By Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : Razika - Eg Vetsje (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Razika - Nytt Pa Nytt (MP3) Charli XCX Welcome to Part 2 of this pre-SXSW edition of This Week in Indie ( Part 1 HERE ), which sees an insane amount of good show options over the next five days, even for New York which is never lacking for music options. Let's jump in, shall we? Charli XCX [...]
La musique couverte sur ce blogue originant souvent d'outre-atlantique ou de chez nos voisins du sud, les occasions d'annoncer un concert particulier à Montréal se font rares. Que les fans locaux de minimal wave se réjouissent toutefois à la persepective de Permanent Wave Vol. 2 , soirée-concert se tenant samedi, le 3 mars. Il s'agit de la deuxième édition de cette série qui nous avait déjà fait danser à l'Escogriffe en mars dernier au son d' Automelodi , Chevalier Avant-Garde et Low Factor . Demain soir, c'est quatre groupes [...]
Liz & László is the moniker of a new project from Automelodi 's Xavier Paradis and one half of Xeno & Oaklander , Liz Wendlebo. Surprisingly upbeat and ElectroPoppy from the two Minimal Synth stalwarts, their first single, 'Rien À Paris', still comes loaded with Industrial percussion and icy synths. An hike in tempo, an almost bouncy bassline and some pretty catchy French vocals give the track a wider appeal though, whilst still retaining everything interesting about good Minimal Synth. The tracks inspiration comes from the 19702s French surrealist film Céline Et Julie Vont En [...]
Grands conflits d'idées et armures s'effondrent à l'écoute d' Automelodi (Wierd Rec). Cette pop synthétique et facile parcourra l'Europe au mois d'octobre prochain et s'arrêtera à Paris ... l'occasion de faire parvenir à Xavier quelques questions à propos des attentes placées en cette tournée. Son carnet de route est compilé en quelques morceaux plus bas. La majeure partie des papiers que j'ai pu lire sur toi convergent autour de questionnements sur la valeur à accorder à ton univers. Ce sont des choses qui retiennent ton attention ? [...]
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The Morning After Pills blog is proud to announce our second showcase , which will take place next week (Tuesday April 26th) at Death By Audio. The lineup could not have been more perfect, as it features THREE of our favorite coldwave/synth bands: Martial Canterel , Automelodi , and Dream Affair . This show is all ages so ANYONE can come! Hell, just bring your children if you can't find a last-minute baby sitter! MARTIAL CANTEREL is the brainchild of Sean McBride, [...]
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We've been looking forward to this remix for a while and at last, here it is! Enjoy this playful remix of Automelodi 's "Buanderie Jazz" reworked by the lovely Plastic Flowers . Automelodi , led by Xavier Paradis, is a fave on the Wierd Records roster while Plastic Flowers , the project of Sean Earl Beard, is a true DIY treasure. Put them together and you get something like this... Download the remix (thanks, Sean!) and if you're not familiar with the original, stream it below. Cheers! [...]
I hardly speak a lick of French (despite three years of it in High School) but in the past few years I've really taken to French language pop, be it the '60s classics or the new wave. Even hip hop. You don't need to understand the lyrics -- it just sounds good. (I still don't know what Michael Stipe, Mark E Smith or Elizabeth Frazer were singing in the '80s.( Anyway, I listened to a lot of Francophone artists this year. Here's nine I especially liked. [...]
Plastic Flowers Tallahassee, Florida Sean Earl Beard M y name is Sean Earl Beard and i write pop music. It's the most important thing to me. I have been writing music in one band or another for years. But these days I'm recording new tracks for an upcoming release. They are coming together nicely. Big synths and big words, Nouvelle Vague and Sarah Records. I think they [...]
Previously on The Deli Mag ... CMJ can be overwhelming, even from just looking at the schedule. Not to mention how disappointed we get when we realize we physically cannot make it to all the shows we want to. This year, The Morning After Pills blog took a bit of an alternative route and sought out unofficial showcases during the week. Isn't it fun discovering great bands that don't even make it on CMJ's radar? How underground of us. From the unofficial bands we saw, we [...]
we're back with that occasional series of ours where we invite musicians to share a song they've been waking up to lately. this time, we're honored to have as our guest sharon van etten , who has a new album epic out on october 5 on ba da bing records . Lately, I have been obsessed with this band from Montreal called Automelodi . I work at a record label ( Ba Da Bing Records ) and my boss, Ben, is constantly getting new [...]
fans of the dark, industrial sound of the early 80's definitely need to check out this trio from montreal. their self-titled lp includes both of these tracks and came out in july of this year on post-wave label wierd records. if this leaves you wanting more, they also self-released an ep, fait ses courses , last year. rose a.d. baunderie jazz by automelodi ( official | wierd records )
[RSS Readers: See post to listen to audio] Minimal Wave has its own passionate community, one that has a forum with involved fans, pretty much the perfect label culture you'd like to see. I picked up this Das Ding vinyl over the weekend after passing by it too many times at the record stores. Its a great LP all the way thru with minimal synths with a hazy goth/punk attitude, makes me want to dive back into more of these records that I use to love so much. One of the best minimal [...]
Rape Faction Montreal Khalil Ghadban I play in a band called Rape Faction, we recorded a record this past winter called Gone Forever for FLA out of Houston and Skrot UP out of Copenhagen, that's two really awesome tape labels that decided to combine forces to put our shit on a 123. it should have fucking been out by now but apparently the mix is too extreme for the vinyl mastering [...]
Like getting sucked backwards through time to an alternate past where coldwave ruled in androgynous glory, Automelodi have knocked the needle of the current synthpop revival beyond homage and into artful recasting. They prune the genre's minimalism to its throbbing core and then rebuild with a glaze of pop savvy and a barely detectable flash of teeth. The Montreal group feel like they should be at the center of a subterranean fashion show hued in silver foil and black, somehow both gritty and glamorous. There's a gauzy dream sequence quality to their songs, filtered through memories of 80's teen films [...]
Automelodi: Pression There's only two types of people that still sport bowl cuts: monks and New Wave frontmen. For the sake of our ears, Xavier Paradis is the latter. This Montreal singer's been kicking around the 'coldwave' scene for over a decade, first as Arnaud Lazlaud and now as Automelodi . While he shares a label with Frank (Just Frank) and Led Er Est , there's nothing too gothy about him; taking cues from 60's/70's classics, [...]
Photo: Marie-Sarah Metivier Montreal minimalist cold wave band Automelodi just released their self-titled debut LP on Wierd Records (a label you should definitely look into if you like this kind of music). They have a pair of NYC shows for you to check out this week. Dates below. Enjoy the new video for opening track "Schema Corporel". Automelodi live dates: 7/21 Home Sweet Home, NY 7/23 Glasslands, BK 8/3 Glasslands, BK (dj set)
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