Sylvie Paquette’s fourth album “TAM TAM” has been nominated for Contemporary Folk Album of the Year at the 2008 edition of “L’autre Gala de L’ADISQUE” and her live performances have been more than praised by critics and public alike.
Monsieur Mono & Sylvie Paquette
Sunday March 14th
@ Verre Bouteille | 8:00 pm — $10
Mountains + Ben Vida’s Bird Show + Dog Bless You & Mr Bios
Thursday March 11th
@ Casa Del Popolo | 8:30 pm — $10
These humble beginnings do little to reflect the depth and breadth of each of their talents; both are highly-respected musicians within their circles. Over the years Daniell has collaborated with many notable musicians, including Loren Connors, Rhys Chatham, Tim Barnes, Jeph Jerman, Thurston Moore, Greg Davis, and Jonathan Kane, as well as releasing numerous albums under his own name and with his band San Agustin on labels such as Table of the Elements and Family Vineyard. McCombs is more often seen wielding a bass guitar, whether as a member of Eleventh Dream Day, the acoustic collective Pullman, or the pioneering and inimitable Tortoise; in his role as the driving force behind Brokeback; or through his varied work with the likes of Tom Ze, Azita Youseffi, Will Oldham, Yo La Tengo, and Calexico.
In live settings, the duo of Daniell on electric guitar and McCombs on electric guitar and lap-steel is often expanded into a trio via the addition of a drummer.
The duo’s 2009 Thrill Jockey release Sycamore is the first album to document the music of this duo. Much like their live performances, Sycamore is a delicate tapestry of spacious and ethereal guitar lines woven into abstract, slow-burning and multi-layered textural improvisations. The sounds blend and overlap to create richly faceted and thickly psychedelic passages, unveiling new layers of detail with each and every listen.
David Daniell & Douglas McCombs (of Tortoise) + Hoefizer
Friday March 12th
@ Casa Del Popolo | 9:00 pm — $12
Clues was founded by Alden Penner and Brendan Reed, both active for years in the Montreal music scene. Alden was one-half of Unicorns, a band that burned bright and fast at the beginning of the century, and Brendan has been a member of a number of groups, including the endless, Endless Forever and Arcade Fire. In 2008, Clues recruited friends Ben Borden, Lisa Gamble, and Nick Scribner from the Montreal art & music scenes. Fully formed, Clues began work on a debut record.
During live shows and on recordings, the band share and trade-off on their extensive collection of instruments and create a hopeful, urgent music that expands Montreal’s (already diverse) pop music lexicon, with references to post-punk and experimental music traditions. Clues concerts incorporate multiple drummers, a Commodore 64, and an OLPC.
Through their founding and early work as a band, Clues has remained close to home, dedicated to collaborating with and supporting fellow independent artists. In 2008, Reed started VillaVillaNola.com, a curated digital music store with records by artists from Montréal and beyond who have flourished underground but who otherwise receive sparse attention. Strong ties to the indepen-dent music community, together with shared ideals have led Clues to a collaboration with Montreal’s Constellation Records, who will re-lease the band’s debut record in May of 2009.
Clues + Braids + Oromocto Diamond
Friday March 12th
@ Sala Rossa | 8:30 pm — $15
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]]>When: From March 13 to 14
Time: from 11h to 17h
Where: In the basement of the St-Denis church, 5075 rue Rivard
The Darling Dema will perform at Festival Under the Snow Saturday, March 13th at O Patro Vys (356 Mont-Royal E., Montreal).
The concert, which starts around 20:30, will also include a performance of Murder Ford Monument.