Candice and Mel report from Day 3 – Friday, Sept. 27 – of POP Montreal 2013…

POP MTL Day 3 promised another night of musical mastery. We were off to Metropolis for another sold out show: Seoul x Wild Nothing x Local Natives.

First up was Montreal based Seoul, a mashup of whimsical ambient/pop music. The trio (Dexter, Nigel, and Julian) are about to release their debut album I Become A Shade. Their songs had an airy Toro Y Moi vibe. Mid-set, the lead singer reminisced about seeing Metric play at Metropolis at age 14. He had hoped one day he could “get into pyrotechnics like that” and thanked POP for his “living the dream” moment.

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Canadian Musician‘s Montreal correspondents, Candice Dugas and Melanie Cheung, were back out for another night of the 2013 POP Montreal festival. Here’s the latest:

Day 2 of POP MTL brought us to the Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre, one of our favorite venues in the city. It was a sold out show for headliners Portugal the Man. There was a substantial lineup outside, with many eager concert goers determined to stake out their spots. We settled into front row balcony seats for optimal viewing of the light show to come.

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It’s sophomore year for these two POP correspondents, Candice Dugas and Melanie Cheung, and we are confident about this year’s prospects. The POP Montreal 2013 lineup is looking fierce and these girls are armed with Canadian Musician media passes. We’re fashion designers turned part-time journalist/photographers (and forever music junkies at heart) and we are ready to divulge our discerning musical opinions.

The exciting thing about this festival is not necessarily the big names that it brings to the city, but the emerging up-and-coming bands that we have yet to discover. The POP MTL roster guarantees a sneak-peek of what to look forward to musically in the year to come.

Day 1 sent us to church…

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This is pretty awesome – especially because this approach is far more widespread these days… http://imgur.com/a/p0tKn