There was no horse this time. Nary an orgy or fife-playing satyr. An acoustic in-store may not offer the same baroque pageantry as Friday's set at Roseland, but last night's of Montreal Rough Trade East performance did give attendees a close-up listen to -- wait -- the band's songs. Yes, remove the red body paint and gold short shorts and you no...

Marc Reisbig and Hanne Berkaak of animation team SSSR direct this clip of the first single from Of Montreal's ninth album, Skeletal Lamping, coming out one week from today on Polyvinyl. "Funky, hypnotic, and gloriously weird...the key thread through it all is 'color,'" said Mark Richardson of this track when we posted it in Forkcast back in Augu...

We'd given fair warning about of Montreal's Skeletal Lamping stage setup, but we weren't prepared for all the stops they pulled out for their show this past Friday at Roseland, NYC. Like, for instance: By now you may have heard that Kevin Barnes sang "St. Exquisite's Confessions" while sitting on and stroking a white horse. Understandably, the p...

Photos by Kathryn YuJeff Mangum's first live appearance in ages and that totally batshit insane Diesel party sure looked nifty, but the award for biggest spectacle in New York City this past weekend should probably go to Of Montreal, who hit up Roseland Ballroom Friday night in support of upcoming disc/sticker set/tote bag/etc Skeletal Lamping. ...

Radiohead's Colin Greenwood has revealed how Arcade Fire showed his own band the sights of Montreal when they last played in the city.