Toronto – I’m horny for Sebastien Tellier, no wait, I’m horny because of Sebastien Tellier. This dude is good buddies with French outfit Air, and his 2001 track, Fantino, was used by Sofia Coppola in Lost in Translation. This, his third studio album, Sexuality, is an 11-track meditation on love-making (seriously, that is what his Wiki page says) and was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk.

With song titles like Sexual Sportswear, L’Amour Et La Violence and Une Heure and an album title of Sexuality, Sebastien has delivered what he set out to, a super sexy album. Putting some breasts, pubic hair and a metaphorical miniature man on a donkey on your album cover doesn’t hurt either. I would file Sexuality under Air meets April March meets Barry White. Some slow, electronic foreplay tracks along with some dancy - lets get down to business tracks. Mixed in are some moaning, giggling sounds of women you can only assume that Sebastien is fucking during the recording of this album in his basement brothel/recording studio.

This song, Divine, is pretty catchy. The entire album oozes love making, depending on your stimulant of choice. For example, I find Death From Above accompanies a good alcoholic sex making session, as does some NIN. If acid is your game, I might recommend some Ween or even Anne Murray, There’s a Hippo In My Tub. But if your flavour of the week is some good old BC bud, totally reach for the Sebastien Tellier, take your time, and show ‘em what you’re made of. Just don’t forget to bring your minature donkey.

 

 Sebastien Tellier - Divine: Play Now

Posted by Panic Manual correspondent Karen Parker

LET ME SMELL YOUR DICK

damn this wat my gurl be askin me

diz my song 24/7

Best track ever. I love that the dude is wearing a snickers jacket and he\’s fat as fuck. I hope she smells his dick and it smells like Stripper poon.

I am seriously jealous that I did not write this….i mean dis.

Toronto – My review for this show was written three weeks ago when I bought my ticket. Anybody who read my review of MOS latest CD, Re-Arrange Us will know that I am a big fan (not as big as THIS person, but still big). I was pumped to see Kori and Jason and wouldn’t have missed the show for anything. They would really have to fuck things up to disappoint me. They didn’t. They played a solid mix of old and new songs. The highlight was the unexpected strings and trombone accompaniment provided by opening act Judgment Day. As a two piece, MOS know how to crank it, but with the additional help, the show was cranked up to 11. Here is the set list.

Fraud In The 80’s
Now
Like U Crazy
Get Better
Think Long
You Are Free
Jigsaw
Goods (All In Your Head)
Beautiful Dreamer
These Days (Simon and Garfunkle cover)
Blue And Gold Paint
Ha Ha
My Only Offer
Re-Arranger
Proofs
So Many Ways

I hung around after the show and got Kori and Jason to sign my copy of their 2000 release My Solo Project. Our conversation went like this:

Me: Hey guys, great show. Can I get you to sign my CD?
Jason: Thanks, no problem. Wow, this CD has our old address on it.
Kori: This is when we had a PO Box
Jason: This is one of the Omnibus releases!
Me: Does this give me MOS cred?
Jason: Yah man, you have cred. Hang on to this.
Me: Awesome. Will you two adopt me and raise me as your own?

Here is Proofs from My Solo Project that they played. A much different sounding MOS from Re-Arrange Us.

 

 Mates Of State - Proofs (My Solo Project): Play Now

(Toronto) Two days, two videos that have blown my mind. I am still trying to get over the Brighton Port Authority video that Ricky posted a couple of days ago. The second video that has caught my attention comes via Cajun Dance Party. I first saw it over at Indie Kid vs. Dance Kid and I can’t stop watching it. I guess they had some heart shaped flare filter on their camera for this, their Colourful Life video. Watch out for the part where they go through the tunnel.

I did some research and found how you can do a similar effect using some construction papaer and a string of Christmas lights. Learn how to make your own heart shaped bokeh over at DIYphotography.

The short list for the Polaris Music Prize was announced a couple of weeks ago. The list is as follows.

Black Mountain - In the Future
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Caribou - Andorra
Holy Fuck - LP
Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers
Plants & Animals - Parc Avenue
Shad - The Old Prince
Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
Two Hours Traffic - Little Jabs
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour

Three things are wrong with this list; The Weakerthans, Stars and Two Hours Traffic. Everybody has their criticisms with the above list. When talking about inclusion/exclusion of a specific artist people seem to forget who and what this prize stands for.

POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE MISSION STATEMENT

The operation of a not-for-profit organization that annually honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music by recognizing, then marketing the albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation, or sales history, as judged by a panel of selected critics and experts.

Let me tell you, i’m not the worlds largest Holy Fuck fan. Do I think they should be on the short list, absolutely, because they fulfill what the Polaris Music Prize stands for. These albums are supposed to be judged solely on artistic merit.

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 Sandro Perri - City of Museums: Play Now

Concert attended and reviewed by Panic Manual correspondent Karen Parker

(Toronto) I discovered Bon Ivers’ (Justin Vernon) album For Emma: Forever Ago after hearing one of his songs featured on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy……don’t’ judge me. I instantly loved the “sound of a man left alone with his guitar and his memories” (Pitchfork). And when I discovered that he had isolated himself in the woods for four months to write it….I lost my mind. It was like all my fantasies had been rolled into one big one and served in woolly touque. Thoughts of a beefy bearded man in a wool coat ala Gerard Butler, capably chopping wood and foraging for his food by day while nursing a broken heart and healing through the creation of haunting music in front of a roaring fire in the woods by night was almost too much to bear….almost.

At the show my friend Ashley was heard to say:

Mmmm I’ll be your skinny love…..I’ll lose like 25 lbs for you if you let me sit on your face.

He was supposed to go on at 10:15 and as everyone knows bands never go on at their scheduled time. It’s 10:30 and I’m racing from work thinking….I’m gonna make it with time to spare and sure enough…..he went on at 10:13!!!! C’mon Bon! Rock stars make you wait! By the time I got there, got past security and made it inside I had missed most of the show….including Skinny Love! Who plays their best song early in the set anyway? I caught two songs and then two in the encore.

What I did hear was fantastic. The place was packed and more humid than a Brazilian rain forest and speaking of brazilians, clearly I wasn’t the only woman there hoping to witness her fantasy on the stage. He could have done with a bigger venue but I think even he was overwhelmed and surprised by the turnout. And while attractive in his own way, sadly, up close, he doesn’t look like Gerard Butler in a plaid shirt…..but this.

I think I can see his balls.

(Pitchfork photo credit)

 

 Bon Iver - Skinny Love: Play Now