Micachu And The Shapes Melt Down Crayola Crayons

We're already well aware that Crayola wants your kids to listen to hip music while they do their coloring. So far we've seen Animal Collective take us down a sweet road to vibrant color, pre-sciatica Dan Deacon brandish his Glow... CONTINUE READING MICACHU AND THE SHAPES MELT DOWN CRAYOLA CRAYONS»

Posted on November 19, 2009 in Commercial Appeal, Video (6 comments)
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New Micachu & The Shapes Video - "Turn Me Well"

Mika Levy and her Shapes released one of the best British albums this year -- a debut, no less -- although you wouldn't know that from the Mercury Prize. Or its nominee list. No, for that sort of championing of... CONTINUE READING NEW MICACHU & THE SHAPES VIDEO - "TURN ME WELL"»

Posted on September 9, 2009 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Björk | Micachu And The Shapes | Phoenix

Speech Debelle Wins 2009 Mercury Prize

Just today people were talking about big money bets coming in for Speech Debelle to win the Mercury Prize, and what do you know, the British rapper rode Ladbrokes' 4/1 odds and the votes of the Mercury High Council Of... CONTINUE READING SPEECH DEBELLE WINS 2009 MERCURY PRIZE»

Micachu Remixes Fool's Gold (Stereogum Premiere)

Genre-hopping experimental it-kids Micachu & The Shapes offer a slightly different shape to the Los Angeles Afro (and kraut and '80s dance) rock enthusiasts Fool's Gold's Hebrew-intoned, endlessly sunny standout track "Surprise Hotel." The untouched original's the first single from... CONTINUE READING MICACHU REMIXES FOOL'S GOLD (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on August 3, 2009 in MP3 (2 comments)
Tags: Fool's Gold | Foreign Born | Glasser | Micachu And The Shapes | The Flaming Lips

Capitol Hill Block Party 2009 In Photos

This past weekend, Seattle roped off a couple of blocks on Pike Street to host the Capitol Hill Block Party, inviting everyone from Sonic Youth to Micachu to the Jesus Lizard to help fill out a strong roster of artists.... CONTINUE READING CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY 2009 IN PHOTOS»

Micachu & The Shapes/tUnE-yArDs @ The Echo, Los Angeles 7/21/09

A few days after doing Siren (or perhaps better introduced as "the same day she was snubbed for a Mercury Prize nomination"), Mika Levy and her Shapes stopped into the Echo in Los Angeles with a set of the clattering... CONTINUE READING MICACHU & THE SHAPES/TUNE-YARDS @ THE ECHO, LOS ANGELES 7/21/09»

Posted on July 22, 2009 in Concert, Photo (2 comments)
Tags: HEALTH | Micachu And The Shapes | Rachel Goodrich | tUnE-YaRdS

Siren Festival 2009 In Photos

The Voice's annual indie rock fest gave audiophiles the second good reason to visit Coney Island last week, bringing out everyone from Spank Rock to Future Of The Left to Built To Spill on a sunny Saturday afternoon. We sent... CONTINUE READING SIREN FESTIVAL 2009 IN PHOTOS»

New Micachu & The Shapes Video - "Golden Phone"

MIcachu is 21-year-old Mica Levy and her band is the Shapes. So named because they have geometric figures on their shirts maybe, but maybe more for the fractured blocks of pop-tics turned inside out and flush against each other in... CONTINUE READING NEW MICACHU & THE SHAPES VIDEO - "GOLDEN PHONE"»

Posted on June 1, 2009 in MP3, Tour Dates, Video (13 comments)
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SXSW 2009: Wednesday In Photos

SXSW 2009 opened with a bit of bad luck turned good: It was too foggy for our flight to land in Houston, so they re-routed us directly to Austin, cutting out the layover, etc. Not all the passengers were happy,... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: WEDNESDAY IN PHOTOS»