Pitchfork

Of Montreal Unveil "Skeletal Lamping Collection"

"A world without objects is a sensible emptiness," the poet Richard Wilbur __ once wrote __ . Guess ol' Wilbur won't be preordering any of the __ awesomely ridiculous digital download packages __ for ...
American Songwriter

Of Montreal’s New Release

Atlanta-based indie outfit Of Montreal have created quite a buzz surrounding their forthcoming LP Skeletal Lamping. Already leaked online and originally set to be released in stores October 7, the ...
Houston Press

Sex on Wheels

Avant-garde artists, musicians in particular, have struggled to strike a balance between genius and pretentiousness for decades. From Lou Reed’s infamous noise exploration Metal Machine Music to the ...
Seattle Times

Of Montreal’s new album is a confusing, consuming work of art

Of Montreal’s ninth album, “Skeletal Lamping” (Polyvinyl Records), was released to the public on Oct. 21, but its Seattle premiere came on a night in early September at the Pacific Science Center.
Spin

Of Montreal, ‘Skeletal Lamping’ (Polyvinyl)

Three tracks into what may be 2008’s most insane album, Kevin Barnes drops his multiple-entendre manifesto: “We can do it softcore if you want / But you should know I take it both ways.” Forget the ...
The Michigan Daily

The funkadelic side of Montreal

In the words of Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes’s own MySpace page, the recording process for his band’s latest disc Skeletal Lamping involved “exploring the dark and gloriously detestable sides of ...
Minnesota Daily

Of Montreal bloom with sweet Georgie Fruit

Of Montreal ALBUM: Skeletal Lamping LABEL: Polyvinyl Record Co. Meet Georgie Fruit , a black ex-convict with a penchant for psychedelic rock and rhythmic electronica. He enjoys frequent sex-changes, ...
NPR

Of Montreal: The Absurd And The Sparkly

When diving into Of Montreal's new Skeletal Lamping, it might help to know that singer Kevin Barnes has written the lyrics from the point of view of a black ex-con after multiple sex changes — or, ...
Drowned In Sound

Of Montreal split heads with Skeletal Lamping

Psych-pop minstrel Kevin Barnes and his band of merry fruitloops, of Montreal, are to return with record #9 this Autumn, the follow-up to 2007’s Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (review), with ...
OnMilwaukee

Of Montreal returns to Milwaukee with new record

Costume changes are not just for Prince or stadium rockers anymore. In fact, even at a small 2005 show at the Abbey Pub in Chicago, Of Montreal's dynamic frontman Kevin Barnes changed his outfit no ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Of Montreal album still dark but ‘super poppy’

Divorce and mental illness are not often hallmarks of danceable indie rock records, but they played a big part on Of Montreal's critically acclaimed 2007 release, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer ...
AV Club

Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping

Kevin Barnes shining a light on the skeletons in his closet, and as expected, they come out to dance all over Skeletal Lamping. There's the inner queer, the outward straight, the hopeless romantic, ...