M83 Get Emotional For Palm Pre

Digging into M83's past, the new webOS Palm Pre smartphone ad gets its soundtrack from a section of Before The Dawn Heals Us closer "Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun." It was directed by Tarsem and features 1000+... CONTINUE READING M83 GET EMOTIONAL FOR PALM PRE»

Posted on June 25, 2009 in Commercial Appeal, Video (4 comments)
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M83 Remixes White Lies

Once you strip White Lies' "Nothing To Give" to its core components, there's no question the band picked the best possible artist to remix it. There's Harry McVeigh's aching, echoing vocal; that overarching adolescence to its "When you said goodbye,... CONTINUE READING M83 REMIXES WHITE LIES»

Posted on June 8, 2009 in MP3, Tour Dates (13 comments)
Tags: Johnny Marr | M83 | The Cribs | White Lies

New M83 Video - "We Own The Sky"

Call it fansourcing, call it laziness, but the "make our music video!" press releases that flood Stereogum's inbox make me yearn for the days of "Scream." Of course labels have no money and MTV/VH1 only programs videos for insomniacs, so... CONTINUE READING NEW M83 VIDEO - "WE OWN THE SKY"»

Posted on April 17, 2009 in Tour Dates, Video (13 comments)
Tags: Depeche Mode | M83 | Thee Oh Sees

New M83 - "Je Vous Hais Petites Filles" & "Graveyard Girl (ParkerLab's Dusted Remix)" (Stereogum Premiere)

With Saturdays=Youth, Anthony Gonzalez melded his shoegazey synths and electronics to John Hughes era, Pretty In Pink-tinted nostalgia to sweeping effect and face time with Brandon Flowers, Kimmel, Conan, and the LA Philharmonic. So that is a lot of disparate... CONTINUE READING NEW M83 - "JE VOUS HAIS PETITES FILLES" & "GRAVEYARD GIRL (PARKERLAB'S DUSTED REMIX)" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on March 30, 2009 (14 comments)
Tags: M83 | ParkerLab

M83 With The Los Angeles Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles 3/7/09

One-off concerts pairing indie acts with orchestras are still all the rage. We recently caught Beirut and Clogs/Bell Orchestre & Friends and Grizzly Bear in our neck of the woods, and on Saturday sent Andrew Youssef to shoot M83's night... CONTINUE READING M83 WITH THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC @ WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL, LOS ANGELES 3/7/09»

Posted on March 9, 2009 in Photo (21 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Little Joy | M83

M83 Take "Kim & Jessie" To Conan

As well as a bunch of equipment. Amid the noise separators, headphones, and etc., M83's live incarnation's clunkier/more Musician looking than your average Sixteen Candles house band, but Anthony Gonzalez, flashing blue lights, and friends do a good job translating... CONTINUE READING M83 TAKE "KIM & JESSIE" TO CONAN»

Posted on January 28, 2009 in Video (12 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Conan O'Brien | Fucked Up | M83 | Os Mutantes

The Killers Visit Kimmel, Tour With M83

The last time the Killers did Kimmel they explained their band name ("to relax before a show we like to kill someone"). This time they kept it to the music and the feathered jackets with a shot at "Human." The... CONTINUE READING THE KILLERS VISIT KIMMEL, TOUR WITH M83»

Posted on November 25, 2008 in Tour Dates, Video (3 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Jimmy Kimmel | M83 | Ra Ra Riot | The Killers

New M83 Video - "Kim & Jessie"

True to John Hughes-inspired form, this latest video -- for the OMD-y "Kim & Jessie" from Anthony Gonzales's awesome '80s homage Saturdays = Youth -- has a pair of pretty (in pink) girls, fighting the odds with funny faces and... CONTINUE READING NEW M83 VIDEO - "KIM & JESSIE"»

Posted on July 29, 2008 in Video (11 comments)
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The 'Gum Drop XLVI: Hear New M83, Win A Def Jux Shopping Spree

M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, toned his sounds down on fifth album Saturdays = Youth, but the emotions remain teenage, achy, and perfectly romantic. Following "Coleurs" and "Graveyard Girl," Gonzalez is releasing another album standout "Kim & Jessie" as a digital... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP XLVI: HEAR NEW M83, WIN A DEF JUX SHOPPING SPREE»

Posted on July 16, 2008 in Giveaway, MP3 (3 comments)
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New Midnight Juggernauts - "Shadows (M83 Remix)"

M83's Saturdays=Youth is a big hit, everybody. Congratulations. You know we love it, the P4kers seem to enjoy it, etc. Best part: Anthony's just 26 and, judging by his perennial remix parade, showing no signs of letting up anytime soon.... CONTINUE READING NEW MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS - "SHADOWS (M83 REMIX)"»

Posted on April 15, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: M83 | Midnight Juggernauts

New M83 Video - "Graveyard Girl"

We really like Saturday = Youth. Like M83's past work it's really New Romantic, but the structures are less colossal. As we mentioned while discussing "Coleurs," "We dig M83 the most when Gonzales is jetting through space-y epics that feel... CONTINUE READING NEW M83 VIDEO - "GRAVEYARD GIRL"»

Posted on April 7, 2008 in Video (10 comments)
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New M83 - "Couleurs"

Anthony Gonzales, aka M83, like his sounds big. Good thing: We dig M83 the most when Gonzales is jetting through space-y epics that feel like they could implode at any minute, making the whole universe glow. The band's fifth studio... CONTINUE READING NEW M83 - "COULEURS"»

Posted on December 20, 2007 (21 comments)
Tags: M83