New to Montreal, I found a listing for a small Swedish indie pop band called "Little Dragon". I managed to convince my bf to venture there and we got of the De Castelnau metro in a quiet, snowy, deserted place (but this was a Tuesday night in January.) The show was $15 which I think it very reasonable. There was a coat check that unfortunately was FULL, so we had to hold our massive amounts of clothes the whole time. Il motore is a very small venue that would perhaps fit max 150 people (maybe less??). Anyway it seemed like the perfect intimate size for a indie band - and it was!. The crowd that night seemed to be in their 20 -30s and seemed pretty un-affected in general, more like a student crowd than a scene. Beers cost $5-6 and shots $4, although our first round was severely discounted for some reason yay :)
We got there at 10pm, with the place already packed and the opening act playing, and it was still going when we left at 12:30. Definitely want to go back, although I might have to do some research of their future acts as I have never heard of them.