Chilly Gonzales

Video Of The Day: Chilly Gonzales' "Party In My Mind"

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 6, 2011 3:01 pm

Floating marble busts that can speak, kickboxing, congos and Middle Eastern strings in the background? If this is the party in Chilly Gonzales' mind, I really, really want to go. Oh, wait. Fuck. He's the only one invited. "Party In My Mind" appears on Chilly Gonzales' recently released The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales "orchestral rap record...

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I Read The News Today... For May 25, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 25, 2011 4:14 pm

Chilly Gonzales rapping is like a shark. A great white shark... tearin' up a whole school of fish. Hard Core Logo II was secretly screened in Toronto last week! What could this meaaaaaaan?! Imagine being such tuff bizness that you can knock someone's teeth out just by hugging them. Elbow bassist Pete Turner did that to Everything...

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Song Of The Day: Chilly Gonzales' "The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales" Medley

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 19, 2011 4:14 pm

Chilly Gonzales takes his career one step further into the wacky box by releasing an orchestral rap album, The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales, on June 7. This medley of raps from the record is hilarious, and features him rhyming about Larry David, being a musical genius and this great one: "I've got a million opinions/You'll never get rid of me/I'm...

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I Read The News Today... For April 27, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 27, 2011 2:29 pm

Seth from Dengue Fever explains what a Mastadong is. And no, it's not as dirty as it sounds (it actually isn't dirty at all): Tokyo Police Club keyboardist and funnyman Graham Wright will release his Shirts Vs. Skins debut solo album on June 28. Chilly Gonzales is going to release what he's calling the world's "first-ever all-orchestral...

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Official 2011 Juno Awards Drinking Game

By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 25, 2011 10:31 am

Finally. After years of complaining that it's too expensive to fly all their artists out to places like St. John's or Saskatoon, or that there aren't enough limousines to rent in these towns, or that the available bars are too small to host proper after-parties, the Canadian music industry has finally gotten its wish and the 40th anniversary...

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16th Annual Year-End Readers' Poll - Best Canadian Album

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 8, 2010 10:29 am

#1 The Golden Toque (Best Canadian Album)online survey Next Question: #2 The International Golden Toque Award (Best International Album)

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16th Annual Year-End Readers' Poll - Best Video

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 8, 2010 10:22 am

#8 The Thank You Much—Ly Award 2010 (Best Video)customer surveys Next Question: #9 The That Rocked Award (Sweet Happenings In Music This Year)

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Chilly Gonzales: "Making An Album Is A Piece Of Cake Compared To Making A Movie"

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 18, 2010 4:23 pm

Chilly Gonzales' new film and album companion, Ivory Tower, might seem on the surface to be just about chess, but it's about way more than that. As Gonzales explains, it's about the need for balance between art and commerce. Gonzales co-wrote the film with French screenwriter Celine Sciamma (Water Lilies, Cache Ta Joie) and also produced it. He...

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Chilly Gonzales — Ivory Tower

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 6, 2010 4:37 pm

It's best if you approach Ivory Tower, Chilly Gonzales' latest offering, less as a complete studio album and more as the soundtrack to his film about chess of the same name. That's because it's got a few traditional "songs" and several instrumental piano pieces from Gonzo. It wouldn't be any kind of Gonzales project if it didn't display his...

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Chilly Gonzales Connects "Obsessional Qualities" Of Music, Chess

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 28, 2010 4:08 pm

You could be forgiven for scratching your head when Chilly Gonzales announced he was making a movie — and companion album — about chess earlier this year. Sure, Gonzales is a bit of a wacky fella, but after all, what the heck does chess have to do with music? Well, a lot, apparently. It turns out Ivory Tower, which stars Gonzales and Tiga as...

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Video Of The Day: Chilly Gonzales' "I Am Europe"

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 1, 2010 3:30 pm

Chilly Gonzales' video for Ivory Tower's "I Am Europe" serves as a preview for his upcoming film, also titled Ivory Tower. It stars Gonzo and Tiga as two chess-playing brothers who are both fighting over the same woman, played by Peaches. Feist also has a small cameo. The song's full of great lines and the video's full...

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Video Of The Day: Chilly Gonzales' "I Am Europe"

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 30, 2010 1:16 pm

Chilly Gonzales' hilarious video for Ivory Tower's "I Am Europe" also features clips from the film of the same name. Of course, it stars Gonzales, along with Tiga and Peaches and also has a cameo from Feist. Gonzales and Tiga play brothers who are both champion chess players who've fallen for the same woman, who's played...

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Chilly Gonzales — "Never Stop" (Chilly Gonzales Rap)

By CHARTattack Staff June 30, 2010 11:15 am

"Never Stop (Chilly Gonzales Rap)" will appear on Chilly Gonzales' upcoming new Ivory Tower album, which is out Sept. 14 through Arts & Crafts. Although this is a remix of the tune, you can already tell the album's going to be much different for Gonzales, since he's clearly... rapping.

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