Blue Water White Death, the collaboration between Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart and Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg, has already been named one of the most anticipated albums of the year by Flavorpil. And now, on the heels of the album’s release, the duo has released a music video for their track “Grunt Tube.” Check out the video below.
Friday morning during CMJ we were lucky enough to have the pleasure of filming Tommy from Jukebox the Ghost. Originally our plan was to film by the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, but as it was super cold that afternoon, we headed over to McCarren Park where he played us two songs on his banjo. Playing “Half Crazy,” and “Beady Eyes on the Horizion,” this was possibly my favorite moment of CMJ 2010. Take a peek at the videos below. You sure don’t want to miss out on these!
“Half Crazy”
“Beady Eyes on the Horizion”
Australian electro-pop duo Cut Copy has spent the tail end of summer in the studio finishing up their forthcoming full-length. At this point, we haven’t been given a name for the album nor a release date. What we have been given, however, is a documentary of its recording process and a limited edition, etched 7″ single of new track “Where I’m Going.”
The short documentary was shot in vocalist’s, Dan Whitford’s ,home recording studio by film directing duo Krozm. It is set to be released in installments, the first of which is up now on YouTube . This five and a half minute video is a black and white window into a brainstorming session replete with a journey through Whitford’s record collection for inspiration.
The one-sided, limited edition 7″ for “Where I’m Going,” has been divvied up between Australia and the U.S. and is available for your collection now. The track is weighty with shimmering guitars and spirited percussion, and features a Beatles-inspired breakdown for good measure. For those without a record player or the means, “Where I’m Going” is also available in digital format for free HERE. The duo’s third full-length is due out in 2011 on Modular.
As if having a sold-out international tour and a critically lauded new album (II) wasn’t enough Crystal Castles have announced that they will be recording a single with The Cure’s frontman and symphonic guru, Robert Smith.
Not In Love will be released in early December on Fiction Records. The single will also feature a couple B-sides. Early acoustic demos of “Celestica” and “Suffocation” will also be included, which is awesome, even though it kind of defeats the purpose of a “single.”
Check out their video for their newest song off of II , “Baptism.”
As of now, Crystal Castles are over in Europe finishing a sold-out tour. They will be stateside soon enough, and if you want to see them you should go here!
*** Tour Dates***
March 2 San Diego CA House of Blues
March 3 Pomona CA Fox Theatre
March 4 San Francisco CA Warfield Theatre
March 6 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
March 7 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
March 8 Seattle, WA Showbox at the MArket
March 11 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
March 12 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
March 13 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Hall
March 15 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
March 16 Washington DC 9:30 Club
March 18 New York, NY Terminal 5
March 19 Boston, MA House of Blues
March 26 Miami, FL Ultra Music Festival
April 2 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
With a North American tour looming, Domino artists Four Tet and Jon Hopkins have been keeping busy. Hopkins, who scored the upcoming film Monsters, recently remixed the Four Tet track “Vessel,” while Four Tet choose to remix The XX’s “VCR.”
Down below you can watch the video for Hopkins’ remix, listen to Four Tet’s remix, and peep their tour dates.
<span><a href=”http://soundcloud.com/four-tet/the-xx-vcr-four-tet-remix”>The xx – VCR (Four Tet remix)</a> by <a href=”http://soundcloud.com/four-tet”>Four Tet</a></span>
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