Habs + M pour/for Montréal

Getting tickets to our hometown hockey team The Montréal Canadiens aka The Habs (from les habitants) is not an easy thing especially because this City is hockey (in Montreal this is not a hollow marketing slogan). Luckily our friend Eric was up for the ask and after spending a day on the phone and the Internet, he managed to get his hands on a couple of season tickets. Divided among some friends, we get to see 5 home games.

And the first one was last weekend against the Buffalo Sabres. The tricolore beat the shit out of the Sabres, with a smashing 4-2 victory. It's quite the adventure, a roaring 20,000 heads strong crowd, lots of hotdogs and crappy Molson Ex for 10 bucks a pop. Still it didn't spoil the fun we had.

Last year we went to M for Montreal. And they introduced us to bands such as The Besnard Lakes and Patrick Watson (Oct 29 in Depot Leuven, check it out). Eager to find out what was on our musical plate this time, we first gobbled down our dinner in Pho Bang New York (best noodlesoup place in town, and fast and cheap). But we're drifting away (from Mr. Watson as well). Let's not waste precious html codes on 'back-to-rehearsal'-bands.

Krief
Solo thing of singer and guitarist of The Dears. Reminescent of John Lennon, Led Zep, some Hendrix. Maybe not heartbreaking original, but getting better each time I see them (first time was on Osheaga).

Karkwa
I guess French post-rock would be the right label. Very tight, very impressive. Too bad they sing in French, because the Shakespearian language would open a lot more doors for them in Europe. But then again, it's what differentiates them as well.

The Stills
Another "The" band. This one is on the Torontonian Arts & Crafts label (Broken Social Scene, Feist). Live very rock 'n roll, more indie of some sort on record. Listen for yourselves.