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title: Cherry Peel
text: Editorial Reviews Of Montreal's debut album, Cherry Peel, now available from Bar None Records on LP w/ full album download card. Editorial Reviews Of Montreal's debut album, Cherry Peel, now available from Bar None Records on LP w/ full album download card.

title: UR FUN
text: Editorial Reviews Kevin and Christina make out in a car at the airport, flipping off the police officer that tells them to keep moving. Kevin and Christina discuss taking ecstasy as couple's therapy. Kevin and Christina break down and then reconnect. The new love we heard about on the last Of Montreal record, White is Relic/Irrealis Mood, is settling. If that was the falling-in-love record, then this is the staying-in-love record. That was the easy part; this is the interesting part, the challenging part, the next chapter of Barnes' autobiographical album streak, UR FUN. After several albums recorded with collaborators and various band members, Barnes opted to record this one completely alone. In his home studio in Athens, Georgia, Barnes isolated himself in creative hibernation, working obsessive 12-plus hour days arranging manic synth and drum machine maps on a computer screen with bouncy, melodic basslines, glam guitars and layered vocal harmonies. Inspired by albums like Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual and Janet Jackson's Control, Barnes set out to make UR FUN into the kind of album where every song could be a single, complete with huge hooky choruses and nostalgic dance grooves. The result is an unstoppably fun album that could also pass for a carefully sequenced greatest-hits collection if taken out of context. UR FUN is another fascinating look into what makes Barnes one of the most prolific and gifted songwriters of this decade. Editorial Reviews Kevin and Christina make out in a car at the airport, flipping off the police officer that tells them to keep moving. Kevin and Christina discuss taking ecstasy as couple's therapy. Kevin and Christina break down and then reconnect. The new love we heard about on the last Of Montreal record, White is Relic/Irrealis Mood, is settling. If that was the falling-in-love record, then this is the staying-in-love record. That was the easy part; this is the interesting part, the challenging part, the next chapter of Barnes' autobiographical album streak, UR FUN. After several albums recorded with collaborators and various band members, Barnes opted to record this one completely alone. In his home studio in Athens, Georgia, Barnes isolated himself in creative hibernation, working obsessive 12-plus hour days arranging manic synth and drum machine maps on a computer screen with bouncy, melodic basslines, glam guitars and layered vocal harmonies. Inspired by albums like Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual and Janet Jackson's Control, Barnes set out to make UR FUN into the kind of album where every song could be a single, complete with huge hooky choruses and nostalgic dance grooves. The result is an unstoppably fun album that could also pass for a carefully sequenced greatest-hits collection if taken out of context. UR FUN is another fascinating look into what makes Barnes one of the most prolific and gifted songwriters of this decade.

title: White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood
text: Editorial Reviews 2018 release from the Athens, Georgia-based indie band led by Kevin Barnes. "Two important events occurred during the making of White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood. I became "Simulated Reality" paranoid and I fell in love. I feel like a switch was recently turned on in my brain and now I'm beginning to see through the lies that have been fed to me my whole life by the masters of media and by those who control and manipulate the narrative of our cultural identity and social order. I'm always searching for new identities so this concept of the death of Whiteness appeals to me greatly. Might be the only way to save the world." -Kevin Barnes, January 2018. Editorial Reviews 2018 release from the Athens, Georgia-based indie band led by Kevin Barnes. "Two important events occurred during the making of White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood. I became "Simulated Reality" paranoid and I fell in love. I feel like a switch was recently turned on in my brain and now I'm beginning to see through the lies that have been fed to me my whole life by the masters of media and by those who control and manipulate the narrative of our cultural identity and social order. I'm always searching for new identities so this concept of the death of Whiteness appeals to me greatly. Might be the only way to save the world." -Kevin Barnes, January 2018.

title: Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
text: Editorial Reviews Limited edition colored vinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? is Of Montreal's landmark 2007 album. The release defined Of Montreal's career and continues to be hailed as a classic. It also happens to be Polyvinyl's all-time best-selling album to date. With Hissing Fauna, Of Montreal created it's masterpiece. It's an irresistible and remarkable album, sounding like a logical extension of the erratic indie-disco sounds of The Sunlandic Twins. However, Hissing Fauna is also the most personal Of Montreal album to date, with Kevin Barnes pouring tremendous amounts of emotion, heartbreak, frustration and elation into it's 12 tracks. Written and recorded primarily during what he calls "an insane year," Hissing Fauna saw Barnes adopt a new writing style. It's an unabashedly autobiographical attempt from a songwriter whose early material tended towards characters and story-songs. Barnes continues down the whimsical pop funk path, while changing up it's lyrical scope; and Hissing Fauna balances it's poppy nature while showcasing brutal and unflinching honesty. Editorial Reviews Limited edition colored vinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? is Of Montreal's landmark 2007 album. The release defined Of Montreal's career and continues to be hailed as a classic. It also happens to be Polyvinyl's all-time best-selling album to date. With Hissing Fauna, Of Montreal created it's masterpiece. It's an irresistible and remarkable album, sounding like a logical extension of the erratic indie-disco sounds of The Sunlandic Twins. However, Hissing Fauna is also the most personal Of Montreal album to date, with Kevin Barnes pouring tremendous amounts of emotion, heartbreak, frustration and elation into it's 12 tracks. Written and recorded primarily during what he calls "an insane year," Hissing Fauna saw Barnes adopt a new writing style. It's an unabashedly autobiographical attempt from a songwriter whose early material tended towards characters and story-songs. Barnes continues down the whimsical pop funk path, while changing up it's lyrical scope; and Hissing Fauna balances it's poppy nature while showcasing brutal and unflinching honesty.

title: Live at Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 by AHMAD JAMAL

title: Skeletal Lamping by Of Montreal (2008-10-21)

title: Innocence Reaches
text: Editorial Reviews Limited edition colored vinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. Innocence Reaches begins with a query. "How do you identify?" coos a robotic voice over a strikingly modern mix of bright synthpop and surging rave. The question too feels very of it's time-as outdated ideas about gender and attraction are being overturned-but it's also a fair ask whenever Of Montreal debuts an album. The project's 14th LP follows two full decades of mercurial creative mania: swallowing up '60s psych-pop, Prince-ly funk, and glammy prog in turn; morphing freely between full-band affair and cloistered confessional booth; comprising lyrics both painfully personal and absurdly fantastical; and recently drawing site-specific inspiration from culture capitals like San Francisco or New York City. The thread that runs through it all is Athens, GA's Kevin Barnes, and Innocence Reaches finds him at his most light-hearted in years, working a Parisian stint, Top 40 sounds, and his newfound single status into the kaleidoscopic swirl. Even as he continues to sift the sonic and emotional detritus of his past, Barnes sums up his current mood in the opener's title: "let's relate." Innocence Reaches features darker moments to be sure-isolation, anger, indifference, and the feeling that, like a Truffaut film, madness lurks just outside the frame-but as Barnes explains, "Epiphany comes from breakdown. If you can stay open and vulnerable, the nebulous becomes transparent. That's one of the magical aspects of writing from personal life." Editorial Reviews Limited edition colored vinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. Innocence Reaches begins with a query. "How do you identify?" coos a robotic voice over a strikingly modern mix of bright synthpop and surging rave. The question too feels very of it's time-as outdated ideas about gender and attraction are being overturned-but it's also a fair ask whenever Of Montreal debuts an album. The project's 14th LP follows two full decades of mercurial creative mania: swallowing up '60s psych-pop, Prince-ly funk, and glammy prog in turn; morphing freely between full-band affair and cloistered confessional booth; comprising lyrics both painfully personal and absurdly fantastical; and recently drawing site-specific inspiration from culture capitals like San Francisco or New York City. The thread that runs through it all is Athens, GA's Kevin Barnes, and Innocence Reaches finds him at his most light-hearted in years, working a Parisian stint, Top 40 sounds, and his newfound single status into the kaleidoscopic swirl. Even as he continues to sift the sonic and emotional detritus of his past, Barnes sums up his current mood in the opener's title: "let's relate." Innocence Reaches features darker moments to be sure-isolation, anger, indifference, and the feeling that, like a Truffaut film, madness lurks just outside the frame-but as Barnes explains, "Epiphany comes from breakdown. If you can stay open and vulnerable, the nebulous becomes transparent. That's one of the magical aspects of writing from personal life."

title: The Past Is A Grotesque Animal: A Film About of Montreal
text: Product Description THE PAST IS a GROTESQUE ANIMAL is a personal, accessible look at an artist - Kevin Barnes, frontman of the endlessly versatile indie pop band of Montreal whose pursuit to make transcendent music at all costs drives him to value art over human relationships. As he struggles with all of those around him, family and bandmates alike, he's forced to reconsider the future of the band, begging the question is this really worth it? Product Description THE PAST IS a GROTESQUE ANIMAL is a personal, accessible look at an artist - Kevin Barnes, frontman of the endlessly versatile indie pop band of Montreal whose pursuit to make transcendent music at all costs drives him to value art over human relationships. As he struggles with all of those around him, family and bandmates alike, he's forced to reconsider the future of the band, begging the question is this really worth it?

title: Queen Rock Montreal
text: Editorial Reviews July 21, 1982..the Rock n America tour...The Montreal Forum. A legendary night, a legendary concert, a legendary band - Queen performing their last North American tour with their original lineup Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon. The recording, long whispered about in chat rooms and bulletin boards, languished in music lawyer hell until earlier this year. Under the eagle eyes of the band, the album has been sequenced, mixed and mastered to the highest possible contemporary standards. It now stands in the pantheon, not just of great Queen live albums, but of the great live rock albums. Editorial Reviews July 21, 1982..the Rock n America tour...The Montreal Forum. A legendary night, a legendary concert, a legendary band - Queen performing their last North American tour with their original lineup Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon. The recording, long whispered about in chat rooms and bulletin boards, languished in music lawyer hell until earlier this year. Under the eagle eyes of the band, the album has been sequenced, mixed and mastered to the highest possible contemporary standards. It now stands in the pantheon, not just of great Queen live albums, but of the great live rock albums.From the brand Previous page Vinyl of the Month Club Amazon Exclusive Vinyl Best Sellers New Releases Digital Albums on Amazon Music Next page  

title: Night Ballads - Montreal 1977
text: Editorial Reviews Recorded live at The Rising Sun in Montreal, November 9-12, 1977. Featuring the great saxophonist Dexter Gordon, pianist George Cables, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Eddie Gladden. Total running time: 78:47. Editorial Reviews Recorded live at The Rising Sun in Montreal, November 9-12, 1977. Featuring the great saxophonist Dexter Gordon, pianist George Cables, bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Eddie Gladden. Total running time: 78:47.

title: Paralytic Stalks
text: Editorial Reviews The brand new full-length from Of Montreal, PARALYTIC STALKS sees Kevin Barnes writing with a lyrical and musical direction that is infinitely more personal than anything he has written since 2007's HISSING FAUNA, ARE YOU THE DESTROYER? Each track feeds off the last in what seems a singular album-long movement that never allows you to rip your ears away. PARALYTIC STALKS at times resembles modern classical with it's intricate compositions while at others echoes of neo-prog, pseudo-country, and 60s pop. Editorial Reviews The brand new full-length from Of Montreal, PARALYTIC STALKS sees Kevin Barnes writing with a lyrical and musical direction that is infinitely more personal than anything he has written since 2007's HISSING FAUNA, ARE YOU THE DESTROYER? Each track feeds off the last in what seems a singular album-long movement that never allows you to rip your ears away. PARALYTIC STALKS at times resembles modern classical with it's intricate compositions while at others echoes of neo-prog, pseudo-country, and 60s pop.

title: Thecontrollersphere
text: Editorial Reviews There are many noisy moments that represent my attempt to communicate, in a sub human language, all that cannot be expressed with our earth tongue and all manners of mouth mechanisms. This little EP is a freak out record, have you ever seen anyone dancing to folk music? Well, like my fellow folk singing brother Bob Dylan once said, "I'd dance with you Maria, but my hands are on fire". Though, in this case, the world is roughly one year from extinction... or not. - K. Barnes. Editorial Reviews There are many noisy moments that represent my attempt to communicate, in a sub human language, all that cannot be expressed with our earth tongue and all manners of mouth mechanisms. This little EP is a freak out record, have you ever seen anyone dancing to folk music? Well, like my fellow folk singing brother Bob Dylan once said, "I'd dance with you Maria, but my hands are on fire". Though, in this case, the world is roughly one year from extinction... or not. - K. Barnes.

title: Aldhils Arboretum
text: Editorial Reviews Product Description Originally released in 2002, "Aldhils" was a departure for the band. Rather than building songs around concepts, they concentrated on the development and writing. As such, this is their only full-length that wasn't written and recorded as a concept album and it's their most focused and polished work to date. Review ...They blend retro psychedelia with a healthy sense of irony: here, witty lyrics are just as important as sweet melodies and honeyed harmonies... --Uncut ...[The album] features 14 tracks brimming with charming instrumentation and singing....Of Montreal is a clever band, and ALDHILS ARBORETUM is sure to make you realize it... --Cmj Editorial Reviews Product Description Originally released in 2002, "Aldhils" was a departure for the band. Rather than building songs around concepts, they concentrated on the development and writing. As such, this is their only full-length that wasn't written and recorded as a concept album and it's their most focused and polished work to date. Review ...They blend retro psychedelia with a healthy sense of irony: here, witty lyrics are just as important as sweet melodies and honeyed harmonies... --Uncut ...[The album] features 14 tracks brimming with charming instrumentation and singing....Of Montreal is a clever band, and ALDHILS ARBORETUM is sure to make you realize it... --Cmj

title: Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid [Blu-ray]
text: Product Description Blu-ray pressing. In November 1981, with 'Under Pressure' topping the charts in the UK, Queen arrived in Montreal following dates in Japan and their record-breaking tour of Latin America. It was to be the only concert by Queen that was ever shot on film. Always a great live band, with arguably the greatest front man of all time in Freddie Mercury, they excelled themselves with the cameras rolling. The picture has been digitally restored from the original film and the sound has been newly mixed and mastered for DTS Surround Sound and PCM Stereo from the original multi track tapes. Product Description Blu-ray pressing. In November 1981, with 'Under Pressure' topping the charts in the UK, Queen arrived in Montreal following dates in Japan and their record-breaking tour of Latin America. It was to be the only concert by Queen that was ever shot on film. Always a great live band, with arguably the greatest front man of all time in Freddie Mercury, they excelled themselves with the cameras rolling. The picture has been digitally restored from the original film and the sound has been newly mixed and mastered for DTS Surround Sound and PCM Stereo from the original multi track tapes.

title: Afterdark: Montreal
text: Editorial Reviews Afterdark: Montreal is the 8th volume in Afterdark series. These compilations spotlight the "grown-up" sound of house music emanating from the world's most cosmopolitan cities and are designed for sophisticated music buyers who value credible music in a high-quality package. Montreal may be Canadas second largest city but it leads the way for style and sophistication in North America. For this edition of Afterdark weve enlisted the talents of two of Canadas leading DJs and Record Labels. GotSoul Records label head JojoFlores is a permanent fixture in Montreals hedonistic nightlife scene. His nightclub Therapy has been THE place to be for over 7 years and is an essential destination for any discerning music lover. His mix on CD1 is a perfect soundtrack to a night at Therapy. Bombay Records also has a permanent place in Montreals musical history. DJ Nav Bhinder started Bombay in Montreal but has taken the label to international acclaim with releases from some of the biggest names in House music, including Roy Davis Jr, Fred Everything and Miguel Graca. Editorial Reviews Afterdark: Montreal is the 8th volume in Afterdark series. These compilations spotlight the "grown-up" sound of house music emanating from the world's most cosmopolitan cities and are designed for sophisticated music buyers who value credible music in a high-quality package. Montreal may be Canadas second largest city but it leads the way for style and sophistication in North America. For this edition of Afterdark weve enlisted the talents of two of Canadas leading DJs and Record Labels. GotSoul Records label head JojoFlores is a permanent fixture in Montreals hedonistic nightlife scene. His nightclub Therapy has been THE place to be for over 7 years and is an essential destination for any discerning music lover. His mix on CD1 is a perfect soundtrack to a night at Therapy. Bombay Records also has a permanent place in Montreals musical history. DJ Nav Bhinder started Bombay in Montreal but has taken the label to international acclaim with releases from some of the biggest names in House music, including Roy Davis Jr, Fred Everything and Miguel Graca.

title: Lousy with Sylvianbriar
text: Editorial Reviews Vinyl LP pressing. 2013 album from the Alt-Rock outfit. The genius of Lousy with Sylvianbriar is that it was created on a 24-track tape machine without the crutch of computer aided pitch correction, effects plug-ins and editing capabilities. With no computer tricks to fall back on, Kevin Barnes and the band recorded most of the songs live in the same room together. "I wanted the process to be more in line with the way people used to make albums in the late 60s and early 70s," reveals Barnes. "I wanted the songs to be more lyric-driven, and for the instrumental arrangements to be understated and uncluttered." Editorial Reviews Vinyl LP pressing. 2013 album from the Alt-Rock outfit. The genius of Lousy with Sylvianbriar is that it was created on a 24-track tape machine without the crutch of computer aided pitch correction, effects plug-ins and editing capabilities. With no computer tricks to fall back on, Kevin Barnes and the band recorded most of the songs live in the same room together. "I wanted the process to be more in line with the way people used to make albums in the late 60s and early 70s," reveals Barnes. "I wanted the songs to be more lyric-driven, and for the instrumental arrangements to be understated and uncluttered."