no joke:

TV on the Radio (co-production with Blue Skies Turn Black and Drawn & Quarterly who are celebrating their 20th anniversary...yay!)
Paul Metzger
Elaine Evans
Electric Kesdjan Ensemble
Pas Chic Chic
Valleys
Dave Burrell Trio featuring William Parker & Nasheet Waits
Gerard Van Herk (ex-Deja Voodoo)
Bloodshot Bill
Skip Jensen
Esmerine
Ignatz
Harris Newman
Mankind
Frank Martel
Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Valentine Trio featuring Jason Roebke & Frank Rosaly
Novi Sad
Michael Gira
James Blackshaw
Tim Hecker
Sick Llama
Climax Golden Twins
Tom Carter
Steve Gunn
Shawn Mcmillen
Little Bang Theory feat. Hanako Hoshimi-Caines, Louise-Michel Jackson, Lhasa de Sela, Warren C. Spicer, Matthew Woodley, Joe Grass, March Hutchinson, Josh Lamband.
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher
Stars Like Fleas
Echoes Still Singing Limbs
Arrington de Dionyso
Quartetski
Flymodus
Mika Miko
Knurl
Corpusse
The Unireverse
Dead Science
Menace Ruine
Hyena Hive
John Oswald trio featuring Germaine Liu & Scott Thomson
Eric Chenaux
Nicole Mitchell's Truth or Dare featuring Shirazette Tinnin & Renee Baker
Sir Richard Bishop
Oaxacan
Instant Coffee featuring Lisle Ellis, Martin Schmidt (from Matmos), & Jason Willet
Monk's Casino (Alexander von Schlippenbach, Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall, Jan Roder, Uli Jennessen)
Timeless Pulse (Thomas Buckner, voice; George Marsh, percussion; Pauline Oliveros, accordion; David Wessel, live-electronics; Jennifer Wilsey, percussion)
Alexandre St-Onge
Jonathan Parant
Zoom featuring Lucas Niggli
trio Jean Derome/Nicolas Caloia/Isaiah Ceccarelli
Veda Hille & Christof Migone
Nomeansno
The American Devices
Rich Medina
Magik Markers
Six Organs of Admittance
Chris Corsano
Jay Reatard

i'm going to assume that is a show, and those are bands playing the show

price and dates? if my girlfriend and i end up moving to montreal this fall, there is a small chance we could be there as early as june.

this is an annual festival that takes place at casa del popolo and la sala rossa, two of the best rooms in montreal, throughout the entirety of june. come stay for a month. there's no better place than montreal in june.

exact schedule is not up yet, but count on there being two awesome shows every night, often with artists you've never heard of, often with bands you never expected to see in such company in your little hometown. I'm psyched about these.

Esmerine
Harris Newman
Michael Gira
Tom Carter
Mika Miko
The Unireverse
John Oswald trio featuring Germaine Liu & Scott Thomson
Sir Richard Bishop
Oaxacan
Instant Coffee featuring Lisle Ellis, Martin Schmidt (from Matmos), & Jason Willet
Monk's Casino (Alexander von Schlippenbach, Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall, Jan Roder, Uli Jennessen)
Timeless Pulse (Thomas Buckner, voice; George Marsh, percussion; Pauline Oliveros, accordion; David Wessel, live-electronics; Jennifer Wilsey, percussion)
Alexandre St-Onge
Nomeansno
Six Organs of Admittance
Chris Corsano
Jay Reatard

Sounds fun!

I guess I missed this post first time around. A ton of great acts there.

Was actually searching for Corsano (after listening to his new one with Mick Flowers and deciding he may be the single most talented person making music today, in terms of pure talent that is) and found this thread. For what it's worth if you've never seen Magik Markers, Tom Carter, or any of Fred Lonberg-Holm's assorted projects I can't recommend them highly enough.

With that I've always wanted to see Tim Hecker. Guys like him, Fennesz, and O'Rourke fascinate me as they create music generally linked to analog snobbery, yet they have 100% embraced the things that software and MIDI can provide an ambient/drone/noise artist. So, yeah, would love to see how that works in a live environment. (Not to mention An Imaginary Country has been my most listened to release of this year)

Tim Hecker has underwhelmed me live, significantly, so much so that I have a hard time going back to his records. He's a semi-decent tennis player though, for an ambient electronic musician.

px plz

This happens more than I'd like to admit with artists like Mr. Hecker. There is a certain mystery when its on record. Plus, so much of their music is atmospheric, which (depending on crowd/venue) can make standing watching this music utterly horrifying.

funny, I thought the official language in montreal is french. for that, these venues have a pretty damn italian sounding name...

they're sister venues across the street from each other that are associated with a spanish social club. la sala rossa is a spanish tapas restaurant and old spanish person haunt downstairs, and the best venue of its size in the city upstairs. you can go upstairs to see hear some heavy shit, or stay downstairs to eat fried goat cheese balls with honey and caramelized onions while playing crazy eights.