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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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Duchess Says @ CMW 2009

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By Aisha Khan (CHARTattack) March 13, 2009 1:35 pm
Background/Composition: This Montreal foursome are self-proclaimed "moog rockers." The lineup includes vocalist and guitarist Annie-Claude, keyboardist and guitarist Ismael, guitarist and bassist Phil and percussionist Simon Says. They can be found on the Tracey Fragments soundtrack, and mandate to "decontexualize" rock while...
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Duchess Says Triumph In Montreal

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) April 21, 2008 5:30 pm
"Je suis tellement content (I'm so happy)," Duchess Says lead singer Annie-Claude Deschenes said with a weight-releasing sigh early in the band's album-launching set at La Tulipe. Although those words were delivered at a much lower register than her usual blood-curdling screams, they were just as genuine. Since 2003 the group have moved...
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Canadians Abound At Great Escape Fest

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 2, 2009 11:17 am
Nearly 20 Canadian acts will play Brighton, England's The Great Escape festival from May 14 to 16. The fourth edition of the festival will feature these Canadian acts: Arkells, The Acorn, Beast, Brian Borcherdt, Dan Mangan, Duchess Says, Hey Rosetta!, Holy Fuck, LIGHTS, Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, Metric, Rebekah Higgs and her Ruby Jean...
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M For Montreal: Thursday

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) November 21, 2008 3:54 pm
MONTREAL — British, European and American festival bookers and media have congregated in Montreal for the third straight year to figuratively poke and prod at the best bands the city has to offer in the hopes of finding the next big thing at M For Montreal. Truthfully, the city still has many great bands that have yet to be discovered, but...
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M For Montreal Bands Announced

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) October 21, 2008 9:18 am
MONTREAL — Duchess Says, Beast, The National Parcs and others will vie for the chance to be hailed as Montreal's next big thing as the Montreal/U.K. collaboration showcase event M For Montreal returns for a third year. The three day event, held from Nov. 20-22, will feature 15 bands and more than 50 delegates from the U.K., Europe and the U.S...
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Crystal Castles Hold On Again

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 15, 2008 4:00 pm
With the high water mark of new charts this week paralleling the cresting of flooding rivers across southern Ontario, there's stasis among albums at the top of the chart. While Crystal Castles' self-titled album continues to be the king (and queen) of the castle for a third consecutive week, the competition below it continues between Plants And...
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