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)
Tags: Figurines
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
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»
Posted on October 2, 2007 in MP3 (0 comments)
Tags: Blitzen Trapper | Catfish Haven | Dappled Cities | Dr. Dog | Figurines | Kaki King | Meat Puppets | R.E.M. | Rogue Wave | Shout Out Louds | Steve Albini | Tegan And Sara | The Forms | The Veils | The Wrens
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)
Tags: Figurines
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
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)
Tags: Figurines
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)
Tags: Figurines
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)
Tags: Figurines
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
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Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement (The Album Leaf Remix) (»)
El Guincho - Antillas (XXXchange remix) (»)
El Guincho - Antillas (»)
Wolf People - October Fires (»)
Fan Death - Cannibal (»)
Fan Death - Reunited (CCENTURIESS Remix) (»)
Chll Pll - Dick Moves (»)
Chll Pll - Pass Out (»)
Beck - Harry Partch (»)
Tim Cohen - Haunted Hymns (»)
Tim Cohen - Take Aim Goliath (»)
Ducktails - Sandglider (»)
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (Drunkenmonkey Remix) (»)
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (Karn Remix) (»)
Beach House - Norway (»)
The Golden Filter - Thunderbird (»)
Crystal Antlers - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan Cover) (»)
CFCF - How Bizarre (OMC Cover) (»)
The Acorn - Strange Animal (Gowan Cover) (»)
Black Tambourine - Black Car (»)
Boyracer - Sunshine And Violence (»)
Henry's Dress - 1620 (»)
Honeybunch - Mine Your Own Business (»)
Lilys - Claire Hates Me (»)
Lilys - February Fourteenth (»)
Lorelei - Today's Shrug (»)
Sleepyhead - Different Colored Letters (»)
Small Factory - Merry-Go-Round (»)
Swirlies - Sarah Sitting (»)
The Ropers - Waiting (»)
Velocity Girl - My Forgotten Favorite (»)
Monsters Of Folk - Say Please (»)
Rain Machine - Give Blood (»)
Wetdog - Tidy Up Your Bedroom (»)
Beck - Little Hands (Feat. Feist, Wilco And Jamie Lidell) (»)
Brendan Benson - Feel Like Taking You Home (»)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (Memory Tapes Remix) (»)
Solange - Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover) (»)
Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown (»)
LoneLady - Immaterial (»)
Andrew Cedermark - Hard Livin' (»)
Family Portrait - Super Cool (»)
The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself (»)
Bear In Heaven - Dust Cloud (»)
Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers (»)
Atlas Sound - Doctor (Five Discs Cover) (»)
Atlas Sound - The Screens (»)
Cloud Nothings - Hey Cool Kid (»)
The Mary Onettes - Dare (»)
The Mary Onettes - Puzzles (»)
Digital Leather - Photo Lie (»)
Memory Tapes - Easy Pert Mom (»)
Memory Tapes - Graphics (Sci-Fi Edit) (»)
