If you’ve followed our play-by-play on the whole Kevin Barnes/Beyonce Internet pen pal love affair, this will come as no big shock to you. The whole news cycle started because Beyonce said her sister had turned her onto bands like Of Montreal and she’d be interested in working with them. Still. it’s worth noting when these semi-unexpected rumored collaborations often happen. Barnes told Stereogum Solange will be featured on their new album (which may or may not be titled False Priest or The Controller Sphere). Read the full story

From Kevin Barnes’s Twitter:

“Started work on a song 4 B.not that she’s contacted me.just in case.it’s called”He’sMyPartyDrug”. sounds like The Time meets Four Tet.”

With the media’s play-by-play coverage of this and the invention of Twitter, these two could plausibly crank this thing out into the world before they ever have to do anything crazy like meet or talk on the phone. It’s a shame. We hear Athens is lovely this time of year. We’re also pretty pumped for the look on Mama Beyonce’s face when Kevin and his wardrobe department show Beyonce her dress options if   this potential jam is ever performed live. Silliness. (Via: Paste)

Earlier this week we told you Beyonce expressed a desire to collaborate with beloved weirdo Kevin Barnes and his Of Montreal counterparts. Now Barnes responded by telling Paste “I would be fully psyched to work with her” and saying lots of super nice things about her music and voice. That’s cool for Beyonce and all, but our high school band said the same thing about our aspirations to make music with Kevin Barnes and dude never even commented on our blog. Ever. (Via: Paste)

[Photos and words by Rez Avissar]

Well, there were no white horses this time, no Kevin Barnes full-frontal nudity, and only a handful of wardrobe changes. But of Montreal definitely brought the party to Music Hall of Williamsburg for three nights of their wild freak show/celebration.
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