Photos: Of Montreal 11/08/08 at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA

Of Montreal


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Live Show: Of Montreal (Halloween 2008)

Of Montreal
2008-10-31
Electric Factory
Philadelphia, PA
Taper: Dave Pecoraro (thebreakfast.info)

01. intro
02. Id Engager
03. So Begins Our Alabee
04. Triphallus, to Punctuate!
05. She’s A Rejecter

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What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?

I’ve never paid much attention to record labels or kept track of what bands were on what rosters. But lately I keep noticing parallels between bands and then discovering they are on the same label, so I’ve become much more interested in that stuff now. Two records in my heavy rotation took me a very long time to get my head around, because they are both quite a departure from each bands’ previous album in terms of structure. Both records have been mostly dissed by the majority of reviews they have received, and all of these negative reviews seem to concentrate on the writer’s personal taste preferences rather than an objective discussion of the album’s quality. I think if you come to both of these records with no preconceptions of how you want the band to sound, you’ll find two of the most ambitious and successful records to come out so far this year. Also, both were released on Polyvinyl:

Of Montreal (Athens ,GA)

I remember Kevin Barnes talking about Skeletal Lamping last year and describing it as an album with about a hundred one minute songs, and I wondered how that might turn out. The ridiculously schizophrenic result has been too much to handle for the critics who think every album has to be crafted in the same, cohesive, boring fashion as everything else. For me, the tumultuous sonic journey complete with hilariously clever lyrics make for one of the most interesting pieces of work to come out in a long time. There is nothing I enjoy more than a band that takes big chances with their creative decisions and then have the ability to pull them off flawlessly. Here are the first two tracks:

Of Montreal : Nonpareil Of Favor

Of Montreal : Wicked Wisdom

Buy Skeletal Lamping

Of Montreal myspace


31 Knots (Portland, OR)

I’m really tired of the consensus among music journalist elites that an album can’t be good if it is negative and serious. Irony is cool and all, but I didn’t get the memo that everything not soaking in it sucks. There are many reviews ripping on 31 Knots‘ newest LP, Worried Well, but none of them actual address faults with the music, but rather complain about the lyrical content. Nothing bothers me more than when critics want to dismiss an entire piece of art simply because they don’t agree with the message the artist is trying to communicate. If you are above such petty hang ups, and “prog” isn’t a dirty word to you, I think you’ll find this album incredible:

31 Knots : Something Up There This Way Comes

31 Knots : Worried But Not Well

Buy Worried Well: [LP] [CD]

31 Knots myspace

A Random MP3 Trilogy


The cover of Of Montreal’s forthcoming Skeletal Lamping

So we’ll start off with the new Of Montreal track floating around the series of tubes. They will be at The Tabernacle November 8th, which is my birthday, so I’m pretty excited. The ninth studio album from Athens’ greatest, Skeletal Lamping, drops October 7th, and here is the closing track:

Of Montreal : Id Engager

Dan Deacon has a split 7″ coming out with fellow Baltimorians Future Islands, a cool band that I Guess I’m Floating hipped me to. Order the 7″ here.

Dan Deacon : Mark Brown

Finally, one of the members of Bradford Cox’s touring Atlas Sound group was Portland, Oregon’s Adam Forkner, who does a project by himself called White Rainbow that I am jamming constantly right now. I’m really into “looping music”, and he is a master as far as I am concerned.

White Rainbow : Mystic Prism


Adam Forkner at the Drunken Unicorn

Langerado 2008 Day 4 And Wrap-Up

I got a late start on Sunday between being up late Saturday night and the time change. The first show I was able to catch after blogging was Keller Williams. He put a cool show like always. Keller is definitely on the side of the jamband spectrum I enjoy.

After that I checked out the non-music festival activities like merch tents, food, and of course the Ferris Wheel:


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Video Of The Day: Of Montreal at Langerado 2008 “Skakedown Street”

I got back from the fest around 2 in the morning, so while you wait for my Langerado Wrap-up and the other things I’ll post before leaving for SXSW tomorrow morning, here is Of Montreal jamming a Grateful Dead cover from Sunday night:

Langerado 2008 Preview

Langerado just released the schedule today and it looks pretty good. Here is my personalized schedule so far. If you are still on the fence whether to go to this one, I’m gonna go through some of the smaller acts that I’m really excited about. The first band on the “Swamp Stage” is right here from Altanta, Dead Confederate. I believe they are going to be one of the ATL bands that get big nationally by the end of this year (they were handpicked to open for R.E.M. at SXSW), because their new EP is really awesome. Jam this track and pick up this EP:

Dead Confederate : The Rat

Vampire Weekend is another band that is on the super-hype lately in blogland. While I enjoy their new album, I think it is one of those “good but not great”. They are just a little too gimmicky and lacking a tad bit in substance. Regardless of that, though, I’m very excited to see them live because I think they will be pretty cool to see. Check them out:

Vampire Weekend : Walcott
An album I really enjoyed from last year is !!!’s Myth Takes. They are organic dance rock that sort of sound like a an indie-rock version of STS9 or those sorts of bands with lyrics/vocals. I’ve been wanting to catch them live for so long because I’ve heard how much fun their shows are. If 311 isn’t quite your bag, or you’ve seen them like 10 times like me, this band is really worth checking out:

!!! (chk chk chk) : Break In Case Of Anything
So, one of the biggest draws to Langerado for me is Built To Spill. They are one of my all time favourite bands. Since I have like a million BTS live shows, this seems like a good time to share one. Behold 1999-05-09 (Early Show):

1. Made Up Dreams
2. Center of The Universe
3. Kicked it In The Sun

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Ohmpark’s Top 50 Best Albums Of 2007

2007 was an incredible year of music and there were so many albums I really liked that didn’t make this list. I noticed that most of the lists I pay attention to were very similar to one another this year as opposed to last year. Also, I’ve found myself in more of a disagreeance with those lists than last year. If there is any theme to be taken out of this list, I think it’s that I feel like too many great albums were underrated by the blogosphere elites, and that they were way in love with some albums I think are overrated. This list represents my personal assertions more so than the rest of the Ohmpark crew, but I worked hard to get every one’s opinions and influences in this thing. Feel free to comment on how much you hate or love it. I feel like every album on this is an essential one from last year, so go listen to some new music:

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