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A new documentary on of Montreal, called Family Nouveau, will premiere at Chicago’s CIMM Fest (Chicago International Movies and Music Festival) on March 5th. This 45 minute documentary, directed by Spenser Simrill Jr., chronicles of Montreal’s 2009 European tour. Tickets are available at the CIMM website now. Here’s the trailer:

of Montreal European Tour 2009: Family Nouveau Trailer from Spenser Simrill, Jr. on Vimeo.

Tour dates below!

April 6 – Oxford, MS – The Lyric – 18+
April 7 – Tallahassee, FL – The Moon – 18+
April 8 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz – AA
April 9 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore – AA
April 10 – Orlando, FL – Firestone Live – AA
May 22 – New Orleans, LA – Howlin Wolf – 18+ **
May 23 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk – AA **
May 24 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater – 14+ **
May 25 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom – AA **
May 26 – Columbia, MO – 9th Street Summerfest – AA ** FREE
May 27 – Lexington, KY – Buster’s – 18+ **
May 28 – TBA
May 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts – AA **
May 30 – Waterford, CT – B.O.M.B Fest – AA
May 31 – Charlottesville, VA – The Jefferson – AA **
June 1 – Richmond, VA – The National – AA **
June 2 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle – AA **

** w/ James Husband & Noot d’Noot

MIDNIGHT: A Celebration in Athens is being held on New Year’s Eve by the GROOP collective, and will feature numerous DJs including List Christee (Kevin Barnes) and DJ A Dot (Dottie Alexander) in addition to Krush Girls, Washed Out, Black Dominoes, and more. The event will be held at the Chase Park Artist Warehouses on Barber and Tracy Streets beginning at 9pm on 12/31. Tickets go on sale next week, and more details can be found here.

Under the Radar’s next issue features their favorite artists of the decade, and they’re revealing one artist each day in the lead-up to the issue’s release.  The first is of Montreal.

And it looks like that’s Che Guevara standing next to him?  Congratulations Che!

James Husband’s excellent debut album A Parallax I, a decade in the making, is released today on Polyvinyl Records. I highly recommend it to all fans of E6 or of Montreal.

Concurrently, Polyvinyl is reissuing on vinyl the early of Montreal records Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies, Aldhils Arboretum, The Early Four Track Recordings, The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit’s Flower, and The Bedside Drama, and you can purchase all of them now at the label’s website.  This is the vinyl debut of The Early Four Track Recordings and The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit’s Flower.

of Montreal at Fashion Week:

Babelgum has posted a number of videos from XX Merge, including some delicious footage of The Ladybug Transistor.  View all the videos here.

Autographed of Montreal and Olivia Tremor Control merchandise is for sale in a charity auction from this eBay seller.  Thanks to James Brown for the link.

This week of Montreal descends upon Fashion Week in New York City.  Tomorrow night (Wed. Sep. 16) the band is throwing a party at Santos including “a premiere of new songs, theatrical presentations by the of Montreal crew, and the debut of new fashion by Nina Barnes and artwork by David Barnes.”  Win tickets here.  Friday, September 18th, the band plays at Terminal 5.

The lineup for this year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest has been announced, and within the large roster you’ll find of Montreal as well as James Husband.  Tickets are on sale now for the festival, which takes place November 7th and 8th at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas.  Head over to their website for details.