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From The Mind Of Adi #73: Fun Fun Fun Fest ‘09 Contest Winner!

I am pleased to announce the winner of FTMOA’s Fun Fest contest -- Brandon Giddens’ photograph of Kevin Barnes (of Montreal) taken at the House of Blues in Dallas beat out an awesome picture of Michael Kastelic (The Cynics) and a story about Pinky, Glenn Danzig’s cat. Brandon wins two weekend passes to this year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest. Thanks to everyone who participated! Catch of Montreal on the Orange Stage at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday at the festival.



See you at Waterloo Park this weekend!

Mon Nov 2 2009 · Posted in Photo Galleries

FUN FUN FUN FEST LINEUP IS HERE…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The 4th annual Fun Fun Fun Fest artist line up released today

TICKETS GO ON SALE AT 2PM CST
 

August 25th, 2009 (Austin, TX) – Transmission Entertainment is pleased to announce the lineup for the 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest, taking place on November 7th and 8th at Waterloo Park in Austin. Fun Fun Fun Fest made its first appearance on a cold Friday evening in 2006, offering a unique approach to festival booking, filling stages with talent bubbling from the underground: what sounded great, and what was making an impact, regardless of what mainstream media said was cool. What started out as a show for a few touring acts and local favorites has become a movement --  a festival that fans and bands alike realize needs to be experienced year after year.

Now in its fourth year, Fun Fun Fun Fest has made a significant impact on the country’s winter calendar, successfully combining the vast worlds of indie, punk, rap, electronica and comedy while showcasing some of the city’s most unique local businesses. It is the most relaxed, laid back and (yet) progressive festival in the market place today, a true urban event in the middle of downtown Austin. Most importantly it’s a fest we in the music community want to go to, without all of the filler that shows up at corporate music carnivals around the world. Fun Fun Fun Fest: the fest before the fest ... where you go to see what’s about to happen as opposed to what's already been done.

Each year, fans have been treated to sets by reunited legends as well as prominent acts from across the globe at the festival. And this edition is no different – music aficionados will be eagerly awaiting performances by DEATH, The Jesus Lizard, Shonen Knife, Mission of Burma, and Danzig. Of Montreal, King Khan & BBQ Show, GZA, No Age, Young Widows, Ratatat, Yeasayer, and The Cool Kids ensure that a wide variety of relevant artists will again be on display, and as always, Austin is well represented, this year by the likes of Shearwater, Foot Patrol, Black and White Years, The Laughing, Harlem, and Strange Boys.

In true Fun Fun Fun Fest fashion, fans can now learn about new music, research the line up, listen to MP3s, interact, enter contests, buy merchandise and more; simply by joining the new Fun Fun Fun Fest (http://www.funfunfunfest.com) community online.

2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest Line-up:

RATATAT – OF MONTREAL – CRYSTAL CASTLES - LES SAVY FAV - YEASAYER - MISSION OF BURMA - LUCERO - WHY? - BROADCAST - ATLAS SOUND - DEATH (DETROIT) - NO AGE - RED SPAROWES - SHONEN KNIFE - FUCK BUTTONS - TIMES NEW VIKING - THIS WILL DESTROY YOU - CRYSTAL ANTLERS - GROWING - BLACK AND WHITE YEARS - ROYAL BANGS - THE LAUGHING - JESUS LIZARD - DANZIG - GORILLA BISCUITS - FACE TO FACE - FUCKED UP - 7 SECONDS - D.R.I. TORCHE - MELT BANANA - FLIPPER - COALESCE - RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS - STREET DOGS - RUSSIAN CIRCLES - NIGHT MARCHERS  - METALLAGHER - YOUTH BRIGADE - MIKA MIKO  - ALL LEATHER - YOUNG WIDOWS - COLISEUM - UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND - OFF WITH THEIR HEADS - REIGN SUPREME - RAT KING - PACK OF WOLVES – ROLLER - THE COOL KIDS - PHARCYDE - GZA/GENIUS (PERFORMING LIQUID SWORDS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS) - KID SISTER - BARUKA SOM SISTEMA - DJ NUMARK (JURASSIC 5) - HEALTH - NEON INDIAN - MC CHRIS - SSION - ALASKA IN WINTER - VEGA - FOOT PATROL - ASTRONAUTALIS – CAR STEREO  (WARS) – THE DJ MELEE - SUGAR & GOLD - LAX - PELIGROSA DJS - BETA PLAYER - DESTROYER - WHITEST KIDS YOU KNOW SKETCH COMEDY TROUPE - BRIAN POSEHN - KING KHAN BBQ - SHEARWATER - TODD BARRY – DEAD CONFEDERATE - NICK THUNE - HARLEM - JOSH FADEM - STRANGE BOYS - HANNIBAL BURRESS - JAMES HUSBAND (OF MONTREAL) - BRENDAN WALSH - CEDRIC BURNSIDE & LIGHTNING MALCOLM – CHELSEA PERETTI - BANKRUPT AND THE BORROWERS - ALTERCATION COMEDY HOUR – MOONLIGHT TOWERS – LOW LINE CALLER - NEW MOVEMENT COMEDY GROUP - AND MORE TO COME

Tickets go on sale today at the brand new Fun Fun Fun Fest website (http://www.funfunfunfest.com/ ).

EARLY BIRD TICKETS (LIMITED FOR 2 WEEKS)
$67.50 / WEEKEND PASS
EARLY BIRD PIP TICKETS (LIMITED FOR 2 WEEKS)
$135 / PIP WEEKEND PASS

Tue Aug 25 2009 · Posted in

Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse

Music video for Of Montreal's song "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethen Curse" off the album Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?. Released in 2007 by Polyvinyl Records.

Of Montreal plays Fiesta Gardens this Thursday, November 13.  Get your tickets here!

Link to map for Fiesta Gardens

Of Montreal Fun Facts:

*Of Montreal has recorded nine studio albums, from Cherry Peel (1997)
to Skeletal Lamping (October, 2008).
*Of Montreal likes to combine happy upbeat melodies with sad, gloomy,
somebody shoot me now, depressing lyrics. They're awesome!
*Kevin Barnes's love of theatre and comedy is reflected in his live
shows. That coupled with the amazing music makes it very special.
*Since the release of Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007,
which is fabulous by the way), Barnes performs as his on-stage glam
rock alter ego, Georgie Fruit (which is fabulous, by the way).
*Of Montreal gained a lot of popularity with the MTV clip for "Wraith
Pinned to the Mist (and Other Games)", which can also be heard as that
damn Outback steakhouse jingle...we still love you.
*If you haven't seen a live show then,...hahaha, you haven't? What?
Now that's just silly.

Austin Chronicle Show Review

Tue Nov 11 2008 · Posted in Music Videos

Of Montreal - Requiem for OMM2

Music video for "Requiem for OMM2" by Of Montreal, from The Sunlandic Twins.  Released in 2005 by Polyvinyl Records.

Of Montreal plays Fiesta Gardens Austin, TX Thursday November 13th. You can get your tickets here!

Tue Nov 4 2008 · Posted in Music Videos

Of Montreal - Id Engager

Directed by Marc Reisbig and Hanne Berkaak

Video for Of Montreal's "Id Engager" from Skelatal Lamping out now on Polyvinyl.  Download "Id Engager" in the download section.  Of Montreal is playing Austin's Fiesta Gardens on November 13, presented by Transmission Entertainment.  Get your tickets here.

Wed Oct 15 2008 · Posted in Music Videos on littleradio.com

Of Montreal - Id Engager

Of Montreal

Of Montreal - Id Engager

Skeletal Lamping
Polyvinyl

Wed Oct 15 2008 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com

HOT OFF THE PRESS (#9) - Of Montreal’s “Skeletal Lamping”

HOT OFF THE PRESS (#9) – Of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping
by Nick Courtright

It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for Nick Courtright’s weekly first glance at music discovered in the last seven days, whether it be just-released, just-leaked, or some long-lost gem that has remained under the radar.  Click here for other recent editions of Hot Off the Press, featuring acts such as Vivian Girls, Bodies of Water, White Denim, Conor Oberst, The Walkmen, The Bug, The Music Tapes, Lackthereof, and Grizzly Bear.

Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
To be released October 7 on Polyvinyl.

Something has happened to Kevin Barnes.  Whereas he once was purely quirky—a Beatlesesque Elephant 6 personality with comic intent and limited musical scope—he now has become the superfamous man of the hour, the widely-adored can-do-no-wrong pinnacle of electro-dance-pop glamour and glory.  The transition has been embraced so thoroughly it’s become almost blasphemous to make a disapproving declaration regarding the advances of his personal musical and self-revelatory state—it is as if his evolution has acted as a statement for the acceptance of alternate character, and the warm fuzzy feeling everyone has gotten from it (not to mention a collection of some of the last few years’ most satisfying, endearing, and excellent songs and albums) has created enough goodwill, apparently, for him to push his audience’s ability to accept to a new level. 

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Wed Sep 3 2008 · Posted in Reviews

Of Montreal - Back to School (Royal Trux cover)

Of Montreal

Of Montreal - Back to School (Royal Trux cover)

(unreleased)
None

Mon Aug 27 2007 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com

Of Montreal - Tropical Iceland (Fiery Furnaces Cover, Live)

Of Montreal

Of Montreal - Tropical Iceland (Fiery Furnaces Cover, Live)

None
Polyvinyl

Fri Apr 13 2007 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com