of Montreal in Saint Louis

A great interview (though they really had to mention the "O" word) + live footage found on Vimeo today. It was shot on October 24th when the Ninjas Prove It circus came into Saint Louis, Mo. And for once, it's been edited into something enjoyable, comprehensive and coherent.

Enjoy!

of Montreal at The Pageant from John Elder on Vimeo.

Aloha

Rounding up our Honolulu special, here are three more interviews/articles...

Jamey shares his thoughts on the new tour and his solo project.

Jamey on stage in Gainesville, Florida - 2008-12-05

The Honolulu Advertiser tried to interview some homegrown of Montreal fans this week, but apparently didn't find any ("we overestimated of Montreal's Honolulu following because if there is one, we didn't encounter it.") and came up with a pretty weird idea and penned a quick primer to of Montreal instead. Oh well. They followed up their article with a review of Skeletal Lamping, which is somewhat bizarre as the album was released 6 months ago.

We will keep you posted on the new setlist for the tour but so far the only thing we heard through the grapevine is that a new song is being premiered.

EDIT : not a new song, actually, but "Tender Fax" - a song by of Montreal's side-project, Instant Witch, which is "a democratic of Montreal," with everyone involved in the songwriting process. A live recording of the song (live at Rothbury 2008 is available on our downloads page)

Full setlist of the Feb 19th Pomona show (thanks to AceAzzamen at the Townhall) :
We Were Born The Mutants Again With Leafling
Bunny Ain't No Kind Of Rider
And I've Seen A Bloody Shadow
Gronlandic Edit
Sink The Seine
Cato As A Pun
Tender Fax
Beware Our Nubile Miscreants
An Eluardian Instance
She's A Rejector
Heimsdalgate Like A Promethean Curse
October Is Eternal
Mingusings
Id Engager

Encores :
Requiem For OMM2
American Girl (Tom Petty)
The Party's Crashing Us
A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger
The Repudiated Immortals

Wolf Pack Radio, Honolulu Weekly interviews...

After a lengthy (by oM standards, two weeks and a half!) pause between tours, of Montreal hits the road again today. Check out our tour dates section and grab the remaining tickets!

Not much news to report, but three more interviews (re)surfaced...

First one is kind of old news, as it was recorded for 1700 AM Wolf Pack Radio (who knew that even existed, uh?) back in December, but it's always great to hear Ahmed, so check it out.

Second interview, thanks to Honolulu Weekly is pretty weird - as it's got to be the shortest article ever written. They make it sound like the interview lasted less than 5 minutes, but there are still a couple of interesting Beeps factoids in it.

Third one comes from of Montreal's nemesis, Brooklyn Vegan. It's not an interview, but they do mention the Happy Happy Birthday To Me split 7" that the Booty Patrol kind of forgot to mention before... Only, they refer to Jamey's side project as James Hubbard, which is both hilarious and, er, pathetic.
But it still comes as a really handy reminder - now is the chance to subscribe to HHBTM's singles club, if you haven't already done it. Subscribing for the whole singles club series is your only chance to get the record - and a bunch of other vinyls from great Athens, Ga. artists such as the Apples in Stereo, Circulatory System or the twee-noise-garage outfit Cars Can Be Blue. Well worth the money if you ask me.

Kevin denies the existence of Blikk Fang demos.

If you've been one of the numerous fans eager to figure out what Kevin and Andrew VanWyngarden's side project might sound like, you probably tried to search for Blikk Fang online... Well, the couple of songs that you downloaded are not Blikk Fang songs, apparently. In an interview with BBC 6's host Nemone, Kevin claimed that these were actually songs Andrew recorded years ago, and one old of Montreal b-side.

If you happen to have a recording (or transcript) of the full interview, which was apparently broadcast on January 19th, please contact us. The Booty Patrol would love to add it to its database.

Merchandising

As we are still holding our breaths for the spring Skeletal Lamping collection (if it is still in the works...), the Polyvinyl store has recently restocked a lot of items, and apparently got a hold of the unsold tour-only shirts, scarves, undies and whatnot.
On a similar note, you can find high quality, exclusive Gemini Tactics prints in her etsy shop.

Click on the pictures, take a look and prepare to go bankrupt.