Check out our most favorite-favorite-favorite- videos of the week! We’re sharing the lastest from the Corin Tucker Band, Local Natives (Yes we loved the new video so much it’s hitting week 2!), Cloud Nothings, Black Mountain, and the creepy new one from Crystal Castles. Check it out AFTER THE JUMP
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Major Lazer’s New Video Is Amazing
Major Lazer is kind of different. Maybe the second or third most popular cartoon musician on the planet (Gorrilaz and Dethklok being the other two), he makes even other cartoon seem normal by comparison.
According to Mad Decent, Lazer’s record label, Lazer is a Jamaican commando who fought in the “secret Zombie War of 1984” and lost both arms in combat.
His newest video only gets cooler and way weirder. Born from the song “Perculator” by the artist Cajmere, the remixed version is called “Percumajor.”
Along with a thumping beat and awesome effects, the video shows you all sorts of awesome stuff animated in a very distinct way.
The video has…(in no particular order) dinosaurs getting shot with lasers, a dog in a suit, one of those furry things from Gremlins (and an actual Gremlin). If any (or all…probably all) of those things sound awesome, you can watch the video right here!
Infantree Premiere New Video
Infantree are a band that seem destined to make a name for themselves. Perhaps just for the fact that there seems to be three one-person-bands in their band.
The band, comprised of: Alex Vojdani (vocals, lyrics, guitar, keys), Matt Kronish (vocals, lyrics, guitar, keys, banjo), Donald Fisher (vocals, lyrics, bass, mandolin, guitar) and Jordan Avesar (drums).
Following their well-received debut album Would Work, the band is premiering its first video off of the album.
You can glimpse “Slaughter House” right here.
Slaughter House from Infantree on Vimeo.
The Klaxons Get All Stripped Down at the Bowery Electric
The Klaxons are a hectic outfit known for their brash, energetic live performances and winning a Mercury Prize. The group are among the best contemporary reincarnations of post punk/new wave, but they want to prove that there’s a melody going on underneath it all. Back on Spetember 20th, The Klaxons played an all-acoustic set at the Bowery Electric. The performance was a part of music site BaebleMusic’s The Guest Apartment series, and it found the band stripping down yet refining their vocals, especially. Anyways, harmonies abound, the band played an impressive, 8-song set that you can view on Baeble’s fancy new player HERE.
Tame Impala Debut New Video, “Lucidity”
Tame Impala just released the video for their song “Lucidity,” off their debut album InnerSpeaker, out on Modular Recordings. In the song’s lyrics, lead vocalist Kevin Parker sings about reaching the sky; the video’s director Robert Hales took that idea to the extreme. Shot about 300 miles from Melbourne, the video was shot by a camera launched into space with a weather balloon packed with a GPS unit, which returned to Earth once it popped at its summit 14 miles high in the air. The effect is quite impressive with the image flipping and turning, slowly getting further and further from the ground into space. Preparation was strenuous: numerous authorizations had to be obtained from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the first cameras launched fogged up, or ran into clouds that obscured the view. But the result is beautiful and you can watch it right HERE.
Watch the video below:
If they put so much effort in their videos, imagine the dedication that could go into their live shows! They will be embarking on 10-week international tour next week that will bring them to the United States in November so definitely check them out.
Here are their upcoming tour dates:
October 7th || HQ || Adelaide, SA
October 8th || Uni Bar || Hobart, TAS
October 9th || ANU || Canberra, ACT
October 14th || The Enmore Theatre || Sydney, NSW
October 15th || The Palace || Melbourne, VIC
October 16th || The Tivoli || Brisbane, QLD
October 22nd || Astor Theatre || Perth, WA
October 23rd || Fat As Butter Festival || Newcastle, NSW
October 26th || O2 Academy 3 || Birmingham, UK
October 27th || Ruby Lounge || Manchester, UK
October 28th || Heaven || London, UK
October 30th || Le Grand Mix || Tourcoing, France
October 31st || Lieu Unique || Nantes, France
November 1st || La Marioquinerie || Paris, France
November 3rd || Botanique || Brussels, Belguim
November 4th || Gebaude 9 || Cologne, Germany
November 5th || Mascotte || Zurich, Switzerland
November 6th || Le Romandie || Lausanne, Switzerland
November 8th || B72 || Vienna, Austria
November 9th || 59 to 1 || Munich, Germany
November 11th || Beatlemania || Hamburg. Germany
November 12th || Rolling Stone Weekender Festival ||Schleswig, Germany
November 13th || London Calling at The Paradiso || Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 16th || Black Cat || Washington, DC (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 18th || Bowery Ballroom || New York, NY (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 21st || First Unitarian Church || Philadelphia, PA (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 22nd || Paradise Rock Club || Boston, MA (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 23rd || La Sala Rossa || Montreal, QC (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 24th || The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern || Toronto, ONT (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 26th || Double Door || Chicago, IL (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 27th || 7th Street Entry || Minneapolis, MN (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 29th || Jackpot Music Hall || Lawrence, KS (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
December 1st || Emo’s Alternative Lounge || Austin, TX (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)December 2nd || The Loft || Dallas, TX (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
December 4th || Bluebird Theater || Denver, CO (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 6th || Urban Lounge || Salt Lake City, UT (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 7th || Neurolux || Boise, ID (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 9th || The Biltmore Cabaret || Vancouver, BC (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 10th || Neumos || Seattle, WA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 11th || Doug Fir Lounge || Portland, OR (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 13th || The Independent || San Francisco, CA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 14th || Echoplex || Los Angeles, CA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 30th || Falls Festival Marion Bay || Hobart, TAS
December 31st || Falls Festival Lorne || Lorne, VIC
January 1st || Field Day || Sydney, NSW
January 2nd || Southbound Festival || Busselton, WA
Watch Magic Kids’ “Candy” Performed Live In Oakland
Magic Kids’ debut album Memphis, named after their hometown, out on True Panther Sounds came out in August and has led them to be compared to E.L.O, Belle and Sebastian, all with a Beach Boys influence. The video they have just premiered for the artsy music bloggers at Yours Truly is a record of their first venture out in the Bay area, where they performed at the Oakland’s Ghost Gallery on February 15th, 2010. During this rendition of “Candy,” the band was joined by Christopher and Garrett from Girls, Max from Smith Westerns, members of a weekend flute club, a string section and more friends for a touching and laid back performance.
Watch the video below:
If this intimate live performance caught your attention, you may want to catch Magic Kids on their tour, which currently has them running around Europe but will see them back in the US of A in November!
Here are their upcoming tour dates:
10/1 – London, UK @ Barfly
10/2 – London, UK @ Camden Proud Galleries
10/3 – Bruges, Belgium @ Botanique/Witloofbar
10/5 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
10/6 – Tilburg, Holland @Tilburg 013/Batcave
10/7 – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
10/8 – Helsingar, Denmark @ Musikhuset Elvaerket
10/9 – Oslom, Norway @ Café Mono
10/10 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Pusterviksbaren
10/11 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Landet
10/12 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Lades
10/13 – Berlin, Germany @ Magnet
10/14 – Köln, Germany @ Werkstatt
10/15 – München, Germany @ Atomic Cafe
10/16 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Club Zukunft
10/17 – Milan, Italy Indierocket party @ Rocket (free entry)
10/18 – Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
10/19 – Oxford, UK @ Jercicho Tavern
10/21 – Bristolm UK @ Louisanna
10/22 – Bristol, UK @ The Social
10/23 – Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival
10/24 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
10/25 – Leeds, UK @ Nation of Shopkeepers
10/26 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
10/27 – London, UK @ TBC
10/28 – London, UK @ Lexington
11/05 – Dallas, TX @ The Cavern (with Bosco Delrey)
11/07 – Houston, TX @ Numbers (with Bosco Delrey)
11/08 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon (with Bosco Delrey)
11/10 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 (with Bosco Delrey)
11/12 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (with Bosco Delrey)
11/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn (with Bosco Delrey)
11/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern (with Bosco Delrey)
11/16 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (with Bosco Delrey)
11/17 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird (with Bosco Delrey)
11/18 – Nashville, TN @ The End (with Bosco Delrey)
10/2 – London, UK @ Camden Proud Galleries
10/3 – Bruges, Belgium @ Botanique/Witloofbar
10/5 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
10/6 – Tilburg, Holland @Tilburg 013/Batcave
10/7 – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
10/8 – Helsingar, Denmark @ Musikhuset Elvaerket
10/9 – Oslom, Norway @ Café Mono
10/10 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Pusterviksbaren
10/11 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Landet
10/12 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Lades
10/13 – Berlin, Germany @ Magnet
10/14 – Köln, Germany @ Werkstatt
10/15 – München, Germany @ Atomic Cafe
10/16 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Club Zukunft
10/17 – Milan, Italy Indierocket party @ Rocket (free entry)
10/18 – Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
10/19 – Oxford, UK @ Jercicho Tavern
10/21 – Bristolm UK @ Louisanna
10/22 – Bristol, UK @ The Social
10/23 – Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival
10/24 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
10/25 – Leeds, UK @ Nation of Shopkeepers
10/26 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
10/27 – London, UK @ TBC
10/28 – London, UK @ Lexington
11/05 – Dallas, TX @ The Cavern (with Bosco Delrey)
11/07 – Houston, TX @ Numbers (with Bosco Delrey)
11/08 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon (with Bosco Delrey)
11/10 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 (with Bosco Delrey)
11/12 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (with Bosco Delrey)
11/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn (with Bosco Delrey)
11/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern (with Bosco Delrey)
11/16 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (with Bosco Delrey)
11/17 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird (with Bosco Delrey)
11/18 – Nashville, TN @ The End (with Bosco Delrey)
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