Montreal singer-songwriter Patrick Watson has announced seven concerts in this city for 2024, beginning with four nights at MTELUS (where Watson played a string of sold-out shows in 2019) on Feb. 1, 2, 4 and 5. The second series of concerts will take place one year from now, on Nov. 28, 28 and 30, 2024, at Maison Symphonique. Watson will be backed by the Orchestre FILMharmonique at these shows, as well as in Toronto at Meridian Hall on Nov. 2, 2024. For more about these concerts, and to buy tickets (which are on sale now), please visit Patrick Watson’s website. View this post on Instagram A ..read more

As voted by our readers in the 2023 Best of MTL readers poll, these are the best live music venues in Montreal. For more results from the Best of MTL, please click here. Best Live Music Venues in Montreal 1. MTELUS View this post on Instagram A post shared by MTELUS (@mtelusmontreal) 59 Ste-Catherine E.2. Turbo Haüs View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rose Cormier (@velours.souterrain) 2040 St-Denis3. Beanfield Theatre (fka Corona Theatre) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (@festivaljazzmtl) 2490 Notre-Dame ..read more

Montreal summer music festival Osheaga has revealed that SZA (Sunday) and Noah Kahan (Friday) will be the headliners for 2024, alongside the already announced Saturday night headliner Green Day. The 17th edition of Osheaga is, as always, happening at Parc Jean-Drapeau, from Aug. 2–4. For festival passes and more on Osheaga, please visit their website. View this post on Instagram A post shared by OSHEAGA (@osheaga) SZA and Noah Kahan announced as Osheaga 2024 headliners alongside Green Day For more Montreal music coverage, please visit the Music section. The post SZA and Noah Ka ..read more

From Nov. 15 to 18, the M for Montreal music festival brought together hundreds of local music fans as well as influential figures from the international music industry to see dozens of Montreal bands (and a few out-of-town acts) on local stages around the city. While some showcases were reserved exclusively for the professional set, our critics and photographers joined the public at M’s many Marathon shows for an exciting series of events over four days. Hawa B Hawa B. Photo by Cindy Lopez There are singers and there are vocalists, and then there are vocal performers. If the distinctions betw ..read more

The Montreal event space known as the Diving Bell Social Club has announced that its final event will be a blowout disco dance party with DJ big M on Saturday, Dec. 16. In July, Diving Bell — beloved in the local scene for hosting a wide variety of music, comedy, trivia, film, drag and party events — revealed that the venue would be closing by the end of 2023 due to unspecified problems with neighbours. “We’d love to see you all there to celebrate happy endings a new beginnings. We can’t even put into words how much love and appreciation we have for everyone who has helped make our weird littl ..read more

Mundial Montreal is more than a “world music festival.” For three days, it turns Montreal into a cultural melting pot, a space of international creativity made to celebrate different sounds throughout the world; sounds I guarantee you’ve never even dreamed would fit together. The public programming is also geared at packing in as much music as possible, blending together genres like Brazilian Afrofuturism with Korean-Irish Pansori or Arabian fuzz with Black American jazz-fused hip hop — within a single night. So without further preamble, here are a few artists we recommend checking out at this ..read more

As voted by our readers in the 2023 Best of MTL readers poll, these are the best jazz artists in Montreal. For more results from the Best of MTL, please click here. Best Jazz Artists in Montreal 1. Dominique Fils-Aimé 2. Colin Stetson 3. Backwater Township 4. Dave Gossage Septet 5. Urban Science Brass Band These are the best jazz artists in Montreal. To read the 2023 Best of MTL issue, please click here. For more on the Montreal music scene, please visit the Music section. The post Best Jazz Artists in Montreal: Best of MTL 2023 appeared first on Cult MTL ..read more

Brilliant, thought-provoking art can often come from tragedy and circumstances fed by high sociopolitical tension. Remy Picasso and Paul Cargnello’s new collab album, Underground Capo, is informed directly by both of those things at once — and the end result delivers, and then some. Despite this musical collaboration, Paul and Remy didn’t initially meet through music. Instead, the two were introduced at an anti-police brutality protest in NDG by veteran activist Jaggi Singh — fitting, since Paul has done anti-police brutality work for more than 20 years.  “I remember him going like, ‘Paul ..read more

The chill of November is upon us, and that means M for Montreal is just around the corner. The festival attracts not only a host of great local, national and international talent every year, but also brings out music industry delegates from across the globe. This year’s edition will see representatives from Spotify and labels like Sub Pop and Secretly Canadian, as well as radio stations like KCRW, agents like Tom Windish (who represents Billie Eilish and Lorde, among others) and Stranger Things music supervisor Nora Felder. Last year’s edition was the first where M got back into full swing pos ..read more

As the last leaves fall and crunch under our leaden feet, and fall begins to give way to winter, November is definitely hosting the heavy. Indie popsters and punkers will get a deserved break while the dedicated heshers are guaranteed a “bangover” come December as there are metal or metal-adjacent shows happening every week this month. There is one exception to this month-load of metal mayhem, with a visit from true indie rock royalty, at a ticket price that will make even the most affluent weak at the knees. Even with the hefty price tag, though, this should still prove to be well worth it. F ..read more