The Pop Montreal festival, slated for Oct. 1-5, definitely has one of the more mishmashy bills I’ve seen from a multi-day, multi-act event this year, with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Burt Bacharach, Hot Chip, Wire, Silver Apples, Julie Doiron, the Wedding Present, and Headlights among the many, many acts that are confirmed so far. (Please somebody get Bacharach and Cave together for something, anything. Full lineup after the jump.
Burt Bacharach
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Hot Chip
The Persuasions
Dan Deacon
Ratatat
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Cori Bishop (aka Elyse Weinberg)
United Steel Workers of Montreal
The Dodos
Liam Finn
Wintersleep
Dark Meat
Headlights
Playdoe
Dabaaz
Kim
Eric Bélanger
The Veils
WIRE
Black Kids
St Catherines
Vetiver
Silver Apples
Thomas Function
Julie Doiron
Chad Van Gaalen
Dominique Grange & Jacques Tardi
Great Lake Swimmers
Katie Moore
Socalled
Woodhands
You Say Party! We Say Die!
Sam Shalabi
Gatineau
Jason Collett
Chocolat
Irma Thomas
Wedding Present
Evangelicals
Beach House
Jana Hunter
Cex
Teeth Mountain
Teki Latex
D’Urbervilles
Michie Mee
Pop Montreal [Official site]
Seriously, I would just about DIE to see Bacharach and Cave together. OMFG. (Esp. if you get Irma Thomas in there, too.)
Sidebar: Cex? Is still? Around?
I’ve always thought of Pop as “that annoying thing people drag me to in the fall because we live in Montreal and it’s supposed to be important.” And Hot Chip at #3? *cringe*
it’s a sad day when Black Kids have a higher billing than Silver Apples
well pop montreal plays a ton of different venues throughout the city over the course of that weekend, and each show has its own, less schizophrenic lineup. two of last year’s big names were the national and bun b though, so it’s a kind of ridiculous thing. also this lineup will getting bigger and more amazing as time draws closer, so keep your eyes peeled and come up to montreal and document it. or give me a press pass and i’ll cover it for you :D