émission du 5 juin 2008

Édition historique de Haute Fidélité ce soir. Le mot clé est V-A-R-I-É-T-É. Aussi, une couverture on ne peut plus complète du Festival Suoni Per Il Popolo, qui se déroule en sol montréalais du 1er au 30 juin 2008.

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk (Poses / DreamWorks, 2001)

ADAM & THE AMETHYSTS - Bumble Bee (Amethyst Amulet / Pome, 2008)
MATES OF STATE - Help Help (Re-Arrange Us / Barsuk, 2008)

JEREMY JAY - Hold Me In Your Arms Tonite (A Place Where We Could Go / K, 2008)
PIPER DAVIS - Academics (EP Piper Davis / Indépendant, 2008)
KLAXONS - Golden Skans (Myths Of The Near Future / Modular, Polydor, Geffen, 2007)

THE DEATH SET - Had A Bird (Worldwide / Counter, Ninja Tune, 2008)
LADYTRON - Seventeen (Light And Magic / Emperor Norton, 2002)
STYROFOAM - A Thousand Words (A Thousand Words / Nettwerk, 2008)
POP LEVI - Sugar Assault Me Now (The Return To Form Black Magick Party / Counter, 2007)

ELFIN SADDLE - The Sun (Gigantic Mother / Wounded Child / Kill Devil Hills, 2008)
SANDRO PERRI - Sky Histoire (Sandro Perri Plays Polmo Polpo / Constellation, 2006)
PICASTRO - I Can't Fall Asleep (Metal Cares / Polyvinyl, 2005)

THE LUYAS - Flickering Lights (Will Likely Fail You) (Faker Death / Indépendant, Pome, 2007)
BOB WISEMAN - The Henry Moore Room (Themes And Variations / Recording Club, 2006)

GREG MACPHERSON - Wide Turn (EP Maintenance / G7 Welcoming Committee, 2004)
VIC CHESNUTT - Glossolalia (North Star Deserter / Constellation, 2007)

FUGAZI - By You (Red Medicine / Dischord, 1995)
RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR - They Knew You Well (Retribution Gospel Choir / Caldo Verde, 2008)

THE MICROPHONES - Mt. Eerie (Mount Eerie / K, 2003)
TIM HECKER - I'm Transmitting Tonight (Radio Amor / Mille Plateaux, Alien8, 2003)

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - Yasmin The Light (Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever / Temporary Residence, 2001)

émission du 29 mai 2008

Ce soir, à Haute Fidélité, vous entendrez une rediffusion de l'émission de la semaine dernière, datée du 22 mai 2008.

Mettez ça sur le compte des imprévus liés à la vie moderne...

émission du 22 mai 2008

En cette 15e édition de Haute Fidélité : 1) on écoute du funk (!) ; 2) on passe de la pop la plus mélancolique qui soit à la pop la plus joyeuse qui soit en trois chansons (ou moins).

MUDHONEY - Inside Out Over You (The Lucky Ones / Sub Pop, 2008)

BABYSHAMBLES - Carry On Up In The Morning (Shotters Nation / Astralwerks, 2007)
FILM SCHOOL - Sick Hipster Nursed By Suicide Girl (Hideout / Beggars Banquet, 2006)
THE DEAD SCIENCE - Drrrty Magneto (Frost Giant / Absolutely Kosher, 2005)

THE HELIO SEQUENCE - Lately (Keep Your Eyes Ahead / Sub Pop, 2008)
THE LITTLE ONES - Unlock The Door! (Terry Tales & Fallen Gates / Branches, 2008)
CUT OFF YOUR HANDS - You & I (EP Shaky Hands / I Am Sound, 2007)

JAMIE LIDELL - Where D'You Go? (Jim / Warp, 2008)
THE BIRD AND THE BEE - Man (EP Please Clap Your Hands / Metro Blue, Blue Note, 2007)
METRIC - Wet Blanket (Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? / Last Gang, 2003)

HEXES & OHS - Lashes Of An Actress (Compilation Québec Émergent 2006 / SOPREF, 2006)
EFTERKLANG - Horseback Tenors (Parades / Leaf, 2007)
MATMOS - Cloudhoppers (Supreme Balloon / Matador, 2008)
RATATAT - Shiller (LP3 / XL, 2008)

MÚM - Moon Pulls (Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy / FatCat, 2007)
SEA WOLF - Black Dirt (Leaves In The River / Dangerbird, 2007)
LONEY, DEAR - I Lose It All (Sologne / Dear John, 2006)

RIVERS CUOMO - The World We Love So Much (Alone: The Home Recording Of Rivers Cuomo / Geffen, 2007)
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - The Ice Is Getting Thinner (Narrow Stairs / Atlantic, 2008)
ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - Hope There's Someone (I Am A Bird Now / Secretly Canadian, 2005)

BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY - You Want That Picture (Lie Down In The Light / Drag City, 2008)
DRUG RUG - Alright (Drug Rug / Black And Green, 2007)

OF MONTREAL - No Conclusion (EP Icons, Abstract Thee / Polyvinyl, 2007)
AKRON / FAMILY - Lake Song / New Ceremonial Music For The Moms (Love Is Simple / Young God, 2007)

émission du 15 mai 2008

Première émission de cette nouvelle saison estivale. Ce n'est pas Radio Oldies, c'est bien Haute Fidélité, mais un brin nostalgique peut-être. Pensez rétro.

YOKO ONO, avec THE APPLES IN STEREO - Nobody Sees Me Like You Do (Yes, I'm A Witch / Astralwerks, 2007)

DESTROYER - Blue Flower / Blue Flame (Trouble In Dreams / Merge, 2008)
OKAY - Panda (Huggable Dust / Absolutely Kosher, 2008)
DEVENDRA BANHART - The Body Breaks (Rejoicing In The Hands / Young God, 2004)

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Midnight Surprise (Falling Off The Lavender Bridge / Domino, 2008)

GUIDED BY VOICES - I Am A Tree (Mag Earwhig! / Matador, 1997)
NO AGE - Things I Did When I Was Dead (Nouns / Sub Pop, 2008)
CELEBRATION - Fly The Fly (The Modern Tribe / 4AD, 2007)

SUBTLE - Day Dangerous (Exiting Arm / Lex, 2008)
TV ON THE RADIO - Wear You Out (Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes / Touch & Go, 2004)

JENS LEKMAN - It Was A Strange Time In My Life (Night Falls Over Kortedala / Secretly Canadian, 2007)
ADAM GREEN - Cannot Get Sicker (Sixes And Sevens / Rough Trade, 2008)
GONZALEZ - Working Dance (Soft Power / Arts & Crafts, 2008)

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979, remixé par GIRL ON GIRL, avec FINAL FANTASY - Black History Month (Romance Bloody Romance / Last Gang, Vice, 2005)
BAND OF HORSES - No One's Gonna Love You (Cease To Begin / Sub Pop, 2007)
GRIZZLY BEAR - Shift (EP Friend / Warp, 2007)

PEDRO THE LION - April 6, 2039 (Progress / Suicide Squeeze, 2000)
BOB DYLAN - Most Of The Time (Oh Mercy / Columbia, 1989)
KATIE MOORE - Russian Nut (Compilation Pop Montréal 2005 / RSB, 2005)

LAND OF TALK - All My Friends (EP Applause Cheer Boo Hiss / Maple Music, Rebel Group, One Little Indian, 2007)
THE LOVELY FEATHERS - Fudgicle (My Best Friend Daniel / Equator, 2006)
LESBO VROUVEN - Bli Bli Bli (Encore La Mort / P572, 2008)

THE MOLDY PEACHES - Steak For Chicken (The Moldy Peaches / Rough Trade, 2001)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - I'm Sticking With You (VU / Verve, 1984)

émission du 8 mai 2008

Ce soir, c'est déconstruit. Ça se suit mais ça ne se ressemble pas. C'est tout pêle-mêle. Voici le mélange.

THE BEATINGS - This City Is Killing Me (Holding On To Hand Grenades / Midriff, 2006)

ISLANDS - Abominable Snow (Arm's Way / Anto-, 2008)
PIZZICATO FIVE - Playboy Playgirl (Playboy & Playgirl / Matador, 1998)
THE KINKS - This Time Tomorrow (Lola VS. The Powerman & The Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 / Reprise, 1970)

FRANK BLACK - Honeycomb (Honeycomb / Back Porch, 2005)
IRON & WINE - Woman King (Woman King / Sub Pop, 2005)
THE SUNDAY SINNERS - What Goes On? (Sweet Jam / Sonik's Chicken Shrimp, 2006)
BEIRUT - Nantes (The Flying Club Cup / Ba Da Bing!, 2007)

CARS & TRAINS - The Wires From My Broken Record Player (Rusty String / Circle Into Square, 2008)
KEVIN DREW - TBTF (Spirit If... / Arts & Crafts, 2007)
LE LOUP - Le Loup (Fear Not) (The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nation's Millenium General Assembly / Hardly Art, 2007)

ATLAS SOUND - The Time I Spent With Nico (Simple The Time I Spent With Nico / Indépendant, 2008)
ULTRA ORANGE & EMMANUELLE - Don't Kiss Me Goodbye (Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle / RCA, 2007)

BROADCAST - Papercuts (The Noise Made By People / Warp, 2000)
ELECTRELANE - More Than This (Singles, B-Sides & Live / Too Pure, 2006)

ERIC'S TRIP - Follow (Love Tara / Sub Pop, 1993)
THURSTON MOORE - Silver>Blue (Trees Outside The Academy / Ecstatic Peace!, 2007)

BELLE ISLE - Distance (Belle Isle / Indépendant, 2008)
THE DELGADOS - Coming In From The Cold (Hate / Mantra, 2002)

ALL MAKES PARTS & COLLISION - Les Os (Simple Les Os / Indépendant, 2008)
MY MORNING JACKET - Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2 (Simple Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2 / Rough Trade, 2008)
FOUR TET - Ribbons (Ringer / Domino, 2008)

EL PERRO DEL MAR - People (El Perro Del Mar / Memphis Industries, The Control Group, 2006)

COLLEEN - Everyone Alive Wants Answers (Everyone Alive Wants Answers / Leaf, 2003)

émission du 1er mai 2008

Cette nuit à Haute Fidélité, forte dose de shoegaze. « The scene that celebrates itself », pour l'émission qui se célèbre également elle-même. Mais soyez sans crainte, on ne fait pas que se regarder les pieds. On écoute des nouveautés, tout plein, et de la musique allemande aussi.

MONEEN - Why Bother Wondering When Wondering's All You Got (The Theory Of Harmonial Value / Smallman, 2001)

PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES - All Medicated Geniuses (The New Romance / Matador, 2003)
THE YOUNG KNIVES - I Can Hardly See Them (Superabundance / Rykodisc, 2008)
SPIRAL BEACH - Kind Of Beast (Ball / Sparks Music, 2007)

ROGUE WAVE - Chicago x 12 (Asleep At Heaven's Gate / Brushfire, 2007)
SWAN LAKE - All Fires (Beast Moans / Jagjaguwar, 2006)
WOLF PARADE - Call It A Ritual (At Mount Zoomer / Sub Pop, 2008)

MIXYLODIAN - River Of Milk (Compilation Pop Montréal 2007 / RSB, 2007)
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Water Curses (EP Water Curses / Domino, 2008)
THE WAR ON DRUGS - Buenos Aires Beach (Wagonwheel Blues / Secretly Canadian, 2008)

SANTOGOLD - L.E.S. Artistes (Santogold / Downtown Music, 2008)
THE JEALOUS GIRLFRIENDS - The Pink Wig To My Salieri (The Jealous Girlfriends / Last Gang, Good Fences, 2008)

THE LONG BLONDES - Round The Hairpin (Couples / Rough Trade, 2008)
AUTOLUX - Sugarless (Future Perfect / Red Ink, DMZ, 2004)

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - Just Like Honey (Psychocandy / Blanco Y Negro, 1985)
COCTEAU TWINS - Sugar Hiccup (Head Over Heels / 4AD, 1983)

SHY CHILD - TV Tunnel (Please Consider Our Time / Grenadine, 2002)
KIDS ON TV - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (Mixing Business With Pleasure / Chicks On Speed, 2007)
M83 - Kim & Jessie (Saturdays = Youth / Mute, 2008)

LALI PUNA - 40 Days (I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed And B-Sides / Morr Music, 2005)
ELECTRIC PRESIDENT - Good Morning, Hypocrite (Electric President / Morr Music, 2006)
B. FLEISCHMANN - Gain (The Humbucking Coil / Morr Music, 2006)

THE RADIO DEPT. - Freddie And The Trojan Horse (Simple Freddie And The Trojan Horse / Labrador, 2008)
BRIGHT EYES - Lua (I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Saddle Creek, 2005)

MOGWAI - Hunted By A Freak (Happy Songs For Happy People / Matador, 2003)

émission du 24 avril 2008

Ça prend deux semaines pour digérer la version intégrale de The Diamond Sea, de Sonic Youth, longue de 19 minutes.

Vous entendrez donc cette nuit, 24 avril, une rediffusion de l'émission de la semaine dernière, datée du 17 avril 2008.

À la semaine prochaine !

émission du 17 avril 2008

Haute Fidélité n'a jamais été aussi extrême. On ose le noise. Et oui. Quand vous penserez que c'est fini, ça continuera. Distorsion, encore et encore.

TURBO FRUITS - Know Too Much (Turbo Fruits / Ecstatic Peace!, 2007)

FOALS - Balloons (Antidotes / Sub Pop, 2008)
FRENCH KICKS - Abandon (Swimming / Vagrant, 2008)
TOKYO POLICE CLUB - The Harrowing Adventures Of... (Elephant Shell)/ Memphis Industries, Saddle Creek, 2008)

CUT COPY - Fell The Love (In Ghost Colours / Modular, 2008)
LADYTRON - Ghosts (Velocifero / Nettwerk, 2008)

CAN - Spoon (Ege Bamyasi / United Artists, 1972)
MIRACLE FORTRESS - Have You Seen In Your Dreams (Five Roses / Secret City, 2007)

THE DODOS - Red And Purple (Visiter / Frenchkiss, 2008)
QUASI - I Don't Know You Anymore (When The Going Gets Dark / Touch & Go, 2006)
... AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD - How Near, How Far (Source Tags & Codes / Interscope, 2002)

THE LADIES - Non-Threatening (They Mean Us / Temporary Residence, 2006)
PONY UP! - Marlon Brando's Laundromat (EP Pony Up! / Dim Mak, 2005)
NANCY SINATRA - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (How Does That Grab You? / Reprise, Sundazed, 1966)

THE MICROPHONES, avec KHAELA MARICICH - Oh Anna (Tests / Knw-Yr-Own, 1998)
SUN KIL MOON - Tonight The Sky (April / Caldo Verde, 2008)

LOW - Monkey (The Great Destroyer / Sub Pop, 2005)
THEE SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA & TRA-LA-LA BAND - BlindBlindBlind (13 Blues For Thirteen Moons / Constellation, 2008)
SONIC YOUTH - The Diamond Sea (Washing Machine / Geffen, 1995)

émission du 10 avril 2008

96 % de nouveautés musicales. 4 % de Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Ai-je besoin d'en ajouter ?

MALCOLM BAULD - The Highway's Arms (Covered In Dust / Art Of The Underground, 2008)

PLANTS AND ANIMALS - Bye Bye Bye (Parc Avenue / Secret City, 2008)

PAS CHIC CHIC - Blindé D'Attentions (Simple Haydée Morcelée / Blindée D'Attentions / Semprini, 2008)
CRYSTAL CASTLES - Crimewave (Crystal Castles VS. Health) (Crystal Castles / Last Gang, 2008)

DUCHESS SAYS - Black Flag (Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs / Alien8, 2008)

WOODHANDS - Dancer (Heart Attack / Paper Bag, 2008)
HILOTRONS - Lovesuit (Happymatic / Kelp, 2008)

PETE & THE PIRATES - Come On Feet (Little Death / Stolen, 2008)
LOS CAMPESINOS! - Knee Deep At ATP (Hold On Now, Youngster... / Arts & Crafts, 2008)

TAPES 'N TAPES - Time Of Songs (Walk It Off / XL, 2008)
MOUNT EERIE - I Can't Believe You Actually Died (SINGERS / P. W. Elverum & Sun, 2005)
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN - You Could Write A Book (Pershing / Polyvinyl, 2008)

SAID THE SHARK - Took You (Silly Killings / Iwave, 2008)
NOAH AND THE WHALE - Mary (Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down / Vertigo, Young And Lost Club, Interscope, 2008)

JEREMY JAY - Escape To Aspen (A Place Where We Could Go / K, 2008)
PETER MORÉN - This Is What I Came For (The Last Tycoon / Quarterstick, 2008)
SHE & HIM - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? (Volume One / Merge, 2008)

CONSTANTINES - Brother Run Them Down (Kensington Heights / Arts & Crafts, 2008)
MAN MAN - Mister Jung Stuffed (Rabbit Habits / Anti-, 2008)

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Albert Goes West (Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! / Anti-, 2008)
BILLY BRAGG - If You Ever Leave (Mr. Love & Justice / Anti-, 2008)
JONATHAN RICHMAN - Our Party Will Be On The Beach Tonight (Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild / Vapor, 2008)

EELS - I Put A Spell On You (Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities And Unreleased 1996-2006 / Geffen, 2008)
CLINIC - Tomorrow (Do It! / Domino, 2008)

HAVE A NICE LIFE - The Big Gloom (Deathconsciousness / Enemies List Home, 2008)

émission du 3 avril 2008

La fin de session me fait vivre des moments d'angoisse. (Bon, ce n'est pas la meilleure excuse pour justifier le fait que je vous passe du réchauffé, mais c'est la seule que j'ai pour l'instant...)

Vous entendrez donc cette nuit, 3 avril, une rediffusion de l'émission du 27 mars 2008.

On se retrouve la semaine prochaine (avec un peu de chance).