Karkwa, The biggest band in Quebec right now

I headed across the street to the Agora Des Arts to catch the end of Karkwa's set. One of the festival organizers had told me they were "the biggest band in Quebec right now," and she wasn't kidding. The Agora was absolutely packed, more than any other show it had staged that weekend. Every seat was full, people were standing in the aisles and it was nearly impossible to see the stage.

I stayed for a bit and found the contrast between the jammy material on the band's earlier material and their more folky tunes on this year's Polaris Music Prize short listed Les Chemins De Verre album quite interesting. I was also really impressed with what I saw of their performance: singer/guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier has quite the stage presence.

Extract fromarticle " Sadies, Melvins Get Loud At FME 2010"  by Kate Harper (CHARTattack) Live Review 09/08/10