Last night Pop Montreal kicked off and I checked out Jay Reatard at Sala Rossa. I’ll be covering the pop festival in the next issue of Snap Magazine but for now here are some photos. The opening band No Bunny was actually really great. My second favorite of the night, after Jay Reatard of course.

Jay Reatard – Oh it’s such a shame

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Distroboto are old cigarette machines converted to sell zines, artwork, poetry and pins for 2$ each.

The lead singer of No Bunny literally scratched and clawed his way through a great set.

I got my first press release for a summer music festival today and the honor goes to the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival. It’s taking place for pretty much all of June (3-30) and so I thought I’d post some of the bands that I’ll be checking out. They saved some of the best for last with Jay Reatard being the last show of the festival on June 30 I believe at Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St-Laurent).

Other notable performances include T.V. on the Radio on June 3rd (metropolis) and the Lovely Feathers on the 4th. Most of the shows are taking place either at Casa del popolo or Sala Rossa. Here’s the calendar of all the shows. Not sure if you can get tickets online but you can definitely buy them at the venues.

Jay Reatard – Screaming Hand (zshare)

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Jay Reatard – See/Saw (zshare)

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T.V. on the Radio – Crying (zshare)

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