Yuki Chikudate and James Hanna are a few weeks away from their third release of 2009 with Rewolf, an acoustically inclined revisitation of highlights from their time together in the very electric project Asobi Seksu. But before we get there,... CONTINUE READING NEW ASOBI SEKSU VIDEO - "TRANSPARENCE"»
Posted on September 30, 2009 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Asobi Seksu | Courtney Love
Brooklyn dream-pop outfit Asobi Seksu just released a 10" anchored by "Transparence," a standout from this February's Hush LP. Before the clock strikes '10 they'll have a third release on the year by way of Rewolf, an LP offering acoustic... CONTINUE READING ASOBI SEKSU COVER HOPE SANDOVAL»
Posted on September 16, 2009 in , (1 comments)
Tags: Asobi Seksu | Hope Sandoval | Interpol | Julian Plenti | Mazzy Star
Our last look at Asobi Seksu came via "Me & Mary," the first single from their third album Hush. In that vein, the New York dream-poppers are releasing a limited-edition 10" that includes a slightly different version of Hush's "Transparence"... CONTINUE READING NEW ASOBI SEKSU - "TRANSPARENCE"»
Posted on August 20, 2009 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Asobi Seksu | Daft Punk | DJ Hero
"Me & Mary" is the first single from Asobi Seksu's third album Hush, the New York band's followup to 2006's Citrus. The track's accompanying video was put thought of/designed by Brooklyn illustrator Dan-ah Kim, assisted by director Aaron Stewart-Ahn. He... CONTINUE READING NEW ASOBI SEKSU VIDEO - "ME & MARY"»
Posted on January 27, 2009 in (13 comments)
Tags: Asobi Seksu | Bumbershoot | Elvis Perkins
Directors Major Lightner and Ryan Bosworth set Yuki and the Asobi guys in a world of computer animated colors and shapes for the sheets of guitar and sugary Seksu melodies. Pixar it ain't, but the visuals bathe the tune in... CONTINUE READING NEW ASOBI SEKSU VIDEO - "GOODBYE"»
Posted on February 22, 2007 in (3 comments)
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We were really amused by Pitchfork's list for the year's Worst Album Covers; great picks, pithy quips! Apparently they Forkers are just as awed by Gangsta Rap as we were, but they were more observant than us. Here are a... CONTINUE READING THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE ICE-T»
Posted on December 15, 2006 (19 comments)
Tags: Asobi Seksu | Beirut | Ice-T | Rod Stewart