New Figurines Video - "Childhood Verse"

The video for "Childhood Verse" -- directed by Casper Balslev -- has made it further than "The Air We Breathe"'s ill-fated floating ever did. That's a good thing. Recalling Liars' "Plaster Casts Of Everything," the vid has the gaming experts... CONTINUE READING NEW FIGURINES VIDEO - "CHILDHOOD VERSE"»

Posted on April 2, 2008 (1 comments)
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New Figurines Video - "The Air We Breathe"

One of Figurines most memorable turns of late, aside from revealing their lead singer moonlights (err, daylights) as a professional video game player, came via When The Deer Wore Blue's Beach Boys-y ballad "The Air We Breathe," unexpected based on... CONTINUE READING NEW FIGURINES VIDEO - "THE AIR WE BREATHE"»

Posted on January 14, 2008 in MP3, Video (1 comments)
Tags: Figurines | Gossip Girl

Stereogum Presents... Drive XV: A Tribute To Automatic For The People

After OKX, our 10-year cover tribute to the Radiohead classic OK Computer, we soon began narrowing the list of prospects for our next celebratory project: sifting, sorting, debating, etc. But when we realized we were approaching a decade and... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM PRESENTS... DRIVE XV: A TRIBUTE TO AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE»

Quit Your Day Job: Figurines

Ever hope to be an astronaut or a ballerina when you were a kid? Operating somewhere in the vicinity of that kinda job-description, Christian Hjelm, Figurines's guitar-toting frontman, works as a video game tester. Yessir, as some of you've mentioned... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: FIGURINES»

Posted on September 26, 2007 in MP3, Quit Your Day Job (7 comments)
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Stream Figurines' When The Deer Wore Blue

Advance listens from Danish indie outfit Figurines' forthcoming LP have seen 'em expand the American-guitar-rock aesthetic to include Brian Wilson nods and mountain-prarie psych pop, a promising peek at their life after Skeleton. Now the band's inviting you to join... CONTINUE READING STREAM FIGURINES' WHEN THE DEER WORE BLUE»

Posted on July 18, 2007 (4 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Figurines | Grizzly Bear

New Figurines - "The Air We Breathe"

Although Skeleton firmly established Stereofave Figurines as a band well-versed in American indie rock, the first two tracks we've heard from the band's new LP see 'em taking their States-based influences to entirely different directions. First single "Hey Girl" had... CONTINUE READING NEW FIGURINES - "THE AIR WE BREATHE"»

Posted on July 2, 2007 in MP3 (3 comments)
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New Figurines - "Hey Girl"

Last year's States side release of Skeleton had us impressed and sorta awed by how adeptly the great Danes of Figurines pulled off sounding like an unabashedly '90s American indie rock band. Though last summer's Bowery show didn't impress, the... CONTINUE READING NEW FIGURINES - "HEY GIRL"»

Posted on May 16, 2007 (1 comments)
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New Figurines Video - "Back In The Day"

Figurines have gotta be the best contemporary guitar-based American indie pop band not from America. The adeptly assimilating Danes have also learned a thing about weaving lore around their music, as this clip, created by Brad Mossman and animated by... CONTINUE READING NEW FIGURINES VIDEO - "BACK IN THE DAY"»

Posted on March 7, 2007 in Video (1 comments)
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Guilt-Free MP3s With A Freaky Chaser

First, the good music. A bunch of stuff we've been listening to, or heard about and finally got around to checking out, of varying degrees of newness. Figurines - "The Wonder" (MP3) Catfish Haven - "Madeline" (MP3) Kid Koala &... CONTINUE READING GUILT-FREE MP3S WITH A FREAKY CHASER»

Posted on February 6, 2006 in MP3 (24 comments)
Tags: Catfish Haven | Destroyer | Figurines | Lavender Diamond