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Consider me impressed. Dachmo clued me into it. Fellow Moggers PopeyePete, Cody B continued, with some nice mixes. So with this I revive the Mog Aggregation Challenge - post a whole album with only tracks available through the internet. So, listen if you will, to one of my favorites of 2007 (discovered only in 2008): Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?     xJmxPTEyMTM3MjU1MTQ2ODgmcHQ9MTIxMzcyNTUyMDU5NCZwPTE4NDMzMSZkPSZuPSZnPTE=.jpg" bor... MORE

The list of nominees for the 2008 PLUG awards, dedicated to recognizing media and music in the independent community, has been announced. The top nominees for this year are Of Montreal, Battles, Dan Deacon. The chick from Bat For Lashes pops up a few times on the ballot, as do Radiohead (they're indie now), Arcade Fire, The National and Spoon. The 2008 awards show will take place March 6th in New York City. Artists and presenters will be announced in the future. Kevin Bar... MORE

There were a lot of good albums in 2007. And I mean a lot. I listened to as many as I could, but the sheer volume of good music that was released was at once overwhelming and heart warming. I was thrilled to be surrounded by all this artful sound, but also intimidated by the mass amounts.

In the end, I suppose it was a good thing.

But as I look back, there are about ten albums from 2007 that I feel particularly attached to. I listened to them the most, loved them...f... MORE

I'll admit it, I resisted these guys (ok, this guy) at first...but holy cow, this song is amazing...really curious about how this stuff comes off live...if you have a live version of this track in particular I would love to hear it. The internet loves this band. Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal from Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

I could go through the myriad reasons I hate this band including the two (!) times I have (unfortunately) seen this band and would rather have been walking naked through a glass factory before a dip in the ocean...but I will let their lame sell-out for a crappy cell phone company lead the way... http://idolator.com/tunes/it.s-only-selling-out-if-you-do-it-for-the-right-price/of-montreals-t+mobile-ad-cell-phone-companies-now-pandering-to-the-blog-demo-324328.php (look i... MORE

part four.

I heard about Of Montreal just a few months ago and this album is already a favourite of mine. I'd be as bold as to say that facing the infamous "alone in an island" situation, this album has a great chance. It sounds homemade, but at the same time very well produced. Kevin's lyrics are very personal and sad but at the same time funny in a weird way.I love how he plays with vocal multitracking to build these beautiful harmonies. Really cool stuff, classic pop tunes. "..... MORE

Another long-past-due concert review... Of Montreal Saturday, February 2 Great American Music Hall
Before the concert, I wasn't that excited about their new album. The concert actually changed a lot of what I thought about the band. For one (and listening back to their music now, I'm not sure exactly how I missed this), Of Montreal is total glam rock. I had never made the Brian Eno connection until hearing them live, but now its absolutely the first thing I think of...b... MORE

Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? illustrates the difficulties of coping with life and love ("Suffer for Fashion", Cato As a Pun", "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger"), the pains of numbing, coping devices ("Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"), and the empowerment that comes from personal transformation ("Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider", "She's a Rejector"). Musically, Barnes and crew are up to the same lush, highly-orchestrated hijinks to which fans h... MORE

Of Montreal have created a new video for their track 'Suffer For Fashion'. It's the second video from their album Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?(Polyvinyl). CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO From the band's blog:

Of Montreal's new video for Suffer For Fashion (lovingly made by Sigrid Astrup) will debut on MTV2's Subterranean THIS Sunday at roughly 1AM (so technically Monday... ;) check it out!

To check out the video for 'Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse', ... MORE

This is the first time in a long time that I've really liked an album that just came out. It's also the first Of Montreal album I've liked. It's also the first "dancy" album I've liked. Really liked... alot. Of Montreal to me has always been a band I thought I should like and wanted to like, but it just didn't work out. I'm not familiar with all of their albums, but the ones I do have don't speak to me. They take good pop songs and then just stop them in the middle o... MORE

That's right.Great site I discovered [with the help of Maldroid - myspace.com/maldroid], fuzz.com Forgot to add earlier, Fuzz is like MOG. But different, kinda. I haven't been on there long, but it seems like MOG mixed with Myspace music.Check it out.It's pretty rad. An older site, can't remember where I've posted this one.pandora.comIt's a music player, you tell it what you want [artist/song] and it plays it and other similar music on your self-created "stations." Tell ... MORE

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? I'm an obsessive listener, if I like something, I keep hitting the repeat button. Of Montreal is the pop band I've been stuck on lately. I saw the band perform last year in Atlanta when I was visiting my family. Their sound is late Bowie meets Prince and features enough falsetto for a dozen glam rock bands. After testing one track from the group's new album, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? I quickly downloaded the rest of the s... MORE