Having never been to Montreal, Jux contributor Elise Hennigan is on a mission to both experience the city and catch good shows at this year’s POP Montreal Fest. Continue on for a rundown of her experiences with synth pop, sweaty venues, performance art, late night poutine, and more.

If you're as much of a fan of David Byrne and the Talking Heads as we are, then here's a treat for you: a look into Mr. Byrne's production space where he currently works on film, photography, opera, and non-fiction.

Any daily New York cyclist will tell you there are a serious lack of bike racks in all the boroughs. Everyone’s lugging these massive chains around so they can lock their bikes to something not intended for locking, trees work well. Any new bike racks mean a win for cyclists, whether Talking Heads lead singer, David Byrne, designed them or not, in this case he did.

We know that David Byrne created this Dressed Objects body of work in 1998 for a gallery show in Munich, Germany, but we have always wanted the excuse to have a side table wearing 4-legged khakis on the site. And we got our wish...

Yes, the Talking Heads David Byrne. Underneath the High Line at West 25th Street in NYC, Byrne has a gigantic globe that appears to be squashed tightly under the tracks. The piece, Tight Spot, will occupy this space until October 1, 2011.