CDs DU MOIS
Novembre 2009

01 White Denim - Fits (Downtown)

01 White Denim - Fits (Downtown) »


rock hyperactif

Ce trio texan est ce que Mars Volta aurai dû devenir au lieu d’un pompeux masturbatorium. Méchant tour de manège que son mélange de post-punk, de classic rock, de rock garage, de rock...

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02 The Fresh & Onlys - Grey-Eyed Girls (Woodsist)

02 The Fresh & Onlys - Grey-Eyed Girls (Woodsist) »


sexy psych-rock

I can’t help but notice the recent tsunami of psych-rock bands from San Francisco lately and how hard they are to tell apart, all except for relative newcomers The Fresh & Onlys. A mere year...

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03 Anti-Pop Consortium - Black Fluorescent (Big Dada)

03 Anti-Pop Consortium - Black Fluorescent (Big Dada) »


rock ta calculatrice

Bien franchement, la première fois que j’ai écouté du Anti-Pop Consortium, je n’ai pas aimé ça. La musique était trop bizarre, trop compliquée, pis les gars rimaient pas la moitié du temps. Mais...

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04 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (Warner)

04 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic (Warner) »


spacewalk ballads

Who really knows what to expect from the Flaming Lips nowadays. I lost interest a few albums back, but my ears were greatly surprised by what can be found within their massive two disc, eighteen...

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05 Built to Spill - There is no Enemy (Warner)

05 Built to Spill - There is no Enemy (Warner) »


stoner indie-pop

I’ve had a crush on these hairy dudes since the old days. They’ve lost me with their last couple of efforts, but let me tell ya, There is no Enemy more than makes up for it. Album number eight...

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06 Boys Noize - Power (Last Gang/Turbo)

06 Boys Noize - Power (Last Gang/Turbo) »


gombo électro-house

Alexander Ridha, jeune prodige teuton, nous balance un deuxième album plein de style, où ses sonorités crues et abrasives font des détours du côté du son warehouse acid et techno des années 90. On...

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07 Vitalic - Flashmob (Different)

07 Vitalic - Flashmob (Different) »


techno

Remember when the Poney EP came out and everyone shat their pants? Break out the clean boxers, because it’s time to void your bowels once more. With distinct nods to EBM, italo and scary-ass...

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08 Air - Love 2 (Astralwerks)

08 Air - Love 2 (Astralwerks) »


breezy pop

I’ve always liked Air’s fl oaty pop held aloft by its ‘60s stylings. Even though this is the first album they’ve produced alone – they also take on vocal duties and Joey Waronker drums throughout...

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09 Xavier Caféïne - Bushido (Indica)

09 Xavier Caféïne - Bushido (Indica) »


rock

Étonnant dénouement que cette suite au populaire Gisèle. On aurait pu s’attendre à ce que l’ex-Poxy et ex-Caféïne cherche à cultiver son succès. Il ressurgit au contraire avec un second opus plus...

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10 Red Mass - Red Mass (Semprini)

10 Red Mass - Red Mass (Semprini) »


psych-rock mess

Red Mass need no introduction. Their firebrand scuzz has set this little island on fi re since guitarist/vocalist/neo-Shaman Choyce debuted his post-CPC Gangbangs project back in ‘08. This seven...

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11 Girls - Album (Matador)

11 Girls - Album (Matador) »


britpop pas brit

Oh, les petits farceurs! Le nom du groupe, du disque, pis toute, pis toute… Ça ne s’arrête pas là: la première chanson s’appelle «Lust for Life» (pas un cover, non) et Christopher Owens chante...

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12 El Perro del Mar - Love Is Not Pop (Control Group)

12 El Perro del Mar - Love Is Not Pop (Control Group) »


borderline pop

Dès l’ouverture de ce troisième album, on remarque une nette évolution en regard du précédent. Sarah Assbring a voulu essayer autre chose, d’où la présence de Rasmus Hägg, du duo électronique...

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13 Black Heart Procession - Six (Temporary Residence)

13 Black Heart Procession - Six (Temporary Residence) »


murder ballads

Singer/guitarist Pall Jenkins and multi-instrumentalist Tobias Nathaniel are the darkened hearts at the charred core of Black Heart Procession, the San Diego project born of the once great (and...

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14 You Say Party! We Say Die! - XXXX (Paper Bag)

14 You Say Party! We Say Die! - XXXX (Paper Bag) »


toxic pop

While the band looks exuberantly happy-go-lucky in all their press photos, this cryptic new release (XXXX means love, by the way) by Vancouver-based You Say Party! We Say Die! plays more with the...

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15 For Those About To Love - For Those About To Love (C4)

15 For Those About To Love - For Those About To Love (C4) »


rock élégant

Vous ne connaissez pas FTATL, mais vous les connaissez. Soit parce que vous les avez vu ouvrir pour Malajube, soit parce que vous avez vu les membres jouer avec d’autres (The Dears, Plaster,...

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16 Les Amis au Pakistan - Cosmétic Cosmic (Tir Groupé)

16 Les Amis au Pakistan - Cosmétic Cosmic (Tir Groupé) »


pop excentrique

Émanant de l’improbable jonction entre Laval et Claude Gauvreau, Les Amis au Pakistan rappliquent avec leur deuxième album. Simon Tremblay, chirurgien musical en chef, rapièce, colle et attache...

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17 Team Canada DJs - Canadian Club (Independent)

17 Team Canada DJs - Canadian Club (Independent) »


beats and stuff

Mostly amazing stuff from Grandtheft and D.R., who mix and remix the hell out of some Top 40 tunes and a few moldy oldies for good measure. Though they’re arguably the best at what they do, it’s...

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18 Fuckpony - Let the Love Flow (BPitch Control)

18 Fuckpony - Let the Love Flow (BPitch Control) »


house

Fuckpony is a great name, too bad Jay Haze (a.k.a. Fuckpony) has made a bit of a boring album. Not that the tracks are bad, most of them would sound very great mixed into a set – you may already...

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19 Vladislav Delay - Tummaa (Leaf)

19 Vladislav Delay - Tummaa (Leaf) »


experimental electro

Vladislav Delay offers immediate gratifi cation to lovers of crackling, dirty, industrial symphonies that juxtapose and confuse noise and beauty, music and environment. Like classical music, this...

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20 CFCF - Continent (Paper Bag)

20 CFCF - Continent (Paper Bag) »


progtronica

Mike Silver turns down the tempo on Continent, a dreamy affair that rarely cracks 105 bpm. It’s definitely disco, or neo-disco depending on which nerd you ask, but not the pumping, four-tothe-...

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21 Redshape - The Dance Paradox (Delsin)

21 Redshape - The Dance Paradox (Delsin) »


techno

In the tradition of Underground Resistance and Basic Channel, Berlin’s Redshape sees ego as a distraction. True techno has nothing to do with star power or celebrity, which is what makes...

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22 DJ Rupture / Matt Shadetek - Solar Life Raft (The Agriculture)

22 DJ Rupture / Matt Shadetek - Solar Life Raft (The Agriculture) »


dub et. al.

Rebel music alert! Rupture and Shadetek play selector on this mix CD and, stepping up to the dubplate and beyond, they do a mighty fi ne job of batting it out of the park. Along with their own...

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23 Mocky - Saskamodie (Crammed Discs)

23 Mocky - Saskamodie (Crammed Discs) »


white soul

Acid jazz has completed its cycle and eaten its own tail with multi-instrumentalist Dominic “Mocky” Salole using traditional instruments to create a feather-light, lounge jazz and soft ‘60s soul...

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24 J. Tillman - Year In The Kingdom (Bella Union)

24 J. Tillman - Year In The Kingdom (Bella Union) »


folk sensible

À la première écoute, on pourrait croire que Ray Lamontagne a couché sa voix sur des airs signés Bonnie «Prince» Billy. C’est dans ce registre que le prolifi que batteur des Fleet Foxes donne...

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25 Parlour Steps - The Hidden Names (Nine Mile)

25 Parlour Steps - The Hidden Names (Nine Mile) »


indie-pop

Les lectures faites sur Parlour Steps peuvent les faire paraître prétentieux (ils disent faire du «thought rock»). Pourtant, à l’écoute, on n’en ressent rien. Juste de l’indie rock trempé dans le...

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26 Oromocto Diamond - Le choc du futur (P572)

26 Oromocto Diamond - Le choc du futur (P572) »


rock schizophrène

Formé par Sam Murdock (Lesbo Vrouven) et Pascal Asselin (Millimetrik), le groupe originaire de Québec, mais nommé selon Oromocto (NB), pourrait se fondre dans le courant dancepunk à clavier de...

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27 Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster (Kill Rock Stars)

27 Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster (Kill Rock Stars) »


indie-rock

San Francisco’s Thao and co. recruit some extra friends (like Andrew Bird, Laura Veirs and Decemberists’ Jenny Conlee) for their latest and third LP. Lyrically, Thao expounds effortlessly on the...

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28 Music Go Music - Expressions (Secretly Canadian)

28 Music Go Music - Expressions (Secretly Canadian) »


disco

Euphoric, emphatic, ecstatic – Music Go Music makes it work with plenty of pluck and aplomb. However, the spectre of Abba is disconcerting – can something be too poppy? Is it normal that...

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29 The Almighty Defenders - The Almighty Defenders (Vice)

29 The Almighty Defenders - The Almighty Defenders (Vice) »


rock

What do you get when you cross King Khan, The Black Lips, & Mark Sultan a.k.a. BBQ? Heck, it’s The Almighty Defenders… oh my! This somehow unbelievable union of the indie rock and roll world’s...

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30 Chasing Bright Lights - Stones & Feathers (Indépendant)

30 Chasing Bright Lights - Stones & Feathers (Indépendant) »


folk éclairé

Après avoir participé à plusieurs projets musicaux (Barricade Project, Diamond Sea, etc.), J-D Le Blanc se consacre depuis plus d’un an à Chasing Bright Lights. Projet rappelant autant Dylan que...

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