He plays the piano, he talks, he usually raps, often complains and teaches the audience the joys of improvisation. Chilly Gonzales is an accomplished pianist, producer, MC, and entertainer who holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest live piano performance (27 hours, 3 minutes and 44 seconds if you're curious) and produced influential albums for Feist and Peaches and has collborated with Andrew W.K., A-Trak, Jamie Lidell, La Roux and Drake. Chilly Gonzales is back in Montreal for the first time since 2010, appearing at the Rialto on Monday, April 16, 2012. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 17, 2012 at noon.

Film POP :: Call for Submissions

Film POP is the film and multimedia section of the POP Montreal International Music Festival, which celebrates its 11th edition from September 19-23, 2012. In addition to premieres of new music-related features, we will also be showcasing short films, slideshows, repertory curated packages and more, and we are currently accepting submissions for three components of Film POP’s program, as described on the Film POP portal on our website.

POP is Hiring :: Symposium Director

Applications are now being accepted and soon to be closed so get on it!

Reversing Falls à la CMW

Reversing Falls have been added to our CMW line-up, March 24, 2012 at the Drake Underground.

Vidéoclips! :: Music Videos!

Put these Yamantaka Sonic/Titan and Little Scream music video in your eyes and ears again and again and again.

As we approach the Sunday, May 20, 2012 application deadline for POP Montreal 2012 we'll be taking a look back at some submission bands who performed at POP last year and what they've been up to since.

INSTITUTIONAL PROSTITUTION, Montreal, QC

Experimental dance troupe Institutional Prostitution's debut performance was on the first day of POP last fall and life has been good to the lazy-rap two-piece since: a smattering of winter performances and projects, including their first official release Baroque Rococo on local experimental tape label Les Discos Enfantasmes and recording with regional avant-garde artist, producer and promoter of repute Blake Hargreaves. Institutional Prostitution will be playing their first show outside of Canada this spring in Austin, Texas as they take to the stage at SXSW, playing an event with the inimitable Gary Lucas.

Call for tenders to Mile-End artists

Projet Locomotion and Ex-Hi-Bi, teaming with the Cabaret du Mile End, le Comité des Citoyens du Mile End, Pied Carré, le Champs des Possibles, Mémoire du Mile End, Les Ville-Laines, ton-mile-end.net, V.I.P (Painters Collective), Ouvert/Open and Scope Track (outdoor short films event) are proposing to Mile End artists to participate in the event « Les Rencontres du Mile End » by submitting a project. May 25, 26 and 27 2012, during three days, we will take over the Mile End, both in outdoor and indoor venues. Les Rencontres du Mile End offer a multidisciplinary platform where exhibitions, performances, workshops and conferences will coexist in a lively atmosphere. As a genuine point of encounter between artists and the public, it is a unique opportunity to meet and promote one’s own art.

The file submission is open to all and free! The deadline for application is March 1, 2012. Our goal is to foster dialogues between artists, public and stakeholders of the art market. For this first edition, we want a return to a sensitive approach, by filling the gap between the actor and the spectator, and allowing the public to mix with the artists in their environment. If you are interested in opening your studio doors in the Mile End, please let us know!

Les Rencontres du Mile End present an opportunity for all of us to draw together a genealogy of the Mile End artists family by proposing an original event where each participant, instead of being a guest at an event, will take part actively in its development. We have the ambition to achieve a common goal, the one of living and creating together.

The project file must contain one to six pictures of artworks or one to three videos, giving priority to works that lend themselves to a shared space. Please note that a dedicated space will be set up for the short film events. We invite you to fill out the « artist » form, downloadable at http://www.ex-hi-bi.com/artiste.php by including a short description of your artistic approach. Please send it back to us at the email address contactartiste@ex-hi-bi.com.

We are wide open in terms of content! Don’t hesitate to make a proposal!