The White Ravens Play Pop Montreal Festival

Pop Montreal is known as one of Canada's best music festivals, gathering some of the best indie pop and edgy music where the already established bands mingle with up-and-coming coming bands from Canada and the the U.S. This year, Pop Montreal International Music Festival runs from September 29 - October 3. The White Ravens will play Quebec with bands like Deerhoof, Scout Niblett, the Dears, Les Savy Fav, Liars, The Watson Twins and Xiu Xiu. It only makes the gig sweeter that it's in the beautiful and historical city of Montreal, Quebec.

Each year, the five-day POP Montreal International Music Festival presents more than 400 artists. Delivering a bold cross-section of art forms and events, the festival includes symposium discussions, artisan and visual art exhibitions, fashion shows, film screenings, and, of course, a few all-night parties. For musicians and artists, fans, curators, critics, record labels and industry, POP Montreal is the North American festival that provides a dynamic introduction to the next generation of musical talent and independent art forms.

We are hoping to hide in The White Ravens' suitcases and join them in Montreal.

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Avi Wisnia Debuts "Rabbit Hole" Music Video at Indie Film Jam

Today is your lucky day because we have not one, but two Seth Kroll produced videos for you. Earlier today we offered you a glimpse of his video produced for Neutral Uke Hotel--who is coincidentally covering Neutral Milk Hotel's "Communist's Daughter." Now we are offering you the debut music video for Avi Wisnia's "Rabbit Hole" which was also co-produced by Alan Cohen of the Alan Cohen Experience.  The video has been chosen as an official selection for the Indie Film Jam 2010, part of the Florida Music Festival in Orlando. The Film Jam features the winning selections with screenings of the videos and acoustic performances from the artists.



The singer/songwriter and piano man will play tracks off his new record. Recorded by Grammy-winning producer Glen Barratt (Amos Lee), Something New’s unpredictable cover songs only highlight the main attraction of his new collection of songs: his incomparable mish-mash of piano-pop meets bossa nova pop gems. Having played major festival such as SXSW and CMJ, Wisnia says of his live performances, “There have been shows where the band and I improvise songs on the spot, or ask audience members to come up and sing on kazoo. In one instance, the bartender who was shaking a martini at the bar ended up being an add-on percussionist. Another time, I had lost my egg shaker and asked the audience to pass me a pack of Tic Tacs. Instead, someone threw on stage a bottle of menstrual relief pills (it sounded fantastic). You have to be spontaneous and cater to the crowd and the moment. There's no reason for a live performance to sound exactly like the recording - you owe your audience a unique live experience as a reward for getting their ass off the couch instead of watching America's Next Top Model and coming out to see you perform.”

If you find yourself in the sunshine state this weekend be sure to catch Wisnia's performances at
Friday, April 23
at Club 57 West
(Indie Film Jam official selection - acoustic set)
7-7:30pm
FREE
21+
57 West Pine Street
Orlando, FL 32801

Friday, April 23
at Pine Street Live
(Florida Music Festival featured showcase performance - full band, with special guest Orlando drummer Mason Fox)
9-9:30pm
FREE
21+
66 East Pine Street
Orlando, FL 32801
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