Creeks Don't Rise
The Gertrudes - Lonely Days
Automelodi - Buanderie Jazz
Boats - Classic Rock Weekend
Beach House - Master of None
tUNE yARDS - Fiya
Mother Mother - Body of Years
Dr. Dog - The Ark
The Disraelis - In Memory
The Craft Economy - The Crash, the Wagons, the Dying Horses
Laura Barrett - Consumption

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Poutine Pix - Pop 08 Day 3

Day 3 was my favourite day of the festival. Take a listen to the recap below below (which originally aired as a preview over at Midnight Poutine) and you'll see why.

Ratatat - Mirando
Shad K - The Old Prince
My People Sleeping - Seahorse
LiederWolfe - La Ci Darem
The Darling DeMaes - Stomach Ghost
Hey Rosetta - Red Heart
Brian Borcherdt - Scout Leader
Chad VanGaalen - The City of Electric Light
Women - Group Transport Hall
FemBots - Get in the Van
Machetes - Black Leather
Action Makes - Charley and the Chocolate Factory Farm
The Pack A.D. - Making Gestures
The Evaporators - Addicted to Cheese
Ladies of the Canyon - Maybe Baby
Canteen Knockout - Back to the Country

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Poutine Pix - Pop 08 Day 2

Here's the recap of Day 2 at Pop Montreal (originally aired as a preview over at Midnight Poutine). Make sure you check out Jeune Chilly Chill's French lesson.

Culture Reject - Inside the Cinema
Bicycles - What a Fool
Prairie Cat - Payin' the Rent
Peter Project - Fair and Square
Green Go - Ghosts of the Future
Jeune Chilly Chill (feat. Don HameLLL) - La Di Da Di
Black Hat Brigade - Swords
Throw Me The Statue - About to Walk
Voilà! - La Neige
Angela Desveaux - Sure Enough
Kellarissa - I'll Sing of Kings
Hot Panda - Cold Hands, Chapped Lips
The Danks - In Alright
Bonjay - Gimme Gimme
The Bug (feat. Warrior Queen) - Poison Dart

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Poutine Pix - Pop 08 Day 1

Pop Montreal has come and gone and that's why there's been nothing but radio silence on my end. I was busy previewing the fest, putting faces to names and catching some great acts. If you missed this year's Pop, you can still relive the magic of the festival through the benefits of recording technology. Here's the first in a series of shows that I originally aired as previews over at Midnight Poutine. My apologies that they are now just reviews.

The Stills - Don't Talk Down
Hexes and Ohs - H-H-High School
Dreamsploitation - The Night Everything Changed
Winter Gloves - Let Me Drive
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Like I Give A Care (The Octopus Project Remix)
Museum Pieces - Stay Too Long
Fall Horsie - The Devil's Performance
Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few - Pretty Little Bird
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place
The Clips - Wire
Aleks and the Drummer - szcz
U.S. Girls - Prove it All Night
Dark Meat - Three Eyes Open

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