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The most interesting bands from a specific city #2 - MONTREAL

sean [Edit] [Delete] 19 replies 15:13 June 17th, 2012

Really liked the Seattle thread http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4349434 so doing a follow-up.

I'm just writing a guide to the city of Montreal, after going there a few weeks ago for Mutek (incredible sound and lights! Thoroughly recommend it). Started making a playlist, but it's very much the bigger and better known names at the minute. You knowledge is very much needed...

http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/5OwPxC8wDnIXS7uPYyiQXc
Patrick Watson – The Great Escape
The Stills – Of Montreal
Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan
Desire – Under Your Spell
Braids – Lemonade
Silver Mt Zion – Sit In The Middle Of Three Galloping Dogs
The Besnard Lakes – Albatross
Malajube – Montréal -40°C
Amon Tobin – El Cargo
Tiga – You Gonna Want Me
Chromeo – Fancy Footwork
Kid Koala – Fender Bender
Islands – Don’t call me Whitney, Bobby
Stars – Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
The Dears – Blood
Land Of Talk – Summer Special
Melissa Auf der Maur – Out Of Our Minds - radio edit
Simple Plan – Summer Paradise - feat. K'naan
Rufus Wainwright – Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais
Martha Wainwright – Tower Of Song
Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – 09-15-00

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Think about life

Suprised their first album wasn't huge, 2nd albums rubbish though

ThingsThatFly | 17 Jun '12, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
somehow forgot Wolf Parade / Sunset Rubdown / Handsome Furs

Remedied that mishap now.
Do I dare add some A-trak?

sean | 17 Jun '12, 15:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Grimes?

She got going in Montreal, though she is from Vancouver. I'd go with Circumambient as a track.

mfmcd57 | 17 Jun '12, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- of course
  
  added her cousin Doldrums too.
  and CFCF (whose new EP is gorgeous)
  
  sean @mfmcd57 | 17 Jun '12, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
D'eon

On Hippos in Tanks. A little like a trippier How to Dress Well or Sung Tongs era Animal Collective got soulful. Album stream in here: http://drownedinsound.com/news/4145077-on-the-dis-stereo--june-2012

sean | 17 Jun '12, 16:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
TIM HECKER

Not sure how I forgot him.

sean | 17 Jun '12, 16:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Adam Brown

fantastic original list

Jordan_229_2 | 17 Jun '12, 17:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Suuns !

saw them again last night, great band. My favorite from the current Montreal scene, and i live here.

Spencer Krug's Moonface project is also pretty great

The Besnard Lakes are based here as well and are pretty pivotal in the local scene as Jace Lasek runs Breakglass Studios where a lot of the bands record (Wolf Parade, Braids, Patrick Watson, Stars, etc)

Also recommend Valleys and No Joy, more in the drony/shoegaze vain :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK99vGZAG-E&feature=fvwrel
http://www.myspace.com/valleysvalleysvalleys

TOPS are a great new Montreal band on Arbutus. This song is beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-m2y_wFbiQ

Blue Hawaii, which share the same vocalist as Braids :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zfn6_uQF94

Purity Ring are alsp based here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgKk8Eqyzkk

Mozart's sister seem to also be picking up some steam these days but not really my cup of tea
http://mozartssister.bandcamp.com/

Oh, and Spotify is not available in Canada so please consider alternative ways of creatinf playlists

Reno | 17 Jun '12, 18:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- and Colin Stetson of course
  
  not sure how he got left out until now
  
  Reno @Reno | 17 Jun '12, 19:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i thought he was from Montreal
    
    but a couple of bios i found didn't mention it?
    
    sean @Reno | 17 Jun '12, 23:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - maybe only Montreal based ?
      
      not sure about his life story but I know he is/was living in Montreal
      
      Reno @sean | 18 Jun '12, 00:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- didnt realise TOPS were from Montreal. Posted that album on the DiS stereo piece with D'eon. Seem to be accidently Montreal-centric.
  
  sean @Reno | 17 Jun '12, 23:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'll do a YouTube and RDIO playlist when I put the piece up.
  
  sean @Reno | 17 Jun '12, 23:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Also forgot all the Alden Penner (Unicorns) related projects
  
  Clues - Alden left the band in 2010, they seemed to be going on without him but have not heard anything for a while
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qHAxQMF_d4
  
  Hidden Words - His project based on the holy book of the Bahaii. Some great tracks but the mysticism in the lyrics can be a bit too much for non-bahaii
  http://thehiddenwords.bandcamp.com/
  
  then there's his solo work such as the "Odes to the House" EP he released last year
  aldenpenner.bandcamp.com/album/odes-to-the-house
  
  Reno @Reno | 18 Jun '12, 00:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
Each Other are from Montreal

think some of them are from Halifax originally but they're now a Montreal band
http://eachotherssongs.bandcamp.com/
also, they are really good

ohgood | 30 Jun '12, 23:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- (kinda deerhoofy guitars and cool harmonies and weird song structures and time signatures and stuff)
  
  ohgood @ohgood | 30 Jun '12, 23:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
I can probably add a few bands to this list.

Parlovr - Hell, Heaven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVuvXCbvQ5M
Plants and Animals - Lola Who? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_7bJ2G8hmY
No Joy - You Girls Smoke Cigarettes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AivFulF-NPk
Karkwa - Marie Tu Pleures http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfa69AU_x0

All the above songs are on Spotify. Can probably add more bands/songs later.

Wolflikeme | 1 Jul '12, 12:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah, No Joy are really good
  
  didn't realise they were from Montreal
  
  ohgood @Wolflikeme | 1 Jul '12, 13:11 | X | ^ This | Reply