In the summer of 2005 Montreal band Plants & Animals split their time between a makeshift home studio and the Treatment Room recording what would later become their album Parc Avenue [out on Pod through Inertia], an exemplary album full of big choruses and biting lyrics.
Yeasayer / 2080
Yeasayer are a bunch of weirdos from Brooklyn who made one of my favourite records of the past year, and 2080 is the big hook. It’s got this twisted Graceland-Talking Heads thing going on, but in their own very contemporary way. Apocalyptic tribal good times.
Malajube / Ursuline
All the Montreal music scene hype of the past half-decade has largely eluded the French-language side of things. Malabube are the biggest exception. Too bad there aren’t more. Anyway, Ursuline is the first track off their new record. It’s proggy, heavy-metallic and full of their characteristic bombast. My favourite part is Francis the drummer’s ridiculous tom fills throughout the song – proof that they’re both dope and don’t take themselves too seriously.
Socalled / You Are Never Alone
If you haven’t heard of Socalled, he’s this crazy dude who has almost single-handedly revived Klezmer and old Yiddish music by twinning it with hip hop and whatever other crazy shit he’s found in his basement and mind. This track is about being a Jewish cowboy. It’s dando.
Bonnie Prince Billy / Strange Form of Life
Our first big trip as a band was to The Iceland Airwaves Festival and the place has really stuck. Bonnie Prince Billy recorded The Letting Go there, and, by golly, the landscape comes across in the music like gushing geysers and glowing green moss. His pairing with singer Dawn McCarthy on this one has plenty to do with it.
Katie Moore / The Jig
Katie Moore has one of those voices that you only hear every two or three generations. This is my favourite track of hers. It makes me feel like I’m warm and toasty under a chilly night sky, laughing and doing the do-si-do with 72 freckled farm girls.
Dr. John / Barefoot Lady
Louisiana swamp creature voodoo boogaloo. Fishin on the bayou barefoot lady woooo. Christ, Jim Henson based a Muppet on this guy. I can’t get enough of him these days.
Black Mountain / Wucan
Do you have hash in Australia? Well, I’ve never tried it myself, but I hear that it makes rock that’s slow and heavy, with tones rich like cognac and beats big like a locomotive billowing clouds of iron smoke and bong water.
Daft Punk / Around the World
Around the world, a-round the wor-ld. Around the world, a-round the wor-ld. Around the world, a-round the wor-ld. Around the world, a-round the wor-ld. Around the world, a-round the wor-ld. Around the world, a-round the wor-ld. Around the world, a-round the wor-ld.
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