On December 9th Perfume Genius released its new video for the single “Lookout, Lookout.” The video was directed by Patrick Sher also directed the video for MOBY’s “Wait for Me.” If you haven’t seen this video by now I would suggest making it a top priority on your to-do list. It’s a very simple and realistic video but it definitely puts of the vibe of the complex emotions poured into the track. You really can get a grasp of the song through the video. I’m a firm believer in not allowing a Video to impact the actual music to any measure of extent but this one just spoke to all my insecurities, and I found myself responding to it more with the imagery, than without it.
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The Crystal Ark Premiere New Video, “The City Never Sleeps”
The Crystal Ark, the duo project of singer Viva Ruiz and DFA’s synthesizer master Gavin Russom, premiered the video for their first 12″ release, “The City Never Sleeps,” available now on DFA Records, on FADER.
Viva Ruiz herself directed the video for this hypnotic dance song where zombie-like humans seemed to get resurrected by a goddess of the dance floor for a psychedelic finish. Added bonus: we get to see Gavin Russom show off his moves.
Watch the video below:
Oberhofer Prep for Tour with Live Sessions Release
Brooklyn based Oberhofer released two different radio sessions onto the interweb. Unfortunately, as far as we can tell, BreakThru Radio has already taken down the audio from their session with Oberhofer. Daytrotter’s, however, is still up. And, even better, its available for download. The Daytrotter session offers a nice taste of the band’s music for new fans looking to hear more. The sessions’ closing number, “House,” is especially good.
Known for their live shows, Oberhofer will be hitting the road beginning in January. Said tour will see them playing with bands like Distractions, The Vaccines and Tapes N’ Tapes. Check out the list of dates below.
US Tour Dates
1/9 – The Living Romm – New York, NY
1/12 – Larsen Student Union – Grantham, PA*
1/13 – Brillobox – Pittsburgh, PA*
1/14 – The Basement – Columbus, OH*
1/15 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL*#%
1/17 – The Drake Hotel – Toronto, ON*
1/18 – Casa Del Popolo – Montreal, QC*
1/19 – The Monkey House – Winooski, VT&
1/20 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY^
1/22 – Glasslands Gallery – Brooklyn, NY^
1/26 – Billiken Club – St. Louis, MO
1/27 – Gardner Lounge @ Grinnell College – Grinnell, IA
1/28 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI @
1/31 – Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH @!
2/1 – The Blind Pig – Ann Arbor, MI @
2/3 – Paradise – Boston, MA @
2/5 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA @
2/7 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC @
2/8 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA @
2/9 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC @
2/10 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC @
2/11 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA @
2/12 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN @
2/14 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL @
2/15 – Thristy Hippo – Hattiesburg, MS @
1/13 – Brillobox – Pittsburgh, PA*
1/14 – The Basement – Columbus, OH*
1/15 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL*#%
1/17 – The Drake Hotel – Toronto, ON*
1/18 – Casa Del Popolo – Montreal, QC*
1/19 – The Monkey House – Winooski, VT&
1/20 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY^
1/22 – Glasslands Gallery – Brooklyn, NY^
1/26 – Billiken Club – St. Louis, MO
1/27 – Gardner Lounge @ Grinnell College – Grinnell, IA
1/28 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI @
1/31 – Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH @!
2/1 – The Blind Pig – Ann Arbor, MI @
2/3 – Paradise – Boston, MA @
2/5 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA @
2/7 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington, DC @
2/8 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA @
2/9 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC @
2/10 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC @
2/11 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA @
2/12 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN @
2/14 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL @
2/15 – Thristy Hippo – Hattiesburg, MS @
2/17 – Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX @
2/18 – Emo’s – Austin, TX @
2/19 – The Loft – Dallas, TX @
2/21 – Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack – Little Rock, AR @
2/18 – Emo’s – Austin, TX @
2/19 – The Loft – Dallas, TX @
2/21 – Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack – Little Rock, AR @
2/22 – The Opolis – Norman, OK @
2/23 – Mojo’s – Columbia, MO @
2/24 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE @
2/25 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN @
2/24 – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE @
2/25 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN @
* Cloud Nothings
# Handsome Furs
% Jaill
& Distractions
^ The Vaccines
@ Tapes N’ Tapes
! Film Strip
Feist Releases A Documentary
Feist’s album The Reminder was so great, they had to make a movie about it. Well, Look At What The Light Did Now is more about the collaboration between sound and imagery than just a Metallica-style “making an album” documentary, but it’s still damn cool.
Feist tells Pitchfork that she “wanted what’s in the movie to be things we’ve never seen before.” Explaining that “it focuses on the people whose job isn’t necessarily to be seen. Their part of the puzzle is to make imagery that gets seen, but they themselves are a bit invisible in the process. I wanted to show the smoke and mirrors a little bit.”
In her discussion with Pitchfork, Feist also mentioned that she will be making another album sometime this winter, but refused to elaborate any further. Look At What The Light Did Now is in stores now, and stay tuned for any other news about Feist’s upcoming album. In the mean time, check out the trailer for her documentary right here.
New Collisions Announce Short Tour
New Collisions are enjoying a very positive, steady stream of buzz lately and with good reason. The band got picked to be on the CMJ music sampler CD (only 20 bands of the 1,000 that play get to be on it) and recorded their debut LP (The Optimist) in under ten days.
The album has gotten solid reviews and was featured as a full album premier on AOL Spinner. Now the group is releasing their first music video. The music video for the song “Dying Alone” which you can catch here:
http://player.vimeo.com/video/16352048
New Collisions – Dying Alone from Light Matter Films on Vimeo.
Now the band is ringing in the new year with style, with a quick jaunt on the road to build upon the heaps of positive buzz the band has already gotten. You can catch New Collisions at:
12/14 Westchester, NY @ TheCheapPop.com Holiday Benefit, Westchester Music Hall
12/17 New York, NY @ Crash Mansion
12/18 Dover, NH @ Dover Brick House
1/1 Allston, MA @ Great Scott w/ Plushgun
Wolf Parade Take A Break
Indie-Rock superband Wolf Parade are taking some time apart, co-leader Spencer Krug told a Toronto audience. “This is the last show we’ll play for a long time,” he said according to Spinner.
Other co-leader Dan Boeckner also acknowledged the split, according to Pitchfork he told Wolf Parade’s fan site that the band will be taking an “indefinite hiatus” after “a few shows” and the band’s label, Sub Pop, confirmed the hiatus.
Whether this split is a permanent one is something we’ll have to wait and see. Until we know more, enjoy the song “Yulia” off of the band’s last release EXPO 86.
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