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ART MATTERS FESTIVAL & CESSA

Present…

(((((((SYNCHRESIS)))))))

Synchresis is an evening of interdisciplinary exploration of sound, vision, and movement through performance, installation art, and fixed media.

Featuring:

Navid Navab – cAvA (Photography/ Video/ Sound/ Performance)
multigraphers.com

Jackson Darby & Nimalan Yoganathan – Nunavik Soundscape (Sound/ Video/ Performance)
myspace.com/jacksonmd

textbook sonic – yirdaki (Sound/ Performance)
myspace.com/textbooksonic

Michael Plante – Machine Gun Cycles (Sound/ Video/ Performance)

Henk Boom, Karen Lee, Nicolás Muñoz, Peter Rockwell – GAIA (Interactive/ Sound/ Light Projection) projectgaia.ca

IvoTobin Lippold – Contemplations (Sound/ Photography)

Jessica Lee Gagne – Body and Landscape (Video/ Photography)

Jessica Hébert – Urban Sky (Video)

Amy Vaillancourt – Urban Abstraction (Painting)

Cora Wöllenstein – A Tale (Painting)

Samuel Ferguson-Sharp – Meat by Meat for Meat (Painting)

Stephanie Lau – I Don’t Want to Fuck Brad Pitt, I Want to Be Brad Pitt (Fabric) flickr.com/lostandlau

Monica Coquoz – The Art of Business (Dance)

Mark James – Butterfly (Sound)

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For more info:

artmattersfestival.com
cessa.music.concordia.ca

Join the Art Matters Facebook group.

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Navid Navab

Jackson Darby, Nimalan Yoganathan

Amy Vaillancourt

Cora Wöllenstein

Jessica Lee Gagne

Stephanie Lau

Henk Boom, Karen Lee, Nicolás Muñoz, Peter Rockwell

IvoTobin Lippold

Michael Plante

Jessica Hébert

Samuel Ferguson-Sharp

Mark James

Monica Coquoz

textbook sonic

‘Prorogue’ Is a Dirty Word

Add your voice.

Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament

On Hiatus

I’m taking a little break to sharpen the brain. Gone back to school, finally…

Solar Dog Records will be up and running again sometime in the Spring of 2010.

In the meantime, go here:

UbuWeb

But don’t forget to take a walk in the sun once and a while.

Cheers,
James

Yellow Door Elderly Project Benefit Show

Support a pillar of the Montreal volunteer community…

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The Yellow Door & CKUT Presents

Before These Summer Nights Are Gone
A Benefit for the Yellow Door’s Elderly Project

Tuesday August 25th 2009
La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent, Montreal)
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm
$8 / $10

Music by: Brie Neilson, B.W. Brandes, Bent by Elephants, Whistlestop & James Finnerty.

Spoken Word by: Ilona Martonfi, Jeffrey Mackie & Jason Freure.

More Summer Shows in Montreal

A few shows have been confirmed for end of July & August. They won’t be anything if you’re not there…

xo
JF

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Thursday July 23rd
Instrumental Set w/ Vallum Poetry
Le Zigoto (5731 ave. du Parc)
7pm / FREE!

vallummag.com
lezigotocafe.blogspot.com

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Friday July 31st
Mini-set w/ Gabrielle Papillon
Shaika Cafe (5526 Sherbrooke Street West)
8:00 / PWYC

myspace.com/gabriellepapillon

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Tuesday August 25th
Yellow Door Benefit Show
w/ Brie Neilson, B.W. Brandes & Bent by Elephants
Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St-Laurent)
8pm / $tba

yellowdoor.org
brieneilson.com
myspace.com/bwbrandesmusic
myspace.com/bentbyelephants
casadelpopolo.com

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Saturday July 29th
PennyFest w/ Penny Lang & Allison Lickley
Centre St-Ambroise (5080-A St-Ambroise)
8pm / $25

pennylang.com
allisonlickley.com
myspace.com/centrestambroise

Fraser // Steve Brockley // James Finnerty

TORONTO CD LAUNCH

James Finnerty returns to hometown Toronto to release a debut EP. Joined by local bluegrass favorites Makita Hack and the Log Rollers.

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A melancholy marriage of hope and mystery… stranded on an island amidst one and a half million people… the music of James Finnerty weaves an old-time loom of warm guitars mixed with the immediacy of here and now. Lyrics are born from free association and restless, introspective politics. Acoustic guitar, soundstream vocals and electro-play humbly take their place, following the lead of the avant-garde, electro, americana, jazz, mod, post–punk and new wave movements of the past.

sonicbids.com/jamesfinnerty
myspace.com/jamesfinnertymusic

Makita Hack and the Log Rollers is Georgina Blanchard (fiddle), Danny Simmons (fiddle), Kim Sedore (banjo), Alastair Miller (guitar, mandolin), Joe Myke (bass). They play rippin’ old time, bluegrass music.

myspace.com/makitahackandthelogrollers

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Doors open at 9pm
Show starts at 9:30pm

$10 w/ CD

Midnight Poutine Podcast #110

The Montreal Weekend Playlist Podcast is a weekly program that streams from the Midnight Poutine website. Hosted by the dour and serious Jeremy Morris, the Weekend Playlist features songs by bands playing in Montreal. This week’s show will feature a short segment on the James Finnerty EP launch.

The Montreal Weekend Playlist #110 will also air a semi-unreleased version of Letters in a Book (a rough mix can be found on the internet here) featuring Jean-Fred Lizotte on the violin.

Unfortunately the Midnight Poutine website was spammed by hackers recently (!!) so some of their links are not working. However, you can still listen to the podcast from the Midnight Poutine homepage.

This week’s program also features music from The Darcys, In Flight Safety, Julie Doiron, 100 Dollars, Howie Beck, FSK1138, Emma Lee, Friendly Fires & Los Campesinos!

coming soon…

Design by Nick Kuepfer/ Daygristle Screens.

*EP LAUNCH* MARCH 26 @ LE ZIGOTO

JAMES FINNERTY EP LAUNCH
Thursday March 26th
Le Zigoto Cafe, Montreal
7:30pm *EARLY SHOW*

With very special guests:

Miss Emily Brown

James Lamb

Daniel Isaiah Schachter

Risa Dickens

The Ash House
(Members of Burial Song)

Jean-Fred Lizotte
(Violin & Guitar)

Le Zigoto Cafe serves fair trade coffe and tea, homemade food and great ambiance. Located at 5731 Ave du Parc, south of Bernard.

$7 with copy of CD, glass of wine & house appetizers.

Pre-order a copy of the EP here.

Links:

Last.fm
Montreal Shows
Facebook
Indyish.com
Myspace