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April 30, 2008 |
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Montreal, Canada Trop court! Oh! je ne vous parle pas d’un dîner au soleil, mais du spectacle livré par Plajia vendredi soir dernier au Patro Vys. C’est lancé, on bat des mains, puis… déjà? |
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April 26, 2008 |
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Sweden Slå upp ordet explosion i valfri ordbok och du kommer få ord nedtyngda av negativa värderingar - tryckvågor, kärnreaktioner, mekaniska brott eller till och med exoterma kemiska processer (?). Men en explosion är också en snabb process som frigör energi. Något att tänka på innan man drar förhastade slutsatser. Och om man ska tro evolutionen behövde rymden en big bang för att universums bästa planet skulle bli till. |
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April 25, 2008 |
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Indiana, USA What do you get when you combine an infectiously happy melody, fresh lyrics, and an unexpected musical twist? You get Plajia's smash title track, "Beautiful Explosion," off of their Beautiful Explosion CD. |
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April 24, 2008 |
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Montreal, Canada Plajia tente de faire son chemin en marge des modes et des tendances. |
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April 01, 2008 |
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Montreal, Canada Un mur de sons, des airs planants, le tout évidemment bien orchestré. Le contraire serait un résultat cacaphonique. Dans le cas de cet album, le tout est très bien balancé, chaque instrument trouve la place qui lui revient. |
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February 24, 2008 |
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Ever since the Jake Mann fiasco that I got myself into, I try to be pretty quick to write about bands that I’ve actually been in contact with. This does not usually end up happening, however! Indeed, I told the singer for Plajia, a Canadian indie band, that I’d have something written within a week… and that was 12 days ago! Clearly, my laziness is just as prolific as ever. |
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February 10, 2008 |
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Montreal, Canada Groupe de Montréal, il faudra garder à l’œil Plajia, trio qui a su s’attirer un bon « buzz » depuis quelques semaines, avec la sortie de son premier album, Beautiful Explosion. |
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February 10, 2008 |
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Plajia is a Montreal based, ambient rock band, with diverse influences such as: folk, 60’s and 70’s music, space rock, Motown, contemporary pop music, progressive and classic rock. |
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January 30, 2008 |
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Montreal, Canada Pour un premier album, difficile de faire mieux. Beautiful Explosion témoigne à la fois du côté mélodique de Plajia et de son désir d’exploration. Le trio de Châteauguay présente une musique parfaitement équilibrée, entre pop accrocheuse et atmosphère recherchée. |
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January 10, 2008 |
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Montreal, Canada Découvert en 2004 grâce au concours Virée Chaosphonique, Plajia lance un premier album anglophone complet, démonstration évidente d'une force créatrice de calibre international. |
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January 05, 2008 |
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Singapore Some saturdays require a lil drifting into the space between at times. Plajia being expressed as a beautiful explosion is an understatement. These canadians (again!) produce an extremely different and fresh sound which will inch its way closer to your heart with each listen. |
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December 19, 2007 |
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Montreal’s Plajia (pronounced, according to their email, plah-gee-ah) released their debut album, Beautiful Explosion, in October of this year. To be honest, I don’t know all that much about them - neither their website nor the email they sent to us gives much of a biography. |
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December 02, 2007 |
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Montreal, Canada C’est qu’ils ont travaillé les gars de Plajia depuis 2001. Voici après 3 EP leur premier album complet. Efficaces à souhait, leurs chansons transpirent d’inspirations diverses, mais intégrées et assez variées pour s’avérer à la fois familières et nouvelles. |
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November 29, 2007 |
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My approval rating for “out of genre” music has sky rocketed this month. “Out of genre” means that the music is out of my usual comfort zone. First Feist came out of no where and now Plajia; both of which are from Canada. I gotta say that Plajia is just one of those bands that grows on you I guess, at first I was like “eh”, but now I’m like “ooooh, alright, nice.” I’m not even really sure how to explain their style, “Canadian Rock” is the best I can do. |
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November 28, 2007 |
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Montreal, Canada Depuis 2001, directement de Montréal, le groupe Plajia roule sa bosse sur la scène underground. Beautiful Explosion est leur premier album sous l’étiquette Orange Music. C’est quoi Plajia? C’est du rock aux multiples influences; surtout britanniques. |
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November 27, 2007 |
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Netherlands Muziek kan je stemming bepalen. Volgens mij zelfs meer dan een film, een roman of een schilderij. Het is waarschijnlijk niet zo dat iemand met veel verdriet ineens vrolijk wordt als hij een bepaald liedje hoort en iemand die blij zal ook niet in tranen uitbarsten na het beluisteren van een lied. |
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November 25, 2007 |
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San Francisco, USA Plajia are from montreal and beautiful explosions, their debut album, off of which comes the lovely, ambient folk ballad "beating the charms," has just been released. check here to find out where you can pick up a copy of your own. |
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November 23, 2007 |
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Toronto, Canada Plajia is an English-singing band from Montreal. Either way English/French speaking, Montreal has been THE place in Canada in producing arguably one of the best bands around the world. If only Toronto could only match up. |
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November 22, 2007 |
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Montreal, Canada Plajia abonde dans tous les sens. Pas tant qu’il y aurait lieu de faire un mauvais jeu de mots avec son nom, mais assez pour parler d’une mosaïque de sons déjà vus, sur le retour à cause de leur place bien méritée. |
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November 18, 2007 |
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Maryland, USA Since I have been writing this blog, about a year now if you can believe that, I have gotten a slow but steady stream of music sent to me by bands and PR folks representing bands that are trying to make their big break. Most of this music hasn't been to my taste, but I recently got an email from Patrick Pleau, the lead singer of Plajia, a band from Montreal, with links to some pretty cool tunes. |
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November 18, 2007 |
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Atlanta, USA Here's a band from Montreal that sent me some of their songs. As I listen, a small smile stretches across my face, because I hear a twinge of the 90s, which I have been saying is about to explode back onto the scene for about two years now. I love it when I'm right. But, I also have boobs, making that a blatant fact. |
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November 17, 2007 |
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Italy Terzetto da Montreal all'esordio sulla lunga distanza che si comporta in maniera splendida, perfettamente a proprio agio tra le atmosfere trasognanti del pop e il folk più acustico. Si fluttua piacevolmente tra coretti attorcigliati a melodie zuccherine, pianoforte in primo piano, chitarre spumeggianti all'occorrenza, suono caldo e voce suadente. |
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November 13, 2007 |
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Quebec City, Canada Plajia surprend avec «Beautiful Explosion» Après plusieurs sursauts créatifs depuis sa formation en 2001, Plajia vient de lancer «Beautiful Explosion», son premier véritable album, une œuvre musicale fort intéressante qui mérite une oreille attentive. Le trio, originaire de Châteauguay, qui a cumulé démos, mini-albums et de multiples concerts depuis six ans n'attendait que le bon moment pour exploser sur la scène musicale. Et cette opportunité est enfin arrivée. |
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November 12, 2007 |
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Cambridge, Canada In what was the inaugural (oft neglected) Free Music Friday post I featured a Montreal band called Plajia. Since I had mentioned the band previously on my blog, Patrick, the lead singer from the band was gracious enough to send me a copy of the bands new album Beautiful Explosion, which was recently released October 30th. |
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November 03, 2007 |
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Montreal, Canada Après quelques années sur la route de l'indépendance musicale, le trio montréalais Plajia accouche finalement d'un premier album. En pigeant dans la mélancolie de Death Cab For Cutie, le rock aréna épique de Muse, la ferveur de The Music, et en y ajoutant un brin d'influences rock des années 1970 - hard rock à la Zeppelin, psychédélisme à la Pink Floyd. |
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November 02, 2007 |
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Montreal, Canada Après les maxis Fetch (2001), Cellular Phone (2002) et Sitis (2003), le
rock mélodique de Plajia se retrouve enfin sur un premier album,
Beautiful Explosion. Un aboutissement mérité pour la bande de Patrick
Pleau qui s’acharne depuis ses débuts à faire connaître son art. |
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April 30, 2007 |
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Montreal, Canada Les groupes de musique
peuvent-ils progresser lorsque leur son ne cadre pas avec ces
catalyseurs de carrières que sont les radios commerciales? Vivre des
fruits de son art n’est pas un privilège offert à la majorité des
artistes. Cela ne les empêche pas pour autant de vivre pour leur art.
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April 20, 2007 |
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Thessaloniki, Greece Οι σημερινοί μας
καλεσμένοι λέγονται Plajia, κατάγονται από το Montreal [ναι, αρκετά
αμελήσαμε τον Καναδά φέτος, το ξέρω..] και παίζουν κάτι ανάμεσα σε
post-rock, ambient rock και acoustic rock.. ή όπως λένε και οι ίδιοι
'epic rock'n'roll with a touch of everything' [φανταστείτε τον Thom
Yorke να ηγείται μιας post rock μπάντας και είστε μέσα..]. |
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March 04, 2007 |
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Montreal, Canada The Montreal-based
band Plajia was giving a concert at the Petit Campus last Saturday. For
those of you who don’t know their music, you really should consider subscribing to this podcast or check the band’s website. |
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March 01, 2007 |
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USA Just before you run for the hills
at the start of ‘I Am A Musician’ for fear of an assault of the Bon
Jovi’s be warned that staying out of ear shot would be a loss to the
side of your brain that craves free form rock gems. Because that's the
sort of blaze of glory (!) that this song from Montreal’s Plajia is. |
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