Kevin Barnes was the first to be revealed on Under The Radar’s Best of the Decade Cover! Under the Radar will be revealing each artist every week until the issue hits newstands.  Check out the article by clicking HERE.

If you missed our fashion week party in NYC, check out some highlights here.

And finally, check out Kevin and David hanging in the bus.

of Montreal’s own James Husband (aka James Huggins) has been assembling recordings for at least a decade, and now at last Polyvinyl Records will be releasing his first official solo album compiled from that back catalog, A Parallax I, on October 27th.  Recorded in Athens and Stockholm, the album features contributions from Dottie Alexander, producers Tomas Hakava and Johan Stenstrom, and Jenny Wilson.

Track listing:

1 Little Thrills
2 A Grave in the Gravel
3 Greyscale
4 Elephant Alibi
5 Take the Train
6 No No Baby
7 While the Boys Went Down Under
8 Window
9 Waiting on Rayne
10 Driving Around
11 The Darkestness
12 The Great Grand Ghosts of Buena Vista GA

It’s available in CD as well as black and pink 180 gram vinyl.  Pre-order now to get a bonus 6-song covers EP!

On the same date, Polyvinyl will be repressing some early of Montreal records in 180-gram vinyl: The Early Four Track Recordings, The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit’s Flower, The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy, Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse, and Aldhils Arboretum.  You can purchase all 5 reissues plus the James Husband album for a special bundled discount at Polyvinyl’s website.

Head over to SPIN Earth to read a review of the show at The Fox Theater in Oakland, CA.
Click HERE to read it. Photo by Uyen Phan.

The one and only Jamey Huggins was interviewed for Muso’s Guide about life on the road with of Montreal. The interview also mentions Jamey’s side project under the moniker James Husband, which will see release this fall on Polyvinyl Records. Click HERE to read the interview.

Davey, Bryan and Kevin stopped by the Smoking Section of the Rolling Stone offices to perform an acoustic version of their latest song “Teenage Unicorn Fisting.” Rolling Stone is also having a give-away contest with some nice of Montreal merch. All you have to do is write them an email explaining why you should get the stuff. Pretty easy right? Click the link below to check out the video and to enter the contest.

of Montreal’s Rolling Stone Performance & Contest

The official line-up for Lollapalooza 09 has been released and of Montreal will be playing! So hurry up and click HERE to get your tickets.

of Montreal at The Pageant from John Elder on Vimeo.