Video: Silly Kissers - Halloween Summer

Not to post anything, that is. So here we are. Back from our respective 'reading breaks' and ready to bring you all the goods. We're just gonna dive right in with a 'what you (may have) missed while we were gone' post. A few hints: Silly Kissers, Sean Nicholas Savage, Armen at the Bazaar, Four [...]

There are some crazy things happening here in MTL thanks to the good people at M for Montreal . I'll be doing a better dissection of the conference, bands and antics later - honestly, Miracle Fortress fans are in for an (electro) shock and The RAA own every stage they play now - but there are a couple bands that are new to me that I'm super excited to check out. One band is Silly Kissers . These youngens are all about the shimmering, sunshine-y electro pop that makes you want to dance - [...]

• Silly Kissers - Halloween Summer

by Bill Pearis Duchess Says We already mentioned that Montreal's Think About Life will be in town this week playing Tuesday night's BrooklynVegan showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg and the M for Montreal night at Arlene's Grocery on Wednesday (10/21). Also playing the M4M show are electro-punks Duchess Says , whose only other show this week will be the BrooklynVegan day party on [...]

The Silly Kissers Thinking Of You The Silly Kissers Easy Fantasy The thing about the first-wave of American cutesy indie-pop, the twee-types hosting sock-hops for credit at Evergreen College and singing about cats is that it wasn't any good. Oh, Lord, it was terrible, actually. Those bands are gone, as Belle & Sebastien and Camera Obscura sucked all the helium out of that balloon, and now the musicians [...]

• Silly Kissers - Easy Fantasy
• Silly Kissers - Thinking Of You

Pop Montreal begins this week and I will be heading to Montreal, for a couple of days at least. As for shows I am going to see, I have no idea. Typically my festival strategy is to pick a venue where one or two good acts are playing, and stay there for the night. However, the schedule on the Pop Montreal website is organized by TIME and not by VENUE, which means my methodology is screwed. Since I am not familiar with Montreal and the different clubs, I am counting on there being a [...]