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"Four humble servants of the riff."
Cancer Bats transform into Bat Sabbath to honour Ozzy at Bar Le Ritz PDB this Thursday.
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Cancer Bats transform into Bat Sabbath to honour Ozzy at Bar Le Ritz PDB this Thursday.
Tickets via Extensive Enterprise
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December 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"Four humble servants of the riff."
Cancer Bats transform into Bat Sabbath to honour Ozzy at Bar Le Ritz PDB this Thursday.
Tickets via Extensive Enterprise
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Cancer Bats transform into Bat Sabbath to honour Ozzy at Bar Le Ritz PDB this Thursday.
Tickets via Extensive Enterprise
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Silvana Estrada returned to Montreal with a performance that showed exactly why her reputation keeps growing.
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Silvana Estrada @ Beanfield Theatre
Silvana Estrada returned to Montreal with a performance that showed exactly why her reputation keeps growing. Beanfield Theatre is a natural fit for her music,…
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December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Silvana Estrada returned to Montreal with a performance that showed exactly why her reputation keeps growing.
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"The Dears took the stage at Le National for their hometown show, celebrating Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! and reminding everyone that they still know how to turn introspection into something loud enough to shake the room."
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The Dears @ Le National
A chilly Montreal Thursday feels like the right backdrop for a band that has spent two decades wrestling with hope, doubt and the occasional cosmic…
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December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"The Dears took the stage at Le National for their hometown show, celebrating Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! and reminding everyone that they still know how to turn introspection into something loud enough to shake the room."
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"Long live death metal, and here’s to another decade of @entheos19.bsky.social!"
Read our review of their Foufounes Electriques show.
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Read our review of their Foufounes Electriques show.
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Entheos + Fallujah + The Zenith Passage + Tracheotomy @ Foufounes Électriques
Death metal is not exactly a genre that has the world’s admiration and respect, but which musical genre, I ask you, takes seriously the level…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Long live death metal, and here’s to another decade of @entheos19.bsky.social!"
Read our review of their Foufounes Electriques show.
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Read our review of their Foufounes Electriques show.
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"From the pit, to the balcony seats, loud chant-alongs and fist pumping were ever-present and performed to a scale I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed in the hundreds of concerts I’ve seen."
Blind Guardian + Ensiferum + Seven Kingdoms @ MTELUS
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Blind Guardian + Ensiferum + Seven Kingdoms @ MTELUS
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Blind Guardian + Ensiferum + Seven Kingdoms @ MTelus
Very few shows I’ve seen can support the “Montreal is a great metal music city” argument as successfully as Blind Guardian’s most recent concert at…
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December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"From the pit, to the balcony seats, loud chant-alongs and fist pumping were ever-present and performed to a scale I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed in the hundreds of concerts I’ve seen."
Blind Guardian + Ensiferum + Seven Kingdoms @ MTELUS
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Blind Guardian + Ensiferum + Seven Kingdoms @ MTELUS
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"Our roots are not chains but wings."
Montreal-based Wesli's 24-track journey through Haitian Vodou, rara, and resistance transforms ancestral traditions into a pan-African manifesto.
Read our exclusive interview:
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Montreal-based Wesli's 24-track journey through Haitian Vodou, rara, and resistance transforms ancestral traditions into a pan-African manifesto.
Read our exclusive interview:
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Wesli's Makaya: A Musical Journey Through Haitian Roots, Resistance, and Spiritual Rebirth
JUNO, Félix, and Prix Charles Cros award-winning musician Wesli has returned with Makaya, a sprawling 24-track exploration of Haitian spirituality, African ancestry, and diasporic identity…
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December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Our roots are not chains but wings."
Montreal-based Wesli's 24-track journey through Haitian Vodou, rara, and resistance transforms ancestral traditions into a pan-African manifesto.
Read our exclusive interview:
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Montreal-based Wesli's 24-track journey through Haitian Vodou, rara, and resistance transforms ancestral traditions into a pan-African manifesto.
Read our exclusive interview:
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“After thirty years, that spark finally gets a destination.”
Triumph are hitting the road again, and the story behind their return is worth a read.
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Triumph are hitting the road again, and the story behind their return is worth a read.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“After thirty years, that spark finally gets a destination.”
Triumph are hitting the road again, and the story behind their return is worth a read.
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Triumph are hitting the road again, and the story behind their return is worth a read.
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"This is not a concert. It is a reckoning."
Viking metal meets Adult Swim's darkest comedy when Amon Amarth and Dethklok hit Bell Centre May 2.
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Viking metal meets Adult Swim's darkest comedy when Amon Amarth and Dethklok hit Bell Centre May 2.
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Viking Metal Meets Animated Mayhem on Spring Tour
When Viking metal mythology collides with Adult Swim’s darkest comedy, the result sounds like chaos. But for Amon Amarth and Dethklok, two acts that have…
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December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"This is not a concert. It is a reckoning."
Viking metal meets Adult Swim's darkest comedy when Amon Amarth and Dethklok hit Bell Centre May 2.
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Viking metal meets Adult Swim's darkest comedy when Amon Amarth and Dethklok hit Bell Centre May 2.
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LASSO books Mumford & Sons and Thomas Rhett for 2026, signaling a festival casting wider nets.
August 15-16 at Parc Jean-Drapeau.
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August 15-16 at Parc Jean-Drapeau.
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Lasso Montreal Taps Mumford & Sons and Thomas Rhett for 2026
After drawing a record 51,500 fans to Parc Jean-Drapeau in 2025, Montreal’s premier country music festival is doubling down with a headlining duo that bridges…
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December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
LASSO books Mumford & Sons and Thomas Rhett for 2026, signaling a festival casting wider nets.
August 15-16 at Parc Jean-Drapeau.
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August 15-16 at Parc Jean-Drapeau.
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Svalbard will play their first and last North American show at Toronto's Prepare The Ground next May.
Amenra performs two sets, Oathbreaker reunites to play Rheia in full, Pallbearer delivers Foundations of Burden, and Torche returns after five years.
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Amenra performs two sets, Oathbreaker reunites to play Rheia in full, Pallbearer delivers Foundations of Burden, and Torche returns after five years.
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Toronto's Prepare the Ground Expands Heavy Horizons
Toronto’s downtown core will transform into a sprawling celebration of heavy, experimental music next spring when Prepare the Ground returns for its third edition, May…
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December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Svalbard will play their first and last North American show at Toronto's Prepare The Ground next May.
Amenra performs two sets, Oathbreaker reunites to play Rheia in full, Pallbearer delivers Foundations of Burden, and Torche returns after five years.
montrealrocks.ca/torontos-pre...
Amenra performs two sets, Oathbreaker reunites to play Rheia in full, Pallbearer delivers Foundations of Burden, and Torche returns after five years.
montrealrocks.ca/torontos-pre...
It was a huge night celebrating one of the most venerated bands in metal history as Death to All came to the MTelus to mark the anniversaries of Spiritual Healing and Symbolic.
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Death To All + Gorguts + Phobophilic @ MTelus
It was a huge night celebrating one of the most venerated bands in metal history as Death to All came to the MTelus to mark…
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December 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It was a huge night celebrating one of the most venerated bands in metal history as Death to All came to the MTelus to mark the anniversaries of Spiritual Healing and Symbolic.
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"Controlled chaos that works best when sweat is dripping from the ceiling."
Montreal's Shirehead unleash Dancing Machine, a hedonistic tale wrapped in dance-punk frenzy.
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Montreal's Shirehead unleash Dancing Machine, a hedonistic tale wrapped in dance-punk frenzy.
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Montreal's Shirehead Unleash Dance-Punk Chaos on New Single
The skating rinks and basement venues of Montreal have birthed stranger sounds than most cities could handle, and Shirehead seem determined to add their own…
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December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Controlled chaos that works best when sweat is dripping from the ceiling."
Montreal's Shirehead unleash Dancing Machine, a hedonistic tale wrapped in dance-punk frenzy.
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Montreal's Shirehead unleash Dancing Machine, a hedonistic tale wrapped in dance-punk frenzy.
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Ross Halfin documented rock history for decades. Then he admitted selling Lynyrd Skynyrd prints he didn't take.
A collector won $61,241 in fraud damages.
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A collector won $61,241 in fraud damages.
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Legendary Photographer Loses Fraud Lawsuit Over Fake Prints
The rock memorabilia world has been shaken by a fraud case that speaks to questions of authenticity and trust in an industry built on nostalgia.…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Ross Halfin documented rock history for decades. Then he admitted selling Lynyrd Skynyrd prints he didn't take.
A collector won $61,241 in fraud damages.
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A collector won $61,241 in fraud damages.
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The National's Matt Berninger will close his seven-city Canadian run at Beanfield Theatre on March 21.
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The National's Matt Berninger Brings Solo Tour to Montreal
After a year of European and American dates, The National‘s baritone voice is finally heading coast to coast north of the border. Matt Berninger has…
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December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The National's Matt Berninger will close his seven-city Canadian run at Beanfield Theatre on March 21.
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“Fifteen years away, and suddenly the timing feels unreal.”
Montreal’s ProgStorm Festival returns with a lineup that pushes boundaries and rewrites expectations.
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Montreal’s ProgStorm Festival returns with a lineup that pushes boundaries and rewrites expectations.
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Car Bomb Returns to Headline Progstorm 2026
Montreal’s progressive metal community has reason to celebrate as the city’s Club Soda prepares to host the second edition of Progstorm Festival, with New York…
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December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“Fifteen years away, and suddenly the timing feels unreal.”
Montreal’s ProgStorm Festival returns with a lineup that pushes boundaries and rewrites expectations.
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Montreal’s ProgStorm Festival returns with a lineup that pushes boundaries and rewrites expectations.
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"It’s an album that thrives in stillness but refuses to disengage from the world’s urgency — a rare balance that feels both comforting and quietly radical."
☁️ really lovely feature on @tbirdthanyaiyer.bsky.social's 𝑻𝑰𝑫𝑬/𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑫 in @montrealrocks.ca:
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Thanya Iyer on Finding Stillness, Building Community, and Dreaming New Worlds
For Thanya Iyer, music is more than sound. It’s a map for navigating a restless world. Her new album, TIDE/TIED, feels like a meditation and…
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December 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"It’s an album that thrives in stillness but refuses to disengage from the world’s urgency — a rare balance that feels both comforting and quietly radical."
☁️ really lovely feature on @tbirdthanyaiyer.bsky.social's 𝑻𝑰𝑫𝑬/𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑫 in @montrealrocks.ca:
☁️ really lovely feature on @tbirdthanyaiyer.bsky.social's 𝑻𝑰𝑫𝑬/𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑫 in @montrealrocks.ca:
Aphex Twin uploads two new tracks to SoundCloud — his first material since last December. Unfinished, unpolished, utterly his.
Listen:
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Listen:
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Aphex Twin Drops Two New Tracks on SoundCloud
The rain-soaked UK might be getting Richard D. James down, but it hasn’t stopped him from sharing new music. Aphex Twin uploaded two tracks to…
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November 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Aphex Twin uploads two new tracks to SoundCloud — his first material since last December. Unfinished, unpolished, utterly his.
Listen:
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Listen:
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"Each record arrives like a different facet of the same strange crystal, refracting light in unexpected directions."
Blut Aus Nord's Ethereal Horizons gazes skyward. Read our review exploring their most melodic work in years.
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Blut Aus Nord's Ethereal Horizons gazes skyward. Read our review exploring their most melodic work in years.
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Album Review: Blut Aus Nord – Ethereal Horizons
Blut Aus Nord have built a career on refusal. Thirty years deep, sixteen albums in, and mastermind Vindsval still won’t settle into comfortable patterns or…
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November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Each record arrives like a different facet of the same strange crystal, refracting light in unexpected directions."
Blut Aus Nord's Ethereal Horizons gazes skyward. Read our review exploring their most melodic work in years.
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Blut Aus Nord's Ethereal Horizons gazes skyward. Read our review exploring their most melodic work in years.
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Shaking Montreal out of its seasonal doldrums — Taverne Tour turns 10 with Protomartyr, Christopher Owens, Julie Doiron, and 80+ artists across the Plateau. February 12–14.
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Taverne Tour Turns 10 With Protomartyr, Christopher Owens, and Julie Doiron
The Plateau’s beloved winter music circuit is hitting double digits. Taverne Tour returns February 12–14, 2026, celebrating a decade of shaking Montreal out of its…
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November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Shaking Montreal out of its seasonal doldrums — Taverne Tour turns 10 with Protomartyr, Christopher Owens, Julie Doiron, and 80+ artists across the Plateau. February 12–14.
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"Touts steal from artists and they steal from fans."
Olivia Dean just forced Ticketmaster to refund inflated resale prices — and she's not done fighting yet.
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Olivia Dean just forced Ticketmaster to refund inflated resale prices — and she's not done fighting yet.
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Olivia Dean Secures Fan Refunds After Ticketmaster Protest
The secondary ticketing market has long been a thorny issue for artists and fans alike, but Olivia Dean is pushing back hard. After some resale…
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November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Touts steal from artists and they steal from fans."
Olivia Dean just forced Ticketmaster to refund inflated resale prices — and she's not done fighting yet.
montrealrocks.ca/olivia-dean-...
Olivia Dean just forced Ticketmaster to refund inflated resale prices — and she's not done fighting yet.
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"Wednesday's live set proved that the hype wave they’re currently riding is not unfounded."
Check out our review and photos from their Club Soda show with Daffo.
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Check out our review and photos from their Club Soda show with Daffo.
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Wednesday + Daffo @ Club Soda
In the span of only a couple weeks, Wednesday went from a band I haven’t even heard of, to a band I was frantically pedalling…
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November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Wednesday's live set proved that the hype wave they’re currently riding is not unfounded."
Check out our review and photos from their Club Soda show with Daffo.
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Check out our review and photos from their Club Soda show with Daffo.
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"The stage presence Die Spitz have collectively is insane, they are an incredible unit of performers."
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Die Spitz + Babe Haven @ Bar le Ritz
Babe Haven Upon walking into Bar Le Ritz, my ears were met with the intoxicating sound of the night’s opening band, Babe Haven. Their highly…
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November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"The stage presence Die Spitz have collectively is insane, they are an incredible unit of performers."
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NOVEMBER 28, Montrealers!
See you at P'tit Ours! (5589 avenue du Parc) :)
LOVE.
PEACE.
NOISE.
#show #montreal @montrealrocks.ca @cultmtl.com @cism893.bsky.social @martin-fish.bsky.social
See you at P'tit Ours! (5589 avenue du Parc) :)
LOVE.
PEACE.
NOISE.
#show #montreal @montrealrocks.ca @cultmtl.com @cism893.bsky.social @martin-fish.bsky.social
We will be playing at P'tit Ours in Montréal on November 28. we are sharing the stage with the great Benjamin Bleuez and the cool guys from AUS!Funkt. See you there!!!
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November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
NOVEMBER 28, Montrealers!
See you at P'tit Ours! (5589 avenue du Parc) :)
LOVE.
PEACE.
NOISE.
#show #montreal @montrealrocks.ca @cultmtl.com @cism893.bsky.social @martin-fish.bsky.social
See you at P'tit Ours! (5589 avenue du Parc) :)
LOVE.
PEACE.
NOISE.
#show #montreal @montrealrocks.ca @cultmtl.com @cism893.bsky.social @martin-fish.bsky.social
"Sunday 1994 are already too big for rooms this size, they just haven’t quite realized it yet. Future Yard got them while they still fit. Next time around, they’ll need considerably more space."
We caught their show at Future Yard in the UK with Girl Tones.
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We caught their show at Future Yard in the UK with Girl Tones.
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Sunday (1994) + Girl Tones @ Future Yard, Birkenhead, UK
Sunday (1994) arrived at Future Yard in Birkenhead, England on Friday night with the kind of confidence that feels earned rather than borrowed. For a…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Sunday 1994 are already too big for rooms this size, they just haven’t quite realized it yet. Future Yard got them while they still fit. Next time around, they’ll need considerably more space."
We caught their show at Future Yard in the UK with Girl Tones.
montrealrocks.ca/sunday-1994-...
We caught their show at Future Yard in the UK with Girl Tones.
montrealrocks.ca/sunday-1994-...