The POP Montréal music pageant goes again to 2002, when its exhibits numbered somewhat lower than the tons of they do now. The 15th yr of the pageant, September 21 to 25, brings a lot unimaginable music, movie, artwork and extra to venues throughout the town that it may possibly appear formidable to the uninitiated. But as our Survival Guide to POP lays out, the place there’s a will, there’s a means – on prime of that, we’ve picked 15 exhibits to jumpstart your POP journey.
John Cale: Welsh musician and Velvet Underground founding member, John Cale has had an extended and interesting solo profession spanning rock to avant-garde noise and collaborated with everybody from the Stooges to Animal Collective – let’s hope he performs his cowl of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah at POP, although no matter he performs is certain to captivate. He’ll additionally participate within the POP Symposium phase of the pageant, the place he may simply reply your burning questions.
Wally Badarou: An extended-time synthesizer participant with such bands as Degree 42 and on albums for Grace Jones, Speaking Heads, Jimmy Cliff and a slew of artists, French musician Wally Badarou additionally critically brings the funk in his solo work. A pioneer when it got here to producing music by way of pc tech, he produced albums for Fela Kuti, James Brown and others and crammed his studio with enviable synths. An enticing performer, it’ll be a deal with to see what he jams at POP.
Annette Peacock: An digital music composer and performer nicely earlier than synths have been ubiquitous in pop music, Annette Peacock broke new floor, including soulful processed vocals and rap-like spoken-word to her jazz-funk-rock preparations. She toured with Albert Ayler, collaborated with pianist Paul Bley, and has been coated by Bowie and Eno. With a sound that’s lastly met the longer term it belonged in, Peacock provides a uncommon efficiency at POP.
John Waters: Sure, the filmmaker, actor and artist involves POP Montréal to personal it – even when he doesn’t play a lick of music, the spirit of his cult movies, from Pink Flamingos to Hairspray and Cry-Child, has little question impressed numerous transgressions in pop music. Don’t miss his “This Filthy World” animated speak and swingin’ soirée night time at POP.
Angel Olsen: A fascinating singer-songwriter who’s gained exponential consideration this yr together with her third album, Angel Olsen makes lovely, unusual indie-pop songs with a kick and a howl. She brings her fascinating melodies and dreamy drama to the stage this yr at POP, in a present that opens with one other must-see, Brazilian singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante, and Montréal ambient-pop duo Best Fern.
Colin Stetson One other mixer of classical, jazz and rock types, experimental saxophonist, sometime-Montrealer and Arcade Hearth collaborator Colin Stetson takes extra of a post-rock sound-frenzy strategy to his music, persistently wowing together with his enjoying methods and track preparations (and on-stage anecdotes). He’ll be enjoying music from new venture SORROW – A Reimagining of Gorecki’s third Symphony at POP.
Ibrahim Maalouf An award-winning French-Lebanese trumpet participant and composer, Ibrahim Maalouf crafts a deft mixture of classical and electro-pop, jazz inflections and Arabic tradition – all infused with heartfelt expression. He’s performed with Sting, Amadou & Mariam, Lhasa de Sela and lots of extra genre-bending artists, and could have POP audiences dancing and swooning.
Psychic TV: This one-of-a-kind experimental industrial-pysch-punk band born in ‘80s London simply retains on experimenting, even after a break within the 90s when singer, songwriter and completely distinctive artist Genesis P-Orridge turned to spoken phrase and video artwork – the band’s rock energy returned by the early 2000s with a heavy dose of inventive provocations. Get there early for native opener Lungbutter. P-Orridge may also be talking about music, artwork and extra on the POP Symposium.
Emilie & Odgen: Musician Emilie Kahn performs her harp (Ogden) and sings in good concord – although which may look like a mild indie-folk night, she provides a darker edge in her lyrics and efficiency fashion. The present turns into much more magical within the oratory setting of La Chapelle Saint-Louis within the coronary heart of the Plateau neighbourhood.
POP vs Jock: By now a pageant custom, Arcade Hearth frontman Win Butler’s basketball recreation this yr will get Vampire Weekend’s Chris Thomson the Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture and NBA gamers Matt Bonner, Luke Bonner and Brian Salabrine on the courtroom and encompasses a Area Jam-themed halftime present.
Jef Elise Barbara’s Black Space: Underground celebrity, avant-garde R&B/pop singer-songwriter and celebratory trans-femme Black Montréaler Jef Elise Barbara and band provides us a present to recollect at POP, filled with music teeming in slinky disco, funk and no-wave, mixing mild and darkish parts into soulful leisure. The night time’s showcase additionally options unsung guitar genius Michael Angelo and the re-emergence of post-punk artist Chandra.
SNFU and Chixdiggit: Should you’ve ever owned a skateboard or solely wished you probably did, you possibly can’t move up this basic Canadian hardcore meets pop-punk present of sweat, shout-alongs and the indefatigable Ken Chinn.
Esmerine: Meditative but unafraid to fill a room with multi-layered chamber-music-inspired post-rock, Esmerine experiments with musical types that span the globe. That sound comes from the eagerness of percussionist Bruce Cawdron (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) and cellist Rebecca Foon (Thee Silver Mt. Zion), percussionist Jamie Thompson, multi-instrumentalist Brian Sanderson and bassist Jéremi Roy.
69Boyz and Uniiqu3: American hip hop group 69Boyz comes again to play “Tootsee Roll” and extra Billboard hits in a late-night social gathering that additionally options the queen of Jersey’s bass music scene, Uniiqe3, rapper-singer D.R.A.M., and Nigerian American artist Princess Vitarah.
She-Devils: Lo-fi, hi-fi, who cares – the She-Devils are the actual deal. The fiercely far-out Montréal duo makes avant-pop-rock that screams its sweetness and truly has an emotional core. They’ll play a late-night showcase with really extraordinary pop-art music efficiency The Seth Bogart Show and fun-times indie-rock techno duo Wake Island.
And since 15 is such a candy age, we will’t assist however supply few extra present ideas: Leif Vollebekk performing three nights on the Rialto rooftop; Hayden enjoying a 20th Anniversary Celebration present of album “Every thing I Lengthy For”; Circuit des Yeux; and unimaginable avant-garde pianist Jean-Michel Blais.
Up subsequent:Your 2016 POP Montréal survival guide
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