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Aaaah autumn, you and your magical colors, your dead leaves and your crazy parties.
Temperature is starting to drop in Montreal and already we are getting ready for some insane nights in Montreal. For all of those who went to Osheaga and got the green surprise (upcoming shows piece of paper), you surely jumped in excitment. I know I did.
It’s time for all the groopies to go search the web for some awesome artists coming to Montreal in the upcoming months. I know I’m going to at least 3 shows (for now). Angus & Julia stone have caught my eye, The Tallest Man on Earth will surely see my face and I won’t be missing Eels.
I’ve heard about Ratatat coming to Montreal in September (the 7th, already sold out for sure…). Artists such as Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, First Aid Kit, The XX, Jamie Lidell and Roger Waters (Holy Mother Of God) are also stopping by this great city of ours. Blonde Redhead is also coming with Pantha du Prince opening for her, might be a very interesting show. Caribou is stopping by Le National in September as well as Ok GO! in October.
Take some time to go over your favorite venues and you’ll be greatly surprised I’m pretty sure. Montreal is a musical city, PROFITEZ-EN. Hope to see you guys there.
Right now I wish I could be… sailing to nowhere would be the most elegant solution to my situation. A great escape into the wild. My choice isn’t too far from this though. Leaving for a few days to the Canadian countryside, relaxing in a roundhouse cabin on the Lac Saint-Jean will make everything better, I know it.
Another great thing will be waiting for me when I come back : Osheaga Festival(tickets still available BTW). Planning on going alone for a second year, music will be my only friend (eeeeemo). So many incredible bands that I discovered through this blog will be attending this year’s festival and I have the strong feeling that it will be epic.
Beach House was the band that I wanted to see live at the very start. Their style reminded me of the old bands of the 60s with their dreamy music. Psychedelicious shiiiite :) Since I’ve always dreamt of being at the ’69 Woodstock Fest, this was the closest I could get for the moment …still very, VERY, freaking far… :(
But then I went DEEPER into the band list and found out about… The Morning Benders (GOD YES), The Black Keys, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (:D), The National (ZOMG), Horse Feathers, Major Lazer (their last show in Montreal was insane), Snoop Dogg (never saw him live), We Are Wolves, Metric, Pawa Up First
Now would be the time to post the biggest mashup of all those bands but I WON’T… because it would sound like shit :) Soooo I will just tell all you guys from Montreal and around to BUY SOME TICKETS FOR THIS AWESOME FESTIVAL ! Seriously, live music in the warmth of summer is such a wonderful experience. And it’s a good way of MAYBE meeting some bands (we never know what surprise life has in its pockets for YOU). It’s also a great way of discovering some new bands !
Groove Attic is a great funky band from Montreal. Their music is so groooooovaaayyyy they are worth a listen in my opinion. I’ve heard that they are pretty awesome live ;) They are playing with La Strada from Broooklyyyyn (damn right). La Strada has a very nice style. Check out their myspace if you don’t know them. I really love their music. “Drawing on Jungian archetypes, folk tales and Franco-Baltic harmonies, La Strada offers up the best of the New York indie scene: interesting music made by talented people who have a point of view and a love for what they do.”-The Huffington Post
My personal favorite this week. Five Alarm Funk is a band from Vancouver that has the best style ever. A funky kind of music that will make you dance your ass off. Give their myspace a listen because you will get blown away. They are playing with Bananafish, a local band that mixes instruments in a pretty awesome way. They have a jazzy/progressive style that has to be beautiful in concert. The last band is another local creation. The Tanya, Emilie and Ali Band have this soothing indie acoustic style that we all love. They will all be there at Divan Orange this Thursday. Check out the BookFace event.
Last show of the week featuring another local band : This Invention Matters. An pop band that makes me think about the bands we used to listen to when we were younger. They will be playing live with a Winnipeg based band Royal Canoe. These guys have some awesome songs, check them out on myspace (link above). Another funky style that meets afro-beat to make a inspiring style.
All of those shows are organized by Indie Montreal. Go to their site to have all the info you need about the upcoming shows. The tickets to the shows are all under 10$ so GO CHECK IT OUT !
We will be getting some tickets for the other shows coming at the end of the month so get ready for a little ticket giveaway guys :)
Here’s a little song for you guys who are waiting for Osheaga to come :)
What a wonderful musical week. New bands, new loves. I found out, a little late about two incredible bands which I fell in love with right away. Better late than never huh, that’s what they say.
Numero uno : Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros arrived in my life with great strenght to hit me across the face. I discovered them while taking a look at our fellow bloggers’ recent activities. Seamstress For The Band always have such beautiful songs on their blog and that’s where I found out about Edward Sharpe.
“After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining a 12-step program for addiction, Ebert began work on a story about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. According to Ebert, Sharpe “was sent down to Earth to kinda heal and save mankind…but he kept getting distracted by girls and falling in love.” Ebert later met singer Jade Castrinos in Los Angeles. In the summer of 2009, as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Ebert and Castrinos toured the country with a group of fellow musicians in a big white school bus”. Ain’t this a beautiful story… It is when such a wonderful band ensues.
NOW, the feature presentation : The Morning Benders. I discovered this band on a “blog” that I visit pretty frequently because of its RICH content and magnificient gallery of “take away shows”. They were talking about a session they had with The Morning Benders and how extraordinary it was and shit. SO, I went on youtube to see for myself who thosem orning benders were. God… I was…. surprised, greatly surprised.
Their second album Big Echo was released this year and is full of surprises. This band is like a kind of magic. This way of mixing voices has always reached me, deeply. The whole album isn’t as good as the video I found, but there are some beautiful songs. “The band has toured in support of Broken Bells, Grizzly Bear, The Kooks and Death Cab for Cutie, Ra Ra Riot, and has also played with Yo La Tengo, MGMT, Grand Archives, Yeasayer, Two Gallants, The Rosebuds, Au Revoir Simone, We Are Scientists, and White Rabbits.They also toured with The Submarines.” WHAAAAAT !?!
And now a little word on La Blogothèque. Won’t be long, just to tell ALL OF YOU GUYS who take the time to read us. Go check it out, it’s MORE that worth it. Hundreds of shows from incredible bands that we all love. Their concept is just awesome.
Here is what they sent us all while we are waiting for The Morning Benders’ session.
Mise en scène : Un homme sort de sa tente qui est plantée dans le sable à proximité d’une autoroute désertique des États-Unis. La chaleur déforme l’horizon, transforme sa vision. Il marche péniblement vers la route, toujours aussi déserte. Il revient vers sa tente, la démonte péniblement et la range dans son sac à dos. Tout est lent, tout est pénible et un brin irréel. Il se met à marcher sur le bord de la route et aperçoit une voiture qui s’approche au loin. Il lève le pouce, sans espoir. La voiture passe à côté de lui, conduite par un cowboy (pourquoi pas Clint Eastwood dans ses jeunes années) et son cheval. Il regarde la scène perplexe… et tombe sans connaissance. Tout ceci avec un rythme extrêmement lent et lourd, comme si même l’image était écrasée par la chaleur.
What is there to do on a too hot day in Montreal ? Well this is what we were trying to find out some friends and I when walking on Ste-Catherine on this 38°C summer day. We saw HMV and told ourselves WHY NOT !? air conditioning and music in the same place. We got in and that’s exacltly when I heard it. Damn it was good and I knew this song from somewhere. I asked the employee and he told me that it was from The Roots‘ new album. Surprise surprise, no wonder why it is so good. These gods sampling Monsters Of Folk(a band that I love). It’s pure awesomness.
Yes I’ve already posted on The National, but I can’t get this song out of my head these days aaaand the song was deletd last time I posted (let’s hope it stays this time). The whole album is too good to be true and the singer’s voice (Matt Berninger) is a wonder.
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
I’ll never marry but Ohio don’t remember me
No I won’t be talking about Michael Jackson even if the first anniversary of his death was 2 days ago and that we only hear about him everywhere….
You know how things can happen so randomly sometimes, people call that a coincidence. Well that’s what happened when I was looking for an album from a Montreal based band called Valleys (still looking). I found myself with search results that looked more like this : Valleys Of Neptune.
Thanks for the info… Anyways ! I figured out most of the tracks are just rereleases from older albums, but there IS some new stuff, AND the old stuff is always good ;)
Here’s the only track I found from the actual Valleys I was looking for originally. I really like it, it’s from Montreal and they released an album called Sometimes Water Kills People that is pretty awesome from what I’ve heard.
Daydream, I fell asleep amid the flowers
for a couple of hours on a beautiful day
Pretty well known lyrics aren’t they ? Well I thought so too when I was looking for the original song… Daydream from Wallace Collection was the first version released in 1968. During my research I stumbled upon a few other versions from I Monster and the Gunter Kallman Choir, but the one that surprised me the most was Lupe’s version. His gangsta lyrics on this slow and dreamy song was pretty…. special. He made it all clear in the end.
There’s crooked police that’s stationed at the knees
And they do drive-bys like up and down the thighs
And there’s a car chase goin on at the waist
Keep a vest on my chest
I’m sittin in my room as I’m lookin out the face
Somethin to write about
I still got some damage from fightin the whitehouse, just a daydream
Hmm… I think Lupe is being more poetic than you even realize. If you are unfamiliar with his body of work, I can understand why you feel about that verse but if you know Lupe, you’d realize that verse is actually his commentary on the whole hip hop scene. Lupe is one of the farthest from “gansta” rappers out there and he’s actually extremely poetic and has great wordplay. It’s ashame you didn’t mention his entire first verse which is one giant metaphor relating life to a robot. One other thing is that those 4 lines are the stereotypical opening of a verse that Lupe uses to criticize the message in other rappers songs.
“But not too loud cause the baby’s sleepin’
I wonder if it knows what the world is keepin’
Up both sleeves while he lay there dreamin’
Me and my robot tip-toe ’round creepin’
I had to turn my back on what got you paid
I couldn’t see, had the hood on me like Abu Graib
But I’d like to thank the streets that drove me crazy
And all the televisions out there that breaks me”
I’m not very familiar with the hip hop scene and the style of different rappers. Your comment just helped me understand all of it a lil better.
I did find your post which helped me understand the evolution of this song (I found it last after some research).
Thanks for taking the time to explain this to me :)
We need more rappers that actually have a message. Those mainstream gangstas aren’t really teaching us anything…
Another great lyricist in hip hop is Saul Williams if you’re interested. He started out as a def jam poet way before breaking into the hip hop scene and I find his work very amazing. Thanks for responding to my comment. I appreciate it.
saul williams… you’ve heard him before though, touchme! he’s done a track with blackalicious that was used in a bike movie we listened to… very insightful indeed!
And to anyone who dismisses hip hop’s ability to be poetic, theres : Aesop Rock, Guru, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, Black Milk, Mos Def, Peanut Butter Wolf, Jay Lib, Madlib, Deltron aka Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Eyedea & Abilites, Dead Prez, Chali 2na and Jurassic 5, K-OS, Immortal Technique at times, NAS, Talib Kweli, GZA, Socalled, Cannibal Ox, Common, Kanser, Damu and y society, Dilated Peoples, just to name a few.
Besides, poetry is intimately linked to subjective sensitivity of certain aspects of diverse phenomena… i.e., one can see poetry in many more things than those labeled ”poetry”. as an example, a certain DJ Huot might find dirty south quite moving in a reverse kind of way whilst we might not!
Thank you very much Mr. Falsereprise… I think we all know that there are many great poets among the hip hop community. I made a stupid mistake when I talked about this Lupe’s song… I was just surprised to hear such things on an old hippy song.
But we have to agree that a lot of maintream rappers are just… well… special
I just posted on this exact subject myself…I can’t believe how much history those few lines in Daydreamin’ have…check it out if you get the chance guys.
So, here I am after this crazy Claude VonStroke afterparty more dead than I already was. The nights are short but the music is still sooo soothing, or should I say even more when my ears are still bleeding from that epic House/Techno/Ghetto/Electro/WTV.
I stumbled upon a very special project not so long ago and fell in love with it. Who would have thought that Genesis (no not the band, the book) could become so interesting and …. well … musical ?! Valley Maker proved me that religion can sometimes make wonders out of the many disasters it created. Austin Crane just recently graduated from a double major in international economics and Russian language and literature and he chose to write this album as a final project because he “wanted to do a senior thesis project that reflected [his] love for and interest in songwriting and music”. With the help of his friend Amy Godwin, he created a masterpiece. No need to say that his professors/advisors were really excited about it. I bet you a shitload of money I don’t have that he’s gonna pass with flying colors.
You can get the album right here on a pay-what-you-want basis. You may also want to check out his other stuff since he has been singing/playing for many years under his real name Austin Crane. It was a solo project that finally became a band but “kept the same name for a reason or another” says Austin. It’s worth more than a visit in my opinion.
NOW, The National has also healed my poor ears with the High Violet album. Matt Berninger has such a wonderful voice. A low and deep voice that makes everything so light and easy :) If you haven’t already, go check out their site. The pictures on their home page are crazy (click to change, FB style).
A little psychedelicious part for this post. Caribou is awesome. His album Swim is filled with songs that will make your head explode, not from intense electro stuff though but from his crazy ideas. He is incredible at making music and sounds fit with a very bizarre but cool mood. He blew my miiiiiiind.
That’s all folks ! Hope this musical material will make your life easier or better or happier or just more complete … I leave you on a last song from my heroes. A song that makes me happier even if it’s sad as hell (Queen’s most awesome side).
ahhh le cinquieme anniversaire de dirtybird … jaurais bien aimé y aller, claude von stroke est un pionnier
TouchME
4:47 pm on May 22, 2010 Permalink
| Reply Tags: Bon Iver ( 7 ), cover, flume, life, love is all, peter gabriel, the tallest man on earth, the wolves
Fortunately, music can do wonders. Since a week or so, the one who calls himself The Tallest Man On Earth has been my savior. Beautiful voice, a style that was so often compared to Bob Dylan‘s (hard to miss) and lyrics that really mean something. It’s crazy how songs can bring you somewhere else, somewhere where all is beautiful and light…
It was my mother’s birthday not so long ago and she wanted some music from me. She is always asking me for some new music and I never take the time to share my passion with her. She is the one who introduced me to some wonderful bands (Queen, my love, is one of them) and who made me listen to music when I was still in her belly. So I ran to Archambault and got her two wonderful albums. The first one was from Fred Pellerin who really impressed me with a musical album filled with beautiful covers and soothing ballades. The second one was from Peter Gabriel (Scratch My Back) AND I was very surprised to find a cover of one of my favorite bands : Bon Iver. Pretty different, not as good in my opinion but worth a try.
Aaaah mon cher Miles. Je suis allé aujourd’hui voir l’exposition sur le merveilleux Miles Davis au musée des beaux-arts de Montréal et j’ai été doublement surpris.
First of all, je ne m’attendais pas à voir une exposition aussi complète et intéressante. Les photos sont magnifiques, les trompettes que le gentleman a utilisées sont généralement très bien conservées (même celles des années 50) et on peut même trouver les instruments de ses collègues musiciens tel que le sax de John Coltrane avec qui il a collaboré pour l’album Kind of Blue (l’album jazz de tous les temps).
Par contre, j’ai été très étonné de découvrir un côté de Mr. Davis que je ne connaissais presque pas : son côté années 1980 et plus. Il est devenu beaucoup plus mainstream et populaire, électrique et psychédélique. Certains me diront que c’est un côté très moderne et très intéressant, nouveau et alléchant. Mais pourtant, je n’en dirais pas autant. Sa période cool jazz (il en est l’inventeur) était personnellement ma préférée. Je suis un grand fan du jazz lent et berçant qui nous fait rêver.
On peut lire des histoires assez intéressantes : Il est, comme tous les autres, tombé dans l’enfer de la drogue (c’est inévitable vraiment). Il avait en tête de créer un album avec le master of disaster (Jimi), mais une mort inattendue a cassé le projet dans l’oeuf. Dieu sait que le produit fini bous aurait foutu des frissons à ne plus finir.
Tout ça pour vous encourager tous, les fans de musique, à aller faire un tour à cette merveilleuse exposition riche en photographie plus magnifiques les unes que les autres, de musique envoûtante et d’histoires divertissantes. Je vous laisse sur un petit morceau fort agréable. Cet homme était un grand, il mérite l’attention de tous.
No boys and girls. For those who didn’t already know, Ratatat’s new album LP4 is not out. Yes it has leaked and YES it is awesome. But YES it’s pretty much the same kind of awesomness for those who wanted something a little more fresh. There are some new sounds that may seem kinda weird but GOD their beats are still THE SHIT !
This is their 6th album. For those who are missing out, see this post : THIS POST
Once again, their beautiful imagination and their musical mind has come up with a masterpiece. I always call their albums masterpieces because they ALL give me shivers. Every. Single. One. They come up with some beats, some melodies… everything matches so perfectly. I’d give a lot to see them live.
Joe 7:13 am on July 17, 2010 Permalink |
Great post. Really like these guys
TouchME 12:46 pm on July 17, 2010 Permalink |
Thanks ! I just saw your site and took a quick look at your music. Very nice !
SonicTribe 4:00 pm on July 19, 2010 Permalink |
Outstanding post!
Kirsty 11:29 pm on July 31, 2010 Permalink |
Thanks! I looove Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros! =D
TouchME 11:48 am on August 1, 2010 Permalink |
This band of hippies was more than awesome at Osheaga… You have to see them live they are incredible.
Morning Benders today :)