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OF MONTREAL played Pitchfork & some 2007 Tour Dates
Of Montreal @ Pitchfork Fest 2007 (CRED)
Of Montreal lived up to their hype and it was probably the most interesting and entertained I’d been all weekend. They started things off with a Darth Vadar-costumed man crossing the stage, and one guitar player with giant pink-feathered wings and 3-D glasses. Huh. Throughout the set various other characters joined the set, including a person dressed completely in black spandex and a gold face. Of Montreal was fun and danceable and I thoroughly enjoyed myself, as did the crowd. I saw one guy jumping about two feet in the air over and over just bopping along to the music. Wonderful. [More Cowbell]Ticketmaster says tickets go on sale Friday for an Of Montreal show at Roseland Ballroom in NYC on October 13th. All known tour dates below...
Suffer for Fashion
Of Montreal - 2007 Tour Dates
Jul 20 - Trästockfestivalen Skellefteå SWEDEN
Jul 21 - Slottsfjell Festival - Birkebeinerscenen Tønsberg NORWAY
Jul 24 - Redrum Helsinki FINLAND
Jul 26 - Emmaboda Festival Emmaboda SWEDEN
Jul 27 - Storsjöyran Östersund SWEDEN
Jul 28 - Storåsfestivalen Storås NORWAY
Jul 29 - Secret Garden Party Festival Huntingdon ENGLAND
Jul 31 - The Point Cardiff WALES, Wales
Aug 1 - Crawdaddy Dublin IRELAND
Aug 2 - Scala London ENGLAND, London and South East
Aug 3 - Audio Brighton Brighton ENGLAND
Aug 4 - Razzmatazz Barcelona SPAIN
Aug 5 - Festival Sudoeste Zambujeira do Mar PORTUGAL
Oct 12 - Roxy, Boston, MA
Oct 13 - Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
Oct 14 - Rams Head Live!, Baltimore, MD
Nov 08 - Avalon Hollywood, Hollywood, CA
(thx Mike)
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Posted on July 17, 2007 10:20 AM
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They're also playing San Francisco on November 12, 13, 14 at the Great American Music Hall.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2007 10:28 AM
Why Roseland? Why? I heard the bass player quit/was fired, is that true?
Posted by Eduardo | July 17, 2007 10:29 AM
yea...he said it in a pitchfork interview....they are such a good live act. i saw them this year b/c my friends were going and i'd barely heard their music....it was one of the best shows i've ever seen. hissing fauna is one of the albums of the year in my opinion.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2007 10:51 AM
i find these guys to be terribly boring live. i've almost fallen asleep everytime i've seen them. and it doesn't help that all the songs sound the same.
Posted by M | July 17, 2007 10:58 AM
They should focus less on the costumes and more on making music that isn't mind-numbingly irritating.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2007 11:13 AM
why do people need to comment about bands they don't like? just ignore the article and go on to something else if you don't like it.
but seriously... why Roseland? ugh.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2007 11:25 AM
11:25, it's called criticism. It's part of how people evaluate art.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2007 11:45 AM
It's not criticism if the article simply reports tour dates. It's called being a douchebag.
Posted by Ryan | July 17, 2007 12:21 PM
"i find these guys to be terribly boring live. i've almost fallen asleep everytime i've seen them. and it doesn't help that all the songs sound the same."
i'm assuming that's sarcasm at it's best.. lmao - kudos.
Posted by soynoyce | July 17, 2007 2:06 PM
"It's not criticism if the article simply reports tour dates. It's called being a douchebag."
amen
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2007 3:01 PM
Why is this guy dressed like Jimmy from the frogs?
Posted by Jimmy | July 17, 2007 5:09 PM
'Why Roseland' is probably because they sold out two shows in a row at Irving in March. But, yeah, ugh. The Irving shows were excellent, but Roseland sounds like crap and security can be goons.
But I'll be there just the same. Hissing Fauna is such an excellent album, and the live shows are generally neat in part because of Kevin's schtick and the Bowie covers.
Posted by nyctaper | July 17, 2007 6:03 PM
at least tickets are cheap (for roseland)
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2007 6:23 PM
Does anybody know why the bass player quit/got fired? It's hard to tell from the photos of the PMF show this past weekend, but the guy holding the bass looks like the same guy who was playing bass at the San Francisco shows earlier this year.
Posted by Rafael | July 17, 2007 7:29 PM
The amazing thing about their set at Pitchfork is that they had different vignettes for each song. I listed about half of them in my review and decided I was going on too long about it. It's impressive that they put that much effort into it.
My review of Sunday's festivities can be found here:
http://fightingtheyouth.blogspot.com/2007/07/pitchfork-music-festival-2007-sunday.html
Posted by Reed | July 17, 2007 7:58 PM
someone already beat me, but yeah, that guy ripped that whole wing thing off from the frogs...
Posted by mr. man | July 17, 2007 8:52 PM
as if the frogs were the first ever to wear wings..
Posted by matt | July 18, 2007 3:47 PM
that wing thing is awesome....i think sufjan does it also.
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2007 4:11 PM
I thought of Montreal was amazing at Pitchfork. It was indeed the best show I've ever seen.
Posted by Tara | July 18, 2007 10:04 PM