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What you can do support you local scene, man
Schmooze ’n’
brews
Closing the MIMI
festivities is the awards gala, an increasingly swanky affair that will
be simulcast for the first time on Radio-Canada’s bandeapart.fm
Web site, as well as taped for future TV broadcast (prime time, honest).
Hosts Gus Van Go (ex-Me Mom, current Defender) and Pascal Angelo Fioramore
(les Abdigradationnistes) will deal out the awards in 21 categories
and introduce a procession of local live acts with the help of a procession
of local scenesters. You know, awards-show-style, plus visible inebriation
and minus Armani. More awards, more performances, more “special
surprises” and, if possible, more profanity than last year is in
the cards and, if you haven’t had enough MIMI and you know a nominee
or two, the party will spill from the Spectrum to the SAT for the first
ever post-gala party. Yes, that’s entertainment. :
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The
people, some people, have spoken. The votes are in and are undoubtedly
being counted, as you read this, by a team of trained professionals.
Somewhere, somehow, stout chunks of gold-plated fun-metal are being
moulded into “MiMi” by expert craftsmen. So the trimmings
are prepped and the stages are set for this year’s bigger, bolder
MIMIs. For four days, the fourth annual Montreal Independent Music Initiative
celebration will shower props on our smorgasbord of local talent with
live showcases, a record fair, a benefit and the awards gala blowout.
So dust off your gala gowns, party shoes and change purses to cheer
on our hometown homies at the MIMI happenings, available in five fun
flavours.
Save
CIBL! runs to the rescue of Quebec’s oldest community radio station,
CIBL 101.5 FM, whose purse has clearly seen better days. Supporting
this longtime champion of la scène locale is an impressive roster
of francophone bands, including Raoul Duguay et Laizenzymes, Passion,
Les Chiens, WD-40, Chasse Galerie, Landriault, Frederic Gary Comeau,
Marie-Claude Lamoureux, Kulcha Connection, les Georges Leningrad, Sunny
Deloop, Raoul et les Raoulettes—and more, if you can believe it.
Do your part at the Medley on Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m. by paying $12
(advance) or $15 (door).
The
next day, stick with Foufs for the Record Expo, an afternoon event featuring
live bands as well as kiosks displaying the wares of local labels, promoters,
distributors, zines and radio stations. Music and its merch will be
for sale—a $10+ purchase gets you a free, 21-track MIMI 2002 compilation
CD—and “networking” will be afoot, so brush up on your
hand-shaking schmooze routine if you’re on the market. Let’s
not forget live entertainment from Volume 10, la Cage de bruits, Floating
Widgets, the Sainte Catherines, Ordure Ioniques, WD-40 and Aphasia.
The funfair happens at Foufounes on Saturday, March 2 from 1–7
p.m., and it’s free.