POP MONTREAL 2008 FINAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED

POP SYMPOSIUM PERFORMANCE BY LYDIA LUNCH!

POP FILM 5th ANNIVERSARY

OCTOBER 1 - 5, 2008
www.popmontreal.com

CONFIRMED ARTISTS: Burt Bacharach, Ratatat, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Hot Chip, Beach House, Baby Dee, Vivan Girls, Silver Apples, Dan Deacon, Brazilian Girls, Black Kids, Jason Collett, Sebastien Grainger, T. Raumshmiere, Vetiver, Akron/Family, Dr. Dog, Congorock, Irma Thomas, The Virgins, The Dodos, Aleks and the Drummer, The Dears, The Bug, Megasoid, Socalled, Watain, Julie Doiron, These Are Powers, Japanther, Dirty on Purpose, Deathset, AIDS Wolf, Dark Meat & more!

For the full list of Artists playing Pop Montreal, please visit www.popmontreal.com

POP MONTREAL’S SYMPOSIUM

POP Montréal’s Symposium aims to empower, educate, and inspire by offering intimate access to the ideas and forces at the heart of today’s music world. The Symposium brings together a diverse range of presenters under the banner of music, in the broadest sense. All sessions focus on the relationship between art, culture, and creativity, with the aim of encouraging our community to build movements, strategise, and create.

This is an artist-driven music conference.
This is five days of workshops, panels, listening sessions, and keynote presentations about music, culture, and creativity.
This is exploding our ideas about how music is created, from cultural to practical production.
This is a meeting of musicians, writers, thinkers, experts, practitioners, listeners, and legends.

A CONVERSATON WITH NEW ORLEANS’ QUEEN OF SOUL IRMA THOMAS

MASTER CLASS WITH EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FILMMAKER JEM COHEN

THE HERSTORY OF MCING WITH ORGINAL REGGAE STAR SISTER NANCY

PERFORMANCE BY NO-WAVE PIONEER, SINGER, AND POET LYDIA LUNCH

BEATBOX CHOIR WITH ACAPELLA LEGENDS THE PERSUASIONS

AFRICAN RAP CULTURE WITH NOLLYWOOD FILMMAKER FEMI AGBAYEWA

INTERNET POLICE WITH THE FUTURE OF MUSIC COALITION (FMC)

FILM POP

Our fifth year promises to be the best yet, featuring our usual selection of quality
shorts and features garnered from innumerable international submissions.

Old Favorites and New Horizons

This is a year of old favorites revisited and new horizons realized without
compromising the underground spirit that is the POP legacy. Making Music
with the NFB returns to sponsor a masterclass taught by the legendary music
documentarian Jem Cohen, who has worked with the likes of Patti Smith and
Fugazi.

FILM POP is a MUSIC FILM festival!

This year’s films have a stronger music focus than ever before. Whether it’s
Wizard rock inspired by Harry Potter or the under-appreciated genius of Arthur
Russell-FILM POP has it covered. In addition to ‘Wild Combination: A
Portrait of Arthur Russell’ and ‘We are Wizards’ we will be screening a
fascinating documentary about Robert Moog and Eileen Yaghoobian’s ‘Died
Young Stayed Pretty’-a radical film about the politics and aesthetics of North
American poster art. We are proud to present an outstanding array of short films
as well, including court 13 productions’ ‘Glory at Sea’-winner of the Wholphin
Award at South by Southwest 2008, and the first film effort from Saskatoon
based artist Amelie Atkins, ‘Three Minute Miracle’.

Not to be Missed!
Our special events will include what promises to be a gorgeous evening
showcasing Vincent Moon of La Blogotheque’s Concerts Pour Emporter
(takeaway shows) and a crazy night of all things Rockabilly at the Montreal
premier of ‘Rockabilly 514′. We have tons more killer programming up our
metaphorical sleeves, as well as a party or two that you won’t want to miss.
These are just the teasers, so leave your antennas up to receive more details as
we send them out over the airwaves.

MORE AT www.popmontreal.com/film

*POP MONTREAL SEGMENTS!*

*KIDS POP*
Pop Montreal is pleased to extend the fun to the kids! This year, kids and youth can explore Montreal’s innovative cultural scene at Kids Pop. A variety of shows, demonstrations and workshops will be offered that connect artists with young folks in order to share skills, encourage artistic expression and enjoy Montreal’s cultural offerings.

*PUCES POP*
In its 4th year, Puces Pop is a DIY festival that celebrates independent creation. It features a marketplace of handmade goods, a record sale and gear swap, a series of free arts & crafts workshops and a mini-seminar on business skills for self-employed artists. It’s all kicked off by a fashion show with a $2000 prize!

*ART POP*
The Visual Arts component of Pop Montreal, Art Pop’s purpose is to showcase fun and exciting artists that resonate with the youthful energy of its musical counterpart. Look out for some wild technologies, superheroes, Japanese copycats, French activists, teenage passion, digital vandalism and crazy good times in general. And cute cats too.

OCTOBER 1 - 5, 2008
www.popmontreal.com