Best of Spring 2012

June 26 2012 // Magazine // Features

Spring Sunset

CJLO staff and on-air personalities take a look back at their favourites in music this past spring, and give us a taste of what's to come in summer 2012!

Click on the DJ show pages or personal pages (hyperlinked below for your convenience) and check out our show schedule for all the information you need about our programming. 

Michael Cota
CJLO Additional Content Editor and host of Here's Your Future

  

Top New Releases March-May

1. Julia Holter - Ekstasis (RVNG International)
2. The Men - Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones Records)
3. Mount Eerie - Clear Moon (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
4. Death Grips - The Money Store (Epic)
5. Cousins - The Palm at the End of the World (Self-released)

Favourite Release this Spring 

Chromatics - Kill For Love (Italians Do It Better)

Best Live Shows/Festivals

- Atlas Sound performed at Cabaret du Mile End. The performance was almost two and a half hours of ethereal bliss and by the end of his set, I felt like I had sacrificed my sanity to the soul of Bradford Cox. You can read my full review on the performance here.

- One-man band Hellenica performed in an almost empty venue and captured my heart with his spaghetti-western anthems and pensive drones. He's also my friend who I had never seen perform before, so it was truly heartwarming.

- Metric wasn't the best show I attended for spring, but I did find it amusing to see so many tweens that travelled up-to 10 hours to come to their private Synthetica debut performance. They were all crying to "Give Me Sympathy", singing over and over "Come on baby play me something like here comes the sun..." I think I saw my boyfriend crying, but he'll never admit to that.

Summer Fun

I'm looking forward to the new Stagnant Pools release, hopefully something from Zebra Katz and Cold Warps. Of course, I'm almost peeing myself waiting for the new Animal Collective. As far as film goes, I'm stoked to see Marc Webb's take on the Amazing Spider-Man. I'm also very excited for the new Pixar film, Brave. In the TV world I'm eager to see the new Breaking Bad and Arrested Development.

Kevin G.
Host of The Wakeup Call

  

Top New Releases March-May

1. The Just Barelys - Mad Bits (Self-released)
2. Skatton Club - Little Big Band (Self-released)
3. The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past (Epitaph)
4. PS I Love You - Death Dreams (Paper Bag Records)
5. A Tribe Called Red - A Tribe Called Red (Self-released)

Spring Favourites

Here is a list of some tracks that have seriously kicked my butt this spring:

- The Ketamines - Skin Trade
- The Long Distance Runners - Knuckles
- Perfeck Strangers - Work To Do
- Jordan Klassen - Go To Me
- The Lumineers - Ho Hey
- SpaceGhostPurrp - No Evidence
- Cold Specks - Holland
- Cousins - Thunder
- Paper Beat Scissors - Season's Rest
- Andrew Sisk - Fulltime

MF Gold
Co-host of Say Word!

  

What up radio fam! This is MF Gold checking in for the CJLO Spring Picks. We were asked to keep a March to May time frame, but considering that June 20th is officially the first day of summer and there’s been a lot of hot new stuff out in the past few weeks, I decided to extend the time frame from March to June 19th. Aight let’s get right into this cause I got a lot of picks.

Top 5 Local Releases

5. ‘The Case’ – Black Glovez (Generale Q, Truth Vibez & Elon Skee): Can I just say Black Glovez has been killin’ it this year. From videos to lyrical content to flow to production, these cats have been on their self-expansion and promotion grind! Definitely keep your eyes peeled for more of their releases.

4. Piu Piu Documentary Promo Album: Featuring some of the greatest beat makers of this city (including Kaytradamus, Incubator, Ken Lo, Musoni, Dr. Mad, and more!) this film is an insane initiative and the promo album is a blessing and a half.

3. ‘Love of My Life’ Remix – Kaytradamus: As I mentioned earlier, Kaytradamus is one of the greatest beat makers in this city, so there’s no doubt that he’s one of the only people I would trust to remix such a classic track. As a matter of fact, I think I like it better than the original.

2. Collation Vol.1 – Dead Obies: This mix tape killed me! From the Franglais to the flow to the references, that dirty beat, it was genius. I think that’s how I mashed up the replay button on my stereo.

1. Sunwalk – Modlee & Vlooper: Nothing, I mean nothing, beats a sexy EP release to kick off the summer. The Modlee Vlooper combo is absolutely blow mind! Had me feeling shivers down my spine and allllll that.

A few outside the city releases that really caught my eye:

- Seeds – Georgia Anne Muldrow
- Fort Apache – Camp Lo & Ski Beatz
- 1999 – Joey Bada$$
- Trophies – Apollo Brown & O.C

Top 5 Videos

5. ‘Fly Over Egypt’ – The Narcicyst: This is number five only ‘cause it’s actually outside of our timeframe (it was released January 25th). It’s so beautiful and profound that I couldn’t skip over it. Plus the track is insane.

4. ‘Wonderful X Anna Wise’ – Sikk: Honestly, Sikk is pretty much the Sickest dancer I’ve seen in years. Great track selection also.

3. ‘They Want it All’ – D-Shade (ft. The Narcicyst & Omar Offendum): A play on Pulp Fiction will always have me hooked. So Funny!

2. ‘No Church in The Wild’ – Jay Z & Kanye West: Remind you of Montreal much?!

1. ‘Combien de Mort’ – Emrical: Thank you, Emrical, for honoring Fredy Villanueva and the many others like him.

Top 5 Events (and then some)

They were all great, so I’m just gonna put them in chronological order.

6. Slang Rap Democracy – Deciphering the Cipher: Ten local rappers on a panel discussing the future of the hip hop scene in Montreal. Amazing! It happened in February though.. man I’m having a hard time with this time frame.

5. The Goods ft. DJ Lexis and Scott C: Let’s be honest, the Goods is always great but that night so much of the local fam came out so it made it even greater. Plus the Lexis/ Scott C DJ duo is insane.

4. 24 Hours of Vinyl 4th Edition: Be sure to check out my recap video.

3. Slum Village with opening acts Big Pooh and Dr. Mad: um.. ALAIZ OU RIEEEEEEEN!

2. The Launch of the Piu Piu Documentary + Live performance by Onra: Big shout-outs to the Queen Bee, Aisha C. Vertus.

1. Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) with opening acts Nomadic Massive and The Narcicyst: No Offense Mos, but the local fam really stole the show.

Top Upcoming Releases/Events I’m Psyched for

- Kaytradamus & Krystrale collabo album coming out June 28th

- Conn Shawnery ‘Cs02’ coming out July 13th

- Hip Hop Revival #5 at Les Bobards. Word on the street is that MF Gold might be making an appearance on the stage.

- Nomadic Massive's new release. OK so I might have a little more info than that, but I think I’m supposed to keep it on the DL. What I can say, however, is that they’ve been cooking up some ridiculous hotness for us all.

- Kaytradamus at Osheaga

- Kalmunity Vibe Collective’s three free nights at Jazz Fest

- MusicIsMySanctuary.com celebrating five years at the Jazz Fest

- The Narcicyst’s last performance in Montreal (before he leaves Montreal for a minute) at the Jazz Fest

Ouf! .. C’est beaucoup, non ?! Well this city keeps me busy and psyched about music all the time so it’s pretty hard to condense. Be sure to take the time to google some of these picks. I promise you’ll be grateful you did.

Brian Doc Holidae
CJLO Program Director, Hip-Hop Music Director, and host of Phantastiq Cypha

  

Top New Releases March-May

1. Union - Analogtronics (Fat Beats)
2. Fraction & Fresh Kils - Extra Science (Self-released)
3. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds (SomeOthaShip Connect)
4. Lushlife - Plateau Vision (Western Vinyl)
5. Homeboy Sandman - Chimera [EP] (Stones Throw Records)

Favourite Release this Spring

Union - Analogtronics

Summer Fun

This summer is going to be a little insane for comic geeks. The Avengers hit theatres with one of the strongest showings in movie history; just before the Goliath of summer, Dark Knight Rises (the third Batman installment), is set to drop. What does it mean for the geeks of the world? Best summer ever? Perhaps.

With an obvious lack of new ideas in Hollywood, it's a good bet they'll start turning to a medium that often is made fun of, even if compared to its other print counterparts, it hasn't done too bad. Comic books may be available digitally, but true fans of the form want their own copy of Batman #1 —note: not the first appearance of Batman (that was Detective Comics #27), but rather the first appearance of the Joker. So with all that said, I'm looking forward to a summer that sets the bar in comic book-based movies. I look forward to more Avengers, more Spiderman, and if Batman does well: the possibility of more DC Universe movies. They may have messed up their last few, but there is still hope for a company that re-launched their entire comic book universe and saw an increase in sales.

On the music front, I have been a big fan of The Alchemist for a while and his new project, Russian Roulette, is set to drop on July 17th. Now in all honesty I've heard the album, so I can't really say I'm looking forward to something I've heard but I am looking forward to the official release and seeing the album make its mark on the scene cause it's good. The Alchemist takes his time to put us through a kind of weird Cosmonaut adventure through music and get some of the most underrated artist in hip hop to spit versus that would make commercial kids think twice about what they're doing.

Oncle Ian
Co-host of The Go-Go Radio Magic Show

  

Top New Releases March-May

1. White Fence - Family Perfume Vol. 1 & 2 (Woodsist)
2. Ty Segall & White Fence - Hair (Drag City)
3. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Aufheben (‘a’ Records)
4. Giant Giant Sand - Tucson (Fire Records)
5. Patti Smith - Banga (Columbia)

Best Live Shows/Festivals

- Strange Boys, White Fence, Ty Segall @ Il Motore
- Hiroshima Shadows, Red Mass Disco 3000, Duchess says @ Il Motore
- The Reigning Sound @ Il Motore

Summer Fun

- Red Mass' upcoming first LP. I already know it's gold.

- Peter Buck's upcoming first solo LP. The first released song "10 Million BC" takes it back to the garage. Pete sings!

- Glass Passenger Uppers & Downers. The album launch is June 28th!

- Woods Bend Beyond September 18!!!

- Go-Go Radio Magic Show sessions. We're lining 'em up folks, should be fruitful!

Stephanie Dee
CJLO Magazine Editor and host of Twee Time

  

Top New Releases March-May

1. The Men - Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones Records)
2. Dry Feet - 10 Songs by the Band... (Burger Records)
3. Parlovr - Kook Soul (Dine Alone Records)
4. King Tuff – King Tuff (Sub Pop)
5. La Sera - Sees the Light (Hardly Art)

Favourite Release this Spring

With only one listen, I immediately knew that Open Your Heart by The Men was going to be on repeat for a very long time, and it certainly has been since the day it was released in early March.  When the very first guitar riff on the track "Turn It Around" fell upon my ears, my hands went straight up in the air, and my fingers formed the infamous sign of the horns. Then came "Animal", and that invisible air guitar fell into my arms as my body formed itself into a crazy rock pose as if by magic. "Country Song" is just so beautiful and made me think (which I rarely like to do, but I had to make an exception), while the guitar-work and drums on "Oscillation" and "Please Don't Go Away" left me wanting to know and to jam with these guys so bad. The title track, "Open Your Heart", reminds me so much of the music from one of my favourite bands (The Buzzcocks), and "Candy" is something my dad would have introduced me to as a kid, if it had existed, which would have shaped my life forever. "Cube" is total madness and grinding metal, while the track “Presence” starts quiet, builds up with the introduction of guitar, then drums, then a low humming mantra; the song finally climaxes into pure, perfect, shoegaze-y noise. The album ends with “Ex-Dreams”, and I’m left entranced with the sound of dual lead-guitars and crazy tuning reminiscent of Sonic Youth. Open Your Heart has everything and I don't say that often. In fact, the only other records that truly fall into my FUCK YEAH! music category are the Ramones first album and Exile on Main St. by the Stones.

Best Live Shows/Festivals

Duchess Says @ Club Lambi: Annie-Claude Deschênes delivered the best performance of spring 2012, hands down. I’m usually not one to mosh, but she left me no choice! Annie-C hypnotised and entranced me, and there I was dancing and jumping around like a crazed lunatic as the crowd became entwined in her eyes and infinitely-long microphone cable. Drummer Simon Says tapped his drum sticks to begin the song “Ch.o.B.”, and my friend’s eye-glasses went flying off his face while the moshing and destruction of the band’s Church of Budgerigars prop continued. He miraculously retrieved his specs at the bottom of the sea of running shoes and sweat unscathed, which was quite the sight to see in-and-of itself. Duchess Says even topped Gogol Bordello, which I had said was the “best show I’ve ever seen” just days earlier. If it were legal to marry a show, I would be on my honeymoon with Duchess Says right now.

Other shows I attended, and loved, this spring:

- The Men @ Il Motore
- Gogol Bordello @ Metropolis
- Strange Boys, White Fence, Ty Segall @ Il Motore
- Maximum RNR @ Underworld
- CRABE + American Devices + Devil Eyes @ Casa del Popolo
- The Normals + Electric Vomit + Allan Fine (The Chromosomes) @ Casa del Poplo
- Jah Cutta + DJ John Lee @ Katacombes
- Trade Secrets + Archery Guild @ Your best friend John Jacob’s House
- Parlovr + Goose Hut @ L’Escogriffe
- Silver Dapple + Archery Guild @ Le Divan Orange

Summer Fun

This summer I’m really looking forward to Parlovr’s triumphant return from touring for Kook Soul to play Club Lambi on June 30th, the release of Hypnotic Knights LP by JEFF The Brotherhood (in pre-order right now) on July 17th, Sigur Ros at Osheaga (if I can afford the damn thing) in August, and getting to DJ for a really good cause at the Head & Hands Serve volleyball tournament!

Beansie Saretsky
CJLO Station Manager and host of Let Them Eat Cake

  

Top New Releases March-May

1. CJLO 1690 AM - "You're Related" Vol. 1 (Self-released)
Such a great experience at CJLO 1690AM. An amazing collection of local artists covering other local artists. 

2. Beach House - Bloom (Sub Pop)
A dream of sangria and ivy on brick walls.

3. Screaming Females - Ugly (F.A.B. Distribution)
Marissa's vocals are incredible as always - a hard, driving album that gets you pumped for nights outside without coats on.

4. Purity Ring - Obedear [single] 
One more single towards the full album!!!

5. Mirroring - Foreign Body (Kranky)
This collaboration between Grouper and Tiny Vipers was the perfect soundtrack for the transition from snow to slush - all of those melancholic emotions one experiences at the end of a long winter leading into a dirty spring.

Favourite Release this Spring

I'd have to say Beach House... some of the songs are a little repetitive but this has definitely been my spring 2012 album.

Best Live Shows/Festivals

White Lung @ Il Motore: I had never heard of this band before, but it was by far one of the best concerts I'd ever been to. Their stage presence was incredible. You could tell that they were at the point of hating each other, but the music was so tight and together that the drummer storming off the stage once the show was finished just seemed like a fitting extension of their music.

Summer Fun

Purity Ring's full album release: OMG I've been waiting for a year and a half for this moment to come. Seriously.

Rye Rye's full album release: This album is going to be hands down one of the best albums of the summer. Rye Rye's "Hardcore Girls" was my ~summer jam~ last year and I have high hopes that this album will be an upbeat and impressively rapped extension of this single.

CJLO Assistant Music Director and host of Fear of Music

  

Top New Releases March-May
 
1. PS I Love You - Death Dreams (Paper Bag Records)
Great band back with another solid record just in time for summer, had a great time at the album release party CJLO/Casa Del Popolo hosted when it came out.
 
2. Death Grips - The Money Store (Epic)
This is the album I've listened to most the past few months. Death Grips have created a record out of lo-fi noise, mixing with strains of rock and electro and hip-hop, all the while MC Ride is barking unintelligible non sequiturs like a madman. A unique record with a very singular sound, and one of the more interesting releases of 2012 so far.
 
3. Cousins - The Palm at the End of the Mind (Self-released)
Cousins from Halifax, Nova Scotia have constructed a great record for summer partying. Catchy pop tunes mingling alongside stomping bar-rock.
 
4. Liars – WIXIW (Mute)
Another challenging, intricate record from Liars. They've been known to change their sound from record to record, but this was a big leap for them, changing to sample based, digitally constructed music with impressive results. Check the creepy video for standout track No. 1 Against The Rush.
 
5. Actual Water - The Paisley Orchard (Unfamiliar Records)
Summer in the End: on repeat the past few weeks, definitely my summer jam of the year so far. Guided By Voices style lo-fi pop with a summer picnic vibe; short and sweet just like the season that inspired it.
 
Favourite Releases this Spring
 
The Men - Open Your Heart begins with a blast of adrenaline and barely lets up. The band moves seamlessly between stomping rock cuts, kraut influenced lock-groove jams, Rolling Stones-esque country rock, and My Bloody Valentine shoegazing all without sacrificing focus. The Men created the first and so far best rock album of 2012 by mixing all of their influences together to create a cohesive and endlessly entertaining record.
 
Best Live Shows/Festivals
 
Atlas Sound @ Le Cabaret Du Mile End - Bradford Cox is a man who knows his sound, and his perfected his performance for maximum impact. As a one man band (switching between electric and acoustic guitar, bass, drums and vocals) he controlled the crowd during his almost two-hour very emotional performance. Dissonant noise mixed with flat out beautiful acoustic rock, and he even stopped for 15 minutes in the set just to charm the crowd.
 
Summer Fun
 
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange: The Odd Future associated singer is getting ready to drop his second album in July, if the rest is as good as the first peak, the amazing RnB odyssey Pyramids than the record is sure to be high on year end lists. 
 
And finally, my most anticipated album isn't coming out until the fall, but I'll spend all summer waiting for it. Animal Collective will be releasing their new record Centipede Hz this September, and the band has said that they've moved more towards a live band sound once again, forgoing the sampler-based sound of previous records Merriweather Post Pavilion and Strawberry Jam. Hopefully we will hear a taste from that record soon, but until then I'll just keep waiting.
 
Co-host of The Limelight

  

Top New Releases March-May
 
1. Perfeck Strangers - Series Premier (Self-released)
2. Oddisee - People Hear What They See (Mellow Music Group)
3. Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society (Universal)
4. Homeboy Sandman - Chimera [EP] (Stones Throw Records)
5. muGz - G.O.D. (Gone One Day) [EP] (Self Released)
 
Summer Fun
 
With the summer months ahead I always look forward to the Jazz Festival, especially this year. I’m looking forward to seeing Janelle Monae & Esperanza Spalding. Montreal artists Sarah MK will also be performing, and we will get to see MC Narcysist perform one last time before he goes back home to Iraq.
 
Also for the first time I’ll be going to Osheaga. Common, Bilal, Snoop Dog, Amadou & Mariam, Justice, Metric, & Black Keys are some of the artists I’m looking forward to seeing there and more!

Mason W
Host of Midnight Love Affair

  

Top New Releases March-May

1. Travis Bretzer - Making Love (Old Ugly Recording Co.)
2. TOPS - Tender Opposites (Arbutus Records)
3. Vanilla - Soft Focus (Self-released)
4. Kool Music 5 - Running Back to Everyone (Movie Star)
5. Brazilian Money - Doug Nasty (Self-released)

Favourite Release this Spring

Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Night Club (Captured Tracks)

Best Live Shows/Festivals

- Nite Jewel @ Il Motore
- Black Dice + Strong Boss + Cop Car Bonfire @ Il Motore
- Mozart’s Sister + Country @ Cabaret Playhouse
- Mac DeMarco + Each Other + Freelove Fenner @ Le Divan Orange
- Each Other + Boyhood + Homeshake @ Old Silver Door
- POP WINDS: Record Release//Funeral with Majical Cloudz + Zooey + GOGO + Cop Car Bonfire @ La Tour Prisme

Summer Fun

It is always impossible to tell what is coming up in the summertime in Montreal. There will be loads of spontaneous shows and tons of things you run into. Looking ahead, I only see one (there were two, but MF DOOM got cancelled) that I can confirm. Of course, there are several amazing shows at the Jazzfest, and many other festivals, but here is my summer peak. Check it out!

tUnE-yArDs + Mozart’s Sister July 31st @ Cabaret La Tulipe 

Jazz Festival:

- Al Stewart July 6th @ Club Soda 
- Tangerine Dream June 20th @ Salle Wilfred-Pelletier (Place des Arts)

Andrew Wixq
CJLO Metal Director and host of Grade A Explosives 

  

Top New Metal Releases March-May

1. High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis (E1)
If you like your metal sludgy and loud and slightly Motorheady, this album will be on your top 10 for the year too.

2. Mares of Thrace - The Pilgrimage (Sonic Unyon Metal)
See High on Fire, except its Canadian, and two chicks, and slightly doomier.

3. 16 - Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds (Relapse Records)
Gritty angry metal. Much like Unsane, so if you know them, you'll love this. Noticing a pattern?

4. Ihsahn - Emerita (Candlelight Records)
Former Emperor member releases a solid black metal esque solo album featuring a line up of elites.  If you like the metal that they like in Norway, this will do well for you.

5. Skip the Foreplay - Nightlife (Epitaph)
Montreal's greatest synthesis of electro and hardcore. Totally understandable if you hate it, but this guys is just eating it up.  RIYL: Enter Shikari, Attack! Attack!

Top New RPM Releases March-May

1. Gossip - Joyful Noise (Columbia)
Incredibly poppy female fronted stuff.  

2. Humans - Traps (Hybridity Music)
From Vancouver, this electro out fit puts out some quirky stuff.  RIYL: Errors

3. iVardensphere - I Dream in Noise: remixes Volume 2 (Metropolis Records)
Harsh industrial/dark wave from this Vancouver bunch.  RIYL: Terrorfakt 

4. 16Volt
Sounds like true industrial from the early to mid 80s. If you like old Ministry, or mid range Throbbing Gristle, you should love this.

5. Simian Mobile Disco - UnPatterns (Wichita)
More indie than some of their older stuff. Still a damn fine record from these electroheads.  RIYL: LCD Soundsystem

Emaciate Beats.
Former host of retired CJLO show Death Metal Disco

  

Top New Releases March-May

1. Yellow Claw - Krokobil ft. Sjaak & Mr. Polska
2. TNGHT (Hudson Mohawke x Lunice) - Bugg'n
3. Major Lazer - Get Free (Andy C Remix)
4. Modeselektor - This (Pickster One Remix)
5. Killsonik - Bloodlust

Favourite Release this Spring

Profresher - Krop Du$ta EP

Best Live Shows/Festivals

I Love This City Festival, San Francisco

Forget the best show so far this year, this was probably the best show of my life and definitely the pinnacle of my spring. Good weather turned out decent crowds for its first day as the concert roared to life; the only bummer being Chuckie cancelling his main stage appearance. The overall consensus between my friends, the crowd, and I was that Borgore managed to peak above everyone else— a true feat when you have the international superstars like Sebastian Ingrosso and Afrojack playing at the same time. The second day was much gloomier (back to normal San Francisco weather) but many more people turned out, although it has to be noted that it never felt overcrowded. You could get pretty much as close as you want, except the main stage. First on my lineup for the second day was Helicopter Showdown, which as much as it pains me to say this about my hometown brethren, they were just not that good. They didn't do anything wrong, or mix badly, but they didn't play any of their well-known songs, a mistake made all too often. After a disappointing opening act, a heavyweight line-up of Dubstep's finest took the reins of the "Bass Stage," with Kill The Noise, Doctor P, Feed Me and Excision blasting into the night. Switching between that stage and the Main Stage, which was Madeon,  Laidback Luke (THE performance of the weekend) and Tiesto, I was in pure and complete EDM bliss. Excision closed the small stages at 10:50 leaving my friends and I to only see David Guetta. While he mixed well, it should be noted that a friend who I was with saw him at Ultra Music Festival in Miami and said that, song for song, the mixes were exactly the same. Remember, not every DJ is a DJ.

Summer Fun

Neo-G-Funk pioneer and Friend-of-the-Show Profresher (aka Billy Blacklight) just put out a new EP on his Bandcamp page called Retro Super Future, and you can check out the title track on his Soundcloud page. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'd put my money on it-- this guy will be famous one day. The originality he brings to each of his tracks is absolutely unrivaled and for me. His songs contend with the huge Electronic Dance Music (EDM) artists, yet the depth of these four songs go past any level he's achieved before. It may very well be my EP of the year so far.

Speaking of huge EDM artists... Knife Party will have their new EP dropping in the very near future! I've listened to some of the tracks and I must say, there is something so much different than 100% No Modern Talking. This is definitely their most eclectic and wide-ranging EP, with so many different genres and styles.

Another concert I'm looking forward to in the future (although more of a festival) is the World Electronic Music Festival (WEMF) August 17th and 18th in South Algonquin. There are many reasons why this concert is so exciting, from the camping, to the local Montreal DJ's playing, to the headlining superstars coming out to the middle of nowhere in Ontario!