Via Stereogum In their words, UK twosome Peepholes is the result of Katia Barrett and Nick Carlisle trading off “singing, drumming, keyboards, Kaos pad, guitar etc” duties. In our words, “etc” should include writing hooks because while noisy duos are nothing new — hell, by 2003 there was already an we-are-not-Lightning Bolt glut — noisy duos writing [...]
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Via Stereogum Nice job on rushing the Range Life RSVP, you guys. It’s true, our party’s guest list is totally closed at the moment … closed to everyone except the person that wins this contest. Nice! That lucky person + guest will not only gain access to an intimate show with B. Gibbs, the morning benders, and [...]
Via Stereogum Probably more satisfying to MGMT fans than the 21-second guide to Congratulations‘ scratch-off packaging, this 4 minute and 16 second pop song “Flash Delirium” finds the guys blasting off into some DayGlo Bowie-tinged psychedelia. It’s all over the place. That said, remember the collection was recorded by ex-Spacemen 3 astronaut Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom) [...]
Via Stereogum Fallon’s on a roll with musical guests and reunions. Last week he had Joanna Newsom and Silversun Pickups alongside a reunion for the cast of “California Dreams.” He kicked off this week with Ted Leo doing “The Mighty Sparrow,” and Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg for a live “Lazy Sunday” performance. Leo’s on a promo [...]
Via Stereogum Big week for Nickelodeon’s delightful hipster kids show Yo Gabba Gabba!. Yesterday Sarah Silverman debuted the “Time To Mime” dance and Black Kids sang “We Love Clowns.” Tomorrow Anthony Bourdain plays a doctor and of Montreal perform a nutritious original called “Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast!” (Previously Kevin Barnes & Co. taught YGG! viewers the importance [...]
Via Stereogum Conor Oberst is all grown up — after listening to Monsters Of Folk you might even think he’s your dad — but Omaha’s favorite indie-rock son still slides into his Bright Eyes angst rather easily. See, for instance, “Happy Accident,” which appears on the reissue of the 2004 One Jug of Wine, Two Vessel six-song [...]
Via Stereogum More proof that Phoenix is a band that speaks to the young and old alike. According to Wiki, the PS22 Chorus is a group of 5th graders who audition annually, conducted by Gregg Breinberg, from Staten Island’s largest elementary school “which pulls from a wide cross section of ethnic groups and socio-economic levels.” And according [...]
Via Stereogum Chaz Bundick took us to a mellowed-out, red-eyed “chillwave” house party then headed-up the entertainment and inhalations in the Jon Casey-directed video for “Blessa.” Bundick and Casey are together again in this summery “Talamak” clip, which takes place in the sun-dappled great outdoors and features a few really beautiful explosions. Right, still plenty of smoke. [...]
Via Stereogum Here’s your G-rated Zooey fantasy sequence for the day. Z dances cutely, takes one step closer to Feist: The aww-shucks charm factor is high in the Peyton Reed-directed video for “In The Sun,” as is the “1234” factor (nice hula hoop sequence), just another step toward Ms. Gibbard’s dominance of the Triple A(dorable) indie set. [...]
Via Stereogum “Icarus,” our first taste of White Hinterland’s Kairos, found Casey Dienel dropping the brushed-drum jazz and acoustic cabaret-folk feel of Phylactery Factory and pushing things into a denser electro realm. As I mentioned at the time, her noisier Luniculaire EP and cover of Arthur Russell’s “Lucky Cloud” offered other angles into this newer aesthetic. You’ll [...]
