No doubt Olympia’s Foxygen were highly influenced by Athens’ Of Montreal, but I feel safe in guessing the latter have fallen under the influence of the former in their rather flattering dress up in basement production values. Of Montreal // Fugitive Air :
Jul 11, 2013 | Categories:music | Tags: favorite music, foxygen, fugitive air, kevin barnes, music, new song, of montreal, song, stream, streaming | Comments Off on new song // Of Montreal : “Fugitive Air”
of Montreal // “Paralytic Stalks” : 2012.02.07 : Polyvinyl : streaming in its entirety here and below :
Jan 24, 2012 | Categories:music | Tags: album, coming soon, favorite music, kevin barnes, listen party, music, of montreal, paralytic stalks, stream, streaming | Comments Off on listen party // of Montreal : “Paralytic Stalks”
Of Montreal // Dour Percentage : [audio http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Of_Montreal_-_22Dour_Percentage22.mp3]
Jan 06, 2012 | Categories:music | Tags: coming soon, dour percentage, favorite music, kevin barnes, music, new music, new song, of montreal, song, stream, streaming | Comments Off on new song // Of Montreal : “Dour Percentage”
Of Montreal // “False Priest” : 2010.09.14 genre psych pop glam sounds like the album’s cover art. Saturday morning cartoon funk. Prince and Bowie on a date at a graffiti-covered soda fountain. notes higher production values does the band good. verdict if albums were rated on likelihood that Peter would sing along at top volume […]
Sep 21, 2010 | Categories:music | Tags: album, false priest, favorite music, godly intersex, new favorite album, of montreal, song | Comments Off on new favorite album // Of Montreal : “False Priest”
NPR is streaming two highly-anticipated albums in their entirety before they’re released: Blonde Redhead // “Penny Sparkle” : 4AD : 2010.09.14 : streaming here Of Montreal // “False Priest” : Polyvinyl : 2010.09.14 : streaming here
Sep 07, 2010 | Categories:music | Tags: album, blonde redhead, coming soon, false priest, favorite music, Kazu Makino, listen party, npr, of montreal, penny sparkle | Comments Off on listen party // Blonde Redhead + Of Montreal
Terrorism, war, recession . . . whatever. This was a terrific decade for music. These were the albums that gripped me and never let go and remain head-and-shoulders above the rest.
Dec 31, 2009 | Categories:music | Tags: album, animal collective, arcade fire, avey tare, blonde redhead, brian weitz, carey mercer, chris taylor, christopher owens, clinic, daft punk, dan bejar, daniel rossen, david portner, deakin, destroyer, end of year list, favorite music, geologist, girls, grizzly bear, interpol, Joshua Dibb, karin dreijer, karin dreijer andersonn, knife, m.i.a., modest mouse, noah lennox, of montreal, olef dreijer, panda bear, radiohead, silent shout, spencer krug, sufjan stevens, swan lake, the dodos, the knife, the strokes, white stripes, wolf parade | 6 Comments »
These are albums I love listening to from beginning to end and have a magical appeal no matter the time, place or mood. These are not necessarily the albums I respect the most. In other words: this is a list of what I consider to be my favorite albums—but not, in all cases, what I […]
Mar 18, 2009 | Categories:music | Tags: abbey road, animal collective, avey tare, b.a.d., b.a.d. ii, bad, bang, beast moans, beatles, belle & sebastian, big audio dynamite, bjork, black francis, bossanova, bowie, brian eno, brian weitz, bryan ferry, buzzcocks, carey mercer, chairs missing, chameleons, clinic, daft punk, dan bejar, david bowie, david portner, deakin, debut, destroyer, discovery, echo & the bunnymen, eno, eureka farm, favorite music, frank black, geologist, green, hall & oates, his 'n' hers, i should coco, iii, Joshua Dibb, kid a, led zeppelin, love bites, loveless, m.i.a., macca, magazine, mbv, mccartney, mia, michael jackson, my bloody valentine, noah lennox, of montreal, omd, panda bear, paul mccartney, pink floyd, pixies, pulp, r.e.m., radiohead, real life, rem, roxy music, sonic youth, supergrass, swan lake, teenager of the year, the cars, the globe, the very best of, the view, thriller, velvet underground, walking with thee, walkmen, what does anything mean? basically, what does anything mean? basicaly, white stripes, wire, wolf parade, world party | 5 Comments »
I need to rate and sort and organize and, apparently, report back. I can’t help it. after the jump, I’ve listed my favorite albums of 2008 along with some other musical tidbits: favorite albums of 2008 top five albums of 2008 favorite songs of 2008 favorite live shows of 2008 favorite 2008 discoveries of old […]
Mar 18, 2009 | Categories:music | Tags: a hundred things keep me up at night, abe vigoda, acid tongue, an eluardian distance, at mount zoomer, beach house, black francis, black kids, black mountain, blind, brewis brothers, british sea power, bsp, cape cod kwassa, castro, cut copy, dan bejar, daniel rossen, dear science, deerhunter, dennis wilson, department of eagles, der golem, destroyer, devotion, dexy's midnight runners, do you like rock music?, dodos, end of year list, evangelicals, favorite music, felt, fleet foxes, genesis, gila, golden age, graveyard girl, hawkwind, heartless, hemlock, hercules & love affair, hercules and love affair, i'm not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance with you, in ear park, in ghost colors, in the new year, independent, jay reatard, jenny lewis, jodi, joy ride, kanye west, killers, l.e.s. artistes, lindstrom, lockett pundt, lords of the new church, love is all, lust, m83, man man, marnie stern, matador singles 08, mbv, mezzanine, mgmt, microcastle, my bloody valentine, my favorite year, nancy & lee, neon neon, no age, no one does it like you, nouns, of montreal, oracular spectacular, out there on the ice, phil collins, portishead, rabbit habits, raveonettes, rostam batmanglij, santogold, saturdays=youth, seasick, sf design concourse, simple minds, skeletal lamping, skeleton, stainless style, stoned again, talk talk, the dodos, the evening descends, the week that was, third, this is it and i am it, time to pretend, trouble in dreams, tv on the radio, vampire weekend, visiter, walkmen, walkment, where you go i go too, white winter hymnal, wolf parade, wucan, you & me | 1 Comment »