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Pop Montreal Preview Part 1 (Wednesday, Sept. 29)
It’s that time of year again! That’s right, we are only just over a week away from our city’s best music festival. Since Pop Montreal‘s inception back in 2002 it has continued to grown and get better year after year. This year’s Pop Montreal Festival will run from Wednesday, September 29th through until Sunday, October 3rd and it’s looking like this will be the best year yet. Leading up to the festival we are going to be doing a five part festival preview, starting with the festival’s opening night, next Wednesday. Here is our preview of day one at Pop Montreal 2010.
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Ra Ra Riot – The Orchard
The Orchard is Ra Ra Riot’s sophomore album, released August 24th, 2010 on Arts & Crafts/Barsuk. Listening to it for the first time is like finally reading the sequel to a book series you started years ago. The first chapters are slow, and you feel doubtful about whether you are going to enjoy it as much as you did when you first started the series. But you slowly realize that as they roll by you are becoming more and more immersed into that magical universe you once fell in love with; this story that comes to too quick of an end. Read more…
Maps & Atlases – Il Motore – 08.08.10
Do you ever look at someone and just think, wow s/he has gotten it easy? No matter how secure we are with ourselves and our abilities, sometimes we can easily fall into this negative mental trap. Believe it or not, highly successful musicians are regular folk, and thus at times inevitably fall prey to perhaps the worst of the seven deadly sins, envy. While some bands toil away for years in hopes of making a break, other bands somehow manage to catch some online buzz that launches them into the indie stardom stratosphere. Not all bands are lucky enough – if you see this as lucky – to become a power blogger’s latest pet project. The most successful of bands are those that are able to keep any envy in check and remain confident in their craft. Read more…
Maps & Atlases Album Giveaway – ENDED
We have a winner in our latest MYATS album giveaway for Maps & Atlases brand new debut LP, Perch Patchwork. Somebody’s day just got a lot better! Find out who won after the jump. Read more…
Phantogram – Eyelid Movies
Saratoga Springs, NY electronic duo Phantogram, who have been making waves all over the blogosphere lately as well at venues all over North America and who have opened for the likes of Zero 7, Yeasayer and Minus The Bear have finally delivered their captivating and mesmerizing debut; Eyelid Movies (Barsuk Records). Although they are only two, guitarist Josh Carter and keyboardist Sarah Barthel have created a sound as full and satisfying as a five piece band using only a few instruments and some electronic elements. Although the album on a whole is electronic pop, the direction sometimes drifts into an incredibly pleasant mix of trip-hop, psychedelic, and even hip-hop. Read more…
