The Booty Patrol, an of Montreal fan site, has made available for download the long-in-the-works tribute album Aluminum Plums.  This 10th anniversary tribute album features 25 tracks which span the band’s entire career.  Amidst the lineup is the esteemed Casper and the Cookies, who take on “Penelope,” and Japanese pop ringmasters Elekibass, doing “Springtime is the Season.” You can download the album for free in either MP3 or lossless FLAC format.

1. Jeff Maksym “Dustin Hoffman Offers Lame Explanation For Missing Bathtub”
2. A Candlelight Vigil “She’s A Rejector”
3. Aisle Six “Vegan In Furs”
4. Elekibass “Springtime is The Season”
5. Becky Lovell and Dena Zilber “Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks”
6. Ben Hogan “Look At The Bell”
7. DMQ “Family Nouveau”
8. Sorry Stories “Autobiographical Grandpa”
9. Lesbian Afternoon “Disconnect the Dots”
10. Alex Madore “Jennifer Louise”
11. Emily Pike “City Bird”
12. Gay Harlequin “Kissing In The Grass”
13. Terrified Terrifics “Du Og Meg”
14. Dustin Hoffman Has Formed An of Montreal Cover Band “Kevin, I Wish You Were Born In Brazil”
15. Indie Blockedappella “Will You Come And Fetch Me?”
16. J&H “Requiem For O.M.M.2″
17. Vince Nicotra “Montreal”
18. Dena Zilber “Good Morning Me”
19. Manticore Am I “Charlie And Freddie”
20. Ketchup Fart “Landscape Mixdown”
21. Transcendence To Sigma “Cato As Pun”
22. Brandon Creath “Oslo In The Summertime”
23. Chadney “Suffer For Fashion”
24. Prash “Chrissy Kiss The Corpse”
25. Casper And The Cookies “Penelope”

The 2003 album If He is Protecting Our Nation Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children? is re-released, after a long hiatus, this week on Polyvinyl. Originally released by Track & Field Records in the U.K. (and, in slightly different form, as a tour-only CD in 2002), Big Oil compiles various singles, songles, and studio outtakes from between 2000 and 2003, including the rare Archibald of the Balding Sparrows 7″, the notorious “There is Nothing Wrong with Hating Rock Critics,” and the Zombies cover “Friends of Mine.” It’s available right now from Polyvinyl Records.

1. My, What a Strange Day With a Swede
2. An Ill-Treated Hiccup’s View of the World
3. Cast in the Haze (Been There Four Days)
4. Mimi Merlot Beatnik Version
5. Girl from NYC (Named Julia)
6. Inside a Room Full of Treasures A Black Pygmy Horse’s Head Pops Up Like a Periscope
7. Charlie & Freddy
8. There Is Nothing Wrong with Hating Rock Critics
9. Maple Licorice
10. Barely Asian at the Beefcake Horizon
11. Spooky Spider Chandelier
12. Friends of Mine
13. Christmas Isn’t Safe for Animals

Just added a few more pictures to our gallery.  Keep them coming.

Pitchfork announced earlier this month that they’ll be personally selecting about half of the bands at next year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival.  of Montreal is among those bands; others picked so far include Man Man, Los Campesinos!, Caribou, Glass Candy, and the Dirty Projectors.  (Sebadoh, Ween, Pissed Jeans, Fuck Buttons, and Apse will also be playing, as chosen by ATP.)  The event will be held May 9 through May 11 at the Camber Sands Holiday Centre in East Sussex, England.  Buy your tickets now and you’ll be nestled in the lap of sweet-sugary luxury at the Camber Sands’ chalets, playing mini golf, driving go-karts, and rocking to of Montreal.  More info here.

nyctaper recorded our recent performance at Roseland in NYC, October 13, 2007. check out his page for this and some other recordings.

the recordings are in FLAC format (Free Lossless Audio Codec). that means its in pristine quality. download the FLAC package to decompress and listen at your leisure.

You can now order the Gender Mutiny Tour 7″ off the Polyvinyl Records website.  It contains two tracks, a Royal Trux cover (”Back to School”) and “Subtext Read, Nothing New.”  Plus some lovely artwork. 

Also do check out Geminitactics’ MySpace page for more beautiful of Montreal merchandise (tee-shirts, posters, bags, “naughty nickers”), some of which is being offered during the tour.

The photo and video areas of the of Montreal blog are now active.  If you’d like to see your material included, please email us the links/info at ofmontrealblog@yahoo.com.

our tech roadie, Johan a.k.a. Jim Garrett a.k.a. the Charming Swede, has a blog on his band’s myspace page. he has been writing about all the shows on the oM’s current tour. besides listening to his beautiful music, check out his blog and also look in his pictures section for some of Montreal shots.