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)
Tags: Air
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 (22 comments)
Tags: Air
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
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)
Tags: Air
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)
Tags: Air
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
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)
Tags: Air
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)
Tags: Air
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
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
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.
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
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
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»
Posted on December 23, 2004 (62 comments)
Tags: Air | Aloha | Annie | Arcade Fire | Drive-By Truckers | Dungen | Joanna Newsom | Lambchop | Madvillain | of Montreal | RJD2 | Sufjan Stevens | The Go! Team | Wilco
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
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
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
I was just reading about why Air's Nicolas Godin loves Groundhog Day and thinking about how "Surfing On A Rock" sounds like Genesis. It's my new favorite track from Talkie Walkie, and if you imagine it with vocals by Phil... CONTINUE READING AN EPIC MEDITATION ON INTANGIBILITY»
Posted on February 12, 2004 (7 comments)
Tags: Air | Genesis
Still really digging the new Air record. My coworker interviewed Nicolas yesterday about his favorite movies. Apparently he looooves Escape From New York. Here's an excerpt from Rob Sheffield's excellent review for Rolling Stone. Sheffield: The piece de resistance, though,... CONTINUE READING TALKIE WALKIE»
Posted on January 28, 2004 (5 comments)
Tags: Air
You guys have probably had your fill of Britney this week. So here goes the post where I gush about one of my favorite bands. My introduction to Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel came when the "Sexy Boy" video debuted... CONTINUE READING AIR FRENCH BAND»
Posted on January 14, 2004 (30 comments)
Tags: Air
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