Colin Stetson plays a variety of woodwinds. On his recently released New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges , he plays a solo saxophone, recording his tracks live in a single (and usually, first) take, accompanied sometimes by the guest appearances of Laurie Anderson and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden. The latter delivers a vocal performance of a lifetime in her cover of Blind Willie Johnson's "Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes", dripping with soul and affection, enveloped by Stetson's signature unceasing mourn. But the focal point of Judges has to be Stetson's [...]
+MP3: The Luyas - Tiny Head ~ Good lord where have these folks been hiding? The Luyas are composed of Jessie Stein and various members from Bell Orchestre/Arcade Fire/Torngat, and they create surprisingly minimal, hauntingly beautiful, slow burning pop. They have a few tracks floating around from their forthcoming LP, including "Tiny Head," which is just great. Even greater? "Canary," which I couldn't find an MP3 of, but exists over on the band's MySpace page. Really amazing stuff. MySpace +MP3: The Diskettes [...]
Alan Vega - Ice Drummer Robert Wyatt - Stay Tuned (merci gaspard !) Bell Orchestre - Water/Light/Shifts Alan Vega - Je T'Adore David Moore - What Arms Are These For You !
When looking for an added emotional element for his new biopic, Vidal Sassoon The Movie , director Craig Teper turned to his music supervisor, David Spelman. "This score had to tell the audience that there was important stuff going on, not just fluff; that there's gravitas in Vidal Sassoon's life," Spelman stated in a recent press release. "Most filmmakers, in making a picture about hair, would've focused on the glamour and pop art and pretty girls. This film has all that, but with a more serious core, and the post-rock minimalist soundtrack helped communicate that." For this [...]
Long before Juno was best known as a pregnant high schooler that you weren't sure if it was appropriate to find attractive (what?), Canadian musicians coveted the award of the same name. Beginning as a readers poll, the award now features a full ceremony and two days of awards celebrating 39 achievements. The big ones are being announced Sunday night (Album of the Year, Record of the Year), but of the 32 announced Saturday, the notables could either indicate that the Junos share the same sort of mundanity that plagues the GRAMMYS or that our favorite northern neighbors are a [...]
(source: myspace.com/arkellsmusic) While the country is going to get to watch the gala festivities tonight, last night in St. John's NL the 2010 Juno Awards presented lovely lady statues for a good number of big and awards, and they went to a few QBiM favourites. Metric and Joel Plaskett had the alternative album categories all wrapped up: Three earned Plaskett the Adult Alternative album award while Fantasies won Metric the kiddie Alternative album award. A [...]
Directed by Cassandra C. Jones From the album - As Seen Through Windows
Gavin Gardiner of The Wooden Sky has piles of perfectly-formed melodies scattered around his home, I'm convinced of it. Every song I hear from the Toronto indie/folk-rock ensemble finds a way to lodge itself into my brain and gently gnaw, relenting only after I perform it for friends from my couch. The Late King Henry can be found on the band's sophomore LP "If I Don't Come Home, You'll Know I'm Gone", released in August of 2009; The album was produced by Montreal producer Howard Bilerman , who has been behind releases from Arcade Fire , [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Canada Today marks the first day of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver, B.C. Over the next 60 days more than 500 artists from around the world will perform throughout Metro Vancouver and Whistler as part of the massive cultural event. Billed as a 'celebration of the contemporary imagination,' the ambitious showcase will feature a variety of music, dance, theatre, visual arts, film and digital media experiences. Kicking off the music component of the series tonight [...]
U.F.O. HAWAII PT.43 HAS LANDED U.F.O. Hawaii has returned with another chilling radio show. 2010 , time to end digital playlists, playlists which were computer generated...we need real people putting together great music pieces...this is what it was always about.... Ufo hawaii 43 by EYHO Blog U.F.O. HAWAII pt.43 Knickerbocker Irrsinn Ufo Hawaii - Station ID Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963) - Kammermusik No. 1 [...]
11) Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows Horn-heavy orchestrated post-rock. Less doom and gloom than some of their contemporaries, it's at times lilting, pastoral, and ethereal. Definitely more cohesive than their previous effort. Seizure city: 12) Dinosaur Jr. - Farm The original Dinosaur Jr. line-up once again prove that they're capable of sounding exactly the same as they did 20 years ago. And who [...]
Here is part four of my best of Canadian albums of 2009. Silver Starling - Silver Starling Saw them at Bands Undone and they were amazing. Best tracks are Something Over Nothing, Ghosts and This Is Not A Dream Outside Love - Pink Mountaintops Love the description of the album which says: " "Outside Love" is ten songs of love and hate that read [...]
Nov 17, 2009, 12:26am
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When the night slowly start to suck away the daytime as winter approaches, we all need something to make cold nights as beautiful as the day. So here is Bell Orchestre , and I think they will help me do just that. Their music is as epic as a great film score, listenable and heart-string jerking, a perfect blend between pensive drones and textural beats. This is memory making music, and its about to become the soundtrack to my life. Stripes- Bell Orchestre Water, Light, Shifts- Bell Orchestre [...]
My weekend officially starts right now. Priority #1, get costume, and after that, I'm going to look for some vinyl. Hopefully I get lucky! Every time I rummage for vinyl, it never fails that I come across those DAMNED Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Band records. Seriously, I think they had the best selling album of all-time because I see them everywhere. LCD Soundsystem-Bye Bye Bayou (Ernold Sane re-rub) Sally Shapiro-I'll Be By Your Side (D.Lectro's Mainroom Edit Of Tensnake Remix) [...]
This "buy it" tag comes with a "Not For Everyone" disclaimer. These remixes of Bell Orchestre sound like your high school orchestra took a break from awkwardly making out with each other, dropped some acid, and just wailed on their instruments. If that sounds awesome to you, it will be. Reminds us of: John Cage | The Disintegration Loops | drunken Dvorak playing clarinet Bell Orchestre: ( Website | Label ) bell orchestre [...]
Rude not to department: a Tim Hecker remix? Dredging a characteristic emotional yield from another boiling sea of scratchy feedback & bass swells - while less familiar bells, wordless voice & adagios break the swirling surface? From an EP also featuring reworkings by Mad [...]
Photography by Me, with a shitty mobile phone , then processed through Poladroid ! Well, it's Monday, Craftin' Outlaws is done (and was fucking awesome), my sis (pictured above) has come, had fun, kicked ass, took names, rode bikes, and, unfortunately, flew out ... And all that means is that it's time to start a new week, start some new adventures and start celebrating what is now and what is about to come! So.... what is now? Good question.... [...]
Montreal band and Arcade Fire side-project Bell Orchestre are going to be releasing a new EP. The band released their sophomore album in March titled "As Seen Through Windows". The seven-track EP is will feature five remixes of songs from their latest album "As Seen Through... Click the link to read more
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