Jason Eldredge NYC correspondent for KCRW picks Bran Van 3000 The Garden as his top album of 2010!
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KCRW top 10!
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MuchMusic pick of the week...
Much Music "Weekly Wedge Pick" is... "Grace (Love on the Block)"!
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Bran Van 3000 reedit a great classic Russian movie into a music video!
Bran Van 3000‘s first music video following the release of their new album takes images from Russian filmmaker Aleksandr Ptushko and his classic film Ruslan and Ludmila. Released in 1974, the movie was a box office hit in Russia, with 35 million tickets sold. Based on a poem by the great Alexander Pouchkine, the film’s epic fairy tale tells the story of a young bride kidnapped by a villainous dwarf. In collaboration with the Moscow Mosfilm Cinema Concern, the members of Bran Van 3000 rechristened her as « Grace » and featured her on the cover of The Garden.
« C'est riche et c'est bon, ça ne ressemble à rien de ce qui se fait ici, et c'est tant mieux! » 9/10
-Eric Trudel, Musique Plus.com« Bran Van fait danser et réfléchir en même temps. » 4/5
-Marie-Christine Blais, La Presse« If the most eminently danceable tracks on this eminently danceable album aren’t in steady rotation at your favourite venue over the next few weeks, there isn’t any musical justice in this world. » 4/4
-John Terauds, TheStar.com (Toronto)« Je renoue avec mon Bran Van! »
-Annie-Soleil Proteau, C’est bien meilleur le matin, SRC radio« At some point it all clicks. It becomes that wall unit you build your room around. And you can’t imagine (...) what you ever did without it. » 4.5/5
-Mike Bell, Postmedia News, dose.ca (Calgary)« ... ce jardin marque un retour aux sources pour Bran Van 3000. » 4/5
-Valérie Lessard, Le Droit« (…) Bran Van’s most personal and engaging album since, well, Glee. » 4/5
-T’Cha Dunlevy, The Gazette« C’est extraordinaire (…) ça coupe le souffle des fois tellement c’est romantique »
-Geneviève Guérard, Six dans la cite – Radio-Canada« C’est un bon disque. (…) Ça donne un beau, beau, beau résultat. »
-Sylvain Ménard, Puisqu'il faut se lever / 98.5 FM« Feux d’artifice! (…) La vibe du bon vieux temps est là. C'est prometteur pour l'avenir. »
-Karyne Lefebvre, Christiane Charette - 95,1 FM, SRC Radio« L’un des meilleurs albums de 2010. » 4/5
-Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Dimanchematin.com« J'ai adoré cet album là! (…) Le tout est très harmonieux »
-Marie-Andrée Poulain, Le show du matin / V« J’ai le gout de m’habiller tout en blanc, pis de me frotter avec de l’antiphlogistine! »
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Bran Van 3000 - Grace (Love on the Block)
Montréal’s Bran Van 3000 are thrilled to introduce Grace (Love on the Block), the first single from the new album, set for an official release on October 19! Recorded in part in Los Angeles (Silverlake) and in Montréal (in both Hochelaga, and The Troublemakers Studio in Little Italy), the single Grace (Love on the Block) is BV3’s special way of giving thanks to the fans, after the incredible turnout at the ‘08 Montreal International Jazz Festival, where no less than 225,000 people came to celebrate with the massive sound system!
Enjoy the appetizer: the main course is 2010/10/19.