Artist: The Barr Brothers

Photo by Andre GueretteBy Lily TroiaThe Barr Brothers have been busy since the Montreal foursome's last Minneapolis visit in November. The band toured Europe and the U.K. with fellow Secret City label

Photo credit: Sean Wehrli A string of bare lightbulbs coiled around the cluttered stage at (le) poisson rouge on Wednesday night. They were part of several devices artfully illuminated throughout The Barr Brothers ' (@thebarrbrothers) set, enhancing the luster of this radiant band. The quartet opened by standing in shadows cast by golden footlights, strumming with an austerity that resembled an orchestra tuning up before melting into the glittering song "Old Mythologies". The lights emphasized the ominous tones in their sound, [...]

Hey there! You should read this original post on the hill by going here: Polaris Possibilities:: Part 3 Polaris of Darkness As we get close to June, it means that I've got to start eliminating the pretenders from the contenders for the 2012 Polaris Prize . There are countless records that deserve to be on my ballot and won't get included, and like any subjective vote, there will be adoration showered on records I can't stand. So be it. I try to keep an active list of my "favorite records" but the [...]

by Andrew Sacher Kishi Bashi at Webster Hall in March ( more by Bryan Bruchman ) The Barr Brothers (Andrew and Brad Barr of The Slip) and Kishi Bashi (K Ishibashi of Jupiter One and touring member of of Montreal) have a few dates together this month including a NYC show TONIGHT (5/16) at Le Poisson Rouge . Tickets for that show are available. [...]

If you've ever dreamed about a festival that combines the best food, drink, and music that New York has to offer, your dreams have finally come true. The Great GoogaMooga is a brand new food, drink, and music celebration created by Superfly Presents (the folks behind Bonnaroo ) that's being touted as "an amusement park of food & drink". It's promising to be the first real "can't miss" event of the summer so make it out to Prospect Park this weekend, stuff your face with delicious food, and catch some pretty spectacular bands [...]

A Montreal based quartet founded by brothers, Brad and Andrew Barr. Their debut album was released last year and I absolute love it. Highly recommended. For fans of Blind Pilot, Dawes, The Head and the Heart or just fans of beautiful gentle acoustic guitar folk mixed with some rock that brings you home. Beggar In The Morning - The Barr Brothers The Barr Brothers 2011 (Secret City Records)

• The Barr Brothers - Beggar In The Morning

A Montreal based quartet founded by brothers, Brad and Andrew Barr. Their debut album was released last year and I absolute love it. Highly recommended. For fans of Blind Pilot, Dawes, The Head and the Heart or just fans of beautiful gentle acoustic guitar folk mixed with some rock that brings you home. Beggar In The Morning - The Barr Brothers The Barr Brothers 2011 (Secret City Records)

• The Barr Brothers - Beggar In The Morning

The lineup was announced today for the 2012 Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival . Headliners Jane's Addiction , Tony Bennett , SKRILLEX , and M83 are joined by a wide range of artists including many KEXP favorites: The Helio Sequence, Blitzen Trapper, Passion Pit, M. Ward, The Jayhawks, The Heavy, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, King Khan & The Shrines, Oberhofer, THEESatisfaction, Damien Jurado, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Posse, Rebirth Brass Band, Sera Cahoone, Don't Talk to the Cops!, The Barr Brothers, Low, Debo Band, The Pains [...]

photo by Britney Bollay Earlier, we covered The Barr Brothers as they delivered an eye-opening set from Mellow Johnny's Bike Store at SXSW 2012. Based in Montreal, The Barr Brothers, consisting of members Andrew and Brad Barr (of The Slip ), Sarah Page and Andres Vial, are a folk quartet known for their sometimes ambient, sometimes in-your-face blues numbers and unorthodox instrumentation, relying on oblique instruments like antique pedal organs, a full-sized harps, bike wheels, and fishing lines(!). Their debut, self-titled LP was released last September; in anticipation of the album release, they toured North America throughout the fall, stopped by [...]

Canada has been killing it lately, guys, so hard and so fast that I haven't been able to keep up. Here are no fewer than seven awesome videos that have fallen like manna from the north in the past month or so. PS I Love You - "Don't Go" (see above) PS I Love You recently performed [...]

Montreal's The Barr Brothers have released a new video for the track "Old Mythologies". The gorgeous cut is from their recent self-titled album. Check out the video here:

THE BARR BROTHERS, SEAN FLINN AND THE ROYAL WE ( Bunk Bar , 1028 SE Water) Read our article on The Barr Brothers . SLEIGH BELLS, JAVELIN, ELITE GYMNASTICS ( Roseland , 8 NW 6th) Sleigh Bells—the metal guitarist and pop songstress duo—is bringing its wall of electro-pop dance jams to the Roseland. Armed with their new album, Reign of Terror , the Brooklyn pair aim [...]

Things for 4/4: ► Montreal folkies the Barr Brothers — that's a video of their performance at an Austin bicycle shop during SXSW, above, which included Andrew Barr playing percussion on a bike — swing back through town behind their self-titled debut album. They play the Hotel Cafe on a night that also fetures Ry Cuming and Dan Layus of Augustana. ► Harlan headlines the Satellite behind his new "Native Son" EP, supported by the Miracals and Count Fleet. ► And there's a good (and noisy) local bill at Los [...]

While Bonnaroo has certainly built its reputation on the the diverse and high quality amount of music that they book each year, they are certainly no slouches when it comes to doing the same with top flight comedy acts. Over the course of the fest's 11-year history they've nabbed everyone from mega-superstars like Chris Rock, Lewis CK and Conan O'Brien to established vets like David Cross, Patton Oswalt and Lewis Black to up and comers like John Mulaney and Donald Glover. Last week fest organizer's revealed this year's slate of comedians that will be [...]

Pond at Buffalo Billiards during SXSW / photo by Jim Bennett Another busy schedule of shows this week. On Monday, Hot Snakes are at Neumos with The Bangs and Spider Fever , and Kelly Hogan is at the Triple Door with Puddles Pity Party . On Tuesday, there's a free performance by The Lumineers at Sonic Boom Records in Ballard, Rodrigo y Gabriela are at Paramount, Kathleen Edwards is at Neumos, and Bowerbirds are at Crocodile with Dry The River [...]

Now that we're a full week out of the outrageous/incredible festival known as SXSW, those four days and nights of music seems more like a dream than a real experience. Despite this, it simply wouldn't feel right if we didn't look back a reflect. So here we are, deciding how to best culminate this year's SXSW. What better way than to simply tell you the ten bands that really kicked our asses. The bands that floored us, shocked us, and rocked us. Photo [...]

The Barr Brothers of Montreal had a bunch of iPod touches and a desire to shoot a music video at the Grand Canyon . So while on tour they hauled their instruments to an edge of the Canyon, set up the iPods and commenced playing. To their surprise, other tourists offered to shoot footage and so they did. The result is an edited music video for the song, Beggar in the Morning . The story of the video is interesting in that the version [...]

It's no secret we're huge fans of The Barr Brothers around here, and I would even go so far as to say that we're perhaps over-saturating our site with coverage of the band. Maybe it's because whenever Aaron Fortin passionate writes about something , I pay attention. Or maybe it was because the first time I saw them I had one of those nights, the "you'll probably remember this for the rest of your life" sorta nights, with a beautiful lady that remains cemented in my heart whenever I hear their music. Or maybe [...]

photo by Brittney Bollay After presenting 15 exclusive sessions at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop in Austin during SXSW, we're now back in Seattle furiously sorting through and editing the incredible amount of amazing footage to share with you. Here's a first glimpse at these electrifying performances, featuring the rich textures of Montreal's The Barr Brothers , the retro-rock of Minneapolis' Howler , the insanely catchy pop of San Francisco's Imperial Teen , and the intensely dramatic emotion of Austin favorites Shearwater . Look for more soon!

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