The Junior Boys released their fourth LP two days ago, called It's All True. Their last album, Begone Dull Care (conceptually based on the animations of visual artist Norman McLaren ), wasn't as highly regarded as their breakthrough record, 20062s So This Is Goodbye. And rightfully so, Begone Dull Care didn't seem to have the same songwriting strength when compared to its predecessor; back in 2009 the Junior Boys were being compared to their past work in most reviews. Unfortunately, in 2011 it seems they may fall [...]
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Tweet It's been six weeks since we heard the first snippet of new music from the Canadian outfit Junior Boys ' upcoming fourth album "It's All True", and today Domino announced that they're not only releasing said fourth album (June 13th/14th), but there's another new jam to listen to. Nine-minutes-plus, "Banana Ripple" has been the soundtrack to the last 36 minutes of my life. Completely devouring the insides of my brain I'm left with nothing but melted ice cream in there and it's gonna take [...]
I can't remember how, or when, or where, but i can remember what my first encounter with Junior Boys was; "Parallel Lines" from their 2009 album "Begone Dull Care". I tell ya, that song gets me every time, from the Depeche Mode-style drumbeats, the underground bass line, and soft and whispery vocals mix to make a fat and chilled dance groove. Having been around since 2004, the Canadian duo turned a lot of heads with their last album and they seem to be following it up with the same momentum having just released "EP", the first track [...]
It's gonna be weird writing 2010 in the top left hand corner of my lab book but I'll get over it. 2009 was a great year for music and is partly why I started this blog. Here (as promised) are my top albums of 2009. 11. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster It took a while but Lady Gaga has a knack for a CHOON and she's a very talented lady. Fair enough she cribs from the best pop songwriters (ABBA, Ace Of Base WTF haha) but I really can't wait to [...]
Este es el nuevo sencillo del álbum Begone Dull Care de los chicos de Junior Boys , se trata de la canción "Bits And Pieces", en el video se puede ver a diversos personajes bailando, iluminados por luz negra, nada mal este performance considerando el buen nivel de caracterización.
Three years ago, Junior Boys stormed the indie-music scene with their critically acclaimed release So This Is Goodbye . The album would receive nods from the Polaris Music Prize , via an inclusion in the 2007 short-list, and from Pitchfork with the #11 spot on their best albums of 2006 list. Parallel Lines can be found on the indie/electronic duo's follow-up full-length album Begone Dull Care , released in March of this year. The song demonstrates the band's ability to build upon layers of sound until the listener feels completely surrounded by the music; [...]
Continuing on with the upcoming events, this weekend is a doozy for those less guitar-driven bands we all love so much. . Remember that band Starfucker ? Of course you do, I write about them all the time. Well, the man is sticking it to 'em (not true), and they've decided to <gasp!> change their name . Apparently they've been clipped from several tours with cool bands (i.e. Passion Pit ) because of the colloquial nature of their name. They even held a contest to [...]
Ok so as you guys know I have been a lazy ass and haven't made any posts in April 'cause of final exams, graduation, celebrating, and yada yada yada. I'll be doing super super quick reviews (like seriously under 100 words probsies) on Yeah Yeah Yeah's It's Blitz! , Boy Least Likely To's Law of the Playground , Camera Obscura's My Maudlin Career , and Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix . Short and sweet just 'cause these bands have been blogged about like crazy for the past little while already and I'd rather cover albums that have [...]
Junior Boys Begone Dull Care Domino Records Release Date: 04.07.09 Canada has some good exports going on: beer, nuclear fuel, bacon. Ontario's Junior Boys fall right in line with these tasty acquisitions, releasing 2006's wistful and unadulterated So This Is Goodbye to critical acclaim and a world tour that followed suit. Such a praise is hard to draw from with the duo's newest release Begone Dull Care , which truthfully is fairly saddening to stomach. The tracks on the eight song album reflect more [...]
Junior Boys Begone Dull Care Domino Records Release Date: 04.07.09 Canada has some good exports going on: beer, nuclear fuel, bacon. Ontario's Junior Boys fall right in line with these tasty acquisitions, releasing 2006's wistful and unadulterated So This Is Goodbye to critical acclaim and a world tour that followed suit. Such a praise is hard to draw from with the duo's newest release Begone Dull Care , which truthfully is fairly saddening to stomach. The tracks on the eight song album reflect more [...]
7/10 Actualmente lo más fuerte que recibimos de Canadá es el indie pop comandado por colectivos como Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Stars, The New Pornographers, entre muchas otras bandas que comparten y se prestan miembros entre si. Después de esta amalgama de melosidad, la contraparte vendría siendo su escena electrónica. Agrupaciones dance como MSTRKRFT y Chromeo o las más experimentales como Holy Fuck y los populares Crystal Castles, han logrado establecerse dentro de los carteles de los festivales más importantes alrededor del mundo. Sin embargo, los Junior Boys no hacen estos tipos de electrónica. El dúo se [...]
Hailing from Hamilton Ontario, Junior Boys have been slowly gaining momentum since their 2003 release of Last Exit . Considering the growing love for Canadian electro-pop (read: Crystal Castles, Caribou, and MSTRKRFT to name a few), they've found their sound at just the right time. No doubt, people have heard the ubiquitous [...]
Ontario-based Junior Boys began as a duo, with Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark splitting the duties. Influenced by a number of music sectors, including arty synth pop, minimal techno and contemporary hip-hop, they made a demo with no positive results. Dark opted to leave the group, but former Warp employee Nick Kilroy eventually heard the songs and became interested enough to begin his KIN label with Junior Boys as its first artist. Engineer Matt Didemus joined Greenspan, and together they recorded enough material for a full-length album, 'Last Exit'. Three months after Last Exit's initial U.K. [...]
I have always had a soft spot for good electro-pop, and Junior Boys hit it hard. So you can imagine my excitement at the release of their third album, Begone Dull Care . It shall hit stores in Canada on March 28th, making this the first Junior Boys LP in nearly three years. The lead single is "Hazel" and it marks a tightening in Junior Boys' sound while at the same time being basically more of everything that makes me love the Junior Boys. The track is more vocally dense, and they are more confidently and soulfully [...]
Junior Boys -- with openers Max Tundra, who I've not listened to just yet -- are playing the Billiken Club for free on Saturday, April 25. Junior Boys pretty much rule; the duo's micro-electro teems w... Continue reading "Junior Boys and Max Tundra at the Billiken Club, Saturday, April 25" >
Junior Boys - Work The synth-pop minimalists spent two years collaborating between Ontario and Berlin while working on the forthcoming Begone Dull Care (inspired by a 1949 animated film), their third album of subdued, sultry and sophisticated late night sounds. Official site MySpace Photo by annie_eve Posted in Song of the Day Tagged: Begone Dull Care, junior boys
Feb 5, 2009, 1:57pm
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Sono a due panettoni tuttuvetta da Pitran. Mi sembra giusto mettervene al corrente. Soprattutto dato che non mi riesce di dribblare le stronzate su questo blog che una volta godeva di una certa reputazione. Nel condominio. Junior Boys > Parallel Lines Franz Ferdinand > Can't Stop Feeling (che sembra essere la preferita in giro, bah)
Junior Boys are a Canadian indie electronic pop band from Hamilton, Ontario consisting of Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus. They've released Last Exit back in 2004 and the critically acclaimed, and IMO, one of the best Canadian albums of the decade, So This is Goodbye in 2006. Their sound is smooth, and ambient. It's elegant rich pop and refurbished synths. Greenspan's voice lulls you into a conscious sleep, it's a voice that sooths the complexities of your day. It's a voice for those late nights. Junior Boys is late night music. It is top floor sky [...]
Para estas fechas que ya les había perdido la pista a los Junior Boys es emocionante enterarse que este año sacarán su tercer álbum después de haber hecho los grandiosos Last Exit (2004) y So this is Goodbye (2006). Este dueto canadiense que toca synth-pop casi siempre calmado y melancólico (algo parecido a lo que hacen los Hot Chip en sus canciones no-fiesteras ) ha reportado que su nuevo álbum llamado Begone Dull Care sale a la venta el 24 [...]
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