Urban Hippie. Soul-Pop Songstress. The Beez Neez. Annie will be playing 2 different shows. The first being a mix of covers and originals with a looping pedal and backed by friends, while the second will see Annie busking in 3 different parts of town within the course of 1 entire week. One of those busking days will be a solo gig, another with percussion, and the last with another prominent singer/songwriter to be announced shortly. To find out the when and where please follow Annie on Twitter!! @Annie_Becker

anniebecker.com

June 17th
3 Minots
3812 Saint Laurent Boul
7:45 pm, Pay-What-You-Can

June 18th
3 Minots
3812 Saint Laurent Boul
4 pm,  Pay-What-You-Can

Clara Engel is a prolific songwriter and arrestingly original performer, currently based in Montreal. She has independently released seven albums, and has collaborated with musicians and artists from the UK, Brazil, Germany, USA, and Canada. British poet and novelist Jeremy Reed writes, “Clara Engel’s voice comes to me from that deepest of all places, imaginative space, from which she visually retrieves an inner landscape converted by breath into the rock equivalent of poetry. Rarely has a voice sounded so authoritative, so unapologetic in its disclosures, so sure of its direction in going home into song.”

http://www.myspace.com/claraengel

June 17th
L’Escalier
522 St Catherine East
9:30 pm, Pay-What-You-Can

*Playing with Hyper Bottom and  White Noise Supremacists 

The Madafakaz is a Surf Thrash band based in Montreal, Quebec. It consists of founding members Phang House (a.k.a. Phil Hughes) : guitar & backing vox and RJ Simpson (a.k.a. Fred St-Aubin) guitar & Vox, along with Sharx Alot (a.k.a. Zach Scholes) : bass & backing vox and Bones Bonus (a.k.a. Corey Tardiff) : Drums. The band also plays, keyboards, drum machine, samplers, and homemade electronics. They occasionally have guests join in on trumpet, baritone sax, and trombone. They are especially known for their explosive high energy performances. They have been voted as part of the « favorite concerts of 2010 » by msn entertainment. They released their self-titled debut album, “The Madafakaz” with BoneWof Productions, in late 2010 and have been actively performing in bars and festivals in Montreal, New York & Ottawa since 2008.

http://themadafakaz.blogspot.com/

June 17th
3 Minots
3812 Saint-Laurent
9:30 pm, $7

The Paperbag Queen

The paperbag Queen performs her List of Things!
With an interactive performance we will discover the diversity of Paperbag country: politics/religion/voting system and many other typical habits.
Come see this comedy and become a permanent resident!

16/17/18 June, 8pm
La Barraque
928 Rue sainte Catherine East
( metro Berri)
Pay-What-You-Can

Maybe the Welders are a 4 piece Brooklyn based rock band. They released their debut recording, the Hot Shot EP, in 2010. Two guitars, two lead voacalists and a rock solid rhythm section give meat to the bones of the catchy post-punk songs that the band writes and performs. The band have been compared favorably to Talking Heads, the Clash and Blur but have mangaed to carve their own sound from the rich history of rock’n’roll. They have toured throughout the North East U.S. and also in Brazil where they appeared on local radio in Rio de Janeiro and in the local press. This is the bands first time to perform in Canada and they are honored to be here!

www.maybethewelders.com

June 17th
3 Minots
3812 Saint-Laurent
9:30 pm, Pay-What-You-Can

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Ralf Wiggum, groupe originaire de St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu mais établi à Montréal, propose un rock rempli de moments épiques, de finesse et de gros riffs sales, le tout appuyé par des textes souvent torturés qui évoquent un certain désarroi. Malgré tout, l’interprétation reste un brin naïve, jamais totalement lourde.

www.ralfwiggum.com

June 17th @ 3 Minots
3812 Boul. Saint Laurent
9.30 pm, $5

Dogwoman

Dogwoman is a bilingual piece where three unlikely characters meet up around a pole and in a coktailbar. Playing with rolemodels and an interactive soundtrack provided by the audience.

La Barraque
928 St. Catherine East
June 16/17/18 at 9 pm
Pay-What-You-Can