posted by Chris on April 2, 2008 11:23 AM in Music
It took me a while to actually get into Of Montreal, despite music editor Mike's drooling obsession over Kevin Barnes. I had listened to Hissing Fauna... a couple times and just wasn't convinced of their brilliance. It took a certain mood and about the 10th listen to really dig the groove, and now here I am a staunch Of Montreal fan. This video for Gromlandic Edit features art drawn by Kevin's brother David, proving crazy brilliance runs in the family.
posted by Mike on February 12, 2008 12:32 PM in Music
Presently riding a wave of alt-rock radio stardom for their single "Time to Pretend", Brooklyn's MGMT have suckered large audiences deep into the rest of their wonderfully complicated full-length Oracular Spectacular. "Electric Feel", which I can only imagine is slated to be their second radio single (if record executives have any clue what they're doing still), is a fluid tribute to Barry Gibb's effeminate disco-sensuality. A cut this good definitely has me banging my head into a wall for missing the most amazing double bill to grace Seattle last year when MGMT opened for Of Montreal's 2007 tour.
If the song wasn't enough, this video also contains gameplay footage from an odd interactive music video they had on their website a while back. Enjoy:
Living in a city where you can see 60-degree showers and 85-degree heat waves in the same week (last week in Seattle), The Fiery Furnaces have earned a place close to my heart. Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger (I wasn't aware you could fry a burger, but apparently their ancestors discovered a way) have a precious style - their floppy, indecisive arrangements are caramel-coated with cheek tingling sweet melodies - you feel their songs are as rudimentary, yet imaginative as the popup books in the video.
My first introduction to this song was through the effervescently ambiguous Of Montreal's live cover and it's proving to be well worth the hype. Using their own cute terms, The Fiery Furnaces aren't just cool: they're "Tropicool." Now if I could only get used to my cocktails going lukewarm every time I watch this.
posted by Chris on June 24, 2007 9:04 PM in Podcast
Chris and Caspian are back to bring you the best music this summer. This is roll-your-windows-down and sing along music, Weekly Geek style. In this quarterly music podcast, we hope to turn you on to some of our picks for the best stuff currently being released, and show you some of the other artists we are currently obsessed with. If you like our regular video game and geek-themed podcast, you'll love the music podcast. Honest! Hit the jump for full show notes and links to purchase the tracks featured in the show. Have any comments or questions? Send them to mailbag@weeklygeekshow.com.
Caspian is at it again! This month’s dozen features his latest obsession, Of Montreal, and an audio preview of some of the acts at this year’s Sasquatch Festival. Hit the bump below for track commentaries.
Have you ever seen one of my music reviews in the feeder and muttered to yourself (and I know you have): "Who the hell is this and why should I pay attention to them?" Well, the good folks at Lifehacker posted an article early today propping a site that will hopefully put your questions to rest. MusicMesh is a new page that allows you to enter the name of your novel music find and with one click, instant gratification. You get track listings and album art from {Insert Band Here}'s latest record, some similar artists, their Wikipedia entry, recent reviews, and links to Buy!Buy!Buy! on Amazon. You'll never be confused by me again! Unless you're just dumb. I'm not qualified to do anything about that.
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