émission du 27 mars 2008

Des vieilles choses et du post rock. C'est tout.

THE SMITHS - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (Meat Is Murder / Sire, 1985)

STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS - We Can't Help You (Real Emotional Trash / Matador, 2008)
DESTROYER - Leave Little Fiddler (Alone) (We'll Build Them A Golden Bridge / Scratch, 1996)

THE RUBY SUNS - Remember (Sea Lion / Sub Pop, 2008)
GHOST HOUSE - Snow Day (The Old / Indépendant, 2008)
MATT & KIM - Yea Yeah (Matt & Kim / Tellé, 2006)

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Indépendant, 2005)
WHY? - The Vowels Pt. 2 (Alopecia / Anticon, 2008)
THE UNICORNS - Tuff Luff (Who Will Cut Your Hair When We're Gone / Alien8, 2003

ENON - Paperweights (Grass Geysers... Carbon Clouds / Touch & Go, 2007)
TEGAN AND SARA - Walking With A Ghost (So Jealous / Vapor, 2004)

THE BREEDERS - Bang On (Mountain Battles / 4AD, 2008)
NO AGE - Everybody's Down (Weirdo Rippers / FatCat, 2007)
SONIC YOUTH - Superstar (Bande Originale du Film Juno / Rhino, 2008)

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - Who Loves The Sun (Loaded / Cotillion, 1970)
RACHEL'S - Last Things Last (Systems/Layers / Quarterstick, 2003)
TORNGAT - Mouton Noir (You Could Be / Alien8, 2007)
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA - That Home (Ma Fleur / Ninja Tune, 2007)

MONO - Are You There? (You Are There / Temporary Residence, 2006)

PEOPLE FOR AUDIO - And This Will Be Our Homecoming (And This Will Be Our Homecoming / Storyboard, 2005)

émission du 20 mars 2008

L'expression indie rock est surexploitée, je sais... Il est néanmoins des situations où elle demeure l'expression la plus appropriée. Alors, ce soir, une émission profondément indie rock. Voilà, je l'ai dit. En prime, beaucoup de groupes canadiens. Represent, vous savez...

STARS - What The Snowman Learned About Love (Heart / Paper Bag, Arts & Crafts, 2003)

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT - Truth Or Dare (Art And Wealth / Razzia, 2007)
IMMACULATE MACHINE - Dear Confessor (Fables / Mint, 2007)
BODIES OF WATER - I Guess I'll Forget The Sound, I Guess, I Guess (Ears Will Pop And Eyes Will Blink / Secretly Canadian, 2007)

ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN - Ballad Of The Broken Seas (Ballad Of The Broken Seas / V2, 2006)
BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY - Cursed Sleep (The Letting Go / Drag City, 2006)
MURDER BY DEATH - '52 Ford (Red Of Tooth And Claw / Vagrant, 2008)

THE WALKMEN - 138th Street (Bows + Arrows / Record Collection, 2004)
HEROES & VILLAINS - Nothing's More Than Anything (All The Giants Are Buried At Sea / Indépendant, 2005)

SLIM TWIG - Birthing & Birthing (Derelict Dialect / Paper Bag, 2008)
FRIGHTENED RABBIT - Music Now (Sing The Greys / Hits The Fan, FatCat, 2006)
XIU XIU - Save Me Save Me (The Air Force / 5 Rue Christine, 2005)

MATES OF STATE - What I Could Stand For (My Solo Project / Omnibus, 2000)
BE YOUR OWN PET! - Heart Throb (Get Awkward / XL, 2008)
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - Execution Day (Mass Romantic / Mint, 2000)

SONS & DAUGHTERS - The Nest (This Gift / Domino, 2008)
HUNDRED REASONS - How Soon Is Now? (Compilation How Soon Is Now?: The Songs Of The Smiths By... / Rykodisc, 2004)

CRYSTAL CASTLES - Untrust Us (Crystal Castles / Last Gang, 2008)
STEREOLAB - The Flower Called Nowhere (Dots And Loops / Duophonic, Elektra, 1997)

MANITOBA (CARIBOU) - James' Second Haircut (EP Start Breaking My Heart / Leaf, Domino, 2001)
ARAB STRAP - The Night Before The Funeral (Philophobia / Matador, 1998)

THEE SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA & TRA-LA-LA BAND - 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons (13 Blues For Thirteen Moons / Constellation, 2008)

émission du 13 mars 2008

Retour en force de Haute Fidélité en direct, après deux semaines d'une relâche auto-imposée, peu justifiée, mais somme toute regénératrice. Une émission qui sent le regain d'énergie...

THE FIERY FURNACES - Quay Cur (Blueberry Boat / Rough Trade, 2004)

DEERHOOF - The Perfect Me (Friend Opportunity / 5 Rue Christine, Kill Rock Stars, 2007)
BLACK KIDS - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (EP Wizard Of Ahhhs / AlmostGold, 2008)

HANDSOME FURS - Handsome Furs Hate This City (Plague Park / Sub Pop, 2007)
THE ROSEBUDS - My Punishment For Fighting (Night Of The Furies / Merge, 2007)

PORTISHEAD - We Carry On (Third / Island, 2008)

COCO ROSIE - By Your Side (La Maison De Mon Rêve / Touch & Go, 2004)
THE POSTAL SERVICE - Brand New Colony (Give Up / Sub Pop, 2003)
THE OCTOPUS PROJECT - Bees Bein' Strugglin' (Hello, Avalanche / Peek-A-Boo, 2007)

NO KIDS - For Halloween (Come Into My House / Tomlab, 2008)
BEACH HOUSE - Holy Dances (Devotion / Carpark, 2008)

SANDRO PERRI - City Of Museums (Tiny Mirrors / Constellation, 2007)
MICAH P. HINSON - Close Your Eyes (And The Gospel Of Progress / Sketchbook, Overcoat, 2004)

BRIAN SEEGER - To Darken You My Love (The Strings Of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve / New Romance For Kids, 2006)
CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE - I Love Creedence (Etiquette / Tomlab, 2006)

PICASTRO - Friend Of Mine (Whore Luck / Polyvinyl, 2007)
SCOUT NIBLETT - Hot To Death (Kidnapped By Neptune / Too Pure, 2005)
LADYHAWK - I Don't Always Know What You're Saying (Shots / Jagjaguwar, 2008)

THE KILLS - U.R.A. Fever (Simple Cheap And Cheerful / U.R.A. Fever / Domino, 2008)
ELF POWER - Owl Cut (White Flowers In The Sky) (In A Cave / Rykodisc, 2008

BELLE & SEBASTIAN - The Blues Are Still Blue (The Life Pursuit / Matador, 2008)
HELLO, BLUE ROSES - Shadow Falls (The Portrait Is Finished And I Have Failed To Capture Your Beauty / Locust, 2008)
GOLDFRAPP - Caravan Girl (Seventh Tree / Mute, 2008)

DO MAKE SAY THINK - White Light Of (& Yet & Yet / Constellation, 2002)

émissions du 28 février et du 6 mars 2008

Si vous êtes un auditeur attentif, vous aurez sans doute noté que les deux dernières émissions de Haute Fidélité étaient des rediffusions.

Votre animatrice ayant été très malade (lire occupée à se la couler douce en Floride et dans les Caraïbes), elle a dû s'absenter.

Par conséquent, vous avez entendu le 28 février une reprise de l'émission du 14 février 2008, et le 6 mars une reprise de l'émission du 21 février 2008.

De retour derrière le micro pour du direct et des nouveautés musicales dès le 13 mars !

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)

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)

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)

émission du 31 janvier 2008

Je regrette d'avoir à vous présenter pour l'émission de ce soir une rediffusion de l'émission de la semaine dernière, datée du 24 janvier 2008 (malheureusement).

La bonne nouvelle, c'est que de la bonne musique, ça se réécoute toujours mieux que de la mauvaise (heureusement).

Haute Fidélité sera à nouveau au rendez-vous la semaine prochaine pour vous emplir les oreilles de bruits stimulants. D'ici là, amusez-vous.

émission du 24 janvier 2008

Troisième épisode de Haute Fidélité. Ou l'art de passer du coq à l'âne. Emo-punk old school. Pop minimaliste. Indie rock borderline musique classique. C'est comme ça. Et c'est comme ça qu'on aime ça.

SAMIAM - Sunshine (Astray / Hopeless, Burning Heart, 2000)

CONSTANTINES - On To You (Shine A Light / Sub Pop, 2003)
MAGIC WEAPON - Capital Of Colour (Compilation Pop Montréal 2007 / RSB, 2007)

THE SADIES - The First Inquisition Pt. IV (New Seasons / Yep Roc, 2007)
JASON COLLETT - Papercut Hearts (Here's To Being Here / Arts & Crafts, 2008)

ORILLIA OPRY - Shadow Shadow (Lighthouse For Stragglers' Eyes / Ships At Night, 2007)
OLA PODRIDA - Cindy (Ola Podrida / Plug Research, 2007)
SONIC YOUTH - I'm Not There (Bande Originale du Film I'm Not There / Columbia, 2007)

RED HOUSE PAINTERS - Katy Song (Red House Painters [I], aka Rollercoaster / 4AD, 1993)
APILLOW - Plotless (Compilation Je T'aime / Where Are My, 2006)

(SWEDISH) DEATH POLKA - Cold Blood, White Beds, Shiny Crowns (Överbrygga / P572, 2007)
VALET - Fire (Compilation The Second Marriage Records Compilation / Marriage, 2006)

BELL ORCHESTRE - Throw It On A Fire (Recording A Tape The Colour Of The Light / Rough Trade, 2005)
YACHT - So Post All 'Em (I Believe In You, Your Magic Is Real / Marriage, 2007)
ROGUE WAVE - Are You On My Side (Descended Like Vultures / Sub Pop, 2005)

CUT COPY - So Haunted (In Ghost Colours / Modular, 2008)
THINK ABOUT LIFE, avec SUBTITLE - What The Future Might Be (Think About Life / Alien8, 2006)

MARK ROBINSON - We Don't Need No Fascist Groove Thang (Compilation Je T'aime / Where Are My, 2006)
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB - Another Morning (Love Songs For Patriots / Merge, 2004)

BASIA BULAT - The Pilgriming Vine (Oh, My Darling / Hardwood, Rough Trade, 2007)
CAT POWER - Ramblin' (Wo)Man (Jukebox / Matador, 2008)
BROADCAST - The Book Lovers (Work And Non Work / Warp, 1997)

SIGUR ROS - Sorglépur (Takk... / EMI, 2005)

émission du 17 janvier 2008

Lo-fi, lo-fi, lo-fi. Un peu de folk (anti-folk (ou peut-être anti-anti-folk ; nous sommes postmodernes, après tout...)) aussi. Et un retour dans les années 60. En chansons, ça se traduit comme ceci...

FROG EYES - Caravan Breakers, They Pray On The Weak And The Old (Tears Of The Valedictorian / Absolutely Kosher, 2007)

EDITORS - Bullets (The Back Room / Kitchenware, Fader Label, 2005)
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS - Into The Galaxy (Dystopia / Siberia, Astralwerks, 2007)

YEASAYER - Sunrise (All Hour Cymbals / We Are Free, 2007)
TV ON THE RADIO - Young Liars (EP Young Liars / Touch & Go, 2003)

MORRISSEY - The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils (Southpaw Grammar / Reprise, 1995)

PIXIES - Wave Of Mutilation (Doolittle / 4AD, 1989)
SEBADOH - Temptation Tide (Bakesale / Sub Pop, 1994)
SUPERCHUNK - Pink Clouds (Come Pick Me Up / Merge, 1999)

DANIEL JOHNSTON - Devil Town (Welcome To My World... The Music Of Daniel Johnston / High Wire Music, 2006)
LOU BARLOW - Caterpillar Girl (Emoh / Merge, 2005)
SHAPES AND SIZES - Head Movin' (Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner / Asthmatic Kitty, 2007)

PLANTS AND ANIMALS - Lola Who? (EP With/Avec / Secret City, 2007)
GRIZZLY BEAR - Colorado (Yellow House / Warp, 2006)
THE LUYAS - Dumb Blood (Faker Death / Indépendant, Pome, 2007)

AU REVOIR SIMONE - Fallen Snow (The Bird Of Music / Moshi Moshi, 2007)
JOANNA NEWSOM - Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie (EP Joanna Newsom And The Ys Street Band / Drag City, 2007)

MGMT - The Youth (Oracular Spectacular / Columbia, 2008)
OKAY - Loveless (Low Road/High Road / Absolutely Kosher, 2005)
THE SHINS - Caring Is Creepy (Oh, Inverted World / Sub Pop, 2001)

ADAM GREEN - Bluebirds (Friends Of Mine / Rough Trade, 2003)
THE MOLDY PEACHES - Who's Got The Crack? (The Moldy Peaches / Rough Trade, 2001)
KIMYA DAWSON - Tire Swing (Remember That I Love You / K, 2006)

THE KINKS - A Well Respected Man (Kinkdom / Rhino, Reprise, 1965)
JONATHAN RITCHMAN - Stop Your Sobbing (This Is Where I Belong: The Songs Of Ray Davies And The Kinks / Rykodisc, 2002)