Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix Air (Stereogum Premiere)

The psychedelic Pittsburgh analog experimentalists contribute a thick layer of dandelion gum to Love 2's pastoral, carefree "Sing Sang Sung." Black Moth Super Rainbow's teeming fuzz keeps the song pleasant, but does bring a bit of darkness to the picnic.... CONTINUE READING BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW REMIX AIR (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on November 4, 2009 in MP3 (8 comments)
Tags: Air | Black Moth Super Rainbow | Cold Cave

Stream Air's Love 2

The bits we've heard from the French duo's sixth album are effervescent, Moog-y, robotic, and film noir-ish. Add descriptors to the pile after you give an email address and your city/state to Air's website.... CONTINUE READING STREAM AIR'S LOVE 2»

Posted on September 28, 2009 (3 comments)
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New Air - "So Light Is Her Footfall"

The last dispatch from Air's Love 2, the effervescent "Sing Sang Sung," would have made a lovely cruising-on-a-summer's-day video. (Instead the French men paid homage to platform videogames.) If we were playing director's chair quarterback again -- and with music... CONTINUE READING NEW AIR - "SO LIGHT IS HER FOOTFALL"»

Posted on September 16, 2009 (3 comments)
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New Air Video - "Sing Sang Sung"

As promised, Air's video for "Sing Sang Sung" is just about the most animated you'll ever see Godin and Dunckel. The chilled out French men don't feature in it much outside of the open and close, though -- mostly we... CONTINUE READING NEW AIR VIDEO - "SING SANG SUNG"»

Posted on September 8, 2009 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: Air | Ryan Adams

New Air - "Sing Sang Sung"

Yes, the title of Air's new song's "Sing Sang Sung." Song. And it's nice! Whatever joy "Do The Joy" lacked comes through many times over in Air's infectious Love 2 single. The French duo want you to sing them a... CONTINUE READING NEW AIR - "SING SANG SUNG"»

Posted on September 2, 2009 (9 comments)
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Air "Do The Joy" Live In Studio

Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel posted footage from their intensely focused performance of Love 2's Moogy lead track. Listen and watch them make serious faces at aircheology.com.... CONTINUE READING AIR "DO THE JOY" LIVE IN STUDIO»

Posted on August 10, 2009 in Video (0 comments)
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Phoenix Visit La Interface

In addition to speaking in sexy French accents, here Phoenix perform "Lisztomania," "1901," and the older "One Time Too Many." You've likely already seen performances of those tracks, but things get stripped down in the Spinner studios -- acoustic, no... CONTINUE READING PHOENIX VISIT LA INTERFACE»

Posted on July 10, 2009 in Video (23 comments)
Tags: Air | Mercury Prize | Phoenix

New Air - "Do The Joy"

The first single from Air's Pocket Symphony followup Love 2 doesn't sound especially joyful (or maybe I just don't get the French). "Do The Joy" has a cartoon vibe to it, but its underlayed with something smoother and topped with... CONTINUE READING NEW AIR - "DO THE JOY" »

Posted on July 6, 2009 in MP3 (8 comments)
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Air's Love 2 Album Art Revealed

The building blocks of perennial Stereogum favorites Air's followup to Pocket Symphony are slowly coming together. This next set of chilled and gauzy earphone candy is due this fall under the title Love 2. That's Nicolas and JB looking fittingly... CONTINUE READING AIR'S LOVE 2 ALBUM ART REVEALED»

Posted on June 26, 2009 in Album Art, MP3 (4 comments)
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Air's Love 2 Revealed

A couple months ago we mentioned Moon Safari's 10th Anniversary then apprised you of JB Dunckel scoring for a French comedy. That's well and good, but now there's news on Love 2, the French duo's fifth album and followup to... CONTINUE READING AIR'S LOVE 2 REVEALED»

Posted on June 18, 2009 (29 comments)
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Air's JB Dunckel Scores French Comedy

Some fresh French news via JB: "I finished the recording of a music for a french film called Cyprien.It's a funny movie that is taking place in Paris.in the center of the movie we find pure love,social humiliation,fashion world habits...;... CONTINUE READING AIR'S JB DUNCKEL SCORES FRENCH COMEDY»

Posted on February 25, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Air | Psychedelic Furs

Air's Moon Safari Turns Ten Next Week

In our constant attempt to make folks feel old, we thought we'd mention that not only is 2008 the year NMH's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea reached the decade mark, but on 4/14 (4/15 in North America, bub), Air's... CONTINUE READING AIR'S MOON SAFARI TURNS TEN NEXT WEEK»

Posted on April 8, 2008 (12 comments)
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New Air Video - "Mer Du Japon"

There's a connective thread running from Fujiya & Miyagi's eponymous-chanting electro and Pocket Symphony standout "Mer Du Japon," at least in their swaths of sound. Hey maybe even in the tightly cropped face shots that hover over both clips' proceedings.... CONTINUE READING NEW AIR VIDEO - "MER DU JAPON"»

Posted on May 9, 2007 in Video (5 comments)
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A Second Life For Pocket Symphony?

Those of you who reside in the real world have been enjoying Air's latest for over a week now, but, for those of you who prefer the company of avatars, Nicolas and Jean-Benoit have been kind enough to set up... CONTINUE READING A SECOND LIFE FOR POCKET SYMPHONY?»

Posted on March 16, 2007 (8 comments)
Tags: Air | Second Life

New Air - "Once Upon A Time"

Like the best in Air's incomparable catalog, "Once Upon A Time" is tough to hold down, both evocative yet languidly detached, at once rife with instrumentation and as buoyant as, well, air. It's the first single from Pocket Symphony, and... CONTINUE READING NEW AIR - "ONCE UPON A TIME"»

Posted on February 22, 2007 in MP3 (14 comments)
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New Air Video - "Once Upon A Time"

Stereogum's heroes take the minimalist route on the video for the first single from Pocket Symphony, playing through "Once Upon A Time"'s sparse and spacey textures in a black room and with a shamisen playing geisha. The music is ripe... CONTINUE READING NEW AIR VIDEO - "ONCE UPON A TIME"»

Posted on February 19, 2007 in Video (3 comments)
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New Darkel Video - "At The End Of The Sky"

JB Dunckel + Video Games = Gum! Enjoy more lush electropop from seventeen arrondissement at MonSpace.... CONTINUE READING NEW DARKEL VIDEO - "AT THE END OF THE SKY"»

Posted on September 8, 2006 (4 comments)
Tags: Air

Artist To Watch: Darkel

You know I love Air. ("Stereogum" comes from their song "Radio #1," as I mention every time I blog about Air.) So what to do while we await the proper follow-up to the French duo's 2004's brilliant Talkie Walkie? Buy... CONTINUE READING ARTIST TO WATCH: DARKEL»

Posted on August 17, 2006 in Band To Watch (6 comments)
Tags: Air | Darkel

Spoon On Mars, Seth Cohen On Drugs

I'm reluctant to keep posting these what-song-was-on-TV updates, since it's only interesting when a cool song gets picked up by a shitty show/commercial, but Veronica Mars fans crave attention, and it gives me an excuse to write about Britt Daniel.... CONTINUE READING SPOON ON MARS, SETH COHEN ON DRUGS»

Posted on January 26, 2006 in Show Tunes (45 comments)
Tags: Air | Spoon | The O.C.

Rare Air

Some news about Stereogum's favorite Frenchies. Air gave us one of last year's best albums Talkie Walkie, which spawned a handful of must-own remixes. This site is even named after a lyric from "Radio #1"! So I write about them... CONTINUE READING RARE AIR»

Posted on August 4, 2005 (15 comments)
Tags: Air

New Team 9 Mashups

Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind" VS Air's "Mike Mills" > Team 9 - "Mike's Blowin' In The Wind" A little creepy, but worth a listen. The Cure's "Lovesong" VS The Beatles' "Taxman" > Team 9 - "Lovetax" A decent... CONTINUE READING NEW TEAM 9 MASHUPS»

Posted on January 14, 2005 (3 comments)
Tags: Air | Bob Dylan | Elvis Costello | team9 | The Beatles

Stereogum's Top Catorce Of 2004

As usual I was unable to narrow down my favorite releases of the year to just ten. So here are Stereogum's 14 favorite discs of 2004. To make it easier for myself, I arbitrarily disqualified compilations, reissues, and Brian Wilson.... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TOP CATORCE OF 2004»

Shortlist Awards 2004

MTV2 has a new CD out featuring this year's nominees. Here's the tracklisting:1. Franz Ferdinand - Michael 2. Muse - Time Is Running Out 3. TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun 4. Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up,... CONTINUE READING SHORTLIST AWARDS 2004»

Posted on October 27, 2004 (16 comments)
Tags: Air | Muse | Ryan Adams | The Streets | TV On The Radio

Surfing On A Rocket (Remix)

The Juan MacLean have done an awesome extended remix of Air's "Surfing On A Rocket" for the 12" single -- fortunately the kind folks at Astralwerks are streaming it too. REAL. UPDATE: I might like this No Mo Heroes remix... CONTINUE READING SURFING ON A ROCKET (REMIX)»

Posted on August 14, 2004 (6 comments)
Tags: Air

Air's Deck Safari: The Best CD You'll Never Buy

Apparently record stores are so desperate to push CDs, they've begun selling albums that shouldn't even be for sale. Let me explain... I've a big fan of the band Air, which you already know if you read this. Their song... CONTINUE READING AIR'S DECK SAFARI: THE BEST CD YOU'LL NEVER BUY»

Posted on March 20, 2004 (40 comments)
Tags: Air