Los-Angeles septet (that’s seven) Shadow Shadow Shade are putting the final touches on their debut album, which will be out October 5th on the group’s own Public Records.
Tom Biller (Karen O, Sean Lennon, Kanye West) produced the album and is now part of the group.
The band has built a rabid following thanks to their explosive live shows and how distinctive their music feels. They draw influences from everything from indie rock to opera. Many songs find the entire group singing together.
To appease you until October, the band has also released a short post-apocalyptic film called the White Horse Trilogy. You can watch it right here for free.
The film is about World War III, and is set in a time when an unknown force has enslaved the human race.
The godfather of DFA is certainly gearing up for the release of his debut solo album. Due out Sept 21, Shit Robot has the new video for the track “Tuff Enuff” ready for your viewing pleasure.
The lead track off From The Cradle To The Rave the “Tuff Enuf” video features a stop-motion animation visual story which shows off the different influences heard on the entire album, capturing the fun feeling of the track.
From The Cradle To The Rave is due out Sept 21 and not a day sooner as fans have been waiting for this album almost 20 years.
Shit Robot will be heading across the pond for a string of dates with LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip, but keep your ears to the ground for the U.S. tour dates.
Combining fashion and art with music is what Leelou does best, this is accurately exhibited through her new video for “Gasoline.” The video for the first single off Leelou’s forthcoming EP, Kiss. Death. Love. Come. is a spectacular piece of art filmed underwater to depict the idea portrayed in the lyrics “Take this gasoline, drown the fear in me.” Styled by BOOM Style, fashions on Leelou include those from designers House of Harlot, Bordelle, and Hannah Martin amongst others.
The video for “Gasoline” is a piece that stands out proudly in the thick of aesthetically mundane videos that are released so often.
The Heavy have been blowing up for a while, ever since they played on Late Show with David Letterman. They performed their hit song “How Do You Like Me Now?” and Letterman was so impressed that he asked for an encore for the first time…ever.
Now, a summer of extensive touring with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the Heavy are taking their amazing performance back on the road.
This time they will be sharing the spotlight with Mayor Hawthorne and The County on the MAZDA2 fall tour.
You can see the music video for the sensational “How Do You Like Me Now” right here, and check below the video for all the places The Heavy will be rocking this fall.
October 16, 2010 | Philadelphia, PA The Heavy @ Theatre Of Living Arts*
October 17, 2010 | New York, NY The Heavy @ Webster Hall*
October 18, 2010 | Brooklyn, NY The Heavy @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg*
October 19, 2010 | Boston, MA The Heavy @ Paradise Rock Club*
October 20, 2010 | Albany, NY The Heavy @ Jillian’s^
October 21, 2010 | Washington, DC The Heavy @ The Black Cat*
October 22, 2010 | Atlanta, GA The Heavy @ The Masquerade*
October 23, 2010 | Birmingham, AL The Heavy @ The Bottletree*
October 24, 2010 | Nashville, TN The Heavy @ Mercy Lounge*
October 25, 2010 | Asheville, NC The Heavy @ The Orange Peel*
October 27, 2010 | New Orleans, LA The Heavy @ One Eyed Jack’s^
October 28, 2010 | Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds^
October 29, 2010 | Austin, TX The Heavy @ The Mohawk^
October 30, 2010 | Scottsdale, AZ The Heavy @ Martini Ranch^
October 31, 2010 | Las Vegas, NV The Heavy @ Hard Rock Cafe^
November 3, 2010 | Seattle, WA The Heavy @ The Showbox at The Market^
November 4, 2010 | Portland, OR The Heavy @ Wonder Ballroom^
November 6, 2010 | Los Angeles, CA The Heavy @ El Rey Theatre^
November 7, 2010 | San Diego, CA The Heavy @ The Casbah^
November 8, 2010 | San Francisco, CA The Heavy @ The Independent^
November 9, 2010 | Salt Lake City, UT The Heavy @ Club Sound^
November 10, 2010 | Denver, CO The Heavy @ The Bluebird Theater^
November 11, 2010 | Lawrence, KS The Heavy @ The Bottleneck^
November 13, 2010 | Chicago, IL The Heavy @ Double Door^
November 14, 2010 | Milwaukee, WI The Heavy @ Turner Hall^
* co-headline w/ Mayer Hawthorne & the County, presented by MAZDA2
^ The Heavy headlining
Do you remember how you celebrated the new millennium? No matter how much fun you had that night, I guarantee Girl Talk had more.
For the 4,500 full-capacity crowd at the Congress Theater in Chicago, Girl Talk (aka Gregg Gillis) had a two story, five room house built on stage. Yes, he built a house. On stage.
The house had a kitchen, with a fridge (which had a note on the door) as well as a bathroom (with shower and sink) and two bedrooms.
At first, the house was dimly lit. But as it got closer to midnight, more and more lights began to turn on until the clock struck twelve. Then the kitchen turned into a dance floor while the bathroom had a strobe that flashed any color.
Holy cow. Now he’s released a DVD documentary of the experience. You can see a preview right here.
Girl Talk has been touring relentlessly since the release of Feed The Animals in June of 2008. Now, after almost 240 shows he is planning his next album, which should be around sometime in 2011.
If you want to catch Girl Talk (house or no house), you can see him…
Fri. Oct. 29 – Asheville, NC @ MoogFest
Sat. Nov. 20 – Sao Paulo, Brasil @ Planeta Terra Festival w/ Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement
It was only one week ago that Jukebox the Ghost released their sophomore album, Everything Under the Sun. But, the video for their second single “Schizophrenic” has already made its way online. Like Everything Under the Sun‘s first single, “Empire,” “Schizophrenic” features a distinct piano melody. In fact, it has two!
Says lead singer Ben Thronewill of the track, “Years ago I learned that often schizophrenics become schizophrenics in their early twenties after a traumatic experience. So the song is from the point of a schizophrenic who still has the wherewithal to talk coherently about his illness. Secondly, the song was born of the two piano melodies of the verses that were both technically very difficult to play and which, after I learned them, screamed ‘schizophrenic.'”
The video plays with the song’s theme in a clever manner, but also employs the use of TVs in an extremely cliche way. All the same, it’s definitely worth checking out down below.
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