welcome to fort of montreal, where housed behind a wall of kaleidoscopic lcd screens, the athens band performed “dour percentage” from their just-released paralytic stalks for the late night with jimmy fallon crowd. check it out above, and be sure to catch fort of montreal on tour, dates after the jump.
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- sunbaer
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this tuesday sees the release of the wildly abstract paralytic stalks, of montreal’s eleventh album in their already kaleidoscopic discography. so excited are we in the weworemasks camp that we’ll be giving away a copy of the book, what’s weird, a stunning collection of over 100 paintings, sketches and doodles, as well as the insightful musings of their creator david barnes, of montreal’s resident art director/brother of kevin barnes.
check out a 40 page preview of the book here, and stream of montreal’s paralytic stalks here.
to enter, all you have to do is e-mail us at weworemasks [at] gmail [dot] com with the following information:
- name
- your favorite of montreal song
a winner will be chosen on monday. good luck to you all!
- sunbear
it’s been 15 years and 11 albums of witnessing kevin barnes turn oddity after oddity with each passing of montreal release. this february 7th, the band will be releasing paralytic stalks, their avant-garde classical music inspired album on polyvinyl. courtesy of spin, you can stream the whole album now and get a play by play of each track from barnes himself. check that out below.
stay tuned of montreal lovers: we’ll be doing a giveaway soon that you won’t want to miss.
listen:
of montreal – paralytic stalks
- sunbear
of montreal’s new song “dour percentage” from their upcoming lp paralytic stalks, due out february 7th, is a mix mash of sounds, from playful flute, sexy saxophones and jazzy piano, all balled up into one glossy dance track. download the track below and after the jump, catch of montreal’s upcoming tour dates for the first half of 2012.
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- sunbear
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a new track has been released by of montreal, possibly appearing on their forthcomoing album paralytic stalks, “wintered debts” is all over the place with bits of elliot smith and rubber soul, but all weird of montreal. check out the song below.
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- sunbear
of montreal’s hyper-sexual thecontrollersphere track “l’age d’or” gets a wildly colorful video featuring lead singer kevin barnes surrounded by a harem of painted women. there might have been boobs, i’m not sure. best be nsfw, just to be safe.
- sunbear
it’s a bit of shock to see of montreal outside the uncomfortable confines of their elaborate and psychedelic stage show. even more to see kevin barnes in a pair of jeans. watch the (usually) oddball bizarro band take on the white stripes’ classic “fell in love with a girl” (bass included) in the latest a.v. club undercover.
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of montreal – fell in love with a girl [white stripes cover]
- sunbear
of montreal’s kevin barnes have made well aware that they more often than naught channel david bowie. none more apparent than this glammy tune from their upcoming ep thecontrollersphere due april 26. the album’s full of false priest-era cuts with “flunkt sass vs. the root plume” (wtf?) sounding very “space oddity-ish.” stream it over on npr.
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of montreal – flunkt sass vs. the root plume
- sunbear
What can you expect from an of Montreal show 14 years into their bizarre career? Well, pretty much for bizarre to be … expected. At first, the collaboration between Janelle Monae and Of Montreal remained as the only link between the two bands, that is, until the show was over. This entire tour’s purpose was seen through the stage presence of both of these festival-headline-worthy acts, as the False Priests Meets the ArchAndroid tour hit Numbers, a Houston venue that is on its gradual descent into one of the city’s oldest, most historic (and equally disgusting) venues.
For the record, we didn’t want to pin the duties of this post to one bear, and seeing as how two were in attendance and Sunbear’s Fun Fun Fun Fest work will become demanding over the next two days, this is a joint venture.
Hit the jump for the recap.
-Sunbear y Grizzly
what do you make of a dappily dressed man who comes upon a baby shower turned orgy, the ladies of the house forcing you to provide seed? let of montreal frontman kevin barnes explain:
“It’s the story of a man living in a feminine empire. As a male, he is considered lower class. He is expected to abstain from any social interaction with members of the ruling class, and provide sperm for breeding rituals. Each household is provided by the State with one male, the housemale is not permitted to leave the grounds. The housemale must live in the estate he is assigned to until death or sexual impotence.”
glad that’s cleared up. watch the sexy new video for “famine affair” from of montreal’s false priest above.
- sunbear
kevin barnes has always been vocal about his influences, and as a hat trick to the gloved one, of montreal have been ending their recent shows with this medley of “thriller,” “wanna be startin’ somethin’,” and “p.y.t.” here theyn are doing just that in their hometown of athens, georgia.
false priest is out now.
- sunbear
taken from their cemetery gates performance on pitchfork, of montreal get a bit noir and genesis-era peter gabriel as they perform two false priest tracks with some help with solange knowles. but seeing as the last few of montreal updates have been priest-heavy, i thought i’d throw it to this performance of hissing fauna are you the destroyer cut “heimdalsgate like a promethean curse.” the band has never sounded more bombastic here with their newly expanded band and a noticably more confident kevin barnes. o wait, he’s already crazy confident with himself(nsfw)? catch “sex karma” and “coquet coquette” below.
false priest is out now.
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of montreal – cemetery gates sessions
- sunbear
make what you will of of montreal’s video for “coquet coquette” off their upcoming album false priest. it’s got bloodthirsty savages, shaman, and sword running thoughs. oh, and the band make cool cameos as well. bets on who comes out on top?
false priest is out september 14.
- sunbear
of montreal had a bunch of mimes and buddy solange knowles in tow as they performed the funk-inspired “sex karma.” as an added bonus, they also performed “coquet coquette” for the web-exclusive. catch that below the jump.
false priest is out september 14.
- sunbear
having released “coquet coquette” last week as a free download for their upcoming album, false priest, of montreal have yet another preview for you. “hydra fancies” is streaming over on some kind of awesome and is definitely a more chillaxed sound from the usually irreverent band, but it certainly isn’t without its quirk.
false priest is out september 14th.
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- sunbear
photo credit: ashley hopper
with the first day of summer fest behind us, the wwm fam and friends once again descended upon eleanor tinsley park to bear witness (get it?) to sets from even more texas bands and a modern-day glam rock headliner. the day would be full of scattered showers, endless vitamin water, a paint slide, and a trippy little guy who only came to be known as ‘hippie mike‘.
-sunbear
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of montreal performing “sentence of sorts in kongsvinger” at the summerfest in houston, tx on 8-09-09
sunday’s headliner for the houston free press summer fest was of montreal. while i’m not a fan of this band whatsoever, their live show is a fleet of theatrics, extravagant lighting, confetti and indecent exposure. kevin barnes and company put on a hell of a show, but that’ll be covered in the day two recap of the fest, provided by sunbear probably tomorrow.
for now, enjoy the video posted above, and two more after the cut. and one of them’s a bowie cover.
-of grizzly
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when you live in the fourth (or fifth?) largest city in the united states and you see shit like bonnaroo and coachella and all these epic festivals going on everywhere BUT here, you really start to think about how shitty your city really is.
then, out of the fucking woodwork comes this festival. at $7 per day, there’s no possible way anyone in houston should miss this.
a great lineup presented by free press houston featuring the finest indie rock lineup this side of the 2005 ACL festical. broken social scene, explosions in the sky, voxtrot, the sword, octopus project and of montreal. not to mention, the big homie fat tony’s gonna be in the house.
a 2 day festival, in which you can buy a 2-day pass for $14 including all fees. very recession friendly. buy your tickets here.
we’ll see ya at the park.
-grizzly
EDIT: READ THE DAY ONE RECAP HERE.
