Everyone has their problems. RIP Jay. [more info]

From Matador:

Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement comes out on March 9, 2010. This fully remastered 23-track compilation will be available on MID-PRICED double LP, CD and digital album formats. The tracks span the entirety of Pavement’s career from 1989 to 1999, from the scratchy and mysterious sounds of their early vinyl-only releases to the rich, multilayered warmth of their final recordings. Although the compilation does not include any unreleased material, it definitely digs deeper than the hits.

From Matador:

If all goes well, on iTunes tomorrow you’ll be able to purchase Fucked Up’s star-studded cover of Band Aid’s  Do They Know It’s Christmas? All proceeds will go to benefit three organizations in Canada working to bring to end to the epidemic of missing and murdered native women.

It’s been a bad week for cafes in this town. Police think all these firebombings are linked, I don’t know what I’d do without those boys in blue. Show breakdown:

Friday the 27th

Marie-Pierre Arthur + Amylie + Brian Borcherdt @ Maison des Arts de Laval [info]

Imogen Heap + Tim Exile + Back Ted N-Ted @ Le National [info]

Apostle Of Hustle + Silver Starling @ Il Motore [info]

Saturday the 28th

The Wooden Sky + Jenn Grant @ Il Motore [info]

Lights + Jets Ooverheard @ Studio Juste Pour Rire [info]

Sunday the 29th

Rob Zombie + Nekromantix + Captain Clegg @ Meteropolis [info]

MP3 of the Week

A new unreleased track from currently one of the best bands in Ottawa, The White Wires off the new Dirtnap Records sampler. Get some White Wires live treatment on Saturday if you are in our nations capital, they are opening for The Action at The DOM.

The White Wires - Did You Forget My Name

I like free things, do you?

Dirtnap Records released a free sampler of its current roster, which just happens to include a NEW UNRELEASED WHITE WIRES SONG.

From Dirtnap:

Hey chump – download our 2009 Digital Sampler for free here:
http://www.dirtnaprecs.com/Dirtnap_Records_2009_Sampler.zip

Spotlights our current roster with a few select dips into our extensive back-catalog.

Features an unreleased track from The White Wires, as well as Mark Ryan’s (Marked Men) new project, Mind Spiders.

This is very much a work in progress. Expect frequent, relentless updates to the content as new stuff comes in.

Here is the intitial track list.

Mean Jeans – Born On A Saturday Night
Marked Men – Fix My Brain
Impulse International – Hey Girl
Something Fierce – On Your Own
Goodnight Loving – Nothing Conquers Us
The Returnables – What Would Mother Say?
The Raydios – Are You Ready?
The Estranged – Middle Of The Night
Psyched To Die – Conditioned To Fail
Beat Beat Beat – Psycho
The Girls – Transfer Station
High Tension Wires – Tokyo Is Burning Down
River City Tanlines – Black Knight
The White Wires – Did You Forget My Name?
Mind Spiders – Worlds Destroyed (unreleased!)

Do It.

The plane represents shows in Montreal this weekend, Cusak represents you, this page is the helping hand.

Friday the 20th

SMUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR @ WOOF BAR [info]

BRAND NEW + GLASSJAW + CRIME IN STEREO @ L’OLYMPIA [info]

DROPKICK MURPHYS + THE FLATLINERS + THE MAHONES @METROPOLIS [info]

M POUR MONTREAL @ ??? [info]

Saturday the 21st

LESS THAN JAKE + THE CASUALTIES + THE SWELLERS @ LE MEDLEY [info]

KARL WOLF + EMPIRE ISIS @ LE STUDIO JUSTE POUR RIRE [info]

M POUR MONTREAL @ ??? [info]

Sunday the 22nd

THE CRANBERRIES + GRIFFIN HOUSE @ L’OLYMPIA

MP3 of the Week

ahhhhhh yeah….. goes down smoooth doesn’t it?

Think About Life - Havin’ My Baby

How can you not own this album.

White Wires - Ha Ha Holiday

From Insound:

VINYL FORMAT. The White Wires are a three piece from Ottawa. This LP was originally released by Going Gaga Records on 11/08/08 in a quantity of 325 copies. Those of you lucky enough to score a copy before it went out of print were well aware of how urgently this record needed to be available again, and we are flattered to be the people responsible for that. It’s a perfect summer time record yet it is just in time for the holiday season for the second consecutive year. The White Wires have found a harmonious balance somewhere between the lands of goofy and cool, and their songs reflect that brilliantly. This LP features nine songs of maximum sing-a-long-ability without a trace of pretense. A couple of listens and you’ll be planning imaginary BBQ’s with The White Wires as your entertainment and guests of honor. Edition of 1,000.

This is also tonight, more details here and/or here.

TONSTARTSSBANDHT - Midnite Cobras

OMFG! This is tonight!

GIRLS/REAL ESTATE SHOW CANCELLED!

From Greenland:

Please take note that the GIRLS show scheduled for Monday November 9th, 2009 at Il Motore has been cancelled.

Due to unforeseen immigration issues GIRLS have been forced to cancel their show tonight at Il Motore in Montreal.

GIRLS send their heartfelt apologies to all their fans in Montreal, and hope to return sometime in the near future.

Ticket refunds are available at original point of purchase.

Greenland Productions apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused.

Girls - Lust For Life

Real Estate - Beach Comber

Get it? Get it? Pig…. flying…. swine…. flew!! Am I right fellas? Am I right!? Anyway if you are not too scared to go outside this weekend or you’re not stuck in line waiting for some government H1N1 potion heres a list of shows going down this bacon… I mean, weekend!

Friday [November 6th]

Islands @ Théâtre Plaza [info]

Dan Deacon @ Eastern Bloc [info]

Elliot BROOD @ La Sala Rossa [info]

Leif Vollebekk @ Le Cagibi

Saturday [November 7th]

State Radio @ Le Studio Juste Pour Rire [info]

Think About Life @ Il Motore [info]

Sunday [November 8th]

Dan Auerbach @ Le National [info]

MP3 of the Week

TONSTARTSSBANDHT opened for Wavves back when it used to be warm. This song brings me back to a happy place, Friendship Cove, a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

TONSTARTSSBANDHT - Midnite Cobras

TONSTARTSSBANDHT will be playing Lambi on Monday, details here

Dan Deacon will be in town tomorrow (Nov. 5th) at Il Motore and Friday (Nov. 6th) at the Eastern Bloc to get your heart pounding, your legs dancing and your body sweating. After a busy summer on some of the biggest stages in the world he’s taking it back down to the floor with you and bringing along The Nuclear Power Pants. For added bang, locals Homosexual Cops have been slated to open. More info at the Facebook event.

On top of that he’s got a pretty sick contest going on, here’s the run down:

 The Dan Deacon & Nuclear Power Pants Tour Poster Contest
ID all the cartoon characters in the tour poster and win a glorious prize package, including a portrait of yourself painted by Dan Deacon!

I am heading back out on tour next week with the awesome band Nuclear Power Pants - they’re traveling once again in his veggie oil bus (they’ll need veggie oil this time too, same offer stands from the last tour if you’re able to help provide them with veggie oil along the way). Complete, final and updated tour dates are listed below. To celebrate this tour, Post Typography designed an amazing new poster - your job is to ID all of the 247 cartoon characters portrayed within the poster - be the first one to get ‘em all right and a wonderus prize package awaits you!!!!!

HIGHER RES VERSIONS OF ALL THE NEEDED MATERIALS ARE HERE - http://www.dandeacon.com/contest/

THE PRIZE:
1. $500 cash
2. A Portrait of you painted by me, Dan Deacon
3. One of the last copies of Wham City Box set #1
4. A Copy of each of my first 8 releases in real life (silly hat vs egale hat, meetle mice, goose on the loose, a green cobra is awesome vs the sun, porky pig, twacky cats, live 2003, acorn master)

Send your submissions to: postercontest@whamcity.com

Dan Deacon - Paddling Ghost

You see all this blather and talk in the news about this H1N1 virus. Who the fuck cares Montreal!? The Jesus Lizard are playing Le National in like 10 days! That is what you should be worried about. Vaccines shmackccines, GO GET JESUS LIZARD TICKETS!

Michael Azerrad said it best:

… singer David Yow sounds like a kidnap victim trying to howl through the duct tape over his mouth; the effect is horrific.

Montreal psych-punks Grand Trine will be supporting.

The Jesus Lizard - Puss

For you record buffs The Jesus Lizard have re-issued Down, Goat, Head, Liar, and Pure

Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the available digital mastering equipment and analog to digital converters were not as technologically advanced as the equipment available now. The original CD masters of these records were quieter and just did not have the same punch as the vinyl records did at the time. These re-masters, done by Steve Albini and Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering, sound a world apart from the originals.

You want ‘em? Go get ‘em …. here

So, in case you haven’t heard i(heart)music released a list of Canada’s Hottest Bands which you should all read and Chuck Biscuits was declared dead but upon further inspection was in fact alive, which is good news. And its Halloween weekend! Below is a list of shows going on in Montreal, did I miss something?

Friday [October 30th]

Devils Night @ Le Milieu [info]

Liam Finn & Eliza Jane + Miracle Fortress @ Theatre Plaza [info]

Carolyn Mark @ Casa Del Popolo [info]

Har Mar Superstar @ Lamb [info]

Saturday [October 31st]

Hidden Cameras @ Il Motore [info]

Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop @ Cabaret Du Musee [info]

Sunday [November 1st]

Florence & The Machine @ Cabaret Du Musee [info]

MP3 of the Week

I hate vampires but I love zombies… especially those from outer space!

The Mistfits - Astro Zombies

For the past 3 years, writers of Trendwhore along with the who’s who of the Canadian blogosphere contribute to i(heart)music’s annual “Hottest Band In Canada” poll. The rules are simple,

1) Interpret “Canadian” however you wish;
2) Interpret “hottest” however you wish — whether as best, or most hyped,
or most popular.  It’s totally up to your interpretation.
3) You can vote for either bands or individual artists.

Head over to i(heart)music and find out who made it this year.

Trendwhore writers lists will be posted later today for you to judge.

Bad news, its snowing. Good news, Habs on a winning streak. Here’s the show breakdown for this weekend.

Friday [October 23rd]

Broadcast / Atlas Sound @ Le National [info]

White Rabbits @ La Sala Rossa [info]

Saturday [October 24th]

Shout Out Out Out Out @ Il Motore [info]

Thievery Corporation @ Metropolis [info]

La Roux @ Le Studio Juste Pour Rire [info]

(intensive care) / Ume @ Casa Del Popolo [info]

Vic Chesnutt @ Ukranian Federation [info]

Sunday [October 25th]

lovvers @ Casa Del Popolo [info]

Herman Dune / Julie Doiron @ Ukrainian Federation [info]

MP3 OF THE WEEK

I’ve been trying to write a review for the new Ume EP which is so good but I couldn’t find the time. So I would just recommend going to see them at Casa on the 24th and watch them WAIL!

Ume - East Of Hercules

The 4th annual M for Montreal international music showcase / industry shoomze-fest has announced their lineup for 2009 and I’m “P” for pumped!

Thursday Noverember 19th:

Showcase at Cabaret Juste Pour Rire, show @  8:30PM

• Think About Life
• Miracle Fortress
• You Say Party! We Say Die!
• The Rural Alberta Advantage
• The Luyas
• Final Flash
• SURPRISE GUEST

Friday November 20th:

Showcase at Cabaret Juste Pour Rire, show @  8:30PM

• Silly Kissers
• Parlovr
• Le Matos
• Two Hours Traffic
• DD/MM/YYYY
• Silver Starling
• SURPRISE GUEST

Saturday November 21st:

Closing showcase at Metropolis, show @ 8:00PM

• Fucked Up
• Champion & His G-Strings
• Malajube
• Melissa Auf Der Maur
• Misstress Barbara
• SURPRISE GUEST

Besides the showcases above there is also a Franco showcase at 3PM at Petit Campus and more, check out schedule here. Tickets for these showcases seem to be a  “? For Mystery”, the ticket link on the main website has no info or is a horrible riddle. I did some snooping around Admission and Ticketpro and only found a link to the afternoon Franco showcase. More on this as I unwrap the riddle!

Oh yeah… SURPRISE GUESTS!

UPDATE:
Metropolis showcase (M pour Metropolis) tickets here.

A few days ago, we had the pleasure of chatting with Joel Passmore of the Regina-based indie rockers Rah Rah. Having just played Pop Montreal, these guys are putting the finishing touches on their next record. In the interview, we talk about NAFTA, home made videos, and cheerleader’s skirts.  Enjoy!

Rah Rah vs. Trendwhore

FYI: Rah Rah are playing Casa Del Popolo tomorrow night (Monday, October 19th) and the following night (…Tuesday, Octerber 20th for those not paying attention) at L’Hemisphere Gauche with Slow down Molasses

The Arctic Monkeys are touring and stopping here in Montreal on December 14th for a night at the Metropolis. Tickets for the show will be going on sale October 22 at 12PM EST and will cost you around $27,50. You’ll be able to find these tickets either here or here (no word yet). 

The Monkeys also unveiled a new video for the next single off Humbug, “Cornerstone”. Far more minimal their “Crying Lightening” video. Check it out below.

Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone

The “Cornerstone” single will be released on 10″ record with three brand new b-sides December 8 via Domino.

“Cornerstone” single:

01 Cornerstone
02 Catapult
03 Sketchead
04 Fright Lined Dining Room

As I took my bike to work this morning I thought of my old man, “its colder than a step mother’s kiss out” he would say on mornings like this. This year I’ve been in the shoes of the grasshopper, doing anything but thinking about Winter and now its here and I’m scared to death. I’ll be spending the weekend begging the ant for food and shelter for the rest of you here is the show breakdown for this cold heartless weekend.

Friday [October 16th]

The Dodos @ La Sala Rossa [info]

Daniel Johnson @ Ukranian Federation [info]

3 Inches Of Blood @ Le Studio Juste Pour Rire [info]

Metric @ Metropolis [info]

We Are Wolves @ Le National [tickets]

Saturday [October 17th]

Metric @ Metropolis [info]

Califone @ Ukranian Federation [info]

Sian Alice Group @ Il Motore [info]

Sunday [October 18th]

Flogging Molly, Metropolis [info]

Emmylou Harris @ Theatre St-Denis [info]

The Airborne Toxic Event @ La Tulipe [info]

MP3 OF THE WEEK

Post Pop Montreal there has been a lot of attention on local boys Parlovr.  SPIN gave them a nod, they are opening the We Are Wolves show tonight at Le National and have been remixed by Gobble Gobble take a listen:

Parlovr - Pen To The Paper (Gobble Gobble Remix)