Sam Roberts Band & The Lemon Twigs: Montreal's Weekend Jam

0:00It's April 24th. This is Canada News Today, your AI-powered local news. Montreal's weekend is stacked with live music and cinema vibes, kicking off with the Sam Roberts band hitting Olympia on Friday. This guy is a straight up melodic rocker from the city, blending club energy with heartfelt jams, and he's sharing stories from his 20-year-old. Album Chemical City. That record was a bold move. He soft-more-follow-up to a massive debut that sold 200,000 copies and snagged Juno Awards. Roberts pushed for a raw, live sound, like old-school Neil Young, convincing his label to ship the band to Australia for it, far from Montreal's buzz. He laughs now about setting up in a 19th-century church surrounded by macadamia trees, snakes and huge spiders riding tracks by day-and, be topping by nine. The label exec loved the first song, but got nervous as it got weirder, yet they released their raw, flaws and all, and it blew up big.

1:00Fans are buzzing online about catching Roberts' live, drawing parallels to quirky acts like Anjene de Poit Trin. Meanwhile, the lemon twigs bring Beach Boy's style Indie Pop to Beanfield Theatre Friday. Brothers switching from drums to guitar and a killer setup. Run down rounds out with Gabushar's Fokie set it into loose. The rendezvous Quebec cinema fests across venues all weekend, and a free DJ night at. Barfly spinning 45s after the Canadian's game pure powerpop from New York and Toronto spinners. Snag tickets quick and dive into the scene.