Thank you Bradford Cox

Thank you so much Bradford or should I say fuck Sony?

Oui, oui I am talking about Atlas Sound, the solo moniker of Deerhunter frontman / provocateur Bradford Cox.This was like an early Christmas gift for me and I was very grateful about it. I was dying to hear the new music from him and other bands on the recently released mixes. But fuck, those stupid Sony people removed 3 of 4 mixes!

Cox “published” four volumes of demos on his blog, entitled "Bedroom Databank". Sadly, these demos were taken down from Mediafire by Sony and then they later apologized to Cox, stating that they "were mistakenly removed"...

After releasing four albums' worth of demos last week,  Bradford  was hit with copyright-police e-mails by Sony Music, which deleted three of the four volumes of his Bedroom Databank series. The Sony e-mail-- copied and pasted on Cox's site-- claims, "The specific reason for the removal was: unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copyrighted sound recordings owned or exclusively distributed by Sony Music."

"Apparently Sony Music owns my bedroom," writes Bradford Cox on Pitchfork.

My story with Deerhunter

I can't wait for the Deerhunter concert at La Tulipe. Needless to say this night is going to be for sure my utopia. My love story with the band started in 2007 and I am still thankful that my friend Geneviève brought me to this concert.

I will always remember it; it was the beginning of April and the only thing we knew about this band was from Geneviève's boyfriend- who at the time was touring in Europe with his band Demon’s Claw- he said that we had no choice to go see them and that the singer was really skinny. The show was at the Sala Rossa and we were in the beginning of starting our business- MolyKulte- so we were really broke (we had beers in ours purses!!) but we still managed to get there. I remember, we were screening the crowd for the skinny lead singer and nothing was found. The funny part was – without us noticing- half of the group including Mr. Cox came and sat at our table and asked us if it was ok. He was wearing so many layers of wool sweaters that we never thought he was the guy we were looking for.

Bradford Cox, a gifted young composer and producer of hypnotic, droning noise-rock is the frontman for the band Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. He is able to give an unforgettable live performance. He is also well known for being very close to his fans and from my experience, I can say this is totally true. He is always ready for a pictures, he even put me on the guest list for the show in Buffalo and he gave me a bag and a t-shirt on the Microcastle tour at a show in Montreal.

Who knew this show would really change my life? Seriously I've been completely obsess with this band after seeing them. Wow, it was so good. It was so new and so special that after that day I ran to my record store and bought everything I could find about Deerhunter. Since then I cannot count how many shows I have seen from Deerhunter or Atlas Sound, I even have travelled to see them when I missed their live music way to much (Buffalo, Vancouver and Toronto).

So, I cannot wait for tomorrows concert. I hope that even if they are a well known band now I am still wishing that Bradford will recognize me and give me a nice big hug. My lover has already posted a nice blog about the band. Please, don't miss this show !!!

Look who's doing the October cover of Exclaim! !!!

I was so excited when I saw the last issue of Exclaim magazine!! You can reed the article here or get your free copie somewhere.

Deerhunter - Halcon Digest

Deerhunter is one of my favourite bands and I can't wait to hear the new album Halcyon Digest. The CD is coming out on September 28 and it will be the sixth record of the group. I'm probably going to listen to it on repeat for a few days, if not for weeks! And not just because I like them, but with a band like Deerhunter, it takes a dozens and dozens of listens in various times and places to fully be able to understand everything about them.