OF MONTREAL/SSB/TGIF

Last Tuesday I went off to Boston to see Of Montreal, Sugar & Gold, and another opener at the Paradise. Of Montreal was playing their second of two sold out nights at the Paradise and possibly showed some signs of being spent as they laid off the new material, focused on Hissing Fauna stuff, and performed no covers, as I've noticed they're not strangers to (a.k.a. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in October at the Roseland Ballroom). The first band had something like "Fire" in their name and were a real bore. I think the only reason they played is cos they're from Athens, GA. They covered Sabbath which was mildly interesting, but I'd certainly rather see Of Montreal play "Paranoid."


Next was Sugar & Gold, a band which made absolute perfect sense to open the show. They sounded very similar to Of Montreal's more white-boy disco stuff, except discoey all the time. It definitely got boring after a while, but it was some nice dance fluff to bounce to before the main act. I checked their album Creme but, as expected, it was a bit too processed and watered down for my liking.


Of Montreal was pretty great, a little less stage show as at their last tour, but a lot of the same themes: bird heads, tiger heads, feathers, flash animations, costume changes. One of their guitarists was totally decked out in angel wings, stupid shades and a filthy mustache, which was probably the best thing to look at.









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Anyway, SESAME STREET BANDAIDS is going on right now on wmua.org so check dat out. New music has happened from Black Dice, Explode Into Colors, Vibes, Wavves, Liquid Vega, and most importantly the new R Kelly.

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If only I had looked at the Myspace sooner I would've smashed the airwaves with Teengirl Fantasy's new song "Floor to Floor," which you can find bundled with a few other TGIF tracks in a handy EP right here (via Pukekos). It's pretty on course with their sound - a circular and breezy club jam building layers on top of layers, weaving lots of delicate rhythms into one.