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Of Montreal exposed

Kevin Barnes flashes his indie-rock cred
"I've always been drawn to a density of ideas," states Kevin Barnes, plaintively.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | September 07, 2010

Photos: Of Montreal at the Paradise, 2010

Of Montreal, live at the Paradise, January 27, 2010
Photos of Of Montreal performing at the Paradise
By TANYA PAGLIA | February 01, 2010

Of Montreal might be weird enough for the mainstream
When Beyoncé, in a recent Guardian interview, pegged Georgia art weirdos Of Montreal as a group with whom she'd love to collaborate, the real weirdness was in how sensible it all seemed — as pop music has gotten skronkier and more fuzzed-out, indie rock has slowly molted its hatred of the mainstream and started to display the very flamboyance and hook worship it once held as anathema.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | January 19, 2010

The society of the spectacle

Of Montreal live at the Paradise, April 21
Of Montreal live at the Paradise, April 21
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | April 24, 2009

Slideshow: Of Montreal at the Paradise

Of Montreal, live at the Paradise, April 21, 2009
Photos Of Montreal, live at the Paradise
By ERIC BAUMANN | April 22, 2009

Of Montreal | Skeletal Lamping

Polyvinyl (2008)
This feast isn’t without a good deal of filler.
By MIKAEL WOOD | October 31, 2008

Multi-tasking

Caribou at the Paradise Rock Club, March 26, 2008
Depending on your outlook, Dan Snaith is either a genius auteur or a misguided, egomaniacal control freak.
By WILL SPITZ | April 01, 2008

Easy, tiger

Reconsidering hipsterism, sensitivity, and Ryan Adams’s legacy
It’s been interesting to, however briefly, listen to songs I’ll likely still enjoy in twenty years.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 12, 2007

Wincing the blogs away

Indie rockers try selling out for a change
In the first quarter of 2007, more than a dozen bands who made very big names for themselves via the Internet hype machine face a compelling and dangerous question: what does it take to maintain your cred and succeed commercially in such a dynamic environment?
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | January 17, 2007

Of Montreal

Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer? | Polyvinyl
Now that the Apples in Stereo are reunited and have a new album coming out next month, Of Montreal can no longer lay claim to the distinction of being the only Elephant 6 band of note to outlive the once-sprawling psych-pop collective’s sad demise.
By MIKAEL WOOD | January 16, 2007

The M's

FUTURE WOMEN | Polyvinyl
Like their current tour mates Of Montreal, this Chicago quartet know how to keep ’60s-inspired guitar pop interesting: you throw in as many different sonic signifiers as you can.
By MIKAEL WOOD | March 02, 2006