montreal street fashion.: May 2011

Hip-Hop Leg-Drop

LegWork Tuesdays at BlueDog Motel

Another Tuesday at Legwork the biggest crowd and the biggest dance off yet.

with special guest dj's K-OS, Grand Theft, and residents Wilcox & Promise to keep the debauchery drinking all night long.

and with new martini specials all summer long it was almost impossible to remember who I was or to take any photos besides these three.

Legworkin' Success.

For Offical Photos of the LegWork//K-OS Event Click This Bitches!

Glamarchy.

Glamorous and Anarchy are hardly ever found in the same box of toys but this is the city of Montreal after all and the playground for the two to meet.

For the second year I had to pleasure to 'volunteer' for a friends magazine at the Annual Anarchist Book Fair.

I use the term volunteer lightly as one was to ensure drinks that night would be covered.

With over 100 vendors from Quebec, Canada, and abroad, the fair brings together 'anarchist ideas and practice, through words, images, music, theatre and day-to-day struggles for justice, dignity and collective liberation.'

Now a bookfair 'selling' pamphlets of information on social liberation and the poetry of political prisoners may sound more intellectual than glam but it is at the annual Glamarchist Dance Party at the end of the first tabling day where the glitter rains and the stage is my slave.

Other events include a cabaret, workshops, and film screenings.

To find out more about what goes on

and about next years fair( unlike me do not forget to charge your battery #bloggerfauxpas):

www.anarchistbookfair.ca

Toothache Disco

My sweet tooth and dance craving was well taken care of Tuesday night on the Main. Walkin in it was toasty, a nice off set to the cool breeze on the street.

Indoor picnic tables lined the wall and little baggies of treats,

no not those kinds, but actual candy! Appropiate as this was the launch party presented by Indie Montreal for First You Get The Sugar, a four piece all male band from Montreal.

Grabbing a pint of moosehead and the closest seat to the stage and sat back to enjoy a date with my city.

The first act, Armen at the Bazaar, opened up unexpectedly with a voice that soared and echoed perfectly in the Divian Orange walls. He`s a one man army laced with an ammunition of instruments. A small guy with a big presence. His playful use of psychadelic, indie, and folk transcends you on a journey to the whiskey bar back studio side with the Animal Collective.

A must see, simply put; ambient, dance, cool., check him out next in NYC June 10th
( http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130315903713011 )

First You Get The Sugar came on after two bathroom breaks, a round of photos, and a grab another pint before a much larger crowd flooded the floor masking bright coloured urban paintings and any rational entrance for anyone needing a smoke.

Very different than the `Mailing List`t-shirt Armen wanted you to sign, FYGTS was smartly dressed like Delphic.

Very sweet on the eyes and on the a ears, a cali-british sound with kind of a Beatles, Maroon 5, meets Band of Horses if you can imagine.

A Jam band but in all the right places.

All with soft voices, a loud whisper that either moves you to dance or sit back in awe. The night was for the launch of their debut album recorded in the basement of Scotland Yard Studios, mixed by Glen Robinson( The Ramones, Keith Richards) and masted by Andy Van Dette( David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Beastie Boys). ALbum artwork crdited/created by Montreal`s I<3 Neon, Justin Dallegret.