mardi 30 décembre 2008

émission du 1er janvier 2009



Haute Fidélité vous propose ce soir ses 25 albums favoris de l'année 2008.

Bonne année 2009 !

25. TV ON THE RADIO - Love Dog (Dear Science / Interscope, 2008)
24. SIGUR ROS - Festival (Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust / XL, 2008)

23. PARLOVR - Palace Of Identical Things (Parlovr / Dine Alone, 2008)
22. DUNGEN - Sätt Att Se / Maleras Finest (4 / Kemado, Subliminal Sounds, 2008)
21. WOLF PARADE - California Dreamer (At Mount Zoomer / Sub Pop, 2008)
20. PLANTS AND ANIMALS - Good Friend (Parc Avenue / Secret City, 2008)

19. THE DODOS - Winter (Visiter / Frenchkiss, 2008)
18. BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY - Missing One (Lie Down In The Light / Drag City, Palace, 2008)
17. CHAD VANGAALEN - Bare Feet On Wet Griptape (Soft Airplane / Flemish Eye, Sub Pop, 2008)
16. WHY? - Fatalist Palmistry (Alopecia / Anticon, Tomlab, 2008)

15. BEACH HOUSE - Gila (Devotion / Carpark, 2008)
14. JEREMY JAY - A Place Where We Could Go (A Place Where We Could Go / K, 2008)
13. DEERHUNTER - Little Kids (Microcastle / Kranky, 4AD, 2008)
12. MOUNT EERIE, avec JULIE DOIRON et FRED SQUIRE - Grave Robbers (Lost Wisdom / P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd., 2008)

11. PAS CHIC CHIC - Se Mirer Mare (Au Contraire / Semprini, 2008)
10. LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Galaxy Of The Lost (Falling Off The Lavender Bridge / Domino, 2008)
09. BORN RUFFIANS - Kurt Vonnegut (Red, Yellow & Blue / Warp, 2008)

08. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - Please Stop Dancing (Distorsion / Nonesuch, 2008)
07. NO AGE - Ripped Knees (Nouns / Sub Pop, 2008)
06. XIU XIU - F. T. W. (Women As Lovers / Kill Rock Stars, 2008)
05. CRYSTAL CASTLES - Alice Practice (Crystal Castles / Last Gang, 2008)

04. THE WALKMEN - New Country (You & Me / Gigantic, Fat Possum, 2008)
03. THE RAVEONETTES - Lust (Lust, Lust, Lust / Vice, 2008)
02. PORTISHEAD - Hunter (Third / Mercury, Island, 2008)

01. THE DEARS - Lights Off (Missiles / Dangerbird, 2008)

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)

samedi 13 décembre 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)

samedi 6 décembre 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)

samedi 29 novembre 2008

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)

lundi 24 novembre 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.

samedi 15 novembre 2008

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)

lundi 10 novembre 2008

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)

lundi 3 novembre 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.

samedi 18 octobre 2008

émission du 16 octobre 2008



Jonathan Richman. David Byrne. C'est tout pour le vieux. Le reste c'est du nouveau. Évidemment. Ou pas.

THE MODERN LOVERS - Modern World (The Modern Lovers / Beserkley, 1976)

JAY REATARD - Trapped Here (Matador Singles '08 / Matador, 2008)
JAPANESE MOTORS - Regrets A Paradise (Japanese Motors / Vice, 2008)
CRYSTAL ANTLERS - A Thousand Eyes (EP Crystal Antlers / Touch & Go, 2008)

WOMEN AND CHILDREN - Born TP (Paralyzed Dance, Tonight / Narnack, 2006)
THE ROSEBUDS - Another Way In (Life Like / Merge, 2008)
SECRET MACHINES - Underneath The Concrete (Secret Machines / TSM, 2008)

TALKING HEADS - Once In A Lifetime (Remain In Light / Sire, 1980)
SUNSET RUBDOWN - Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot!, Toot! (Random Spirit Lover / Jagjaguwar, 2007)

THE MIDDLE EAST - Blood (The Recordings Of The Middle East / Indépendant, Chess Club, PIAS, 2008)
WOODPIGEON - Knock Knock (Treasury Library Canada / End Of The Road, 2008)
FEMBOTS - My Hands Are A City (Calling Out / Weewerk, 2008)

EFTERKLANG - Caravan (Parades / Leaf, 2007)
STARS - Undertow (EP Sad Robots / Soft Revolution, 2008)
A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW - C'mon (EP The Sunniest Day Ever / Indépendant, 2006)

PARENTHETICAL GIRLS - Avenue Of Trees (Entanglements / Tomlab, Slender Means Society, 2008)
ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - Hope Mountain (EP Another World / Secretly Canadian, 2008)
MOGWAI - I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead (The Hawk Is Howling / Matador, 2008)

MOUNT EERIE, avec JULIE DOIRON et FRED SQUIRE - Flaming Home (Lost Wisdom / P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd., 2008)
ST.VINCENT - Now, Now (Marry Me / Beggars Banquet, 2007)
LYKKE LI - Let It Fall (Youth Novels / LL, 2008)

BAD FLIRT, avec DAVEY VON BOHLEN - How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation (Virgin Talk / Kartel Music, 2008)
ALL GIRL SUMMER FUN BAND - Not The One For Me (Looking Into It / AGSFB Music, 2008)
JAGUAR LOVE - Highways Of Gold (Take Me To The Sea / Matador, 2008)

lundi 13 octobre 2008

émission du 9 octobre 2008



L'édition attendue qui s'est faite attendre : Haute Fidélité fait un retour en musique sur la 7e édition du Festival Pop Montréal, qui se déroulait du 1er au 5 octobre dernier.

GROWING - Green Flag (All The Way / The Social Registry, 2008)

PAS CHIC CHIC - Mlle Mille (Au Contraire / Semprini, 2008)
TAM - You're Not Mine (Tam / Ecstatic Peace!, 2006)
DD/MM/YYYY - Twin Stars (Are They Masks? / We Are Busy Bodies, 2007)
PARLOVR - On The Phone (Parlovr / Dine Alone, 2008)

THE NEINS CIRCA - Faster Than Them (Sleeves And Wigs / Copperspine, 2007)
VALLEYS - Killer Legs (Démo / Indépendant, 2008)
P:ANO - All Of November (When It's Dark And It's Summer / Hive-Fi, Zum, 2002)
THE DEARS - Crisis 1 & 2 (Missiles / Dangerbird, 2008)

JULIE DOIRON - Me And My Friend (Woke Myself Up / Endearing, Jagjaguwar, 2007)
WOMEN - Black Rice (Women / Flemish Eye, Jagjaguwar, 2008)
FINAL FANTASY - This Lamb Sells Condos (The Poos Clouds / Blocks Recording Club, Tomlab, 2006)
BLACK KITES - Paper Heart (EP Paper Heart / Filthy Little Angels, 2007)

JEAN-JACQUES PERREY, avec LUKE VIBERT - Analog Générique (Moon Acid / Lo, 2007)
PASSION PIT - Better Things (Chunk Of Change / Frenchkiss, 2008)
DREAMSPLOITATION - The Night Everything Changed (The Soft Focus Sound Of Today / From Here To There, 2008)

HEFNER - The Sweetness Lies Within (Breaking God's Heart / Too Pure, 1998)
HERMAN DÜNE - When We Were Still Friends (Next Year In Zion / Everloving, 2008)
LESSER GONZALEZ ALVAREZ - Pinecone Eyes (Why Is Bear Billowing? / Carpark, 2008)
TEETH MOUNTAIN - Soft Beast (Teeth Mountain / SHDWPLY, 2008)

BEACH HOUSE - Wedding Bell (Devotion / Carpark, 2008)
VIDEOHIPPOS - Bear Fight (Unbeast The Leash / Monitor, Wildfire, 2007)
AU - Boute (Au / Aagoo, 2007)

DIRTY ON PURPOSE - Car No Driver (Hallelujah Sirens / North Street, 2006)
TEENAGE JESUS & THE JERKS - Less Of Me (Everything / Altavistic, 1995)

WIRE - Lowdown (Pink Flag / Harvest, Pink Flag, 1977)
WIRE - Outdoor Miner (Chairs Missing / Harvest, Restless, Pink Flag, 1978)
WIRE - The 15th (154 / Harvest, Restless, Warner Bros., Pink Flag, 1979)

lundi 6 octobre 2008

émission du 2 octobre 2008

Un des avantages de Pop Montréal : le festival est prétexte à préparer annuellement une émission spécial-Pop-Montréal-qui-tue, laquelle permet de faire jouer en ondes les groupes que l'équipe de Pop a déniché avant nous et qu'on aime déjà, de même que les groupes que l'équipe de Pop a réussi à attirer à Montréal et qu'on aime depuis longtemps.

Un des désavantages de Pop Montréal : on est tellement occupé à courir événements et concerts qu'on se retrouve, à la dernière minute, dépourvu de temps pour animer le spécial-Pop-Montréal-qui-tue préparé avec enthousiasme pour l'occasion.

La solution : fouiller dans les archives et ressortir une émission qui date (celle du
21 février 2008, choisie au hasard, le cas échéant), question de s'offrir un moment nostalgique (ce qui est finalement un mal pour un bien).

Le bémol : le spécial-Pop-Montréal-qui-tue doit en conséquence être reporté d'une semaine et rebaptisé retour-qui-tue-sur-Pop-Montréal.

Voilà pourquoi la vie est compliquée.

samedi 27 septembre 2008

émission du 25 septembre 2008

Haute Fidélité fait relâche cette semaine, pour cause de procrastination irrécupérable.

On profite de cette pause pour vous concocter un spécial-Pop-Montréal-qui-tue pour la première émission d'octobre.

D'ici là, vous pouvez réécouter l'émission de mercredi dernier, datée du
18 septembre 2008.

émission du 18 septembre 2008



Ce soir, Haute Fidélité passe la cuvée automnale au peigne fin. Les meilleures nouveautés musicales de cette rentrée 2008 sont au menu.

MUDHONEY - Touch Me I'm Sick (Simple Touch Me I'm Sick / Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More / Sub Pop, 1988)

SHELLAC - Watch Song (1000 Hurts / Touch & Go, 2000)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS - Missing You (A Place To Bury Strangers / Killer Pimp, Important, 2007)
UNREST - Teenage Suicide (Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation / Caroline, Teenbeat, 1990)

THE LOW LOWS - Raining In Eva (Shining Violence / Monotreme, 2008)
AUBURN LULL - Season Of False Starts (Cast From The Platform / Darla, 2004)
SWIRLIES - Little Tail (Cats Of The Wild: Volume 2 / Bubble Core, 2003)
HELLO POSTIER - Parachute Pt. 2 (Démo / Indépendant, 2008)

SLIM TWIG - Tormen (Vernacular Violence / Paper Bag, 2008)
CHAD VANGAALEN - Bones Of Man (Soft Airplane / Flemish Eye, Sub Pop, 2008)
LOW - Startfire (Secret Name / Kranky, 1999)
SIGUR ROS - Àra Bàtur (Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust / XL, 2008)

COEUR DE PIRATE - Corbeau (Coeur De Pirate / Grosse Boîte, 2008)
CAROLINE KEATING - The Honey And The Shimmy (Démo / Indépendant, 2008)
MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON - Woodfriend (Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Academy Fight Song, 2008)
THE DEARS - Saviour (Missiles / Dangerbird, 2008)

WHY? - Song Of The Sad Assassin (Alopecia / Anticon, 2008)
RA RA RIOT - Too Too Too Fast (The Rhumb Line / Barsuk, 2008)
WINTER GLOVES - Hillside (About A Girl / Paper Bag, 2008)
ONE FOR THE TEAM - Deconstruction Site (Build It Up / Afternoon, 2008)

KIMYA DAWSON AND FRIENDS - Happy Home (Keep On Writing) (Alphabutt / Great Crap Factory, 2007)
LAND OF TALK - Death By Fire (Some Are Lakes / Saddle Creek, 2008)
NAYSAYER - Good People (Kitten Time / Red Panda, 2004)

DR. DOG - The Way The Lazy Do (We All Belong / Park The Van, 2007)
NIGHTMARES ON WAX - Bringin It (Thought So... / Warp, 2008)

jeudi 11 septembre 2008

émission du 11 septembre 2008

Une saison automnale qui commence... en rediffusion.

Le grand départ en force est remis à la semaine prochaine.

Entre temps, appréciez ce soir un retour sur l'émission de la semaine dernière, datée du
4 septembre 2008.

samedi 6 septembre 2008

émission du 4 septembre 2008



La revenge du rock alternatif.

PULP - Monday Morning (Different Class / Island, 1995)

THE NATIONAL - Fake Empire (Boxer / Beggars Banquet, 2007)
THE BROKEN WEST - Elm City (Now Or Heaven / Merge, 2008)
COLDHARBOURSTORES - Buck (More Than The Other / Rocket Girl, 2002)

FLOWCHART - Rainbow Hello (Pre-2000 Singles And Comp. Tracks, Vol. 2 / Fuzzy Box, 2003)
AARKTICA - Out To Sea (Pure Tone Audiometry / Silber, 2003)
THE WAKE - Favour (Harmony / Factory, 1982)

RAFTER - Sweat (EP Sweaty Magic / Asthmatic Kitty, 2008)
ALIAS, avec YONI WOLF de WHY? - Well Water Black (Resurgam / Anticon, 2008)

GRAHAM - The Best Spectacular (Never, And Maybe Not Even Then / Dreamy, 2001)
COLLETTE CARTER - Wait (The New Stroboscopic / Tbtmo, 2001)

CRANES - Sunrise (Future Songs / Instinct, 2001)
LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS - Envoys (Any Other City / DC/Baltimore 2012, 2002)
MADDER ROSE - Hung Up In You (Tragic Magic / Atlantic, 1997)

SAINT ETIENNE - Lose That Girl (Good Humor / Sub Pop, 1998)
LINDA DRAPER - Super Zero (One Two Three Four / Planting Seeds, 2005)
REGINA SPEKTOR - On The Radio (Begin To Hope / Sire, 2006)

THE DODOS - God? (Visiter / Frenchkiss, 2008)
MARK ROBINSON - Dilated Pupils (Canada's Green Highways / PulCec, 2001)
DESTROYER - Painter In Your Pocket (Destroyer's Rubies / Merge, 2006)

CONOR OBERST - Lenders In The Temple (Conor Oberst / Merge, 2008)
LOWLIGHTS - Dim Stars (Lowlights / Darla, 2003)
PALE HORSE AND RIDER - Jersey Coast Line (These Are The New Good Times / Darla, 2003)

DARREN HANLON - Brooklyn Bridge (Little Chills / Candle, 2004)
PHIILIIP - (Inside The) Sleep Pavilion (Pet Cancer / American Patchwork, 2001)

jeudi 28 août 2008

émission du 28 août 2008



Une émission presque entièrement consacrée aux nouveautés (avec en prime une touche d'électro pop libidineux...)

DANDI WIND - Midget Palace (Yolk Of The Golden Egg / Summer Lovers, 2008)

DEVASTATIONS - Mistakes (Yes, U / Beggars Banquet, 2007)
GLASS CANDY - Digital Versicolor (B/E/A/T/B/O/X / Italians Do It Better, 2007)
SEBASTIEN TELLIER - Manty (Sexuality / Record Makers, 2008)

METRONOMY - Heartbreaker (Nights Out / Because, 2008)
BLOC PARTY - Signs (Intimacy / Wichita, Atlantic, 2008)
TV ON THE RADIO - Golden Age (Dear Science, / Interscope, 2008)

FOALS - Red Sox Pugie (Antidotes / Sub Pop, 2008)
FRENCH KICKS - Love In The Ruins (Swimming / Vagrant, 2008)
FUJIYA & MIYAGI - Lightbulbs (Lightbulbs / Deaf Dumb & Blind, 2008)

DEATH VESSEL - Exploded View (Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us / Sub Pop, 2008)
CALEXICO - The News About William (Carried To Dust / Quarterstick, 2008)
MOUNT EERIE, avec JULIE DOIRON et FRED SQUIRE - Lost Wisdom (Lost Wisdom / P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd., 2008)

MATH AND PHYSICS CLUB - Darling, Please Come Home (Math And Physics Club / Matinée Recordings, 2006)
HERMAN DÜNE - Pure Hearts (EP 1-2-3 / Apple Tree / Everloving, 2008)
OKKERVIL RIVER - On Tour With Zykos (The Stand Ins / Jagjaguwar, 2008)
SEBASTIEN GRAINGER - Map Of The World (EP American Names / Saddle Creek, 2008)

FUCKED UP - Year Of The Pig (EP Year Of The Pig / What's Your Rupture?, Matador, 2008)
SLOWDIVE - Alison (Souvlaki / Creation, 1993)
RED HOUSE PAINTERS - 24 (Down Colorful Hill / 4AD, 1992)

THE AUTEURS - How Could I Be Wrong (New Wave / Caroline, 1993)
THE COAST - The Moon Is Dead (Expatriate / Aporia, 2008)
SUNSET RUBDOWN - Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings (Shut Up I Am Dreaming / Absolutely Kosher, 2006)

RADIOHEAD - Lucky (OK Computer / Capitol, 1997)

samedi 23 août 2008

émission du 21 août 2008



Haute Fidélité s'éparpille. Et vous ne vous y retrouverez qu'en étant ouverts aux mélanges de styles, soyez prévenus.

SUEDE - Heroine (Dog Man Star / Nude, 1994)

OXFORD COLLAPSE - Vernon-Jackson (Bits / Sub Pop, 2008)
PANTHER - Her Past Are The Trees (14kt God / Kill Rock Stars, 2008)
GRINDERMAN - Grinderman (Grinderman / Anti-, 2007)

INTERPOL - Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down (Turn On The Bright Lights / Matador, 2002)
THE STILLS - Snow In California (Oceans Will Rise / Arts & Crafts, 2008)
THE WALKMEN - On The Water (You & Me / Gigantic Music, 2008)

DELTA SPIRIT - House Built For Two (Ode To Sunshine / Rounder, 2008)
THE MUSIC TAPES - Freeing Song By Reindeer (Music Tapes For Clouds And Tornadoes / Merge, 2008)
H-BURNS - Blame It One The Distance (How Strange It Is To Be Anything At All / Boxson, 2008)

KIMYA DAWSON - The Competition (Remember That I Love You / K, 2006)
BORN RUFFIANS - Little Garçon (Red, Yellow & Blue / Warp, 2008)

BLUR - Coffee & TV (13 / Food, 1999)
TAKKA TAKKA - Coco On The Corner (We Feel Safer At Night / Indépendant, 2006)
COLOURMUSIC - Circles (F, Monday, Orange, February, Venus, Lunatic, 1 Or 13 / Great Society, 2008)

APOSTLE OF HUSTLE - Kings & Queens (Folkloric Feel / Arts & Crafts, 2004)
BLONDE REDHEAD - Elephant Woman (Misery Is A Butterfly / 4AD, 2004)

STEREOLAB - Jenny Ondioline (Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements / Elektra, 1993)

TORTOISE - Benway (Standards / Thrill Jockey, 2001)
TELEPOPMUSIK - Something About G.A. (EP An Ordinary Life / Catalogue, 1998)

jeudi 14 août 2008

émission du 14 août 2008



L'appel nocturne des guitares sirupeuses.

BODIES OF WATER - Under The Pines (A Certain Feeling / Secretly Canadian, 2008)

THE ROSEBUDS - My Punishment For Fighting (Night Of The Furies / Merge, 2007)
BLUE ORCHIDS - Soul Stuff (Mystic Bud / Les Temps Modernes, 2004)
FEU THÉRÈSE - Les Enfants (Ça Va Cogner / Constellation, 2007)

LUSH - Desire Lines (Split / Reprise, 4AD, 1994)
AARKTICA - Aura Lee (...Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life And Be Happy Anyway / Darla, 2002)

RIDE - In A Different Place (Differently) (OX4 - The Best Of Ride / The First Time, 2001)
SWERVEDRIVER - These Times (99th Dream / Zero Hour, DGC, 1997)

SUNSET - The World Is Awaiting (The Glowing City / Autobus, 2008)
ABE VIGODA - Bear Face (Skeleton / Post Present Medium, 2008)
THE WEDDING PRESENT - Falling (Hit Parade 1 / First Warning, Manifesto, RCA, 1992)

THE DEARS - Meltdown In A Major (Missiles / Dangerbird, 2008)
YO LA TENGO - You Can Have It All (And Then Northing Turned Itself Inside-Out / Matador, 2000)

XIU XIU - Fast Car (A Promise / 5 Rue Christine, 2003)
THE NOTWIST - Hands On Us (The Devil, You + Me / Domino, 2008)
BOY IN STATIC - Where It Ends (Violet / Mush, 2007)

ELECTRELANE - The Greater Times (No Shouts No Calls / Too Pure, 2007)
HUMAN HIGHWAY - The Sound (Moody Motorcycle / Secret City, Suicide Squeeze, 2008)

4 BONJOUR'S PARTIES - Satellite (Pigments Drift Down To The Brook / Mush, 2007)
CHROMATICS - Night Drive (Night Drive / Italians Do It Better, 2007)

AU - All Myself (Verbs / Aagoo, 2008)