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Monday, October 25, 2010

Win It! Win Tickets to Of Montreal!

Posted by Megan Seling on Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:47 PM

Via ofmontreal.net

Of Montreal are playing the Paramount this Wednesday with Janelle Monáe and we've got a pair of tickets to give away! Here's what Eric Grandy has to say about the band (via this week's Up & Comings):

Of Montreal, Janelle Monáe
(Paramount) Surprise! Of Montreal have made another singularly strange record. With False Priest, Kevin Barnes and band—with help from Jon Brion, Solange Knowles, and Janelle Monáe—complete their metamorphosis from synthy indie pop (a phase that peaked with the twin epics of 2005's The Sunlandic Twins and 2007's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?) to weirdo roller boogie and electrofunk. (In retrospect, the fractured business of Skeletal Lamping looks decidedly like growing pains.) If Of Montreal's shape-shifting has exhausted its ability to shock, it continues to yield some outstanding songs. From the hilarious spoken-word asides of "Our Riotous Defects" to the unfettered, melancholic pop bliss of "Famine Affair," the bulk of False Priest stands easily against the band's best work. Videos suggest that their live shows for this tour are less besieged by costumed monsters than before, which some might find a relief; plus, Monáe joins the band. ERIC GRANDY

Want to see it all for free? (Even if they might have cut back on the zany costumes a bit?) Just send your first and last name to freetickets@thestranger.com with Of Montreal in the subject line and you'll be entered to win a pair of tickets!

We have to pick a name by tomorrow afternoon at 2 pm, so don't delay! (Tickets are also still available for $29.50 here.)

Good luck!