Singer-songwriter and occasional bee whisperer Kalle Mattson will be performing at the Divan Orange on May 15th, and Midnight Poutine has two tickets to give away!

This week in concerts: I know, you're probably still reeling from the sheer awesomeness of last weekend's second ever Midnight Poutine Showcase. However, that's not an excuse to miss the fantastic shows lined up for this week, so saddle up! This week, we've got lions, horses, birds and bears coming to town - what is this, a traveling zoo or something?

This week in concerts: On the musical menu this week, we've got an album launch, a goodbye show, the glorious conclusion of the 17th Vue sur la Relève festival, and tons of local artists. We hope you're hungry.

This week in concerts: These next few weeks will be filled with fantastic shows all over the place, partly due to the 17th edition of the Festival Vue sur la Relève kickoff, which is running until April 21st in 8 of the city's greatest venues. The festival promotes up-and-coming francophone artists, musicians, but also theater troupes and dance companies. It served as launch pad for some big names we know today: Karkwa, Pierre Lapointe, Radio Radio, Alex Nevsky, Misteur Valaire, and so on and so forth. Don't miss it!

This week in concerts: If you were lucky enough to score tickets to see Kasabian, Gotye, or Our Lady Peace before they sold out -and what's up with everybody dropping by Théâtre Corona this week, anyway?- I jealously shake my fist at you. If you want to get in on that big name fame, there are still tickets to see Band of Skulls and the Cat Empire. For those who have no taste for large crowds, no need to fret: there's still a multitude of lesser-known jewels out there, hanging around the smaller venues of this wonderful city.

This week in concerts: I don't need to mention again that This Will Destroy You is hitting Lambi tomorrow, which gives me all the more space to tell you about all the other great shows coming up this week. It'll be a good week for local folk, electro and weird experimental bands, so keep your ear to the ground, concert-goers.

Wednesday, June 1:
Love Inks w/ Toboggan, Cagibi
Love Inks, a band hailing from Texas, produces dreamy, spacey electro-pop. It's light and entrancing, which is definitely appropriate considering that they were named after a voodoo technique of writing love letters in ink made from ashes of burnt letters. They just released their self-financed debut album E.S.P. to much acclaim. Toboggan, from Montreal, is the project of Corey Martin, formerly known as VER6. His remixes, just like his original tunes, are quite trippy and full of energy - they command attention more than anything else. Not the stuff you'd use as background music.