It’s March and the last week of Concordia’s Art Matters festival which began with quite an opening party on March 5th at Plaza St Hubert. Along with the headliners The Lovely Feathers, the lineup included The Peelies and tonnstartsbandht. For five dollars (and five dollar pints) the show was a great value, The Lovely Feathers played a measured mix of older and newer songs in what felt like a longer set. Unfortunately the organizers committed the sin of mandatory coat check and then found themselves helpless unable to deal with the exodus of people trying to leave once the show ended. The crowd quickly got out of control and physical altercations with security sprang up like spring foliage. Luckily I had thrown my coat into a car instead.

The Lovely Feathers – Ossified Bones

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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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