Milton-ites The Most Serene Republic return to the radar with their upcoming album "Population" to be released in Canada on October 2 through Arts & Crafts . Download a track from the album: MP3 : The Most Serene Republic - 'Sherry and Her Butterfly Net' Tour Date : August 18, 2007 @ Westside Theatre w/ Apostle of Hustle , Young Galaxy The late Johnny Cash 's backing band, The Tennesee Three come to Toronto for a show at Lee's [...]
Population. I can't really explain the excitement that washed over me today as I read news of the new album from one of my very, very favorite bands, The Most Serene Republic . Their tour EP, Phages , was one of my favorite releases of 2006, but I was still dying for a new album -- and now we finally have it! The new record, Population , will be out October 2nd on Arts & Crafts , and if I read correctly, they'll also [...]
On October 2, 2007 Arts & Crafts will release Population , the new studio album by The Most Serene Republic . The album was self-produced by the band in Toronto over the last year, and was inspired by the sprawling suburbs of their hometown of Milton, Ontario. Musically, they sound as grandiose as ever. On Population, they showcase their prog and jazz influence, while building on the unique sound they carved out with their Arts & Crafts debut, Underwater Cinematographer, which Exclaim! Magazine described [...]
Sean beat me too it. Hey Amanda - I loved the first album too. And the EP . And there is no doubt that I will love this one too. "Sherry And Her Butterfly Net" - mp3 You can also listen at their Myspace . Things are getting exciting. First Crystal Skulls. And now TMSR . Just like last year after Siren, I am now shifting my CMJ coverage into high gear. Those two better be there! [...]
Arts & Crafts continues to add to an already busy non-Broken Social Scene year with the release of the second album from The Most Serene Republic in October. Amanda loved the last album while I wasn't thrilled by it. I found bits and pieces that were great but others that just didn't click for me. However, if the first released track from the upcoming Population is anything to go by, I may be more into the band this time around. Check it out below. Download: [...]
Arts & Crafts ' website has given a spotlight to the announcement of the upcoming album titled Population from The Most Serene Republic . This album will be released October 2, and on the band's website is a free download of one of songs from their tracklist, "Sherry and Her Butterfly Net." This song begins quietly, with a few keys from the piano being played, and then Adrian's voice comes bursting into the tune. The Most Serene Republic still stay true to their sound; not delivering anything strangely different, yet a [...]
Okay, I'm a bit skitterish about this one, so please bear with me. Back in early December, I went group-by-group, song-by-song through a long list of artists I found at the 2006 South-by-Southwest festival website . I sampled every song I didn't already know and prepared my own list of the ones I liked best, old friends and new. For various reasons totally uninteresting even to myself I've just never posted a big bloc of the songs, some of which are by some of my favorite current artists. Soooooo, I'm simply [...]
The Most Serene Republic : Underwater Cinematrographer + Phages EP ( Arts & Crafts - 2006) One great explorative debut album (Underwater Cinematographer) and a brilliant long EP (only available on tour initially) this year are sufficient to consider MSR as one of Canada's most precious acts. While the album was exploring all directions (from Blonde Redhead to Broken Social Scene), "Phages" allows them to find their very own noisy and melodramatic sound. Stunning act to follow ! ==> The Most Serene Republic - Proposition 61 (from Underwater Cinematographer)
And here we are. A little later than I might have liked, but yet another segment of Faronheit's December List-Gasm 2006 is complete. Yes, there were plenty of great albums released this past year, but the same might also be said for EPs. There were a lot of bands releasing them either as their debut material to put some feelers out there and see public response. Other artists just released EPs to experiment with their sound, or even bide some time between full-length albums. Either way, these short collections of songs are the ten best I heard all [...]
I was originally going to talk about The Roots new album in this post. Instead I’ve decided to focus on another album that I purchased around the same time. I’ll try to address The Roots in the next post. Random Song 1 : TV on the Radio - Dirty Whirl Random Song 2 : K'naan - Strugglin The Dears - Gang of Losers Buy [...]
What A weekend...it was F`n awesome to tell ya the truth...So lets get rolling...Friday night me and Patricia had VIP passes to see Phoenix @ The Mod Club ...I love the Mod Club , great sound, awesome design, good location, and not a bad seat in the house...and we were right in front... Phoenix took the stage at around 10 to a very patient, and small crowd. They played a majority of songs from their latest release, It`s Never Been Like That ...which was awesome... [...]
The first eye belongs to a pretty girl I used to like. The second eye belongs to my grandmother whom I love very much. The third eye belongs to me. I remember taking this picture a few months back. The eyes on the tree strikingly looks like the real ones, the part that is even more stunning is that each one seemed to resemble the eye that belonged to someone I knew. Small things sometimes intrigue me to no ends. Small ideas associated with the small things branch out and make them big. I've [...]
For the 'records'
S K A T T E R B R A I N
Rock Sellout
The Battering Room
A Reminder
Attention! Unbelievers! Fashion Victims! Opportunists!
Powerpopulist
Pop 'n Cherries
Faronheit
Big Thoughts From A Small Mind
Neiles Life
My Bread
Stream: Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Americana
