Montreal Bands at SXSW 2008 Pt1

Montreal Bands at SXSW 2008 Pt1

From the Arcade Fire to Chromeo, Montreal is synonymous with diverse eclectic music scene.

Come SXSW 2008 in Austin, Texas eyes will be on the fresh blood from what many are billing as the New New York. Haven’t heard of Peer Pressure or Skratch Bastid? Don’t worry the monkey is only too happy to oblige on this, part 1 of the 4 part guide to Montreal Bands at South By South West 2008.

[See also part 2 of our SXSW coverage.]

The Stills

official site

Buy The Stills Without Feathers Album

Retour A Vega mp3
Still in Love Song mp3
In the Beginning mp3

Think About Life
official site
Buy Think About Life Album

Paul Cries mp3
What the Future Might Be mp3

Torngat
official site
BuyYou Could Be Album

You Could Be mp3
Moutin Noir mp3
Bordeaux Boredom mp3

The United Steel Workers of Montreal
official site
Buy Kerosene & Coal

Wandering Eye mp3
Ask Me to Stay mp3
Place St Henri mp3

Martha Wainwright
official site
Buy Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole Album

BMFA mp3
Factory mp3
How Soon mp3

Your Favorite Enemies
myspace
Buy And If I Was To Die In The Morning… Would I Still Be Sleeping With You Album

I Might Be Wrong mp3
Open Your Eyes mp3
Midnight’s Crashing mp3

Free Blood Support Hot Chip in Montreal

So you heard the Warning and you loved Over and Over that’s swell.

So by now you’ve got your ticket to Hot Chip April 15th, 2008 at the Metropolis in Montreal, and having heard their new album Made in the Dark you’ve no doubt adjusted your expectations accordingly.

But one question remains – who in the hell are their support act Free Blood? That’s a fair enough question so the monkey got on the case for you digging up these mp3‘s for your aural pleasure:

Grumpy mp3
Weekend mp3
Royal Family(ACTH Remix) mp3

Never Hear Surf Music Again (ACTH Remix)[z share]
Quick and Painful (Hot Chip Remix) [Zshare]

If that wets your whiskers why not see them when they hit Montreal?

Buy Hot Chip tickets
Visit Free Blood’s official site for Tour Dates

For the instant gratification type why not check out, debut release, the Royal Family video:

Sunday Bloody Sunday Cover by Saul Williams

In a postmodern masterstroke, Saul Williams‘ U2 lift arrives courtesy of his new album “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust.”

Track listing:

1. Black History Month mp3
2. Convict Colony mp3
3. Tr(n)igger mp3
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday mp3
5. Break mp3
6. NiggyTardust mp3
7. DNA mp3
8. WTF! mp3
9. Scared Money mp3
10. Raw mp3
11. Skin of a Drum mp3
12. No One Ever Does mp3
13. Banged and Blown Through mp3
14. Raised to be Lowered mp3
15. The Ritual mp3

Crawling out of the k-hole, the hip hop poets post-apocalyptic fifth album comes fit out with production from the Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Rezor.

The basic conceit of the DRM activist is that the quote unquote industry reduces the artist to the role of nigger. Does the Monkey think you should check it out? Yessir massir.

Buy album “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust”

Buy concert ticket for Saul Williams’ Tar Spangled Banner Tour

Visit Saul Williams official website

For now though enjoy the video for Sunday Bloody Sunday.

If you like that check him out on his Tar Spangled Banner tour dates, and Montreal he shall be on our hallowed shores at La Tulipe, Montreal, April 13th, everyone else:

MARCH

12 SXSW, Austin, TX

*13 SXSW, Austin, TX*

17 Plaza Club, Vancouver BC*

18 Aladdin, Portland, OR*

19 Neumo’s, Seattle WA*

21 Slims, San Francisco, CA*

22 Club Mercy, Santa Barbara, CA*

24 Casbah, San Diego, CA*

25 Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA*

26 Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ*

27 Chandler Gilbert Community College, Phoenix, AZ?

28 Estrella Mountain Community College, Phoenix, AZ?

29 Launchpad, Albuquerque, NM*

31 The Loft, Dallas, TX*

APRIL

01 Warehouse Live Studio, Houston, TX*

03 The Parish, New Orleans, LA*

04 The Loft, Atlanta. GA*

06 Ramshead, Annapolis, MD*

07 930 Club, Washington, DC*

08 Paradise, Boston, MA*

09 Irving Plaza, NY, NY*

11 Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA*

12 Iron Horse, Northampton, MA*

13 La Tulipe, Montreal, QC*

14 Mod Club, Toronto, ONT*

16 Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI*

17 Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH*

18 Martyrs, Chicago, IL*

19 Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis, MN*

21 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO*

22 Belly Up, Aspen, CO*

23 Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT*

[* Musical performance ? Spoken word performance]