http://www.trendwhore.ca listen to good music, mock the bad Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:43:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Montreal screening of the Jay Reatard documentary Better Than Something will be shown as part of the Nouveau Cinema festival. There are two scheduled viewings the first is Wednesday October 19th at 9pm and the second, Thursday October 20th at 12:00am, both at Agora Hydro-Quebec (175, avenue du Président-Kennedy) more information can ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/10/17/better-than-something/ One of my biggest regrets of the summer was missing out seeing local cats Citizenship play Pop Fringe. They just released a couple of tracks from their forth coming EP Swan Dive and they are killer to say the least. Checkout their bandcamp page for some download action of just dig into them in the ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/09/21/farewell-to-our-good-looks-and-sparkling-health/   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. ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/09/20/they-dont-like-my-dirty-hair-or-the-stuff-that-i-say/ Running around Jeanne Mance this evening listening to the new Night Birds album. I can't remember how I discovered Night Birds, but the New Jersey punk outfit is really bringing back nostalgic vibes.  Similar to OFF! and their throw back sound to Black Flag and 80's hardcore, The Night Birds are serving you a plate of Fresh Fruit ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/09/09/mp3-night-birds-born-of-man-and-woman/ So it's been what, 4 months since I last wrote in this blog. I've got no excuse really as to why I wasn't. Time was there, however this blog (or me maybe) has lost a lot of focus. I took a break. A long break over the summer to figure ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/09/08/rip-it-up-and-start-again/ I've got nothing but mad respect for this cat. http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/05/03/do-what-the-fuck-you-like/ Was checking out Beach Fossils at Sala Rossa last week, there I met my girlfriend's brother and we discussed the genius of Deerhunter's Bradford Cox over cigarettes. Cox never fails to disappoint me and the b-side from Deerhunter's Record Store Day single 'Memory Boy' is pure fucking heaven. I haven't ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/04/29/mp3-deerhunter-nosebleed/ Tonstartssbandht are a total treasure for me. I adore their musical range. I adore their hypnotic lives shows. I am a midnight fucking cobra. The brothers Andy and Edwin White are currently in Russia with their new cassette Hymns which you can listen to below. Take notice of the reworked ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/04/28/you-are-my-redneck-brother-i-am-your-gayish-girlfriend/ Back in 2009 I spent a majority of the summer plugged into Ganglians' Monster Head Room. A great record full of some of the best psyche-folk I've heard.  Now in 2011 the Sacramento band is releasing Still Living [via Lefse] August 23rd and to sample here is a great jangly ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/04/27/ganglians-jungle-mp3/ 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 ... http://www.trendwhore.ca/2011/01/17/mp3-video-panda-bear-atiba-song/