Free Download: Oh! Canada at Pop Montreal 2014
This week Best Fit returns to Montreal for the Thirteenth Annual Pop Montreal Festival, with a carefully curated line up and more than 370 homegrown talents appearing.
We've cast our net across the old and new to bring you a taste of the best Canadian music from the festival, with the return of some favourites - The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Wooden Sky and Slow Down, Molasses are all touring their new albums. And of course it would feel wrong to not include a track from locals Ought, who were one of our highlights of last years festival.
Below the stream you'll find links to more music from all of the artists, so even if you can’t be in Montreal, you can still discover more about them. And as ever, if you hear something you like, please let them know.
Download Oh! Canada at Pop Montreal 2014
Henri-Pierre Nöel: Piccolo Rialto Saturday September 20th 10.30pm
Archery Guild: Bar le “Ritz” PDB (Il Motore), Thursday September 18th, 12am
Tops: La Sala Rossa, Friday September 19th, 12:15am
Philémon Cimon La Sala Rossa, Thursday September 18th, 10pm
Li’l Andy: Petit Campus, Friday September 19th, 8pm // Nouveau Palais, Saturday September 20th, 10pm
Pharis & Jason Romero: Petit Campus, Saturday September 20th, 9pm
Grey Lands: Cabaret du Mile-End, Friday September 19th, 9pm
James Irwin: Nouveau Palais, Wednesday September 17th, 6.30pm // Federation Ukrainienne, Wednesday September 17th. 9pm // Empire Exchange, Friday September 19th, 4pm
Noni Wo: Divan Orange, Saturday September 20th, 2pm // Pop Box, Saturday September 20th, 8pm
Lydia Ainsworth: La Sala Rossa, Friday September 19th, 10:45pm
Mathias Mental: Cabaret Playhouse, Thursday September 18th, 11pm
Holy Data: Divan Orange, Saturday September 20th, 8pm
The Wooden Sky: La Sala Rossa, Wednesday September 17th, 11pm
The Rural Alberta Advantage: Cabaret du Mile-End, Friday September 19th, 12am
Kappa Chow: Brasserie Beaubien, Thursday September 18th, 12am
Ought: Piccolo Rialto, Thursday September 18th, 10.30pm
Dories: Casa Del Popolo Thursday September 18th, 8.30pm
Slow Down, Molasses: Quai des Brumes, Saturday September 20th, 9pm
Wish: Balattou, Thursday September 18th, 10:30pm
Slight: Cagibi, Thursday September 18th, 10pm
SoHo Ghetto: Quai des Brumes, Thursday September 18th, 11pm
Pop Montreal runs from 17-25 September at venues around Montreal. Our thanks to all the artists and their teams for making this Oh! Canada compilation possible.
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