Owl City Pretty Much Admit Ripping Off Postal Service

In an interview with EW, Adam Young (aka laptop sensation Owl City) admits his no. 1 single "Fireflies" and the Postal Service in general "are pretty similar," but at the same time claims he's "a lot more of a Death... CONTINUE READING OWL CITY PRETTY MUCH ADMIT RIPPING OFF POSTAL SERVICE»

Posted on November 5, 2009 (163 comments)
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Death Cab For Cutie | Dntel | Owl City | The Postal Service

New Dntel Video - "Rock My Boat"

With his Postal Service mate talking Kerouac, performing for the Dalai Lama (by the way, very Beat of you, Ben), and otherwise possessing our hearts, it looks like JImmy Tamborello decided to get in on the action, releasing a video... CONTINUE READING NEW DNTEL VIDEO - "ROCK MY BOAT"»

Posted on April 21, 2008 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Dntel | Mia Doi Todd

New Cribs - "I'm A Realist (Postal Service Remix)"

The Brothers Jarman take a break from their apparent quest to make a video for every song from their great Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever long enough to have someone do a remix of latest single "I'm A Realist." But... CONTINUE READING NEW CRIBS - "I'M A REALIST (POSTAL SERVICE REMIX)"»

Posted on February 27, 2008 (7 comments)
Tags: Death Cab For Cutie | Dntel | The Cribs | The Postal Service

The Raveonettes and Dntel Bring Sound To Color For The Gap

As previously reported, the Raveonettes and Dntel join folks like Swizz Beatz and iSight troubadour Marié Digby in Gap's campaign to ... celebrate color via song? Something like that. As mentioned, the project was conceived "in the hopes of stirring... CONTINUE READING THE RAVEONETTES AND DNTEL BRING SOUND TO COLOR FOR THE GAP»

Posted on February 18, 2008 in Commercial Appeal, MP3, Video (4 comments)
Tags: Dntel | The Raveonettes

The Raveonettes, Dntel Fall Into The GAP

Gap is launching an online advertising campaign featuring music by the Raveonettes, Dntel, Swizz Beatz, the Blakes and Marie Digby, with each writing a song inspired by a particular color, "in the hopes of stirring up some viral music video mojo among its younger customers." We'll watch for the Raveonettes and Jimmy Tamborello, but if you really want a video to go viral these days you need Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Ed from Live. Even will.i.am knows that.

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Posted on February 4, 2008 (4 comments)

Dublab Goes Non-Profit (Download Exclusive Dntel & Flying Lotus To Mark the Occasion)

Eight years! 1999 doesn't entirely seem like eight years ago, but for any online independents, those are long years, and Dublab's decided to celebrate their longevity by going non-profit, which is sort of like celebrating your silver anniversary with skydiving,... CONTINUE READING DUBLAB GOES NON-PROFIT (DOWNLOAD EXCLUSIVE DNTEL & FLYING LOTUS TO MARK THE OCCASION)»

Posted on November 13, 2007 in MP3 (3 comments)
Tags: Dntel | Flying Lotus

New WHY? - "By Torpedo Or Crohn's (Dntel Remix)" (Stereogum Premiere)

Oakland, Cali based genre hoppers WHY? (think Greenthink, cLOUDDEAD) pull in assistance from Jimmy Tamborello on a pre-release remix of the we're-not-sure-what-this-title-means track "By Torpedo Or Crohn's," from the outfit's forthcoming Anticon 7" The Hollows. Since the album's a few... CONTINUE READING NEW WHY? - "BY TORPEDO OR CROHN'S (DNTEL REMIX)" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on October 26, 2007 in MP3 (11 comments)
Tags: Dntel | WHY

New Dntel Video [Feat. Arthur & Yu] - "The Distance"

Jimmy Tamborello's the only one man enough to show his face in the vid for "The Distance"; contributors Arthur & Yu phone it in with people-operated puppet likenesses, leaving bellboy Jimmy to carry the bags, serve the chicken, and craft... CONTINUE READING NEW DNTEL VIDEO [FEAT. ARTHUR & YU] - "THE DISTANCE"»

Posted on May 22, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Arthur And Yu | Dntel

Ben Lee Gets Ripe In The Studio & Behind The Scenes With Voxtrot, Dntel

Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee's calling in some favors for Ripe, his follow up to Awake Is The New Sleep, roping in Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins, Mandy Moore, Benji Madden, and folks from Rooney on the cameo-heavy record. Below, Ben gives... CONTINUE READING BEN LEE GETS RIPE IN THE STUDIO & BEHIND THE SCENES WITH VOXTROT, DNTEL»

New Dntel - "Dumb Luck"

Your treat for suffering through today's content deprivation: new music from Jimmy Tamborello! This is the sublime title track from Dntel's guest-laden LP Dumb Luck, which promises collabs with Grizzly Bear, Lali Puna, Jenny Lewis, and Conor Oberst (among others).... CONTINUE READING NEW DNTEL - "DUMB LUCK"»

Posted on March 6, 2007 in MP3 (7 comments)
Tags: Dntel