in collaboration with the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
RODNEY GRAHAM BAND
October 5th, 20h: Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (185 Ste-Catherine W.)
October 7th, 24h: Fractal (7240 Clark) w/ Daddy's Hands

A founding member of new-wave cult-legends U-J3RK5 (f. Ian Wallace & Jeff Wall) and member of power-pop super-group Volumizer (f. members of Pointed Sticks and Dishrags), Rodney Graham writes sometimes serious, seriously terrific songs of his own. Whether singing a Cohen-meets-Smog-like verse turned infectious power-pop situationist chorus ("I'm a Time Waster"), an absurdist cowboy lament, or a tune for Albert Hoffman's LSD trip that rips off/pays tribute to Syd Barrett, Graham brings the same kind of a-little-thought-edness to his music that he does to his art. Apparently he’s a little-known conceptual artist too.

As well, the Fractal space will be overtaken by special installation by the YPF.