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Of Montreal [a] is an American indie pop band from Athens, Georgia. It was founded by frontperson Kevin Barnes in 1996, named after a failed romance between Barnes and a woman "of Montreal ". The band is identified as part of the Elephant 6 collective.
Lady on the Cusp is the nineteenth studio album by American indie rock band of Montreal. It was released on May 17, 2024, through Polyvinyl Record Co.. Background
An Introduction to Of Montreal: Released: 2001 [17] Label: Earworm; Format: Vinyl — If He Is Protecting Our Nation, Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children? Released: July 1, 2003 [18] Label: self-released; Format: CD; Reissued by Track & Field in 2003 and Polyvinyl in 2007 — The Gladiator Nightstick Collection: Released: October 12 ...
Per AllMusic's Michelle Cross, the album's "stripped-down indie pop tunes vary in tempo and mood, indicative of the musical and lyrical flexibility that [Kevin] Barnes would develop with bandmates in the albums to come", with songs featuring "Beatlesque, slightly off-kilter chord progressions and lyrics established in Of Montreal's charming debut album, Cherry Peel" and "hints at the sweet ...
The song is inspired by the founders of the Montreal band Arcade Fire, husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. Its chorus says, "Montreal might eat its young/but Montreal won't break us down." According to SB Nation, the songwriter is discussing "the infamously caustic and self-cannibalizing nature of the local indie music scene". [5]
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen was a concert, which was held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec on November 6, 2017 as a tribute to singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen marking the first anniversary of his death. [1]
In ice hockey, the Good Friday Massacre (French: la bataille du Vendredi saint) [1] [2] was a second-round playoff match-up during the 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs.The game occurred on Good Friday, April 20, 1984, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, between the Quebec Nordiques and the Montreal Canadiens.
Roger Doucet CM (21 April 1919 – 19 July 1981) was a Canadian tenor best known for singing the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", on televised games of the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Alouettes, and Montreal Expos during the 1970s. He was particularly known for his bilingual version of the anthem, which began in French and ended in ...