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Dan Seligman is the founder and creative director of Pop Montreal, the city’s premier fall music festival. He leads the team responsible for booking the artists and bands scheduled to perform from Wednesday, September 24 to Sunday, September 29. As it does every year, PAN M 360 asked him to identify the five daily must-sees from his artistic director’s perspective. Here are the must-sees for Friday, September 26!
I like the program bringing together Holy Fuck, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and Teke:Teke. The two bands know each other. Holy Fuck remixed TEKE::TEKE, and I think they’re planning a collaboration this Friday, which we’ll be able to see on stage. Holy Fuck is an electronic and instrumental band from Toronto whose musicians love noise and experimentation, while Montreal band TEKE::TEKE blends avant-rock with Japanese citimusic and other contemporary explorations.”
“This is one of the singers I enjoyed the most during our selection process listening sessions—her latest EP, Closer Than Hell, features some intense songs. Hanorah at Sala Rossa, Hanorah offers neo-soul, folk, and even shoegaze gospel music, all carried by a truly incredible voice that is powerful, highly emotional, and refined. Without a doubt one of my picks for Friday night.”
“Poolgirl is another Montreal band I recently discovered. These women are part of the DIY, riot grrl, punk, indie-rock scene, and their material is interesting, intelligent, imaginative, raw, and well done. Poolgirl enriches Montreal’s underground punk scene, which is constantly regenerating itself. Poolgirl is surely among the best new bands in Montreal, always on the lookout for opportunities to play.”
“Seago is another artist who stood out during our listening sessions in preparation for our programming. The Toronto-based artist creates very pop, synth-pop songs with a touch of soul at times. He has his own way of phrasing, he has his own thing going on. He released the EP Lawn in 2022. In 2023, his track Cheapshot racked up over 1.9 million plays on Spotify.”
“Jashim is a non-binary musical artist of Colombian origin, based in Montreal. They are associated with post-reggaeton and are interested in Afro-Colombian and Indigenous cultures, as well as Latin, modern, and contemporary sounds. They fuse their culture with recent technologies to redefine reggaeton in their own way. An important artist on the emerging Montreal scene.”
