i still haven't heard this record, but i've heard lots of people say i should have heard this record. what's it like?

It's baroque pop, mk. Lots of strings, very odd lyrics, and good compositions. It's very good.

He's also the string arranger for the Arcade Fire. In concert he plays all the different arrangements himself, using this loop pedal thing. It's amazing to watch.

So John, essentially you're endorsing that people do the musical equivalent of judging a book by it's cover? Remind me why you write for Prefix again?

wouldn't be the first time a joke's been made at my expense. i'll check it out. bell orchestre bores me. just thought i'd throw that out there.adrian: he'd be cooler if he was link...and obviously, i'm old. NES por vida!

Maybe judging a book by it's cover isn't such a sin in the music world. Music should be able to stand alone on its auditory (is that even a word?) merits. But this guy is obviously trying to prop himself up on an image. I'm just sicker and sicker of bands doing that. Even ones that I like, like Sufjan.Anyhoo, I'm just throwing ideas out here. It's just free speech, right? I didn't think something I might say would provoke someone to call for my ousting from Prefix.

For the record I'm not calling for your ousting, but I found it shocking that a music critic said something like "I don'''t care what it sounds like. With an album name that enormously stupid, I'''m not interested."As for this purported "image" he's trying to to use as a cruch, I don't see where you're coming from, and have to quesiton your familiarity with the artist. In what world exactly, is being skinny and contributing to an artist co-op a marketable "image"? Nevermind the fact that his latest album is a loose concept album that tries to put a modern twist on the eight schools of magic in Dungeons & Dragons. As for your inference to the supposed meaning behind the album's title, I'm not buying it. First-off, he's even expressed in many interviews that the "He" isn't him, and secondly, he's downplayed his associations to Arcade Fire in all of his press anyway.

[...] Via: I (heart) Music I’m a few days late on this, but I thought I’d pass along that, in addition to already winning the inaugural Polaris Music Prize this year, Owen Pallett has also been named the hottest act in Canada, as voted by a selected panel of music writers, bloggers and radio hosts. I’m thrilled that Owen’s star is continuing to rise, but I have to ask: what are bands like Arcade Fire doing on the list? I can almost understand Wolf Parade and Broken Social Scene, since they were still touring in support of albums released last year, but Arcade Fire spent most of this year holed up in a Church. I’m as excited to hear the new album as the rest of you, but show some restraint people! [...]