Category: Music

5386 St. Laurent, 21h – $6 Ninja High School’s website, listen to them on podcasts 55 and 54.

Always keep these 2 ones close. Do not, under any circumstances, get rid of them.

2 x DVD companion release – This is the first ever official document of Kraftwerk’s legendary live show. More infos on the astralwerks site, on the Kraftwerk official site, Pitchfork review of the cd. Seems that its still not out in North Em-erica.

iTunes Originals – Death Cab for Cutie songs, interviews and videos. I am heavily addicted to DCFC since December – compulsively listening to all their albums and wishing Ben Gibbard would be my neighbor. Tracklisting: Soul Meets Body (iTunes Originals Version) Hindsight One Take On Bellingham Amputations (iTunes Originals Version) A Top Five Song of… Continue reading Do not look at this post if you dont have money to spend: iTunes Originals – Death Cab for Cutie

Get the DFA Records Holiday Mix 2005 for 99 cents on iTunes. Tracklisting as follow, get up and dance: 1. Black Dice Smiling Off (dfa mix / luomo mix) 2. lcd soundsystem Too Much Love (rub’n’tug mix) 3. The Juan Maclean Give Me Every Little Thing (eric b dub) 4. The Juan Maclean Tito’s Way… Continue reading DFA RECORDS HOLIDAY MIX 2005

My top most listened albums of this last year (2005 or not), in no particular oder (i know, i defy all rules about best of…): Björk, Medulla To me she is one of the most original, creative and authentic pop icon of the 90’s. Read my posts on Medulla here and here; Bloc Party, Silent… Continue reading emcee’s best of 2005

cant remember the venue but yeah, Mylo’s gonna be playing in Montreal!

C’est partis – its a go. Les top 2005 vont ils tous se ressembler? Commentez cette entrée pour vous y ajouter. Bloggers best of this last year, add yours or your fav blogger top 2005 by commenting this entry. – ben – d’éric

Found on Bonsound, i am quite late on this.. BBC did a coverage about Montreal’s music scene this last november: Hosted by Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 1 has cooked up a hot radio-documentary on Montreal’s sizzling music scene. Check it out to listen to interviews of our local artists like Champion, Gourmet Délice and more!… Continue reading BBC coverage about Montreal’s music scene

I know this will make lots of people happy… Bandeapart has the whole show in audio and video – watch or listen here!

With the Mole (pod #38) as first act – see pictures + a short video of the evening. Crowd en feu. Dj Champion will be playing on Jan. 17th at la SAT, later Toronto and LA. Infos here. Related: Dj Champion at the Montreal Jazz fest. Happy sunday.

Hamburg based label 2nd rec is turning 5 and offers 5 Euros cds (mailorder via sonicane). The label releases include Noah23, Giardini di Miro and Nitrada (podcasts #24, 28 and 30). 2nd rec site and blog.

I Wish We Could Open Our Eyes To See In All Directions At The Same Time Oh, What A Beautiful View If You Were Never Aware Of What Was Around You And It Is True What You Said I Live Like A Hermit In My Own Head When The Sun Shines Again I’ll Pull The… Continue reading See all directions at the same time

featuring the 4 heads guy.

It’s been a while, we’re all waiting for something from them. Here’s a cover of “Grow Old With Me” – “Yoko Ono donated the entire John Lennon solo catalog to Amnesty International, now big-name artists (The Postal Service, Cure, Snow Patrol, Duran Duran, Black Eyed Peas) are covering the songs and every couple months they… Continue reading New Postal Service track

The excellent Dj Kicks serie, this time featuring Annie – watch the video of Track 16 Paris Hilton by Mu. (via Chris).

Samedi/Saturday! Infos here, listen to Champion on pod #51 and on the CBC interview i gave last month. Tickets here, also check out bonsound’s website and their blog & podcast.

13 min 50 seconds video.

“Second night in Montreal and Arcade Fire are back on stage at the end of U2’s set for an amazing joint performance of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart.” anyone can find a live recording of that? via Brooklyn Vegan.

So do I. The review is from today, read it here. Listen to AHK on pod #52, 50, 48 and 45.

uh oh les français, Malajube (pod #51, 50 et 46) débarque chez vous, à suivre! Infos sur le site de Dare to Care records. Uh oh québec, leur second album sera lancé au Canada le 7 février prochain.

Le désormais célèbre groupe rock Natasha (pod 46 et 44), a maintenant sa désormais célèbre page web. Et ils sont en spectacle ce soir, 20h au Théatre Plaza.

The label has a new website, in english et en français.

Bap vous propose de remixer Ferland, détails ici. Et ce soir, mon amie Mel et son groupe Gadji-Gadjo (pod #32) feront partit du playlist de Claude Rajotte.

A Vu d’ici reader sent me a link to his wonderful pictures of Bell Orchestre taken on november 10th 2005 when they played at Theatre Plaza here in Montreal.

Kevchino’s got interviews, reviews and news from the indie music scene. They now have an osX dashboard widget featuring a review a day. Myspace.

For those who haven’t seen Madge latest video yet, here it is.

Weak souls, please stop reading right now – there wont be any apologies coming from me later. * Ok, you’ll have to face it then. I’ve seen Islands perform tonight for 5$. The place was totally full of people who were not at Bell Orchestre or DFA shows. The crowd included members of Wolf Parade,… Continue reading Islands at Zoobizarre, name dropping episode

Lancement de l’album de Plaster hier soir à la Tulipe. On était nombreux et collés, La Tulipe débordait de tout bord tout coté mais tous étaient enflammés et bien décidés à rester malgré le manque de place et le taux d’humidité élevé dans la place (je sais que ya plein de rimes la dedans mais… Continue reading Plaster à la Tulipe

Dernier concert de Malajube avant leur départ pour la France et la sortie de leur prochain album, prévu pour le 7 février 2006, ce soir au Lion d’or.

Update: catch a video of their The Cure cover here – émouvant. * How would you react if you suddenly bumped into an improvised Arcade Fire gig on Union Square? I would most probably freak out as this guy did: “We’re walking up the stairs from the N,R at Union Square, bout 2a.m. Sat night.… Continue reading Why i love them

Franz Ferdinand and The Scissor Sisters teamed up to cover David Bowie: get the mp3 here – via Brooklyn Vegan.

Lu dans le Voir, entendu ce matin à Indicatif Présent, Karkwa. Les tremblements s’immobilisent, un nouvel album qui semble prometteur, à écouter.

@ la SAT, on November 19th 2005, not to be missed! (They’ll be in Toronto on november 18th)

Message de Antoine alias Montag maintenant basé à Vancouver qui me demande de l’aider pour la promotion d’un projet auquel il collabore : Cette année, l’Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires met sur pieds un projet qui s’adresse aux musiciens autochtones de partout aux pays. Le but est de promouvoir les artistes métis, inuit… Continue reading Dig your Roots