émission du 26 juin 2008

Haute Fidélité ROCKS. Littéralement.

MUDHONEY - Touch Me I'm Sick (Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles / Sub Pop, 1990)

FREE KITTEN - Seasick (Inherit / Ecstatic Peace!, 2008)
MEHO PLAZA - George Washington (Meho Plaza / Better Looking, 2008)
MT. ROYAL - Banjo Song (Mad Foxes / Indépendant, 2007)

SUICIDE - Shadazz (Suicide, aka Second Album / Antilles, Mute, 1980)
PARENTHETICAL GIRLS - Joan Of Arc (Maid Of Orleans) (EP A David Horvitz Picture Disc With / Aagoo, 2008)
SHEARWATER - Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five (Palo Santo / Matador, 2007)

THE ANNIVERSARY - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (Designing A Nervous Breakdown / Vagrant, Heroes & Villains, 2000)
THE GET UP KIDS - Stay Gone (On A Wire / Vagrant, Heroes & Villains, 2002)
PINBACK - This Red Book (Summer In Abbadon / Touch & Go, 2004)

LITTLE WINGS - Look At What The Light Did Now (Light Green Leaves / K, 2002)
FEU THÉRÈSE - À Nos Amours (Ça Va Cogner / Constellation, 2007)
SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES - Trees And Squirrels (#3 / Labrador, Minty Fresh, 2005)

EVANGELICALS - Paperback Suicide (The Evening Descends / Dead Oceans, 2008)
!!! - Myth Takes (Myth Takes / Warp, 2007)

THE TING TINGS - Great DJ (We Started Nothing / Columbia, 2008)
THE ORGAN - Steven Smith (Grab That Gun / Mint, 2004)
MERMAIDS - Say You're Alive (Simple Say You're Alive / Indépendant, 2008)

ALBERT HAMMOND JR. - Blue Skies (Yours To Keep / Rough Trade, New Line, 2006)
NEKO CASE - The Needle Has Landed (Fox Confessor Brings The Flood / Anti-, 2006)

THE BRUNETTES - Loopy Loopy Love (Mars Loves Venus / Lil' Chief, Microfiche, 2004)
LYKKE LI - Dance Dance Dance (Youth Novels / LL, 2008)
THE BOOKS - None But Shining Hours (Lost And Safe / Tomlab, 2005)
PAWA UP FIRST - Broadcast (Introducing New Details / Dare To Care, 2006)

SUN RA AND HIS ASTRO INTERGALACTIC INFINITY ARKESTRA - Space Is The Place (Space Is The Place / Blue Thumb, Impulse!, 1973)

émission du 19 juin 2008

Pour démentir les dires de ceux qui prétendent que je fais du zèle - et pour cette raison uniquement -, je vous propose cette nuit une rediffusion de l'émission de la semaine dernière, datée du 12 juin 2008.

Pas de panique cependant ; Haute Fidélité (l'original) sera de retour en poste la semaine prochaine.

émission du 12 juin 2008

Épisode 17 de Haute Fidélité. La leçon : ne pas sous-estimer les produits des années 80. Le plaisir coupable : les synthétiseurs et la pop dépressive.

GANG OF FOUR - To Hell With Poverty (Return The Gift / V2, 2005)

PARTS & LABOR - New Crimes (Mapmaker / Jagjaguwar, 2007)
BEAT HAPPENING - Red Head Walking (Dreamy / K, 1991)
THE SEA AND CAKE - Up On Crutches (Everybody / Thrill Jockey, 2007)

OKKERVIL RIVER - Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe (The Stage Names / Jagjaguwar, 2007)
DEVOTCHKA - Along The Way (A Mad And Faithful Telling / Anti-, 2008)
THE SHINS - Kissing The Lipless (Chutes Too Narrow / Sub Pop, 2003)

ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE - Shore Song / Surfacing (No Need To Be Downhearted / Truck, 2006)
THE NOTWIST - Good Lies (The Devil, You + Me / Domino, 2008)
VOILÀ ! - Clouds (EP Voilà! / Indépendant, 2008)

MICE PARADE - Double Dolphins On The Nickel (Mice Parade / FatCat, 2007)
SIGUR ROS - Gobbledigook (Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust / XL, 2008)

THE STROKES, avec REGINA SPEKTOR - Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men (Simple Reptilia / Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men / RCA, 2004)
NINA NASTASIA & JIM WHITE - There Is No Train (You Follow Me / FatCat, 2007)

M. WARD - Songs From Debby's Stairs (Duet For Guitar #2 / Merge, 2007)
MARK KOZELEK - Up To My Neck In You (What's Next To The Moon / Badman, 2001)
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS - I Am Part Of A Large Family (Ongiara / Nettwerk, 2007)

ELLIOTT SMITH - Waltz #2 (XO) (XO / DreamWorks, 1998)
PATRICK WATSON - Mary (Just Another Ordinary Day / Indépendant, 2003)
THE CARDIGANS - My Favourite Game (Gran Turismo / Stockholm, Mercury, 1998)

YANN TIERSEN - Monochrome (Le Phare / Labels, 1998)
BLONDE REDHEAD - The Dress (23 / 4AD, 2007)
CIBO MATTO - Sugar Water (Pom Pom: The Essential Cibo Matto / Rhino, Warner Bros., 2007)

BAT FOR LASHES - I Saw A Light (Fur And Gold / Caroline, 2007)

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 !