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Final Flash, Think About Life Highlight Montreal's M On The Quays Festival

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) September 9, 2009 1:32 pm
On the Friday evening before M On The Quays — M For Montreal's latest excuse for trotting out the city's best and brightest young musical acts — this writer and a pair of sidekicks were consuming concealed beverages metres away from the already erected dual stages. Observing an impending rain cloud hanging perilously overhead, we were speaking...
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Osheaga 2009 Showcases La Roux, New Wavers

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) August 4, 2009 2:32 pm
It's a combination of the long lineups, the omnipresent enclosures, rigid schedules and overpriced wares, but nothing awakens my animalistic tendencies quite  like Osheaga, Montreal's massive weekend musical bash. It's not really a "music and arts festival" because a festival would imply there's some sort of cultural celebration...
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M For Montreal: Friday

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) November 24, 2008 5:10 pm
MONTREAL — Another day, another set of young, eager bands coming down the conveyor belt. The second night of M For Montreal followed an identical format to day one: a group of American, British and European tastemakers scuttled back and forth between two stages in the same venue, eventually catching six bands play for 30 minutes apiece. Oh,...
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