YACHT Remix Wolfmother

Jona and Clare magically make "New Moon Rising" sound much less like an overblown Lenny Kravitz outtake. You can download it, along with Fontän and Riton's Cosmic Egg cracks, at Filter.... CONTINUE READING YACHT REMIX WOLFMOTHER»

Posted on September 10, 2009 in MP3 (0 comments)
Tags: U2 | Wolfmother | YACHT

New YACHT Video - "Psychic City (Voodoo City)"

The video for YACHT's perfectly summery "Psychic City (Voodoo City)," from their perfectly summery LP See Mystery Lights, has Jona and Claire demonstrate a slew of occult rituals, as some sort of spiritual enemies. Spiritual enemies with benefits.... CONTINUE READING NEW YACHT VIDEO - "PSYCHIC CITY (VOODOO CITY)"»

Posted on July 29, 2009 in Video (12 comments)
Tags: El-P | YACHT

New YACHT - "Psychic City"

Now a duo signed to DFA, YACHT have grand plans for See Mystery Lights, their debut for James Murphy's label. One such plan involves bulging eyeballs (via their Boyd Elder-designed/holographic foil-incorporating album art), another involves a "carefully-crafted mix-tape ... of... CONTINUE READING NEW YACHT - "PSYCHIC CITY"»

Posted on May 27, 2009 in MP3 (8 comments)
Tags: YACHT

YACHT Cover The Fabulous Stains

YACHT pay tribute to the 1981 pre-riot grrl cult flick Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains via their forthcoming "Don't Put Out" 7". "Waste Of Time"'s at yacht.tumblr.com.... CONTINUE READING YACHT COVER THE FABULOUS STAINS»

Posted on May 14, 2009 (1 comments)
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YACHT Unveil Seizure-Friendly See Mystery Lights Cover Art

When we were down in Austin (last year) asking terrible Texas trivia questions of any rockers who were bored enough to answer, Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans of Team YACHT went off-topic to discuss a recent conquest: bringing iconic... CONTINUE READING YACHT UNVEIL SEIZURE-FRIENDLY SEE MYSTERY LIGHTS COVER ART»

Posted on April 9, 2009 in Album Art, MP3 (10 comments)
Tags: YACHT

New YACHT Video - "Summer Song"

There's been a few developments in the world of YACHT since last we checked in. For one: YACHT is now a full-time duo, with the addition of one Claire L. Evans (to see the pair in action, watch them answer... CONTINUE READING NEW YACHT VIDEO - "SUMMER SONG"»

Posted on August 19, 2008 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Tinariwen | YACHT

YACHT Remixes Stereolab, Ratatat

Remixes can be a dime a dozen (or a penny a laptop), but after listening to YACHT's tweaks of Stereolab and Ratatat tunes for a couple days, we figured they were more than worth posting. Jona Bechtolt's revamping of Ratatat's... CONTINUE READING YACHT REMIXES STEREOLAB, RATATAT»

MTV Lets Us Know Portland Has Bands, Basements, Rain, Trees

Echoing Slate's out-of-date Portland exposé from this past fall, MTV's followed the momentum of their Brooklyn 2008 piece with a feature on PDX. What we learn: There are a lot of bands who live there, it's still relatively cheap, it... CONTINUE READING MTV LETS US KNOW PORTLAND HAS BANDS, BASEMENTS, RAIN, TREES»

Stereogum's Texas Music Trivia - Round 2

In addition to shooting a ton of performances in Austin last week, we subjected many of our favorite acts to Texas music trivia. You saw part one. In this follow-up, we test the smarts of Islands, My Brightest Diamond, Peter... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TEXAS MUSIC TRIVIA - ROUND 2»

SXSW: Stereogum's Texas Music Trivia - Round 1

The people of Austin are nice enough to welcome thousands (and thousands) of vagabond music fans into their city for a few days each year, so we decided to pay their stomping ground homage with a friendly game of Texas... CONTINUE READING SXSW: STEREOGUM'S TEXAS MUSIC TRIVIA - ROUND 1»

World's Most Perfect MacBook Air Case, Designed By Jona Bechtolt

At the Macworld keynote, Steve Jobs pulled Air out of a manila envelope, and now the folks at Engadget are giving props to the "quick-thinking duo" Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, who designed AirMail, a replica case made of "durable upholstery-grade vinyl and lined with fuzzy, soft fleece." Handmade, apparently. "Oh, if only we were this clever," say the Engadgeteers. But no mention that when he's not busy becoming a tech-blog darling, Bechtolt's busy being a music-blog darling as YACHT. No surprise the laptop-beat pop man's got a crush on computers, but now we finally realize why Bechtolt left the Blow; dude had to focus on his career capitalizing on Apple fever. Only $29.95! See a penny, pick it up.

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Posted on January 17, 2008 (3 comments)

Free YACHT & Blow Instrumentals

Giving us something better than a penny to pick up, the always kind Portland beat-tweaker Jona Bechtolt's posted a bunch of free YACHT and Blow instrumentals over at his site with the following note:I just made instrumentals of YACHT and... CONTINUE READING FREE YACHT & BLOW INSTRUMENTALS»

Posted on December 21, 2007 in MP3, Video (1 comments)
Tags: The Blow | YACHT

New YACHT - "See A Penny (Architecture In Helsinki Remix)"

AiH and YACHT are known to dip into each other's troughs: they're tourmates; YACHT was one of the many (many, many) tapped to rework Architecture's killer "Heart It Races"; and we're pretty sure they both like rainbows and stars (just... CONTINUE READING NEW YACHT - "SEE A PENNY (ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI REMIX)"»

Posted on June 21, 2007 in MP3 (5 comments)
Tags: Architecture In Helsinki | YACHT

More Songs For The Summer From YACHT, Immaculate Machine

With no consensus pick emerging from our call for your top summer jamz, YACHT steps up to the plate with an unsubtly-titled track aiming for your poolside playlists. Says Jona:I heard someone saying that there wasn't a definitive summer banger... CONTINUE READING MORE SONGS FOR THE SUMMER FROM YACHT, IMMACULATE MACHINE»

Posted on June 6, 2007 in MP3 (7 comments)
Tags: Immaculate Machine | YACHT

New YACHT Video - "See A Penny (Pick It Up)"

Stereogum Puppet Show DJ Jona Bechtolt (a.k.a. YACHT, one-half of the Blow) entrusted the directorial direction of his first clip from I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real. to Matt McCormick, he of the Shins' balloon-liberating "Australia" vid. In... CONTINUE READING NEW YACHT VIDEO - "SEE A PENNY (PICK IT UP)"»

Posted on May 7, 2007 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: YACHT

On Location With YACHT, Architecture In Helsinki

A couple of our favorite artists are rolling out high-concept vids for their blog-sweeping tracks and were good enough to pass along some still shots from the "sets," as it were. Doubt you'll argue that Jona in a penny suit... CONTINUE READING ON LOCATION WITH YACHT, ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI»

Posted on April 12, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: Architecture In Helsinki | Billy Corgan | Chris Isaak | The Smashing Pumpkins | YACHT

New YACHT - "See A Penny (Pick It Up)"

The Blow beatsmith and Live 'Gum alum YACHT (a/k/a Jona Bechtolt) has made the first single available from his forthcoming, third solo effort, enchantingly titled I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real. Things will be different for YACHT this... CONTINUE READING NEW YACHT - "SEE A PENNY (PICK IT UP)"»

Posted on March 26, 2007 in MP3, Tour Dates (5 comments)
Tags: YACHT

New Yacht Video - "Healthy Student"

Here's a clip from a cool project from The Blow beatsmith and Stereogum Puppet Show DJ, YACHT. This track comprises samples Nirvana and ONLY Nirvana, right down to the fractured shards of drum. The track comes from a split 12"... CONTINUE READING NEW YACHT VIDEO - "HEALTHY STUDENT"»

Posted on March 13, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: New Violators | YACHT

The Stereogum Puppet Show - Austin, TX 3/14/07

Those of you making your way down to SXSW this year probably already have fairly full day and night dance cards, but consider this your formal invite to join us as we welcome back the Meat Puppets! This year... CONTINUE READING THE STEREOGUM PUPPET SHOW - AUSTIN, TX 3/14/07»

Posted on March 6, 2007 in Concert (10 comments)
Tags: Lo-Fi-Fnk | Meat Puppets | New Violators | SXSW | YACHT