Jonny, ma boy

"At London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall the BBC Orchestra presents the first of a three-part series on October 6th. The evening titled ‘Electronica‘ explores the evolution of electric instruments and sounds fused into the ‘real’ and the ‘live’ with instrumental music by Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory, Jonny Greenwood and others featuring theremins, Moogs and ondes Martenots."

As if the There Will Be Blood soundtrack wasn't enough evidence for the versatility of Jonny Greenwood, here he is, at it again. This will be unbelievable.

On a side note, i wish Radiohead would just straighten out their neckties, strap on their rollerblades, and finish their album already.


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False Priest. The Controller Sphere.

Following up 2008's bangin release of the psychedelic sex-pop album, Skeletal Lamping, that just seemed to leave of Montreal fans in mass pandemonium, they have finally boiled up another one: the much anticipated yet little sought after False Priest. False Priest is most comparable to Skeletal Lamping in song structure but the tone has changed a bit from steadily creepy to just a bit more poppy with an accompaniment of the usual nonsensical falsetto screeching. On the side, one of the weaker points is that I do not felt an immediate sense of flow that almost every other oM album seems to possess. I have listened through the album probably about 10 times in total and I think that while every song on there is entertaining, the second half is much stronger than the first. It's definitely got great potential to grow on me as I continue to give it more listens and I'm sure that this fall tour is going to be groovin! All-in-all, if you have consistently liked of Montreal, this one will probably still have a strong kick even though it may fall short of some their other masterpieces. Highs:Famine Affair, Our Riotous Defects

It has happened Again

Brab your Book and praise Icculus! At precisely 4:20 today (tuesday) i got my email from Phish HQ saying that I won my whole request: two tickets to all three nights in Broomfield, CO. I can't believe I actually got all of them, im kind of in shock. Fall tour opener, tiny venue, Colorado, this is going to be insanity. Well on a side note, I currently don't have an "appropiate" way of getting there but hopefully that will clear up soon!

...and realize that you have to get to Colorado in 30 days; there's only one thing you can do!

The Envy Corps

I kicked off the fall music season by seein a native Ames band called The Envy Corps. The first thing that caught my eye was the unbelievable equipment they were using. They has Jazzmasters, Rickenbackers, 3 vintage synths, huge pedal boards, and a few custom made guitars with about 8 or 9 knobs of built in effects in them. They hit the stage hard busting out with some feel good tunes and excellent vocal harmonies, a very versatile band that can really bring you down and pick you back up again. They had an awesome hour and a half of steady good tunes but I must give the overall high point of the night to the opener, a band called Cowboy Indian Bear. They are an all-around good band as well with a fantastic drummer that stays away from all those cliche beats and a jazzmaster-ist who just glides chords up and down in a sort of dream-pop style. They had a very respectable set as well and right in the middle cranked out one song that blew the night away. Currently on the quest to find out what it was.

latter
http://www.myspace.com/cowboyindianbear

former (cuts out but the video is cool)

Culture Clash

After giving For Emma, Forever Ago a good listening to for the first time in a while, I decided to go meandering through the internet searching for some recent updates on the band. For the most part there hasn't been a whole lot of activity since the album's release in 2007 other than the Blood Bank EP and I'm sure that by now there is a huge demand for a follow-up. Scanning across websites I landed on an article and couldn't help but laugh as I read that Justin Vernon has been recording on numerous occasions with Kanye West. However, once I realized that I wasn't on The Onion and that there are confirmations of this, my smile turned into subtle weeping. I understand that Justin is somewhat new to the whole fame thing and was probably enthralled to find a star that wanted him to record, but still. How can a man who wrote his album in the midst of hardship alone in a cabin up in Wisconsin have anything in common with a pop star? I'm going to be honest, all that I know about Kanye I read on a yahoo newsfeed but still, I really hope that Justin is making the right choice.

one of my favorite videos ever