Summary: Blown away! I'm still slightly bruised from seeing Of Montreal deliver a dazzling performance, that proved more than worthy of the enormous glitter ball that dangles above the main floor at the Koko nightclub, in Camden London on this their only UK date of their tour (apart from an acoustic set at Rough Trade East earlier last week).Following a no show from supporting act The Wave Pic...
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Of Montreal recorded some performances for Bandstand Busking while in Europe. This acoustic performance of "Id Engager" is just awesome. Via Optical Atlas
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Last week Bandstand Busking recorded of Montreal, of course, as you'd expect, busking around London. We've seen Kevin Barnes and cohorts Skeletal Lamping both stripped down and stripped down recently, but this is the first time we've seen them busking on the streets (actually, kinda by the parks) of London. Nobody approaches to offer donations, but then it's hard to derive the value of a lang...
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Of Montreal's new album, Skeletal Lamping, is out now and I'm still digesting it. Right now it pretty much makes me feel just like this video of "Id Engager" which was directed by Marc Reisbig and Hanne Berkaak and features some pretty excellent/hilarious morphing animation. Take a look: mp3: Of Montreal - Id Engager Keep your eyes [...]
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kevin barnes is complicated, and listening to any of montreal record is an excercise in keeping one's sanity close to the chest. i dont mean to imply that listening to of montreal will make you go crazy, but if you delve into his mildly irrational lyrics you may find yourself sinking deeper and deeper into some [...]
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Kevin Barnes is one of my heroes of music, period. A David Bowie of our generation, with his gender-bending and sexuality-bending style has never been one that I've cared for since his records usually entail some top notch writing and the most catchiest songs I've ever heard While, I tried to hold in my glee while [...] Related posts:Of Montreal - Id Engager MP3 Released I tried thinking of a...
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New "Id Engager" clip by of Montreal, from the upcoming album Skeletal Lamping (out 10.21 via Polyvinyl). Directed by Marc Reisbig and Hanne Berkaak. "Id Engager" | download of Montreal | Myspace | Tour Dates | Pre-order
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--- - |- Funky, hypnotic, and gloriously weird, "Id Engager" is both the closing track on Of Montreal's Skeletal Lamping and its lead single. The key thread through it all is "color"-- cover art (both the album and single are below, album on left), the decorative costumes, and most of all in the slinky, strobing indie-pop disco of the tune itself. Kevin Barnes shrieks and howls when the spiri...
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After a delay, of Montreal 's ninth album, a masterpiece of glammy, gender-bending, laptop-produced Funk/Soul/Disco-infused Indie-Pop titled 'Skeletal Lamping ,' finally drops this week! Right on time too, since they've just debuted the animation-laden video clip for the first single "Id Engager." The new of Montreal opus, 'Skeletal Lamping ,' which is a front-runner for best (and most amb...
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Nah, we ain't forget about Urban Alternatives yo! El Keter rolls solo on this week's URB ALTcast because Emeyesi was busy watching football. The only plays you have to call are the ones that involve pressing play on on this podcast! Playlist -- 1. Filthy Dukes "Tupac Robot Club Rock" feat. Plastic Little 2. XRABIT DMG$ "Killin' Em" 3. Skream "Midnight Request Line (Hot Chip Remix)" 4....
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Melissa Schrettner STAFF WRITER For an album centered on singer Kevin Barnes' alter-ego, the "black she-male" that is Georgie Fruit, of Montreal delivers exactly what was promised: for an overwhelming fifteen all-over-the-place tracks, Barnes and his band relays a countless number of sexually explicit images, all backed by a dance party beat. "Id Engager," the closing track of the album t...
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I think that you have to take Of Montreal at face value and not think too much about it. It also helps to avoid reading any reviews of their latest album, Skeletal Lamping before hearing the actual recordings because it can skew your opinion. That was my mistake--and I made it more than once, since I read about three different reviews, each with a different opinion. One flat out hated it,...
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