Montréal's Grimes is all kinds of colossally awesome. The work of Québécois wunderkind Claire Boucher, Her two self-released, freely-downloadable 2010 LPs, Geidi Primes and Halfaxa, melt my face, my mind, and my heart, every time. The latter was, on the close of last year, safely ensconced in this lil' website's best albums of 2010 countdown.
Thus, when time came to cobbled together my first, super-early list of Bands to be sure to witness at SXSW, way back in January (which, you must admit, already feels aeons ago), Grimes was at the top of my list.
Now, SXSW is here, and, good lord, if you're in Austin, go see Grimes ASAP!
Coinciding with what could well be a coming out party for Miss Boucher is the news of an imminent split 12-inch with fellow Montréal warped-R&B-warbler d'Eon. Due out in April on LA label Hippos in Tanks, the split record, Dark Bloom, finds Grimes kicking into bright, brilliant new territories; her strange marriage of grime, goth, dream-pop, R&B, and abstract-electro truly coming together into something magical; her songs sinister séances with melodies incandescent.
I can't fight the feeling that Grimes is about to go big-time; like, maybe she's to be the 2011 equivalent to last year's Zola Jesus coming-out-party.
Grimes Times:
March 16: Austin, TX - ND at 501 Studios (Altered Zones x 5X5W)
March 17: Austin, TX - Spill Bar (Montreal vs Toronto Party)
March 17: Austin, TX - Headhunters
March 17: Austin, TX - House of Commons
March 18: Austin, TX - Side Bar
March 18: Austin, TX - Klub Krucial (Mexican Summer/Gorilla vs Bear Showcase)
March 19: Austin, TX - Club Deville (Pop Montreal/Gorilla vs. Bear Showcase)
March 19: Austin, TX - Red Eye Fly
March 20: Shreveport, LA - Dalzell House
March 21: Pensacola, Florida - 720 North V Street
March 22: Athens, Georgia - Farm255
March 24: Detroit, MI - North End Studios
March 25: Sarnia, ON - Trinity Lounge
March 26: Toronto, ON - Everlasting Joy
April 1: Mexico City, Mexico - Soma
May 12: Brighton, England - The Great Escape Festival
May 19: London, England - Village Underground
May 22: Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
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