The Barr Brothers
The Barr Brothers sont une groupe musical avec leur base dâopĂ©rations Ă MontrĂ©al, au QuĂ©bec. Leur son est principalement alimentĂ© par la batterie polyrythmique et enjouĂ©e dâAndrew Barr, la guitare de son frĂšre Brad Barr, et les prouesses innovatrices Ă la harpe de Sarah PagĂ©, qui a Ă elle seule redĂ©fini cet instrument et son usage. De la basse, de la guitare pedal steel, des claviers et des cuivres vont et viennent librement dans le mix. Autant Ă lâaise avec les ballades arcadiennes solennelles quâavec les improvisations nord-africaines marĂ©cageuses ou avec le rockânâroll plus classique, The Barr Brothers continuent dâembrasser et dâenchanter les spectateurs avec leur approche musicale Ă la fois mĂ©thodique et fantaisiste.
To begin their third album, The Barr Brothers werenât writing any songs. For the first time, the Montreal outfitâs three members â namesake siblings Brad and Andrew Barr, harpist Sarah PagĂ© â went empty-handed into the studio. No plans or preconceptions, no books of lyrics or sheets of chords â they went down miles of snowy road to a cabin on a frozen lake, a place full of windows and microphones and starlight and sunshine, with amplifiers in the bedrooms, their volumes turned up loud. On the fringes of Saint Zenon, QuĂ©bec (pop. 1,1150), a 30-minute snowmobile ride to the nearest grocery store, the band spent seven days making things up. Improvisations that lasted hours at a time â noons and midnights, dusks and dawns, with grooves inspired by India, West Africa and 808s; by Bradâs scorching electric guitar; and by PagĂ©âs new inventions, hacks to turn her harp into a versatile, sub-bass-booming noisemaker. Queens of the Breakers was born at that cabin in the country. Then the band took that racket and distilled it into songs: 11 tracks of blazing courage and failing resolve; suffused with groove, melody and the Barr Brothersâ wide-open sense of the blues. At times the soundâs all twinkling, the score for a lost John Hughes film; at other times itâs whetted, searching, like the stuff of Lhasa de Sela or Led Zeppelinâs III. These are tales of teenagers prowling through Rhode Island mansions (the title track), coming to Montreal and falling in love (âSong That I Heardâ), tattered patriotism and clenching fists (âKompromatâ, âReady for Warâ). Thereâs also âDefibrillationâ, a mournful letter from a father to his son, inspired by the broken rhythm of a pair of hospital heart monitors â and a drumbeat based on that dither. Itâs this tension, this dither, that lives at the centre of Queens of the Breakers. Three players â friends, comrades, music-makers, all of them trying to play in sync. Three bandmates â each of them fumbling, remembering, trying to invent something together. A band still playing, even occasionally reimagining, their rockânâroll.
Juana Molina
MaĂźtre de la pop expĂ©rimentale mystĂ©rieuse, Juana Molina est reconnue comme lâune des artistes les plus originales et visionnaires du moment. Son parcours professionnel a Ă©tĂ© unique, depuis son succĂšs initial en tant quâactrice comique trĂšs populaire dans son Argentine natale, jusquâĂ lâabandon de sa carriĂšre tĂ©lĂ©visuelle en 1996 et sa dĂ©cision de se consacrer Ă forger son propre style de musique inimitable, qui lui a valu une reconnaissance mondiale en tant quâartiste dâenregistrement et de tournĂ©e saluĂ©e par la critique.
A master of mysterious experimental pop, Juana Molina is recognized as one of the most original and visionary artists around. Her career trajectory has been a unique one, from her initial success as a massively popular comedic actress in her native Argentina, to the abandonment of her television career in 1996 and her decision to devote herself to forging her own, inimitable style of music, which gained her worldwide recognition as a critically-lauded recording and touring artist.
Kee Avil
La productrice montrĂ©alaise Kee Avil combine guitare, voix et production Ă©lectronique dans des chansons dĂ©construites qui sâinspirent dâun mĂ©lange distinctif de sensibilitĂ© avant-pop, glitch, post-industrielle et folk expĂ©rimental. Son dernier album, Spine, est sorti chez Constellation en mai 2024 en tant quâAlbum Bandcamp du jour et a Ă©tĂ© largement saluĂ© par la critique. The Line of Best Fit a affirmĂ© que « Spine confirme la virtuositĂ© de lâesthĂ©tique et de la production de Kee Avil, comparable Ă Jlin ou SOPHIE â produisant un glitch suintant et caverneux, truffĂ© de manipulations », tandis quâUncut a dĂ©crit sa musique comme Ă©tant « profondĂ©ment intime et intensĂ©ment troublante⊠comme une forme de vie extraterrestre tortillant ses mandibules ». Spine a fait lâobjet dâun article dans The Wire, qui a dĂ©clarĂ© que « les grooves squelettiques de Kee Avil nous frappent avec une intimitĂ© urgente », tandis que The Quietus a saluĂ© son intensitĂ© contenue : « Spine mijote, frĂŽlant lâĂ©ruption. Les sons sâagitent comme du gel sous pression ». Spine Ă©largit la palette sonore de Kee Avil avec une intensitĂ© dĂ©taillĂ©e, rĂ©vĂ©lant une nouvelle prĂ©sence convaincante dans le monde de la chanson expĂ©rimentale, oĂč les pierres de touche sont PJ Harvey, Eartheater, Shygirl, SOPHIE et Lucretia Dalt ; dans un univers oĂč Juana Molina collabore avec Coil et oĂč Grouper se fond Ă Autechre.
Montreal producer Kee Avil combines guitar, voice, and electronic production into deconstructed songs informed by a distinctive blend of avant-pop, glitch, post-industrial and experimental folk sensibilities. Her latest album Spine was released on Constellation in May 2024 as Bandcamp Album of the Day, garnering widespread critical accolades. The Line of Best Fit declared âSpine affirms Kee Avilâs status of an aesthetics and production virtuoso comparable to Jlin or SOPHIE â producing a dripping, cavernous version of glitch slammed with manipulations.â while Uncut described it as âDeeply intimate and intensely unsettling⊠like an alien lifeform flexing its mandibles.â Spine was featured in The Wire, stating âKee Avilâs skeletal grooves hit with an urgent intimacy.â while the Quietus applauded its restrained intensity âSpine simmers, sashaying close to eruption. Sounds worm around like squeezed gel.â Spine expanded Kee Avilâs sonic palette with intensive detail, revealing a compelling new voice in experimental songcraft, where touchstones include PJ Harvey, Eartheater, Shygirl, SOPHIE and Lucretia Dalt; where Juana Molina collabs with Coil, or Grouper melds with Autechre.
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