New Los Campesinos! Video - "These Are Listed Buildings"

When Los Campesinos! checked in last month, they offered up "The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future," an anthemic tale about a far-too-pretty girl taking her "diet" of pills (and not much else) to extremes. As... CONTINUE READING NEW LOS CAMPESINOS! VIDEO - "THESE ARE LISTED BUILDINGS"»

Posted on October 5, 2009 in Album Art, Video (6 comments)
Tags: John Legend | Los Campesinos!

New Los Campesinos! - "The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future"

This new Los Campesinos! songs finds the Welsh septet spinning a tale about a far-too-pretty too-thin girl who's taking her "diet" to extremes ("she's not eating again / she's not eating again"), filling up on pills and thoughts of her... CONTINUE READING NEW LOS CAMPESINOS! - "THE SEA IS A GOOD PLACE TO THINK OF THE FUTURE"»

Posted on September 9, 2009 in MP3, Video (11 comments)
Tags: Los Campesinos! | Phoenix

Street Scene 2009 In Photos

Some 30,000 people over two days crammed into the six-block area in San Diego's East Village that hosted the 25th annual Street Scene this past weekend. That's a strong number, albeit down from last year when people weren't scrambling for... CONTINUE READING STREET SCENE 2009 IN PHOTOS»

New Los Campesinos! - "How I Taught Myself To Scream"

Cardiff pop troupe Los Campesinos! are still card-carrying members of the International Tweexcore Underground, but that doesn't mean they can't up the distortion. They're just making like Some Velvet Sidewalk or Crayon, who as part of LC!'s beloved early/mid '90s... CONTINUE READING NEW LOS CAMPESINOS! - "HOW I TAUGHT MYSELF TO SCREAM"»

Posted on August 15, 2008 in MP3, Tour Dates (4 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Coachella | Gang Gang Dance | I.U.D. | Los Campesinos!

An MP3 Mix For Your Memorial Day

It's totally reductive to associate Memorial Day Weekend solely with drinking and eating (and not, you know, Memorializing), but here it is, that special weekend custom made for welcoming summer, getting drunk, and eating bbq, and yay for that. Before... CONTINUE READING AN MP3 MIX FOR YOUR MEMORIAL DAY»

New Tokyo Police Club - "Tessellate (Tom Campesinos! Remix)"

When we gave warm but tempered thumbs up to Tokyo Police Club's Elephant Shell, we made note that "somehow bassist/vocalist David Monks sounds more like Colin Meloy than he has previously, especially on 'Tessellate' ... Maybe it's just the way... CONTINUE READING NEW TOKYO POLICE CLUB - "TESSELLATE (TOM CAMPESINOS! REMIX)"»

Posted on May 9, 2008 in MP3 (5 comments)
Tags: Los Campesinos! | Tokyo Police Club

New Los Campesinos! Video - "My Year In Lists"

If you like the exclamatory Cardiff pop crew Los Campesinos!, you'll likely enjoy the stripped-down video for "My Year In Lists" ... because it's basically a series of quick cuts between the septet's faces. (If you don't like LC!, this... CONTINUE READING NEW LOS CAMPESINOS! VIDEO - "MY YEAR IN LISTS"»

Posted on April 1, 2008 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Los Campesinos!

New Los Campesinos! Video - "Death To Los Campesinos!" (And Hey Now Youngster... Tracklist)

Group shouts, glockenspiels, lots of members, exclamation points -- and yet Los Campesinos! sound fresh and vital and a step removed from the blog-bogged devices they're wielding. It's the winks to critics with references to bygone heroes that's helped, yes,... Hey Now Youngster... Tracklist)'">CONTINUE READING NEW LOS CAMPESINOS! VIDEO - "DEATH TO LOS CAMPESINOS!" (AND HEY NOW YOUNGSTER... TRACKLIST)»

Posted on December 14, 2007 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Los Campesinos!

Los Campesinos! @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 11/30/07

NOTE: We're gonna start bylining concert reviews because duh. By Amrit This is a good time to see Los Campesinos!, 2007's best newcomers, they who bested vets in quality songs over the spare minutes of an EP and a three-track... CONTINUE READING LOS CAMPESINOS! @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 11/30/07»

Posted on December 4, 2007 in Concert, MP3 (5 comments)
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New Los Campesinos! Video - "International Tweexcore Underground"

Exclamatory Cardiff indie-pop septet Los Campesinos!, "the second most punk-rock band in Britain," reference Henry Rollins, Beat Happening, Minor Threat, Sarah Records, Heavenly, and International Pop Underground, amongst other indie-pop 'n' punk ephemera, in their raucous "International Tweexcore Underground." The... CONTINUE READING NEW LOS CAMPESINOS! VIDEO - "INTERNATIONAL TWEEXCORE UNDERGROUND"»

Posted on September 14, 2007 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Los Campesinos!