Pop Montreal has announced the initial lineup of this year's festival. The even takes place October 1st through the 5th in Montreal, Quebec. The initial lineup is as follows:
Burt Bacharach, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Hot Chip, Crystal Castles, Black Kids, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Beach House, The Persuasions, Silver Apples, Dan Deacon, Vetiver, Cori Bishop (aka Elyse Weinberg), Dark Meat, Socalled, Jason Collett, Julie Doiron United Steel Workers of Montreal, The Dodos, Liam Finn, Wintersleep, Headlights, Playdoe, Dabaaz, Kim, Eric Bélanger, The Veils, WIRE, St Catherines, Thomas Function, Chad Van Gaalen, Dominique Grange & Jacques Tardi, Great Lake Swimmers, Katie Moore, Woodhands, Sam Shalabi, Gatineau, Chocolat, Irma Thomas, Wedding Present, Evangelicals, Jana Hunter, Cex, Teeth Mountain, Teki Latex, D'Urbervilles, and Michie Mee.