8. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?Yes I am. No, but seriously, this jubilant yet immensely depressing album really did something big for Of Montreal this year. Never before has intense personal drama been so much damn fun to witness, and it seems lots of ravey youngsters have discovered this truth, as [...]

Of Montreal arrived with quite the Kapow! this weekend at a venue cavernous enough to accompany their newfound hugeness. The Roseland Ballroom may not be known for its awesomeness, but that didn’t stop this event from becoming the packed, ecstatic frenzy that it was. Indeed, these guys have enjoyed quite the spurt in popularity since [...]

On this their eighth album, it’s time for Of Montreal to get funkified. And with a name like Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? it has to be good. While their lyrics can be either cryptic, straightforward, or downright bizarre, compelling poetics and Kevin Barnes, the main dude, are no strange bedfellows. And what would [...]