M for Montreal

It's customary that, after covering a music festival, a rock journalist will look back and name the best acts they saw.

Last night (Nov. 22) here at M for Montreal, the fates guided us toward psychedelic rock, and we followed them to the end of the road.

On the third night of M for Montreal, the number of showcases increased by an order of magnitude.

Last night (Nov. 20), M for Montreal's music mix was split between a rollicking, folky-punk genre we'd never heard and a showcase of more familiar sounds.

Last night (Nov. 19), at a small club in Montreal, Dan Boeckner and his new band Operators brought the house down.

Since 2006, M for Montreal has existed for the chief purpose of showing off Montreal's diverse, energetic music scene.