Of Montreal Return with Catchy Musical Hooks
There’s enough strong material to keep longtime Of Montreal fans feeling connected while Kevin Barnes continues to indulge wherever their musical muse leads.
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Of Montreal’s Pandemic-fueled Freewave Lucifer Is a Challenging Listen
Of Montreal’s Freewave Lucifer was inspired by and created during COVID’s isolation. Here and there is a catchy moment, but those bits are rarely repeated.
The Most Memorable Albums of 1999
PopMatters is 20 this year -- until October when we are 21 -- and a 2009 special section celebrates the popular music that defined the year of our birth. Today we kick things off with albums from January through March, highlighted by Eminem's debut and stellar pop from XTC and Blur.
The 50 Best Songs of 2007
Journey back 13 years to a stellar year for Rihanna, M.I.A., Arcade Fire, and Kanye West. From hip-hop to indie rock and everywhere in between, PopMatters picks the best 50 songs of 2007.
The 60 Best Albums of 2007
From tech house to Radiohead and Americana to indie and everything in between, the 60 best albums of 2007 included many of the 2000s' best albums.
Christina Schneider’s Locate S,1 Issues Of Montreal-Aided Debut, ‘Healing Contest’ (album stream)
Locate S,1's Healing Contest is strange, mysterious, and maybe your new favorite experimental pop album of 2018.
Of Montreal Brings the Groove to ‘White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood’
Kevin Barnes is back to experimenting. But this time around he drapes the weirdness in a layer of danceable grooves.
Of Montreal: Innocence Reaches
Kevin Barnes has found his center again. He's figured out how to combine his melodic skills with his musical idiosyncrasies.
Kevin Barnes’ Monolithic Egress: An Interview with Of Montreal
Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes explains why it’s OK to make music that’s ugly, why he loves Os Mutantes, and why he can’t recreate his most hated song ever.
Of Montreal: Aureate Gloom (take 1)
Aureate Gloom is a soliloquy to anyone willing to listen, an intense affirmation of the confusion that comes with change, and of the uncertainty that comes with difficult choices.
Twenty Years, Too Fast: ‘The Past Is a Grotesque Animal: A Film About Of Montreal’
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal takes a compelling, 20-year long story, and zips far too quickly through it.