What’s yellow and white and coming to America tonight? KK Downey, of course!

He’s the JT LeRoy-inspired mystery man at the heart of Who is KK Downey? the first full-length feature from Kids in the Hall-esque sweethearts of the Montreal movie scene, Kidnapper Films. Since its release last year, the movie has garnered acclaim and prizes from Toronto to Tours, France, and got an on-air plug from GURU-approved host of The Hour George Stroumboulopoulos.

Check out the NSFW trailer

FUN FACT: Cast member Dan Haber (Frankie Lola) can be seen in the GURU Energy Drink testimonials at the top of this blog!

To celebrate the American launch of the Who is KK Downey? DVD, the troupe is going to be at Pianos NYC tonight for drinks, shameless self-promotion and live music from Apache Beat. But will the hipsters in attendance outdo the hipsters in the movie? Only time – time and miles and miles of plaid and mustaches – will tell.

Buy tickets here, find out more about the movie here

So Montreal Fashion ‘Week’ may have been more of a ‘Weekend,’ but we sure packed a lot into three little days and nights. Parties, after parties, pre-parties, cocktails, vernissages – plus a few fashion shows. As always, fashion week is a forecast for the future, a guide to the people who’ll be shaping your style in the months and years to come. Here are five fashion gurus we here at GURU Energy Drink are looking to in 2010.

1. Designer Simon Chang for being named to the Order of Canada for his charity work and success in the fashion business. Following in the footsteps of the top brands in the biz, from Ralph Lauren to Missoni, he recently launched a line of bedding and already has men’s and women’s fragrances bearing his name. He’s also designed hospital wear and flight attendant uniforms – now that’s range!

2 & 3. Photographer Marie-Reine Mattera for winning a Grand Prize for Fashion and Beauty Editorial. Also deserving credit for the fashion spread – a chic traipse through Chinatown – is prolific Montreal artistic director and stylist Denis Lemieux.

4. Singer / actor / jewelry designer Caroline Néron, for putting the show in showcase, sending models and dancers out in black leotards, hoop skirts, and carrying Chihuahuas (what would PETA say?).

5. Denis Gagnon, for bringing his style to the masses (finally). Very much a designer’s designer, he’s got a stud- and sequin-filled collaboration with Aldo coming out this spring (with help from stylist YSO), and is bringing his clean colors and draped fabrics to Bedo next fall.

Like what you hear in GURU’s featured videos? Two of those tracks come care of New York garage pop band ModRocket, founded in 2001 when all four members were in junior high.

They’re all still in their teens and channeling their Daria-esque wit and angst into tunes like “Sonic” (featured this month in our “Lazy Sunday” GURU video) and “July 5th” (featured in our “Shower” video), with their sound falling somewhere between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and an all-lady version of The Virgins (with some sprinklings of Sonic Youth and the Libertines for good measure).

ModRocket’s good vibe and energy has such broad appeal they’ve been featured in both Teen Vogue and on Vice TV (video below), where they can be seen practicing in the East Village equivalent of a garage and, uh, stuffing their face with Oreos. What? What do you want them to do? They can’t even drink yet (at least not legally).

Watch this space for GURU Energy Drink’s continuing quest for fresh sounds, and check out ModRocket’s MySpace for more info on the band.