Listening to Montreal rockers The Besnard Lakes conveys a sense nostalgia, with their dreamy pop hooks and ambient vocals. Undoubtedly that's one of the reasons why the band was asked to contribute to a new multimedia documentary called Welcome to Pine Point . According to an issued press release, the project combines video footage, artwork, photographs, and music on a web interface to tell the story of Pine Point, a Canadian mining town that was all but wiped out after its zinc mine closed. Welcome to Pine Point co-Director [...]
One cold New York City night in January 2009, I found myself in the back room of the Bowery Poetry Club, encircled by the typical PBR-wielding twenty-somethings and some of the most magical music I've ever encountered. By wandering in to find shelter from the shivering chill, I had unknowingly stumbled upon the EP release [...]
The Besnard Lakes at the Independent, from the HAD Archive. Photo by Brian Fong . We've been singing the praises of The Besnard Lakes , both live and on record , for a while now. So we were pretty psyched to discover that the band is making a quick east coast headlining run in early may. Specifically, they'll be stopping at the Bowery Ballroom on the 13th of May. We're more than a little bit stoked to check out [...]
The Besnard Lakes Having released The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night a little over a year ago, Montreal's The Besnard Lakes won't have another new BN record to promote when they hit the Bowery Ballroom May 14, 2011 , but co-founding members Jace Lasek and Michael Gardiner have been busy nonetheless. On February 22, 2011 , Lasek and Gardiner released the self titled debut of their side project, The Soft Province [...]
Frank Yang You would think that my appreciation of a triple-bill of artists familiar and favoured would be of the "comfort food" variety more than anything else, but Saturday night's lineup at the Horseshoe featuring Jenn Grant , Rae Spoon and Olenka & The Autumn Lovers offered up more than its share of pleasant surprises. By rights, Olenka's superb second album And Now We Sing should have gotten a proper writeup hereabouts by now, but having stuck it on my 2010 year-end list [...]
New music video for "And This Is What We Call Progress" by the Besnard Lakes from the group's 2010 release, The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night .
For No One directs The Bezzies in this live clip for "And This Is What We Call Progress", taken from the band's outstanding full-length -- and SOS's #5 album of 2010 -- The Besnard Lake are the Roaring Night . I was a little worried at first regarding the lack of fog missing from this clip, just wait for it. (via P4K )
A few other things I'm liking: -I finally might be warming up to tUnE-yArDs . Check out "Bizness" at Music For Robots . - Aurora Vibes wrote today about A.P. Witomski and his video for "Canionical" (below). Canionical from A.P. Witomski on Vimeo . - The Besnard Lakes score a new Interactive Web Doc called Welcome To Pine Point . Looks pretty awesome, trailer here . -and finally, a wacky trailer advertising the [...]
Dangerbird That The Dears never really realized the lofty expectations that accompanied them when they emerged out of Montreal at the turn of the century really isn't important. Nor is the fact that they turned out to be more foreshadowing of the great Canadian indie renaissance of the past decade rather than leaders of it, or that the drama surrounding the band and its endlessly changing roster often overshadowed their already-quite dramatic music. All that really matters is that they're still at it and their new record Degeneration Street [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music Outside Music The Besnard Lakes just keep roaring along. Their last two albums enjoyed tremendous critical success, including a pair of Polaris Prize nominations, and when not distracted with their film score side-business for directors like Mark Ruffalo, the Montreal-based band have been busy planning their next record. "We do want to start recording the next record this year in the summer [...]
(photo: National Film Board of Canada) The thing about the internet and computers for most people is speed, efficiency, and diversity. We want what we want, and we want it fast, clean and easy, and when we get what we want, we want to be able to move on to something else in less than three keystrokes. I get that. But after having watched Welcome To Pine Point , a web documentary created by Vancouver-based producers The Goggles (Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons) and the [...]
The Besnard Lakes were formed in 2003 by husband and wife duo Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas. Two of their three albums, including their most recent, The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night (Jagjaguwar 2010), have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize. I caught up with the band during their North American tour. Midday Procrastination: You're [...]
Toronto - First things first, let's talk about clothing. I suspected it before but I am now absolutely sure that Besnard Lakes singer/guitarist Jace Lasek only wears the same two or three black cowboy shirts over and over again. Or he has a closet full of nearly identical shirts. Who knows. Oh, and while we're on the subject of clothing, bassist Olga Goreas was dressed kind of like Wednesday Adams onstage. And occasionally sunglasses for some reason (or perhaps as a nod to openers Suuns, she wore suunglasses). The look kind of works for her I guess. [...]
Toronto - While it might be tempting to stay home, find a blanket, cover yourself up, brew some hot chocolate and watch reality television, you should probably think about going to a few of these shows. Robyn w/ Diamond Rings Sound Academy, January 26th Yes, it is the dreaded Sound Academy, but Robyn 's stock has risen to soaring heights in the past year and you'd be a fool to think she will be playing anything smaller from now on. You can complain and everything about the long commute, the ridiculous layout and [...]
To read the list from the top (#25), click here. I've spent a huge amount of time reviewing 2010 - and with this post I firmly ground myself into 2011 and pledge to get back in to the swing of new releases. Forward thinking from now on. I wanted to put 2010 to bed with a decent post however, so for those of you who have been following my lists as they (slowly) unfold, this is the big finale - my top ten favourite albums of 2010, hope you enjoyed listening to them as [...]
Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Chicago music scene veteran David Singer is featured in the latest session from Coach House Sounds . • Michelle Meywes reviews The Besnard Lakes' performance last Thursday at Lincoln Hall , which was part of Tomorrow Never Knows 2011 • The Sun-Times discusses Chicago's funkiest music venue, a.k.a. the Congress Theatre . • [...]
There are so many overwhelmingly positive thoughts in my head about The Besnard Lakes right now that I don't even know how to begin. It's been a few years now that I've been completely enamored by this band's one of a kind sound. A sound that sounds so vintage and genuine. A sound that generally starts out pretty slowly and quietly but almost always builds up into a rock ballad of epic proportions. And I knew that finally seeing them live would be a one of a kind experience. Little did I know that [...]
If you live in Chicago, and enjoy beautiful sounding things, here is what you must do tonight. Man, I've been writing online copy for too long, I've already spilled the whole call to action in the headline! So much for the sneaky reveal. Seriously though, if you love music, you MUST see The Besnard Lakes at Lincoln Hall tonight. I raved about them earlier last year , and they easily made my list of the top [...]
Photo: Platonov Pavel . The time and place and manner of my death are three facts that don't exist yet. Facts exist for whole centuries and then suddenly cease. Pluto used to be a planet and now it is a chunk of debris, number 1341340. My grandmother's house stands on the hill above the sea where she left it. When I come back to visit I discover a crater in its place. This room is full of facts. All day I let the cat out, let it in, then let it [...]
Besnard Lakes , which made one of the best albums of last year , headlines part of the Tomorrow Never Knows festival at Lincoln Hall Thursday. The five-day festival at Lincoln Hall, Schubas and Metro opens tonight. Check here for the full schedule . Albatross - The Besnard Lakes Other fest highlights: Jaill, Screaming Females, Frankie Rose & the Outs, Cloud Nothings, Twin Shadow and Handsome Furs .
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