émission du 25 décembre 2008

Ce soir, on célèbre le réveillon avec une émission spéciale de Noël. Au menu, compositions originales et pièces traditionnelles, telles qu'interprétées par des artistes de la scène rock indépendante actuelle.

Passez un bon temps des fêtes et un joyeux Noël !

THE POLYPHONIC SPREE - Carol Of The Bells (7th Annual Holiday Extravaganza / Indépendant, 2007)

LE LOUP - Shenandoah (Compilation I'll Stay 'Til After Christmas / Animal World, 2008)
RILO KILEY - Xmas Cake (Compilation Maybe This Christmas Too / Nettwerk, 2003)
PEDRO THE LION - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Compilation Maybe This Christmas Tree / Nettwerk, 2004)
LOW - Just Like Christmas (EP Christmas / Chairkickers' Union Music, 1999)

BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Are You Coming Over For Christmas? (Simple Are You Coming Over For Christmas? / Matador, 2007)
THEIR HEARTS WERE FULL OF SPRING - Winterlong (EP Winter / Strange Torpedo, 2008)
FOXES! - Santa's Coming To Town (EP Christmas Songs / Indépendant, 2008)
THE WEDDING PRESENT - Holly Jolly Hollywood (Acoustic Version) (EP Holly Jolly Hollywood / Vibrant, 2008)
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - Christmastime (Compilation A Very Special Christmas 3 / A & M, 1997)

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Spotlight On Christmas (Compilation Maybe This Christmas Too / Nettwerk, 2003)
EUX AUTRES - Another Christmas At Home (EP Another Christmas At Home / Bons Mots, 2009)
SUFJAN STEVENS - Come On! Let's Boogey To The Elf Dance! (Songs For Christmas / Asthmatic Kitty, 2006)
OF MONTREAL - Christmas Isn't Safe For Animals (Compilation Christmas Two / Kindercore, 1999)
PARENTHETICAL GIRLS - If It's A Time For Christmas (A Parenthetical Girls Family Christmas / Slender Means Society, 2006)

SONIC YOUTH - Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope (Compilation Just Say Noël / Geffen, 1996)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS - All I Want For Christmas (Simple All I Want For Christmas / Indépendant, 2008)
THE RAVEONETTES - Come On Santa (EP Wishing You A Rave Christmas / Vice, 2008)
THE RAVEONETTES - The Christmas Song (Compilation Maybe This Christmas Tree / Nettwerk, 2004)
WEEZER - Christmas Celebration (EP Christmas CD / Geffen, 2000)

I HEART LUNG - Let It Snow (EP I Heart Christmas / Sounds Are Active, 2006)
DEERHOOF - Xmas Tree (Halfbird / Menlo Park, 2001)
LES AMIS AU PAKISTAN - Noël Soft, Doux Christmas (Espace Libidinal / Tir Groupé, 2oo7)
TRICOT MACHINE - 25 Décembre (Tricot Machine Chante Et Raconte 25 Décembre / Grosse Boîte, 2008)
MOGWAI - Christmas Song (EP Mogwai [EP + 6] / Chemikal Underground, 2001)

BRIGHT EYES - Blue Christmas (Compilation Maybe This Christmas / Nettwerk, 2002)
THE DECEMBERISTS - Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) (Compilation Alternative Rock Xmas / EMI, 2007)
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY - Christmas Tree On Fire (Simple Christmas Tree On Fire / Damaged Goods, 2006)

THE WALKMEN, avec NICOLE SHEANAN - Christmas Party (EP Christmas Party / Record Collection, 2004)
THE KNIFE - Christmas Reindeer (Simple Christmas Reindeer / Rabid, 2006)
GÉRALDINE - Lance Le Sapin À Géraldine (Simple Lance Le Sapin À Géraldine / Indépendant, 2007)
OTARIE - Baby, Y Fait Frette Dehors (Melting Pot! / Indépendant, 2007)

THE POLYPHONIC SPREE - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (Compilation Maybe This Christmas Tree / Nettwerk, 2004)

émission du 18 décembre 2008

De ces sons de 2008 qui n'ont pas fait le Top 25 de Haute Fidélité: albums avec mention spéciale.

JAY REATARD - See Saw (Matador Singles '08 / Matador, 2008)

THE KILLS - Tape Song (Midnight Boom / Domino, 2008)
TIMES NEW VIKING - Another Day (Rip It Off / Matador, 2008)
PONYTAIL - Small Wevs (Ice Cream Spiritual / We Are Free, 2008)

BECK - Modern Guilt (Modern Guilt / DGC, 2008)
CRYSTAL STILTS - Graveyard Orbit (Alight Of Night / Slumberland, 2008)
THE LONG BLONDES - Nostalgia (Couples / Rough Trade, 2008)

LADYTRON - Ghosts (Velocifero / Nettwerk, Cobraside, 2008)
SEBASTIEN TELLIER - Roche (Sexuality / Record Makers, 2008)
CUT COPY - Midnight Runner (In Ghost Colours / Modular, 2008)

MGMT - Weekend Wars (Oracular Spectacular / Red Ink, Columbia, 2008)
NO KIDS - Bluster In The Air (Come Into My House / Tomlab, 2008)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND - M79 (Vampire Weekend / XL, 2008)

EMPIRE OF THE SUN - Walking On A Dream (Walking On A Dream / Astralwerks, EMI, 2008)
NOAH AND THE WHALE - Shape Of My Heart (Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down / Interscope, 2008)
THE NOTWIST - Hands On Us (The Devil, You + Me / Domino, 2008)

SAY HI - Shakes Her Shoulders (The Wishes And The Glitch / Euphobia, 2008)
ADAM & THE AMETHYSTS - Stupid Ocean (Amethyst Amulet / Pome, 2008)
OKAY - Beast (Huggable Dust / Absolutely Kosher, 2008)
DESTROYER - Libby's First Sunrise (Trouble In Dreams / Merge, 2008)

LADYHAWK - I Don't Always Know What You're Saying (Shots / Jagjaguwar, 2008)
HUMAN HIGHWAY - Moody Motorcycle (Moody Motorcycle / Secret City, Suicide Squeeze, 2008)
SHE & HIM - I Thought I Saw Your Face Today (Volume One / Merge, 2008)
FLEET FOXES - Quiet Houses (Fleet Foxes / Sub Pop, 2008)

FINAL FANTASY - The Butcher (EP Spectrum, 14th Century / Blocks Recording Club, 2008)
THEE SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA & TRA-LA-LA BAND - Black Waters Blowed / Engine Broke Blues (13 Blues For Thirteen Moons / Constellation, 2008)

émission du 11 décembre 2008

Un peu du meilleur de Sub Pop, quelques albums oubliés de 2008 et de la (petite) musique sombre.

SIX FINGER SATELLITE - Deadpan (The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird / Sub Pop, 1993)

SEBADOH - License To Confuse (Bakesale / Sub Pop, 1994)
DINOSAUR JR. - Hide (Where You Been / Sire, Warner Bros., 1993)
MERCURY REV - Bronx Cheer (Boces / Beggars Banquet, Columbia, 1993)

AUTOLUX - Helter Skelter (Simple Audience No. 2 / Indépendant, 2008)
BEDHEAD - Lepidoptera (EP Lepidoptera / Trance Syndicate, 1998)
MODEST MOUSE - Convenient Parking (The Lonesome Crowded West / Up, Matador, 1997)
SUN KIL MOON - Convenient Parking (Tiny Cities / Caldo Verde, 2005)

SHEARWATER - My Good Deed (Winged Life / Misra, 2004)
THE AMERICAN ANALOG SET - Gone To Earth (Know By Heart / Tiger Style, 2001)
GEOFF FARINA - Already Told You (EP Already Told You / Southern, 2005)

PAPER TIGER - Falling Asleep To... (Paper Tiger / Indépendant, 2003)
STEREOLAB - Silver Sands (Chemical Chords / 4AD, 2008)
THE BLOW - Sweetheart (The Concusive Caress, Or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With The Vacuum / K, 2004)

ENVELOPES - Isabelle And Leonard (Demon / Brille, 2005)
NAVET CONFIT - Limousine (EP EP1 / Dry And Dead, 2004)
NAVET CONFIT - Même Pas Mort (EP EP2 / Dry And Dead, 2005)
CRYSTAL STILTS - Bright Night Nursery (EP Crystal Stilts / Feathery Tongue, Woodsist, 2008)

VAN SHE - Here With You (EP Van She / Modular, 2005)
MY MORNING JACKET - Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 1 (Evil Urges / ATO, 2008)
DAMIEN JURADO - Go First (Caught In The Trees / Secretly Canadian, 2008)
ALBERT HAMMOND JR. - Lisa (Como Te Llama? / Black Seal, Rough Trade, 2008)

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT - Far Away (Martha Wainwright / Maple Music, Zoë, Drowned In Sound, 2005)
DEAN AND BRITTA - White Horses (Back Numbers / Zoë, 2007)
AVEC PAS D'CASQUE - Vas-y (Fais-le Pour Toi) (Trois Chaudières De Sang / Dare To Care, 2006)
WESLEY WILLIS - Fugazi (Rock 'N' Roll Will Never Die / Oglio, 1996)

NIRVANA - Something In The Way (Nevermind / DGC, 1991)
TEETH MOUNTAIN - Black Jerusalem (EP Teeth Mountain / SHDWPLY, 2008)

émission du 4 décembre 2008

Au pays du lo-fi, Haute Fidélité est roi. (C'est un de ces paradoxes qui défient la logique...)

LONGWAVE - No Direction (Secrets Are Sinister / Original Signal, Chrysalis Music Group, 2008)

WHITE LIES - Black Song (EP Death / Geffen, 2008)
THE MARY ONETTES - Pleasure Songs (The Mary Onettes / Labrador, 2007)
LIARS - What Would They Know (Liars / Mute, 2007)
KARL BLAU - Fire Riding A Dove (A Second Culling / Knw-Yr-Own, 1999)

THANKSGIVING - Off With Yr Hat (Nothing / Marriage, 2003)
JONATHAN RITCHMAN - Back In Your Life (Back In Your Life / Wooded Hill, 1979)
THE CHANNEL - The Tide (Tones Are Falling / C-Side, 2003)
FLIN FLON - Cardigan (Dixie / Teenbeat, 2006)

WHITE DENIM - Let's Talk About It (Workout Holiday / Full Time Hobby, 2008)
RUBY COAST - More Than Television (EP Projectable Collections / Indépendant, 2008)
YUSSUF JERUSALEM - We Ain't Coming Back (A Heart Full Of Sorrow / Floridas Dying, 2009)

MINUS THE BEAR - Ice Monster (Planet Of Ice / Suburban Home, Suicide Squeeze, 2007)
TV ON THE RADIO - Family Tree (Dear Science / Interscope, 2008)
MASCOTT - History, As Planned (The Avantgardian) (Follow The Sound / Le Grand Magistery, 2000)
MAQUILADORA - Ritual Of Hearts (Ritual Of Hearts / Better Looking, 2002)

ALSACE LORRAINE - Alex Runs The World (Through Small Windows / Darla, 2001)
AIR, avec GORDON TRACKS - Playground Love (Bande Originale du Film The Virgin Suicides / Astralwerks, 2000)
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - Everything I Cannot See (5:55 / Because Music, Vice, 2006)

ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN - Seafaring Song (Sunday At Devil Dirt / V2, 2008)
MARK KOZELEK - Carry Me Ohio (7 Songs Belfast / Caldo Verde, 2008)
WILCO - How To Fight Loneliness (Summerteeth / Reprise, 1999)
NEW ORDER - Age Of Consent (Power, Corruption & Lies / Factory, 1983)

PAWA UP FIRST - February (The Scenario / Dare To Care, 2005)

émission du 27 novembre 2008

(Over)dose de contenu canadien.

LE TIGRE - Eau D'Bedroom Dancing (Le Tigre / Mr. Lady, 1999)

THE POO POODLES - Bumblebee (Here Comes The Future... The Future Is Now! / The Quiet Life, 2006)
caUSE co-MOTION! - Baby Don't Do It (It's Time!: Singles & EPs 2005-08 / Slumberland, 2008)
NO AGE - Cappo (Nouns / Sub Pop, 2008)
DD/MM/YYYY - Vantan (EP 777 / Out Of Touch, 2008)

PAST LIVES - Beyond Gone (EP Strange Symmetry / Suicide Squeeze, 2008)
DOS - Willow Weep For Me (Justamente Tres / Kill Rock Stars, 1996)
THE LINES - Bucket Brigade (Flood Bank - réédition du LP Therapy / Acute, 2008)

M83 - Graveyard Girl (Saturdays = Youth / Mute, 2008)
ASHLEY PARK - The Last Train Home (The American Scene / Loose, 2001)
DESOLATION WILDERNESS - Paris To New York (White Light Strobing / K, 2008)

PORTASTATIC - Look, Honey, Peaches (Some Small History / Merge, 2008)
DREAMEND - Scratch (The Long Forgotten Friend / Graveface, 2008)
SHAPES AND SIZES - Wilderness (Shapes And Sizes / Asthmatic Kitty, 2006)

STARS - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead (Set Yourself On Fire / Arts & Crafts, 2004)
STARS, remixé par THE DEARS - What I'm Trying To Say (Parts I & II) (Do You Trust Your Friends? / Arts & Crafts, 2007)
THE DEARS - Heaven, Have Mercy On Us (EP Protest / Maple Music, Ace Fu, 2004)
THE DEARS - Demons (Missiles / Dangerbird, 2008)

LITTLE JOY - Don't Watch Me Dancing (Little Joy / Rough Trade, 2008)
PLANTS AND ANIMALS - À L'Orée Des Bois (Parc Avenue / Secret City, 2008)
LITTLE TEETH - Oh Drag (Child Bearing Man / Absolutely Kosher, 2008)

BELLE ISLE - Flowers And Coffee (Longstanding / Ships At Night, 2008)
LIBRARY VOICES - Hunting Ghosts (EP Hunting Ghosts & Other Collected Shorts / Young Soul, 2008)
LUKESTAR - House Of Orion (Lake Toba / Phone Me, 2008)
THE STILLS - Animals And Insects (Logic Will Break Your Heart / Vice, 2003)

THE VERVE - Valium Skies (Forth / On Your Own, Parlophone, 2008)

émission du 20 novembre 2008

Fin de session oblige, vous entendrez ce soir en rediffusion l'émission du 13 novembre dernier...

De retour en direct mercredi soir prochain, dès minuit.

émission du 13 novembre 2008

Haute Fidélité revisite ses valeurs sûres et vous donne un aperçu des récentes nouveautés, de même que des artistes se produisant à Montréal cette semaine...

THE BLOOD BROTHERS - Laser Life (Young Machetes / Second Nature, 2006)

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL - I Only Want You (Peace, Love & Death Metal / AntAcidAuto, 2004)
THE SPINTO BAND - Summer Grof (Moonwink / Park The Van, 2008)
LOVE IS ALL - Last Choice (A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night / What's Your Rupture?, 2008)

THE RAVEONETTES - Attack Of The Ghost Riders (Whip It On / Crunchy Frog, Columbia, 2002)
VICIOUS / DELICIOUS - Time Is Fucked Up (Compilation Pop Montréal 2007 / RSB, 2007)
LOU REED - Caroline Says, Pt. 1 (Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse / Matador, 2008)

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - (Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy (69 Love Songs / Merge, 1999)
FLARE - (Don't Like) The Way We Live Now (Hung / Le Grand Magistery, 2003)
BELLE & SEBASTIAN - The State I Am In (The BBC Sessions / Jeepster, 2008)

THE SEA AND CAKE - Middlenight (Everybody / Thrill Jockey, 2007)
+/- - The Hours You Keep (Xs On Your Eyes / Absolutely Kosher, 2008)
COLOUR REVOLT - Mattresses Underwater (EP Colour Revolt / Tiny Evil, 2006)
THE DARLING DEMAES - Young Mothers (A User's Guide To Raising The Dead: Songs Of Spring / Indépendant, 2008)

CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE - Young Shields (EP Young Shields / Tomlab, 2006)
(SWEDISH) DEATH POLKA - Sad Elegant Eel ((Swedish) Death Polka / P572, 2003)
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - A Song For Our Fathers (How Strange, Innocence / Sad Loud America, Ruined Potential, Temporary Residence, 2000)
APILLOW - Lost Island Coast (Compilation Sous La Neige / Where Are My, 2005)

ORILLIA OPRY - Riverside 2 (Lighthouse For Stragglers' Eyes / Ships At Night, 2007)
THE DUKE SPIRIT - Wooden Heart (Neptune / Shangri-La Music, 2008)
MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. - Leave The City (What Comes After The Blues / Secretly Canadian, 2005)
CAT POWER - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bande Originale du Film I'm Not There / Columbia, Sony BMG, 2007)

ATLAS SOUND - Knife (EP Friend / Warp, 2007)
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Bees (Feels / FatCat, 2005)
MGMT - Kids (Oracular Spectacular / Red Ink, Columbia, 2007)

émission du 6 novembre 2008

...ou l'épisode durant lequel on se réinvente supporteur de Against Me! malgré soi.

ANGELS OF LIGHT - Black River Song (We Are Him / Young God, 2007)

BRIAN SEEGER - Premonitions Of War (The Strings Of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve / New Romance For Kids, 2006)
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY & THE BROKEOFFS - For All This (Dirt Don't Hurt / Damaged Goods, Transdreamer, 2008)
SHOTGUN JIMMIE - Duet (The Onlys / Delorean, 2007)
LADYHAWK - Teenage Love Song (Ladyhawk / Jagjaguwar, 2006)

THE STOLEN MINKS - Consecutives (High Kicks / New Romance For Kids, 2008)
TIMES NEW VIKING - Relevant: Now (Rip It Off / Matador, 2008)
BEAT HAPPENING - Our Secret (Beat Happening / K, 1985)

JULIAN SCHNABEL - I Tried (Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud / Island, 1995)
SONIC YOUTH - Sunday (A Thousand Leaves / DGC, 1998)
KEVIN SHIELDS - City Girl (Bande Originale du Film Lost In Translation / Emperor Norton, 2003)

BROADCAST - Corporeal (Tender Buttons / Warp, 2005)
SALOON - Absence (If We Met In The Future / Track & Field, 2003)
PONI HOAX - The Paper Bride (Images Of Sigrid / Tigersushi, 2008)
THE ORGAN - Fire In The Ocean (EP Thieves / Mint, 2008)

BASKERVILLES - Anthem For The Acquaintances (Baskervilles / Secret Crush, 2003)
THE POSTMARKS - Three Little Birds (By-The-Numbers / Unfiltered, 2008)
SWEET TRIP - Dsco (Velocity: Design: Comfort / Darla, 2003)

REYKJAVIK! - 7-9-13 (Six Or Seven Songs That We Are Trying To Promote To US Radio / Golden Circle, 2008)
MY DARLING YOU! - The Youthful Feelings Taken To The End (EP I Will Exclude You With My Body Language / Luxury, 2007)
NAVET CONFIT - Aujourd'hui (LP2² / La Confiserie, 2007)

PIXIES - Monkey Gone To Heaven (Doolittle / 4AD, Elektra, 1989)
FRANK BLACK AND THE CATHOLICS - Bullet (Dog In The Sand / What Are Records?, Cooking Vinyl, 2000)
MICAH P. HINSON AND THE RED EMPIRE ORCHESTRA - I Keep Havin' These Dreams (Micah P. Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra / Full Time Hobby, 2008)
TOM GABEL - Ampvations (Heart Burns / Sire, 2008)

JAPANCAKES - Where Things Leave Off (Waking Hours / Warm Electronic Recordins, 2004)
O'DEATH - Mountain Shifts (Broken Hymns, Limbs And Skin / Kemado, 2008)

émission du 30 octobre 2008

De Nick Cave à Liz Phair en 7 étapes faciles...

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Red Right Hand (Let Love In / Mute, Elektra, 1994)

NORTH AMERICAN HALLOWE'EN PREVENTION INITIATIVE (NAHPI) - Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? (Simple Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? / Vice, 2005)
ALDEN PENNER - The Ghost Of Creaky Crater (Simple The Ghost Of Creaky Crater / Indépendant, 2008)
REEFER - Hit And Run (The Life Narcotic / Alpha Pup, 2008)

PARTS & LABOR - Mount Misery (Receivers / Jagjaguwar, Brah, 2008)
AVEC PAS D'CASQUE - Flammes De Feu (Dans La Nature Jusqu'Au Cou / Grosse Boîte, 2008)
OF MONTREAL - Touched Something's Hollow (Skeletal Lamping / Polyvinyl, 2008)
KRISTA MUIR - The Ride (Accidental Railway / Indica, 2008)

CODE PIE - Trying In The Water (The Most Trusted Name Is Yours / Flagless, 2007)
SHOOT THE MOON - Tales From The Sea (EP Where Strangers Live / Indépendant, 2005)
DUNGEN - Der Tar Tid (4 / Kemado, Subliminal Sounds, 2008)

PIT ER PAT - Bog Man (Emergency / Overcoat, 2004)
MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO'S - Dress Me Like A Clown (The Dust Of Retreat / Artemis, 2006)
RUBY COAST - I Live With Monsters (EP Ruby Coast / Indépendant, 2008)
DEERHOOF - Offend Maggie (Offend Maggie / Kill Rock Stars, 2008)

CRYSTAL STILTS - The Dazzled (Alight Of Night / Slumberland, 2008)
ARCADE FIRE - Cold Wind (Simple Cold Wind / Brazil / Merge, 2005)
DAVID BYRNE - Speechless (Lead Us Not Into Temptation / Thrill Jockey, 2003)

HOLLY GOLIGHTLY - There's An End (Truly She Is None Other / Damaged Goods, 2003)
JOLIE HOLLAND - Black Stars (Escondida / Anti-, 2004)
LIZ PHAIR - Fuck And Run (Exile In Guyville / Matador, 1993)

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - 7/4 (Shoreline) (Broken Social Scene / Arts & Crafts, 2005)
THE OCTOPUS PROJECT et BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW - Elq Milq (The House Of Apples And Eyeballs / Graveface, 2006)
WE ARE WOLVES - T.R.O.U.B.L.E (Non Stop Je Te Plie En Deux / Fat Possum, 2005)
YEASAYER - 2080 (All Hour Cymbals / We Are Free, 2007)

émission du 23 octobre 2008

Haute Fidélité fait relâche ce soir... La procrastination a eu raison de moi.

Vous pouvez quand même vous offrir un déjà-vu en réécoutant l'émission du 16 octobre 2008 qui sera rediffusée pour l'occasion.

Retour en direct la semaine prochaine.