I'm coming in March, the fifth through the twelfth or somewhere thereabouts. Any shows going down? Anybody want to get a beer?

That's wicked that you're going to visit Montreal.
Actually... I live in Toronto now.
(Although it seems I am forever traveling back & forth between the two cities.)
Ish will probably be around though.
I hope you have a wonderful trip though. Montreal is a fun place.
I'm sure there will be something cool going on over the course of your visit.

Here's what's going down:

Calla :: March 6 @ La Sala Rossa
Zoobombs :: March 7 @ El Salon
French Kicks :: March 8 @ La Sala Rossa
Shonen Knife :: March 10 @ Cafe Campus

At least, that's what I'm seeing. I'm sure there's more.

Also:
Tue - 03.08 The Field Register, Pawa Up First, Hidden In Buildings @ Le Divan Orange ($0 to $5)
Thu - 03.10 Brazilian Girls @ Main Hall (***note: this sounds hott, whatever it is)
Fri - 03.11 Jim Guthrie, Nat Coles and the Outfit @ Casa Del Popolo
Fri - 03.11 Canned Ham, The World Provider @ La Sala Rossa
Sat - 03.12 Malajube @ Le Va-et-Vient (St-Henri) (***apparently, the next big thing outta the next big scene)
Sat - 03.12 We Are Wolves (CD Launch), guests @ 7154 St-Urbain

I'll grab a beer, surely.

Definitely should check out The Brazilian Girls.

My friends are trying to get me to do a NYC -> Toronto -> Montreal roadtrip over my spring break (Mar. 12-20). How about then?

That would be cool, if people came to Toronto in March. I would even go out for a beer with them.

i wish i had the flexibility. i'm going up with this program to volunteer at a youth center up there. i should have plenty of free time, but not much chance of getting anywhere besides mtl.

In Montreal around those dates:

Sat - 03.12 Sea Snakes, Snailhouse @ Casa Del Popolo
Sat - 03.12 Malajube @ Le Va-et-Vient (St-Henri)
Sat - 03.12 We Are Wolves (CD Launch), guests @ 7154 St-Urbain
Mon - 03.14 Hood, Statue Park @ La Sala Rossa
Fri - 03.18 Frostbite Tour w/ Guttermouth, The Planet Smashers, The Ghost of Modern Man @ Spectrum -- all ages
Mon - 03.21 Dead Machines (members of Wolf Eyes, Vanishing Voice), Pengo, The Haunting, guests @ The Electric Tractor

Note that last show on the Monday. Note also, Haq, that I had thought of coming down to NYC the weekend of the 18 to 20. Don't know if that's happening anymore. Will likely hold out for this motherfucking festy: International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (more improv than smalltown Quebec can handle - holy shit!):

NTHONY BRAXTON / FRED FRITH
USA, England
World Premiere

THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE
/ AGON ORCHESTRA
Czech Republic
North American Premiere

ESPACES SONORES ILLIMITÉS « FANFARES »
avec L'Orkestre des Pas Perdus, La fanfare Pourpour,
L'Orchestre de rue de Victoriaville
Quebec
World Premiere

JERRY GRANELLI « SANDHILLS REUNION »
Canada, USA, Germany
World Premiere

THE NELS CLINE SINGERS
USA

WILLIAM PARKER LITTLE HUEY ORCHESTRA
USA
Canadian Premiere

MICHEL F. CÔTÉ « MECHA FIXES CLOCK »
Quebec
World Premiere

PHILIP JECK / JANEK SCHAEFER
England
North American Premiere

IKUE MORI / ZEENA PARKINS
Japan, USA
Quebec Premiere

KID KOALA / MARTIN TÉTREAULT
Quebec
World Premiere

HAIR POLICE
USA
Quebec Premiere

ANTHONY BRAXTON SEXTET
USA
North American Premiere

WOLF EYES
USA

STEFANO SCODANIBBIO
Italy
Canadian Premiere

NO NECK BLUES BAND
USA
Quebec Premiere

THURSTON MOORE « DREAM AKTION UNIT »
USA
World Premiere

DEAD MACHINES
USA
Quebec Premiere

PETER BRÖTZMANN CHICAGO TENTET
Germany, USA, Sweden

DOUBLE LEOPARDS
USA
Quebec Premiere

HUBBUB
France
North American Premiere

XU FENGXIA
China
Canadian Premiere

TENKO « TEMPEST »
Japan
North American Premiere

HÉLÈNE BRESCHAND / JEAN-FRANÇOIS PAUVROS
France
North American Premiere

LARS HOLLMER / LA FANFARE POURPOUR
Sweden, Quebec

PASCAL CONTET
France
Canadian Premiere

THE BOREDOMS
Japan
Canadian Premiere

Ditto dudes.