You can feel it in the air, you can smell it in the streets, it’s Pop Montreal time. I’m not going to write a guide since Sean at STG has already done a great job. One show that I’m totally down to see is Girls (with Nobunny no less!) at Theatre Corona (tickets) Sunday September the 25th. Girls’ latest Father, Son, Holy Ghost is a stellar sophomore release that I haven’t been able to break away from the last few runs up Mont Royal. The album isn’t anything really new muscially, a potpourri of styles that Owens and crew have managed to make their own. I’ve particularly fallen in love with the Tony Iommi-esque riffage in ‘Die’. If you haven’t checkout out the album yet freast your eyes and ears to this lil’ diddy and favorite of mine, ‘Honey Bunny’.
Also you might notice the brilliant painting above, this is the work of a close personal friend of mine Peter Farmer. Pete is an award winning artist who recently moved back here from Halifax. In Halifax he was the owner of the Paragon Theatre (old Marquee) and while there painted most if not all of the artists that played the venue. Check out his Paragon Collection here, his work is magnificent. He’s starting work on a new collection and here’s a taste:
Above is a clip from the new Skatefairy video. The soundtrack is a gem from Panda Bear entitled “Atiba Song”, which I can only assume is named after the director Atiba Jefferson. Tomboy, the much antcipated new Panda Bear album, finally has a release of April 19th on Paw Tracks. Back in July “Tomboy”/”Slow Motion” 7″ was released which didn’t win me over, but this track is a grand slam. If this is song is any indication of what to expect then Tomboy will without a doubt be golden (not like anyone didn’t see that coming). Watch the video above or download the track below.
Japanther are my Ramones. They’ve simplified the Ramones’ setup by removing the cumbersome (and sometimes uninteresting) rhythm guitar and replacing it with a tape deck. Ian Vanek (drums, vocals and my personal hero) and Matt Reilly (bass) back up their premade cassettes, which contain a wide range of samples from bad movies and great hip hop records, only to transform them into some of the most energetic and interesting punk rock I’ve heard in my short life. Above is a recent video for ‘The Dirge’ which can be found on Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt. The track is a cover of Portland’s New Band Things which you can listen to below.
“During the Cold War at the beginning of the Space Age, the Soviet Union was rumored to have two space programs – one a public program, the other a secret ‘black’ one, in which dangerous and sometimes downright suicidal missions were attempted. Cosmonauts would be shot into orbit without the means or resources to get them home, stranded in an expanding orbit around earth, slowly pulling away, frozen in space for eternity.” - Scott Coffey
Wolf Parade released Expo 86 back in June with not near as much blog fervor the album deserved. The track “Yulia” is a beautiful and terrifing tale of a man trapped in space with no way back to earth. The video directed by Scott Coffey converys Boeckner’s words fittingly.I think I have something in my eye…
It’s a wet deary morning in Montreal. Biking though the damp air at high speeds is arduous in the cold fall temperatures. But sometimes you can get a song that warms the cockles of your heart. Lately, I’ve been watching Bored To Death with the side effect of developing a bit of an obsession with Jason Schwartzman. He’s a fascinating dude. Did you know he was the drummer of Phantom Planet? Did you know he is a vegetarian? Did you know he has a solo project called Coconut Records? Well I didn’t. “West Coast” is from 2007’s Nighttiming and it’s one of those songs that can get you though a day/week/year. The video above has the value added feature of The Gonz doing amazing things with a skateboard. Dig!
Nathan Williams and company have done what I always thought was impossible, make great pop punk. I didn’t think it existed, like finding Big Foot. If you haven’t picked up King of the Beach yet, do so! It’s the album of the summer (if you haven’t heard).
![[mp3/video] Panda Bear - Atiba Song](http://www.trendwhore.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/panda3.jpg)
