Listings for December:


Fri – 12.01 My Neural Art Presents: Tyler Rauman's Art Vernissage w/ Telefauna, Lil Pip (w. RCG), Random Creature Generator (mem. Telefauna) @ Greenroom (8pm, bands over by 11pm, Pay what you Can)
Fri – 12.01 AIDS Relief Benefit Show: Cozmos Quazar, Far From Shore @ Reggie's Pub (1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd West-Concordia Hall Building) (9pm, $5)
Fri – 12.01 One Self, Guests @ La Sala Rossa
Fri – 12.01 Call Me Poupee, Chocolat @ Petit Campus ($8/$10)
Fri – 12.01 Exhaust, Thundrah, Avey Tare/Kria Brekkan @ Casa del Popolo
Fri – 12.01 Fistfuck, Dehumanized Earth, Fatal Flaw @ Café Chaos (8pm, $6)
Fri – 12.01 DJ Craze /w MC Armanni @ Academy
Fri – 12.01 Discord of a Forgotten Sketch, Murder Ave., Bone Eater, Milanku @ Les Katacombes ($6)
Fri – 12.01 McGarrigle Sisters Christmas Show, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright @ Theatre Outremont ($55)
Fri – 12.01 Broken Hearted @ Les Saints (30 st.catherine w., corner st.laurent)
Fri -- 12.01 The Inflation Kills, The Dirty Tricks @ L'escogriffe ($6)
Fri -- 12.01 Half Baked+Bonne Journee+ Epik Design fashion show @ Divan Orange (9:30, $5)
Sat – 12.02 McGarrigle Sisters Christmas Show, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright @ Theatre Outremont ($55)
Sat – 12.02 The Spins, The Corduroys @ Casa del Popolo
Sat – 12.02 The Grates, The Life and Times, Bad Flirt @ Main Hall ($10)
Sat – 12.02 Meow Mix @ La Sala Rossa
Sat -- 12.02 Soul of Darkness @ ?
Sun – 12.03 Sunparlour Players, Barmitzvah Brothers @ Casa del Popolo
Sun -- 12.03 Rencontre Fortuite 6 avec Philippe Lauzier, Christoph Papadimitrou, Martin Tetrault, Pierre Tanguay, Aurellen Besnard, Patrice Soletti, projection by Carl Fortin & Jean-Benoit Pouliot @ La Sala Rossa
Sun – 12.03 Molotov Solution, Orphans in Coma, Revenance, Plasmarifle @ Café Inconditionnel (7pm, $6)
Sun -- 12.03 Aggrolites, The Expos, Our Mercury @ Club Lambi ($13.50/$15)

Mon – 12.04 Ziya Tabassian CD Launch (5-7pm) w/ Catherine Mcinnis Verissage @ Casa del Popolo
Mon – 12.04 Mark Dresser/Lori Freedman/Marianne Trudel Trio @ La Sala Rossa
Mon – 12.04  Brutopia (1215 Crescent) 10:00pm - no cover - Jazz Jam
Mon -- 12.04 Jordan Cook, Chris Koster, Bullmoose @ Main Hall ($6)
Mon -- 12.04 Victor Wooten @ Spectrum ($29.50)
Tue – 12.05 Zombi, Maserati, Thames @ La Sala Rossa ($10/$12)
Tue – 12.05 Aerosmith @ Bell Centre
Tue -- 12.05 Benefit for Art Matters w/ Secret Choir, The Hot Springs, DJ Warren @ Main Hall ($5)
Wed – 12.06 Psychic Ills, Indian Jewellry, Black Audler @ Zoobizarre ($8/$10)
Wed – 12.06 SAS-31 @ Casa del Popolo
Wed -- 12.06 Lindy, Yoav, Percy Farm @ Main Hall ($8)
Thu – 12.07 The Lovely Feathers,  Jetplanes of Abraham @ Cabaret (9pm, $8)
Thu -- 12.07 Improvising Montreal presents Ad Abstracta Ensemble, Rainer Weins/Nicolas Calola/Gordon Allen @ Casa del Popolo
Thu – 12.07 Volapuk: Les Poules Floodsoon (Fabrizio Gillardino, Alex McSween, Bernard Falaise) @ La Sala Rossa
Thu – 12.07 Le Cigare, Kimika, Super/Heater @ Playhouse (8:30, 5$)
Thu -- 12.07 Jerk Appeal, Whiskey Trench, Arson Eagles @ Divan Orange (8:30pm, $5)
Thu -- 12.07 The Stills, Heavy Traffic, Broken Palace, Fred Everything, D-Shade, Sarcastic, Majess + special guests @ Metropolis (59 Ste. Catherine E) (7pm, $15/$20) - www.inconcertagainstviolence.com
Fri -- 12.08 The United Steel Workers of Montreal, The Wells, The Dust Jackets @ Petit Cafe Campus (57 Prince Arthur E) (9pm, $8)
Fri – 12.08 Fucked Corpse, The Impalers, Danger Danger Mammoth Hunter, Les Gutav Kuetens, Crib Death, DJ KLVT 667 @ Casa Del Popolo (9pm, pay what you can)
Fri – 12.08 Jack Rose, Peter Walker, Harris Newman @ La Sala Rossa
Fri – 12.08 Cobra Noir (cd release), Career Suicide, The Expectorated Sequence, Last Days @ Katacombes (1222 st-laurent) (9pm/$8)
Fri -- 12.08 Dmonstrations, Crystal Clyffs @ Zoobizarre (9pm, $8)
Fri -- 12.08 The Mission District, Sire @ Green Room
Fri -- 12.08 Miss Fortune, Swamp Sex Robots, Bat Masterson @ Playhouse (5656Parc) (9pm/$4-$10 sliding scale)
Fri – 12.08 The Broken Hearted @ Brutopia, FREE
Sat -- 12.09 The Machines w/ Lady, The Cobra AC's @ Bar St-Laurent 2 ($6)
Sat – 12.09 Psychedelia & Free Jazz featuring-DJ Metis (Free Jazz / psych / improv), Brian Seeger (Montreal folk hero), Le Sentier Lumineux (Live Free jazz Duo) 9pm 3$ @ la pharmacie esperanza
Sat – 12.09 Excepter, Rusty Santos, Dreamcatcher @ Casa del Popolo
Sat – 12.09 Jesse Winchester @ La Sala Rossa
Sat – 12.09 Necronomicon, Kataklysm @ ?
Sat – 12.09 Rancid, Big D & The Kids Table, Guests @ Metropolis (8pm, $23/$25)
Sat -- 12.09 Down with the Butterfly, The Coloured Lights, Jay Burns, Hey Rosetta! @ L'Hemisphere Gauche (10:30pm)
Sat -- 12.09 Thee B-Sides, Vicious/Delicious, The Jet Five @ Playhouse (9pm, $5)
Sat – 12.09 the Confusers, the Aversions @ L'Escogriffe ($5)
Sun -- 12.10 Fake Blood (The Death of Fake Blood - Final show!), The Adam Brown @ The Playhouse (8:30pm, $2)
Sun -- 12.10 Hey Rosetta!, Down with the Butterfly @ Le Divan Orange (9pm)
Sun -- 12.10 Michele Choiniere @ Casa del Popolo
Sun -- 12.10 Ifedanse, Diolkdl, Nouvodou Jazz @ La Sala Rossa
Sun – 12.10 The Toasters, Trip the Off, PL Mafia @ Club Lambi (8pm, $10/$12)

Mon -- 12.11 Pappy Hour Band @ La Sala Rossa
Mon – 12.11 In Flames, Lacuno Coil, The Sword, Seemless @ Metropolis (7pm)
Mon – 12.11  Brutopia (1215 Crescent) 10:00pm - no cover - Jazz Jam
Tue – 12.12 Liederwölfe, Shanghai Triad @ Divan Orange ($4)
Tue -- 12.12 Like Two Rivers Into a Coffin: Instruments of Sound and Disquiet in Palestine @ La Sala Rossa
Tue -- 12.12 Raised Fist, Closedown, Hold a Grudge, Tears from the Sky, Bridge Too Far @ Le National
Wed – 12.13 Ghetto Nuns, Cousins of Reggae, Guests @ La Sala Rossa
Wed – 12.13 Zero Hertz @ Casa del Popolo
Wed -- 12.13 Protest the Hero, God Forbid, Human Abstract @ Club Lambi
Thu – 12.14 The Dears, Harvee @ Spectrum ($20)
Thu – 12.14 DJ Champion @ Metropolis ($34.10)
Thu – 12.14 Saint Joe Hazelwood, Katie Sevigny @ Casa del Popolo
Thu -- 12.14 Les Breastfeeders, Creature @ Cafe Campus
Fri -- 12.15 Nitrosonique, Standing Waltz, Go Sumo @ Maison de la Culture Maisonneuve (4200 Ontario E.) (8pm, $10 students/$12 general)
Fri -- 12.15 Darkbrains, The Brains, The Shifters @ L'Hemisphere Gauche (9pm, $10)
Fri – 12.15 an evening with: Howe Gelb Sno Angel Like You, Jim Bryson @ La Sala Rossa
Fri – 12.15 Heroes & Villains @ Casa del Popolo
Fri – 12.15 White Label TV XXX-Mas Jumpoff w/ Blu Jemz, System D128, Pho King & Bmore Craig @ Main Hall (10pm, 10$)
Fri -- 12.15 Patrick Watson @ Ukrainian Federation
Fri -- 12.15 Showtime, Kid Sister, Flosstradamus, A-Rock, Hatchmatik @ Academy Club (10pm, $10)
Sat -- 12.16 - SAVE FROSTY THE SNOWMAN BENEFIT w/ Sam Roberts, Murray Lightburn, Jorane, Socalled, Subtitle, Secret Choir, Brendan Reed, members of Stars, Think About Life, Mouffette. Ukrainian Federation, 5213 Hutchison, $10
Sat – 12.16 Ben Gunning (Local Rabbits), Stonemason Band @ Casa del Popolo
Sat -- 12.16 The Slip @ Club Lambi
Sat -- 12.16 Les Prostiputes, Paradise, Cuban Assassins @ L'Hemisphere Gauche (9pm, $7)
Sat – 12.16 Kiss my Cabaret @ La Sala Rossa
Sat – 12.16 Priestess, The Besnard Lakes, Trigger Effect @ Le National (9pm)
Sat – 12.16 Punkmeup.com Xmas Bash w/ Jeffrey Lost Control, Midnight Shift, Special Guests @ Katacombes (1224 St-Laurent) (9pm, free)
Sat -- 12.16 Land of Talk, Kill the Lights @ Club Lambi
Sun – 12.17 John Kameel FARAH, Eric Shinn, Mitchell Akiyama @ Casa del Popolo, $6
Sun -- 12.17 Genero @ La Sala Rossa
Sun -- 12.17 STOMP Records & CKUT Present: One Night Band, The Johnstones, Soul & Spirit @ Cafe Campus (8pm, $7)
Sun -- 12.17 Open Mic With Adam Waito and Tyler Rauman of Telefauna, Lil PIP, Giselle Numba One, Bold Saber, ThunderHeist! @ Club Lambi ($7 - $1 off for each non-perishable donated to Mile End MIssion Food Baskets. )

Mon – 12.18  Brutopia (1215 Crescent) 10:00pm - no cover - Jazz Jam
Tue – 12.19 Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Gojira, Sanctity @ Metropolis
Tue -- 12.19 Subsally, Receivers @ La Sala Rossa
Thu – 12.21 Dukes of the Archipelao @ Casa del Popolo
Thu - 12.21 Yesterday's Ring + Malcolm Bauld @ Petit Campus $10
Fri – 12.22 Lesbo Vrouven @ Casa del Popolo
Fri – 12.22 Catfish Trio, Guests @ La Sala Rossa
Sat – 12.23 Jon Brooks, Lee Mellor @ Casa del Popolo
Sat -- 12.23 GBC @ La Sala Rossa

Mon – 12.25  Brutopia (1215 Crescent) 10:00pm - no cover - Jazz Jam
Wed – 12.27 Dead Bush, The Northern Arm @ Casa del Popolo
Thu – 12.28 Damian Nisenson Trio f. Pierre Tanguay, JF Maillous @ Casa del Popolo
Thu -- 12.28 Kulcha Connection @ La Sala Rossa
Fri – 12.29 Clockout: Ninjatune Records Monthly @ Casa del Popolo
Fri -- 12.29 Asphodel Records Night @ La Sala Rossa
Fri -- 12.29 Johne-5, Plante ta Femme, Guest @ Club Lambi (8pm, $5)
Sat – 12.30 Mit City @ Casa del Popolo
Sun -- 12.31 New Year's Eve Dance Party @ Casa del Popolo
Sun -- 12.31 Moonstarr, Scott C., Tashish, DJ Kobal, Andy Williams @ La Sala Rossa
Sun – 12.31 The Broken Hearted New Years Party @ Brutopia

January


Fri – 12.01 Call Me Poupee, Chocolat @ Petit Campus ($8/$10)
Fri – 12.01 Exhaust @ Casa del Popolo
Fri – 12.01 Automatic Vaudeville @ La Sala Rossa
Fri – 12.01 Fistfuck, Dehumanized Earth, Fatal Flaw @ Café Chaos (8pm, $6)
Fri - 12.01 McGarrigle Sisters Christmas Show, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright @ Theatre Outremont ($55)
Sat - 12.02 McGarrigle Sisters Christmas Show, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright @ Theatre Outremont ($55)
Sat – 12.02 The Spins, Corduroy @ Casa del Popolo
Sat – 12.02 Meow Mix @ La Sala Rossa
Sun – 12.03 Sunparlour Players, Barmitzvah Brothers @ Casa del Popolo
Sun – 12.03 Molotov Solution, Orphans in Coma, Revenance, Plasmarifle @ Café Inconditionnel (7pm, $6)

Mon – 12.04 Mark Dresser/Lori Freedman/Marianne Trudel Trio @ La Sala Rossa
Tue - 12.05 Zombi, Maserati, Thames @ La Sala Rossa ($10/$12)
Tue – 12.05 Ziya Tabassian CD Launch (5-7pm) @ Casa del Popolo
Tue – 12.05 Aerosmith @ Bell Centre
Wed - 12.06 Psychic Ills, Indian Jewellry @ Zoobizarre ($8/$10)
Wed – 12.06 SAS-31 @ Casa del Popolo
Thu – 12.07 Volapuk: Les Poules Floodsoon (Fabrizio Gillardino, Alex McSween, Bernard Falaise) @ La Sala Rossa
Fri – 12.08 Danger Danger Mammoth Hunter, Les Gustavo Kuerten, The Impalers, Baby Fist @ Casa del Popolo
Fri – 12.08 Jack Rose, Peter Walker, Harris Newman @ La Sala Rossa
Sat – 12.09 Excepter @ Casa del Popolo
Sat – 12.09 Jesse Winchester @ La Sala Rossa 
Sat – 12.09 Necronomicon, Kataklysm @ ?
Sat – 12.09 Rancid, Big D & The Kids Table, Guests @ Metropolis (8pm, $23/$25)

Mon – 12.11 In Flames, Lacuno Coil, The Sword, Seemless @ Metropolis (7pm)
Wed – 12.13 Ghetto Nuns, Cousins of Reggae, Guests @ La Sala Rossa
Wed – 12.13 Zero Hertz @ Casa del Popolo
Thu - 12.14 The Dears, Harvee @ Spectrum ($20)
Thu – 12.14 DJ Champion @ Metropolis ($34.10)
Thu – 12.14 Saint Joe Hazelwood, Katie Sevigny @ Casa del Popolo
Fri - 12.15 an evening with: Howe Gelb Sno Angel @ La Sala Rossa
Fri – 12.15 Heroes & Villains @ Casa del Popolo
Sat – 12.16 Ben Gunning (Local Rabbits), Stonemason Band @ Casa del Popolo
Sat – 12.16 Kiss my Cabaret @ La Sala Rossa
Sat – 12.16 Priestess @ Le National (9pm)

Tue – 12.19 Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Gojira, Sanctity @ Metropolis
Thu – 12.21 Dukes of the Archipelao @ Casa del Popolo
Fri – 12.22 Lesbo Vrouven @ Casa del Popolo
Fri – 12.22 Catfish Trio, Guests @ La Sala Rossa
Sat – 12.23 Jon Brooks, Lee Mellor @ Casa del Popolo

Wed – 12.27 Dead Bush, The Northern Arm @ Casa del Popolo
Thu – 12.28 Damian Nisenson Trio f. Pierre Tanguay, JF Maillous @ Casa del Popolo
Fri – 12.29 Clockout: Ninjatune Records Monthly
Sat – 12.30 Mit City @ Casa del Popolo

Other Upcoming Shows


Wed – 01.03 James Brown, Guests @ Metropolis ($50)
Wed -- 01.03 Salon de Sappho Presents: Nairne Holtz, Johanne Cadorette, Nathalie Parent, Florence Francois, Elise Moser @ Casa del Popolo
Wed -- 01.03 Flat Earth, Side C, Fundament, David Ace Dean @ La Sala Rossa
Thu -- 01.04 Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton @ Theatre Outremont
Fri -- 01.05 James Correa, Amanda Mabro @ Casa del Popolo
Fri -- 01.05 The Hangers @ La Sala Rossa
Sat -- 01.06 United Steelworkers of Montreal, The Cockroaches, Devil's Hotrod @ Casa del Popolo
Sat -- 01.06 Cryptopsy, Skinless, Neuraxis, Rostrum @ Medley ($20/$25)

Wed -- 01.10 August Elliot @ Casa del Popolo
Wed -- 01.10 Grady, The Sins, Moksa ($25, Cafe Campus, End Poverty Now benefit concert)
Thu -- 01.11 Lenya B. @ Casa del Popolo
Thu -- 01.11 Siafu Magazine Launch @ La Sala Rossa
Fri -- 01.12 My Dad Vs. Yours @ Casa del Popolo
Fri -- 01.12 Spectacle Flamenco avec Otra Orillia @ La Sala Rossa
Fri -- 01.12 Kae Sun, Fredyv and Black Soil, What The Thunder Said @ Main Hall (5374 St. Laurant) (9pm, $10)
Sat -- 01.13 Far From Shore, Cosmos Quazar @ Casa del Popolo
Sun -- 01.14 Molly Sweeney @ Casa del Popolo 

Thu -- 01.18 Trio Antoine Berthaulme @ Casa del Popolo
Thu -- 01.18 Matt Mays @ Cabaret
Fri -- 01.19 Crowd, B. Green @ Casa del Popolo
Sat -- 01.20 The Nymphets @ Casa del Popolo
Sat -- 01.20 Joel Plaskett @ La Sala Rossa
Sat -- 01.20 Philippe B. @ Studio-Theatre de la Place des Arts
Sun -- 01.21 Little Birdie, Municipal @ Casa del Popolo
Sun -- 01.21 Phantom Fame, Revised Edition @ La Sala Rossa

Tue -- 01.23 Vrak TV Presents: Filming of Tete Premiere @ La Sala Rossa
Wed -- 01.24 Danger Danger Mammoth Hunter @ Casa del Popolo
Thu -- 01.25 Villa Borghese @ Casa del Popolo
Fri -- 01.26 Kalmunity Talking Book Launch @ La Sala Rossa
Sat -- 01.27 Millimetrik, Pascal Asselin (Below the Sea) @ Casa del Popolo
Sat -- 01.27 The Goods @ La Sala Rossa
Sun -- 01.28 Adam Puddington @ Casa del Popolo
Sun -- 01.29 Cradle of Filth, 69 Eyes @ Metropolis

Mon -- 01.29 Camera Obscura @ La Sala Rossa
Tue -- 01.30 Rhys Chatham @ La Sala Rossa
Wed -- 01.31 Projets de la Baleine @ Casa del Popolo
Wed -- 01.31 Justin Timberlake @ Bell Centre

Venues

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Academy Club, 4445 Saint-Laurent
Alize, 900 Ontario East 523-0622
Balafre, 300 Ontario East 288-1919
Barfly, 4062A St-Laurent 284-6665
The Basement, 1956 Des Erables (entrance in the parking lot of LaFleur Restaurant on the  side of the house)
Bishop Street Pub, 1112 Bishop
Bistro Sanguinet, 308 Sainte-Catherine East 841-9143
Brutopia, 1219 Crescent 393-9277
Cabaret Music Hall, 2111 St-Laurent 845-2014
Cabaret du Plateau, 4530 Papineau 522-3030
Cafe Campus, 57 Prince Arthur East 844-1010
Cafe Chaos, 2035 St-Denis 844-1301
Cafe L'Inconditionnel / Cafe Linco, 4584 Papineau
Cafe La Petit Gaule, 2525 Centre 931-1919
Casa del Popolo, 4873 St-Laurent 284-3804
Le Cheval Blanc, 809 Ontario East. 522-0211
Chez Defonce, 2532 La Fontaine #2 (Metro Frontnac)
Club Lambi, 4465 St-Laurent, info@popmontreal.com
Club One, 1186 Crescent 393 1663
Club Soda, 1225 St-Laurent. 286-1010
Clyde's, 286 Lakeshore 630-8118
Corona Theatre, 2490 Notre-Dame West
Le Divan Orange, 4234 St-Laurent 840-9090
Electric Tractor (loft), 6674 de l'Esplanade
L'Escogriffe, 4467A, Saint-Denis 842-7244
Foufounes Electriques, 87 Ste-Catherine East 844-5539
Gates of Hell, 2511 St-Catherine East
Gora Gallery, 279 Sherbrooke Quest #205 879-9694
The Green Room, 5390 St-Laurent
Grumpy's, 1242 Bishop 866-9010
l'Hemisphere gauche, 221 Beaubien East
Jupiter Room, 3874 St-Laurent
Le Kop Shop, 111 Roy
Korova Bar, 3908 St-Laurent
Le Local, 7154 St-Urbain
Loud House, 1407 Iberville
Main Hall, 5390 St-Laurent
Le Medley, 1170 St-Dennis 842-6557
Metropolis, 59  Ste-Catherine E. 790-1245
Les Minots, 3812 St-Laurent
Missy Bar, 250 Mont Royal East 845-7946, 886-2247
Le National, 1220 Ste-Catherine E.
O Patro Vys, 356 Mont-Royal East
Petit Campus, 57 Prince Arthur East 844-1010
Pharmacie Esperanza, 5490 St-Laurent 948-3303
The Pines, 315 Murray St. #205
The Playhouse, 5656 Parc Ave 276-0594
La Place A Cote, 4571 Papineau 522-4571
Reggie's (Concordia University bar on the second floor of the Hall Building), 1455 de Maisonneuve
Roy Bar, 351 Roy E. 849-6467
Saint-Ciboire Pub, 1693 St-Denis 843-6360
La Sala Rossa, 4848 St-Laurent 284-3804
La Salle Sale, 1956 des Erables
Les Saints, 30 St-Catherine W.
Saphir, 3699A St-Laurent 284-5093
SAT (Societe des Arts Technologiques), 1195 St-Laurent
La Shop, 2090 Moreau (suite 102 behind the building in the back street), Metro Pr�fontaine 866-4004
Spectrum, 318 Ste-Catherine West 790-1245
Stade Uniprix, 285 Faillon West (Metro De Castelnau)
Le Swimming, 3643 St-Laruent 282-7665
La Tangueria, 5359 Ave Du Parc
Toc Toc, 6091 Ave Du Parc
La Tulipe, 4530 Papineau (corner Mont-Royal) 529-5000
Zeke's Gallery, 3955 St-Laurent 288-2233
Zoobizarre, 6388 St-Hubert (Metro Beaubien)

tickets and/or records



Admission 790-1045 / 1-800-361-4595
Atom heart, 344 Sherbrooke Est. 843-8484
Casa del Popolo, 4873 St-Laurent. 284-3804
CDement, 388 St-Catherene Ouest. 866-7616
Cheap Thrills, 2044 Metcalfe 2nd Floor. 844-8988
Disquivel, 1587 St-Laurent. 842-1607
Esoterik, 1841C St-Catherine West. 937-5192
Hub, 4040 St-Laurent. 845-8884
L'Oblique, 4333 Rivard. 499-1323
Off the Hook, 1021A Ste-Catherine Ouest. 499-1021
SAT, 1195 St-Laurent 844-2033
Sound Central, 2071 Rue St-Denis 393-4495
Sonik, 4050 Berri. 288-2113
Ticketpro, 908-9090 / 1-866-908-9090