Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425

Leif Vollebekk spent two years searching for perfect takes. This search took him from his home in Montreal to a studio in Manhattan, from a farmhouse in Woodstock, NY to a mansion outside Paris, and the result is a dusty…

Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425

Winner of the 2010 Festival de la Chanson de Granby, Lisa LeBlanc, Acadian who composed her first pieces in 2007, comes from a family of music lovers. Outstanding guitarist and a promising singer-songwriter, Lisa LeBlanc…

Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425

Mozart's Sister is the captivating solo project of Montreal's Caila Thompson-Hannant. Staggering between beautiful, bursting synth-filled pop melodies and the complicated, often harsh consequences of reality in her lyric…

Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425

Peter Peter’s self-titled first record made an impression in both anglo and francophone music scenes with its modern lo-fi vibe and moody lyrics. The Montreal native quickly gained recognition by participating in many pr…

Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425

"Just saw these dudes in a basement the other night. Great show, they sound like what being a teenager feels like." -some dude on weirdcanada.com……

Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425

Paper Lions are an indie rock band from Belfast, PEI whose music shines with sunny melodies and tales of lost youth. Equally influenced by the clear voiced harmonies of the Beach Boys and the clanging guitars of modern r…

Presented by: Québec City Festival d'été

LA CHIVA GANTIVA starts in Brussels with a group of Colombian percussionists playing together for around 10 years. LA CHIVA GANTIVA plays traditional Caribbean instruments such as «la tambora», «el alegre», «el llama…

Presented by: Québec City Festival d'été

Karim Ouellet was born in Senegal, but has lived in Canada, Senegal, Rwanda and Tunisia during his youth. He now lives in Quebec City. His music is a brilliant mix of raggae, hip-hop, folk, rock and pop. Multi-skilled an…

Presented by: Québec City Festival d'été

Electronic hip hop quartet Ain't No Love has been making noise in the Toronto/Montreal music scene for the past year. Comprised of two MCs (1990 & Beanz), one innovative producer (Liam Clarke of Love Thy Brother) and an …

Presented by: Québec City Festival d'été

Ultramarine is the name and colour of Young Galaxy's fourth LP, the first album they have made away from Montreal, across the sea, all together. Like 2011's Shapeshifting, Ultramarine was made with electronic producer Da…

Presented by: Québec City Festival d'été

There is a war now. The message has been sent through short wave in code. The Besnard Lakes twisting chronicle, or fever dream, of spies, double agents, novelists and aspiring rock gods has turned violent. Loyalty, disho…

Presented by: Québec City Festival d'été

LE MATOS is a Canadian trio from Montreal. Their music is a powerful dancemachine, mix of pop melodies and melancholic new wave, inspired by movie soundtrack composers such as Vangelis or Carpenter and electronic artists…

Presented by: Pop Montreal

Braids, the Canadian experimental pop group who released Native Speaker in 2011, have reinvented themselves in the making of their second full length. Countless late-night drives have steered their attention towards new …

Presented by: Pop Montreal

AroarA is a new duo featuring andrew whiteman (Broken Social Scene, Apostle of Hustle) & ariel engle. they will be performing 'faux-folk' songs from their album "In The Pines" using cigarbox guitars and a roland 404 samp…

Presented by: Pop Montreal

Each Other do not write songs that tell you things. They are full of ideas, fill you with ideas, but don't mean to curb your own burgeoning experience. The melodies never betray a certain mood, never end at the ending…

Presented by: Pop Montreal

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Presented by: Pop Montreal

Somewhere in between late-night loft parties and off-kilter art installations sits the production of David Ertel and Ben Borden, otherwise known as Solar Year. Praised for their forward thinking and to-the-point pop prod…

Presented by: Pop Montreal

Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native Producer/DJ crew A Tribe Called Red is making an impact on the global electronic scene with a truly unique sound. Made up of three members – two-time Canadian DMC Champion DJ …

Presented by: Pop Montreal

Montreal's Suuns possess a rare trait in rock music: restraint. They use it like an instrument, which makes their debut full-length Zeroes QC as unsettling as it is wonderfully exasperating. It's immediately apparent in …

Presented by: M for Montreal / Arbutus

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Presented by: M for Montreal / Arbutus

Sean Nicholas Savage is driven by the magic of the voice. Originally hailing from Edmonton, Canada but now a fixture of the Montreal music scene, Savage uses his instrument to effortlessly express both the strength and f…

Presented by: M for Montreal / Arbutus

Majical Cloudz is music and performance. Rooted in solo material recorded between rural Ontario and Montreal, Devon Welsh joined with Matthew Otto in February 2012 to bring the project to the stage. Their performance is…

Presented by: M for Montreal / Arbutus

"Founded in Montreal in 2010, around the songs of Pat Gregoire as a collection of veterans and dilettantes, pat JORDACHE metabolizes avant-saxophony, disco, fusion hackery, etc. A score for a decadent time with an amb…

Presented by: M for Montreal / Arbutus

Blue Hawaii, Arbutus Records and many of their Montreal counter-parts all began with the same breath in early 2010. To date they’ve released an 8 song EP: in May of that year,Blooming Summer (Arbutus Records 2010) was re…

Presented by: M for Montreal / Arbutus

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Presented by: M for Montreal / Arbutus

Braids, the Canadian experimental pop group who released Native Speaker in 2011, have reinvented themselves in the making of their second full length. Countless late-night drives have steered their attention towards new …

Presented by: Osheaga

Folly & The Hunter is made of 3 unique individuals that come from a variety of backgrounds that influence the band’s sound. Nick Vallee, the lyricist and vocalist, was born and raised in Vancouver Canada, and moved to …

Presented by: Osheaga

Presently situated at the heart of the East Vancouver's creative breeding ground, Robbie Slade and Peter Ricq come from Nelson, BC and Montreal with distinct perspectives. Outside of music, Slade utilizes his communicat…

Presented by: Osheaga

From its inception, Valleys has been always changing. From the quiet and exploratory preliminary years to the stormy experimentation of recent works, the duo has always had one foot in the pop realm and the other in the …

Presented by: Osheaga

Half Moon Run is a talented young band from Ottawa, Ontario and Comox, British Columbia. It was in a practice studio situated in Montreal’s Mile-End district, through the hardships of time constraints and flat-lined bank…

Presented by: Osheaga

Winner of the 2010 Festival de la Chanson de Granby, Lisa LeBlanc, Acadian who composed her first pieces in 2007, comes from a family of music lovers. Outstanding guitarist and a promising singer-songwriter, Lisa LeBlanc…

Presented by: Osheaga

PLASTER are back with a blast! Following their 2005 ADISQ awarded debut, First Aid Kit, The bombastic outfit is set to release its upcoming album Let It All Out, May 15 on Vega Musique. Orchestrated by musical prodigi…