Dubstep
Le Belmont
From the Big Easy to the Balkans, brass bands can be counted on to get the party started. New York City’s Lucky Chops have their own distinctive take on blowing hard through metal tubes, one that’s familiar to more than a few users of that city’s subway system. Their long-overdue debut album of last September is built out of bumping funkiness, buoyant good cheer, and absurdly catchy horn hooks. Lucky Chops also visit schools for pedagogical sessions while touring, bless their socially responsible souls, but it’s a workout, not a workshop, that awaits when they haul out the heavy metal at le Belmont.
Hip Hop
Haviah Mighty • Lou Phelps • CJ Flemings
Winner of the 2019 Polaris Award, Toronto rapper Haviah Mighty now sets her sights on the Montreal audience, starting with those checking her out at the Belmont. Since the release of her excellent opus 13th Floor, there’s been little question of her eloquence, her impact, and the quality of the beats wrapped around her machine-gun verbiage. Haviah Mighty is a strong personality, an ego reinforced by multiple victories over adversity – her own condition as a black woman has become a formidable weapon, formidable material for her hip hop expression. She needs to be seen on stage! Sharing the bill are Louis-Philippe Célestin, alias Lou Phelps, younger brother of Kaytranada, and CJ Flemings, another Montreal rapper.