Last month saw the release of Of Montreal’s 18th long-player, the seven track Freewave Lucifer fck, and with it the perennial project’s second set of covers for AD, this time paying tribute to a pair of British iconoclasts and longtime influences. First up is Barnes’ rendering of Syd Barret’s “Dark Globe, off The Madcap Laughs, the singer-songwriter’s 1970 debut following his departure from Pink Floyd. Up next, the majesty of Marc Bolan circa ’71, courtesy of an acoustic take on “Cosmic Dancer”, via T. Rex’s Electric Warrior.
Category: Of Montreal
A Future History Of: The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (A Documentary)
It’s fitting that filmmaker Chad Stockfleth’s documentary chronicling the Elephant 6 collective is only available to view via VHS. While tendrils of the loose collective would certainly extend into the new millennium, […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Of Montreal
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Tuesday saw the release of Lousy with Sylvianbriar , Of […]
Decade :: Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna (2007)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of […]
Of Montreal :: Skeletal Lamping: Point/Counterpoint
Have you spent some time with Skeletal Lamping yet? It is a pan-sexual, sound collage, romp that with its feet firmly planted in the present, manages to sound inherently retro while looking […]
Of Montreal :: Roseland Ballroom, NYC
At the beginning of 2007 I caught one of Of Montreal’s first dates for the Hissing Fauna tour and was sufficiently blown away by both the live rendering of the new material […]
Moonage Daydream: Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust
Last week I missed Of Montreal’s return trip to Los Angeles, as I had to unexpectedly leave town. I was especially looking forward to Kevin Barnes vamping on ziggy-era Bowie . It goes […]
Of Montreal :: Harvest Moon (Neil Young Cover)
Thanks to our friends at Polyvinyl for hooking us up with this track off the upcoming digital only Of Montreal EP. If you have seen the band over the past year, you very […]