Grimes - Hillside Sunday 2011 Pop Montreal

Grimes is a solo project consisting of a young female singing over some cool prerecorded tracks. Not to say that she only sang, as the entire time she was playing keys and twisting knobs. The music is actually quite good and I was pleasantly surprised and the crowd was obviously appreciative as well. Interestingly the slight lisp-like quality to her speaking voice was mostly but not completely lost in song, although that may in part be contributed to the double-wired reverb mic that she sang into. It was a relatively upbeat set - moreso than Pat Jordache before but less than Gobble Gobble after - and even included a touch of Depeche Mode's Tainted Love. True promise from this up and comer.