July 2, 2009
All of that is true. Also true: With the current expansive fawning over Grizzly Bear it could be easy to temporarily forget about Dan Rossen's Department Of Eagles. It gets more difficult, though, when In Ear Park's title track is soundtracking Soft Bank commercials featuring Brad Pitt and a sensitive sumo wrestler. It gets slightly easier again when you find out the commercial's only airing in Japan, but more people watch YouTube than television (unsubstantiated claim), so that's not a legit hurdle. Anyone care to interpret?
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Franz Ferdiand took two stabs at a "No You Girls" video, for the "Can't Stop Feeling" they opted to squeeze two takes into single frames via all sorts of split-screen hyjinx. The guys pull and shove, do push ups and presses, sweep each other away, and end it all by slapping themselves in the face. (If their music career ever stalls, maybe a buddy sitcom would pay the bills.) A number of props -- teddy bear, hypnotizing microphone, bucket, basketball, jello-o, giant synthesizer -- are thrown into to keep your eyes doubly occupied. As far as your ears, download the "Can't Stop Feeling (WhoMadeWho Remix)" in the handy Domino widget, after taking a look.
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Following last week's surprise single -- like, surprise it's out, and surprise it's a house jam -- Kele and the gang deliver this video as a top-off to the one-off. It's both goofy and emotional, between Matt Tong stonefacing the corny keyboard bro, and all the lost souls hoping for one more chance, and that this time things will be different, only to retreat into a a well of tears at the realization that no, nothing will be different, there will be no more one more chances, and sometimes the best you can do is accept your solitude and take up exuberantly entertaining Bloc Party drummers with your house piano chops. Because sometimes that is life, and sometimes that's the best it's going to get. If you're lucky, maybe you'll even get the drummer to smile for a second before it's all over. And maybe that'll be enough.
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When John Vanderslice did "Too Much Time" with the Magik*Magik Orchestra, we suggested that, actually, perhaps he wasn't spending enough time with the so-called "official house orchestra" of his Tiny Telephone studio. Case in point: Check out this lush take on Romanian Names' "Forest Knolls," which features a strumming/crooning Vanderslice backed by four extremely focused operatic vocalists, a steady booming drum, a pianist, and a flautist. (It's like he's becoming the Decemberists in this moment.) Like last time, it was shot by Nate Chan and Yours Truly at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
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Bon Iver's Bonnaroo backers and proven Mark Mulcahy fans Elvis Perkins In Dearland are doing their own music in this clip for "Chains, Chains, Chains," the first from their self-titled collection. There was a live video for fellow Elvis Perkins In Dearland track "Shampoo," but that was a live video: This shadowy, foggy, cavernous, winged, captivating footage is clearly something else entirely. The spelunking was directed by Sean Pecknold, who's done aesthetically similar work for his brother's band Fleet Foxes.
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July 1, 2009
Whether they're outright taking over the Letterman show or having their latest LP remixed by Hype Machine darlings, U2 are a band that tend to go all out with their projects. Bet you didn't know that before. You're welcome. As is their m.o., the band has totally whoa-verhauled their stage show once again for the 360º Tour, which kicked off last night in Barcelona and has thoroughly redefined "performance in the round." Apparently they spent two weeks rehearsing for the show, and judging by these photos I'd believe it took them just as long to erect the monstrous altar to U2's collective ego (or, stage). It looks sensational, obvs. Along with this pic gallery, you can take a virtual tour at 360.u2.com. The setlist aimed to please and was peppered with shout outs to, and quick teases of, Michael Jackson's historic oeveure. (FYI he died last week.) We have some surprisingly good fan video to put you right in Camp Nou, followed by the night's setlist.
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Death Cab Make "Little Bribes" Fan Video Official • When posting Ross Ching's "Little Bribes" video we mentioned he was unemployed and that we rarely post fan-made videos. Update! DCFC made it official and Atlantic hired him to work on a future video project. See the video again at its new home. (Sticklers: He didn't fixed the "exceptionally red/read" thing.)
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Dead Weather To Premiere "Treat Me Like Your Mother" Film On Cinemax • Apparently it's more of a short film than a music video, so Jack, Alison et al will debut the Jonathan Glazer directed clip at 9:55PM on the Cinemax and let it run for five weeks. There's a trailer here, and oddly enough, it's the second bit of Jack White film news today. Dude's everywhere.
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