Tag Archives: Of Montreal

Wanna Bone?

Today was supposed to be the day I’ve been waiting nearly two years for. Today, one of my favorite bands of the New Millennium (even though they’ve been making records since the tail-end of the last decade of the last Millennium) was supposed to releases their ninth studio album. I’ve been looking forward […]

Simpson, or Seaver?

This week could have proven one of the best weeks of 2008 for “Indie” music lovers. Two of my favorite groups, who happen to be a couple of the genre’s most consistently exciting and envelope-pushing bands, were scheduled to have new albums out Tuesday. And I was souped that even in a year […]

Short Piers and Space Travelers

Last week one of my absolute favorite bands in the world — Athens, Georgia-based Indie-Pop sextet of Montreal — released “Id Engager,” the first single from their forthcoming ninth full-length album Skeletal Lamping. That album, which doesn’t hit stores until October 7th, is one of, if not the most anticipated release of the year […]

Records Reissues at Random Vol. 62 - Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth

A couple weekends ago I dumped a bunch of albums on my best friend and housemate m. Cody’s iPod. A lot of them were records I recommended that she wanted to give a whirl. But a few of them were requests, mostly records she owned on tape or CD, some of which had […]

Records MP3’s at Random Vol. 57 - Sparks No. 1 In Heaven

Does Records at Random look a little weird to you today? Well, if it does it’s ’cause I kinda got thrown a curveball this morning. As usual, I rolled out of bed, grabbed a stack of records and walked them over to the desk where my computer and record player sit. I […]