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Dan Seligman is the founder and creative director of Pop Montreal, Montreal’s premier fall music festival. He leads the team that booked 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 direction. Here they are!
The Icelandic band is definitely a must-see this Wednesday. Post-rock in the vein of Sigur Rós, but also ambient and glitchy. It should calm things down during this heated period.
“Pag is a must-see. I’ve been interested in his more acoustic shows in recent years, where he does something more intimate. But… all his songs are hits, he’s an excellent performer, and he embodies a part of Montreal’s musical history.””Pag is a must-see. I’ve been interested in his more acoustic shows in recent years, where he does something more intimate. But… all his songs are hits, he’s an excellent performer, and he embodies a part of Montreal’s musical history.”
“A Montrealer of Moroccan origin, Anas Jellouf had applied to the festival under his stage name at the time, Sidi Blue Moon. He was supposed to open for another artist who did not show up. The group then reworked their set and played more traditional Gnawa music. The experiment continues under the name Anas & Itran, which also blends other influences such as chaabi and rai, as well as more modern sounds such as Afrobeat, funk, and trance. It’s a fusion.”
“The Nora Kelly Band hails from Mile End. The frontwoman is a talented singer, I think. She plays alt-country, with slow burners, foot stompers, but also space rock and more. She’s playing at our opening party and later at Quai des brumes.”
I saw the launch concert for her album Tide/Tied. Indian music, Western pop, jazz, experimental pop, ethereal chamber music. Magnificent! She never stops reinventing herself, the bar keeps getting higher, Thanya Iyer is set to become a major artist on the Montreal scene.
