mercredi 20 février 2008

émission du 21 février 2008



L'édition qu'on écoute pour apprendre : 1) la valeur souvent sous-estimée du math rock (quoique les petites doses restent recommandées) ; 2) l'importance du silence en musique - voir le fameux negative space ; 3) le lien inébranlable unissant Glasgow aux racines du twee pop.

THE RAVEONETTES - With My Eyes Closed (Lust Lust Lust / Vice, 2007)

ZYKOS - What You Know (EP Keep It Light / Indépendant, 2007)
BORN RUFFIANS - Barnacle Goose (Red, Yellow & Blue / Warp, 2008)
THE WORLD PROVIDER, avec FEIST - Valentine (EP Lost Illusions / Ta-Da, 2006)

THE WINKS - Guitar Swing (Birthday Party / Ache, 2006)
THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC - Why So Looking Back (Population / Arts & Crafts, 2007)
PARLOVR - Sever My Ties (Compilation Under The Snow, volume 3 / Where Are My, 2008)

SUNSET RUBDOWN - Stallion (Random Spirit Lover / Jagjaguwar, 2007)
THE KILLS - I Call It Art (La Chanson De Slogan) (Compilation Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited / Barclay, Verve, 2006)

LEONARD COHEN - Waiting For The Miracle (The Future / Columbia, 1992)

SIBYLLE BAIER - Tonight (Colour Green / Orange Twin, 2006)
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT - Bloody Mother F***ing A**hole (Martha Wainwright / Maple Music, Drowned In Sound, Zoë, 2005)
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - Lover's Spit (Bee Hives / Arts & Crafts, 2004)

BELOW THE SEA - Polaroids (Blame It On The Past / Where Are My, 2005)
BATTLES - Tonto (Mirrored / Warp, 2007)
MAPS AND ATLASES - Songs For Ghosts To Haunt To (Tree, Swallows, Houses / Sargent House, 2007)

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - The Purple Bottle (Feels / FatCat, 2005)
ELFIN SADDLE - She Mountain (Gigantic Mother / Wounded Child / Kill Devil Hills, 2008)
THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN - Swimming Pools (We Brave Bee Stings And All / Kill Rock Stars, 2008)

THE PASTELS - Everybody Is A Star (The Last Great Wilderness / Geographic, 2003)
THE WEDDING PRESENT - Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft (George Best / Reception, 1987)
THE VASELINES - Son Of A Gun (EP Son Of A Gun / 53rd & 3rd, 1987)

THE BIG SLEEP - So Long (Sleep Forever / Frenchkiss, 2008)

mercredi 13 février 2008

émission du 14 février 2008



Contre toute attente, Haute Fidélité ne sera pas tout «ballades» pour la Saint-Valentin. Plutôt, la fête de l'amour rime avec guitares lourdes en ce mercredi minuit, à CISM. Au menu, dance-punk et shoegaze dans le tapis !

UNKLE, avec THOM YORKE - Rabbit In Your Headlights (Psyence Fiction / Mo Wax, London, 1998)

NADA SURF - Blizzard Of '77 (Let Go / Barsuk, 2002)
BRITISH SEA POWER - No Lucifer (Do You Like Rock Music? / Rough Trade, 2008)
THE DEARS - We Can Have It (No Cities Left / Maple Music, spinART, 2004)

ISOLATION YEARS - Family Tree (EP Talkin' Backward / Stickman, 2002)
MELPO MENE - Hello Benjamin (Holes / Imperial, 2004)
THE RADIO DEPT. - Where Damage Isn't Already Done (Lesser Matters / Labrador, 2003)

TIMES NEW VIKING - (My Head) (Rip It Off / Matador, 2008)
TEST ICICLES - Circle. Square. Triangle (For Screening Purpose Only / Domino, 2005)

LIARS - Hold Hands And It Will Happen Anyway (They Were Wrong, So We Drowned / Mute, 2004)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Maps (Fever To Tell / Interscope, 2003)

LAVENDER DIAMOND - Here Comes One (Imagine Our Love / Matador, 2007)
THE HYLOZOISTS - La Fin Du Monde (La Fin Du Monde / Boompa, 2006)

BLONDE REDHEAD - Loved Despite Of Great Faults (Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons / Touch & Go, 2000)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Sometimes (Loveless / Creation, Sire, 1991)

AARKTICA - Bleeding Light (Bleeding Light / Darla, 2005)
BEAT HAPPENING - Sea Hunt (Music To Climb The Apple Tree By / K, 2003)

MOJAVE 3 - Sarah (Ask Me Tomorrow / 4AD, 1995)
SLOWDIVE - When The Sun Hits (Souvlaki / Creation, 1993)

GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR! - The Dead Flag Blues (F#A#/ Constellation, 1997)

JOY DIVISION - Love Will Tear Us Apart (The Complete BBC Recordings / Strange Fruit, 2000)

samedi 2 février 2008

émission du 7 février 2008



Le printemps arrive, et ce même s'il neigeait sur Montréal il y a de cela à peine quelques heures... La preuve ? Les sorties de (bons) disques, qui abondent en ce début février. Sorties d'albums riment avec renouveau climatique, c'est bien connu. Et comme on cherche à être à l'affût... Voici l'émission des nouveautés !

DEVASTATIONS - The Pest (Yes, U / Beggars Banquet, 2007)

KRIEF - We're All Whores (EP Take It Or Leave / Sunny Lane, 2007)
THE LOW LOWS - Sparrows (Shining Violence / Misra, 2008)
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - I'll Dream Alone (Distortion / Nonesuch, 2008)

FUTURE BIBLE HEROES - Smash The Beauty Machine (Eternal Youth / Instinct, 2002)
THE 6THS > MIHO HATORI, avec CIBO MATTO - Lindy-Lou (Hyacinths And Thistles / Merge, 2000)

ASOBI SEKSU - Pink Clouds Tracing Paper (Citrus / Friendly Fire, 2006)
MICE PARADE - Nights Wave (Bem-Vinda Vontade / FatCat, 2005)

THE BOOKS - Smells Like Content (Lost And Safe / Tomlab, 2005)
XY LOVER - Expand Your Instants Into Oblivion (Démo / Indépendant, 2007)

BLACK MOUNTAIN - Angels (In The Future / Jagjaguwar, 2008)
SAY HI - Oboes Bleat And Triangles Tink (The Wishes And The Glitch / Euphobia, Rebel Group, 2008)
THE ORANGES BAND - Drug City (The World & Everything In It / Lookout, 2005)

ENVELOPES - Party (Here Comes The Wind / Brille, 2008)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Campus (Vampire Weekend / XL, 2008)
THE TEENAGERS - Homecoming (Reality Check / XL, 2008)

DD/MM/YYYY - Sun Moon (Are They Masks? / We Are Busy Bodies, 2007)
PINE TARTS - Aurora Borealis / Lit A Path (EP Pine Tarts / Indépendant, 2007)

SCARY MANSION - Sorry We Took All Yr Money (Every Joke Is Half The Truth / Zum, 2008)
KARATE - Airport (Some Boots / Southern, 2002)

THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION - Tangled (The Spell / Touch & Go, 2006)
TINDERSTICKS - Trouble Every Day (Bande Originale du Film Trouble Every Day / Beggars Banquet, 2002)

MONADE - Lost Language (Monstre Cosmic / Too Pure, 2008)
MODEST MOUSE - 3rd Planet (The Moon & Antarctica / Matador, 2000)