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12.14.10
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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.

12.07.10
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Surf City Gives ‘Kudos’

It has been a long time since a band could combine elements of early ‘80s alternative with the velvety guitar melodies of ‘90s college rock to the poetic lyrics of many indie bands of today, but New Zealand’s Surf City has managed to do all of that and still sound original and on the edge of something truly spectacular. 

Surf City was formed by guitar mavens Davin Stoddard and Josh Kennedy.  They quickly added Josh’s brother Jamie on bass and Logan Collins on drums and from there the group was complete.  Driven with a passion to create some of the best psychedelic pop music around, they sought out Steve Keene who had previously worked with bands Pavement and Silver Jews to produce their self titled EP.  Upon the release of their first EP, Surf City immediately gained momentum which did not go unnoticed as they impressed music Web sites Stereogum and All Music. 

Surf City released their long awaited debut album Kudos on Fire Records on November 30th to a lot of buzz with the band being hailed as New Zealand’s most hyped and possibly best indie band to emerge in a very long time.  The first two singles, “Crazy Rulers of The World” and “Kudos” have already whet the palettes of music lovers everywhere leaving them all wanting more.

11.23.10
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Get Some of Lykke Li In New Video


I don’t know about you guys but, when I first heard the debut single from Lykke Li’s new album, I began to eagerly anticipate the release of its accompanying video. After all, the song was entitled “Get Some.”

Yesterday, that video arrived via PitchFork. But, its not at all what I was expecting. Absent is the innate sexuality of the song. In its place is an almost cult-like call to arms. Check out the slightly disappointing video down below, along with Li’s upcoming tour dates.

Upcoming Tour Dates

12-01 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
03-09 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
04-04 Hamburg, Germany -Grunspan
04-05 Berlin, Germany – Astra Kulturhaus
04-06 Munich, Germany – Muffathalle
04-08 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
04-11 Cologne, Germany – Gloria
04-12 Bristol, England – Trinity
04-14 London, England – Shepherds Bush Empire
04-15 Leeds, England – Cockpit
04-16 Dublin, Ireland – Tripod
04-18 Glasgow, Scotland – Arches
04-19 Manchester, England – Academy 2
04-21 Paris, France – Le Cigale
04-25 Rennes, France – L’Antipode
04-29 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
04-30 Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
05-02 Stockholm, Sweden – Cirkus
05-15 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
05-16 Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
05-17 New York, NY – Webster Hall
05-20 Boston, MA – Paradise
05-22 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theatre
05-23 Chicago, IL – Metro
05-26 Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market
05-27 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
05-28 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
05-30 San Francisco, CA – Regency Center

05.07.09
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The Shins to Release New Record

Its been quite some time since we’ve gotten a new record from The Shins, but they’re back. James Mercer and Co. are on the brink of releasing a new album but things have certainly changed. For one, the band will release the album on Mercer’s own label, Aural Apothecary, having split with their former label Sub Pop.  Mercer also let two of the original members go, keyboardist Marty Crandall and drummer Jesse Sandoval, stating that he wanted to take the band in a new direction. ‘I started to have production ideas that I wanted to do that basically required some other people,’ Mercer recently told Pitchfork.

The guys have been replaced by Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse and Ron Lewis from The Fruit Bats. Man, seems like a rough day to be in The Shins. Though the band is currently doing a few tour dates, the new album still won’t be released until early next year. Mercer describes the new songs as very ‘up tempo’ and less depressing than their other records. I guess some good did come out of this.

Watch one of our favorite videos bv The Shins. ‘Patent Pending’

05.04.09
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Stephen Malkmus Talks to Pitchfork about The Jicks’ Future

Though Stephen Malkmus seems in denial that a Pavement reunion will ever happen, at least his future with The Jicks is stable. Malkmus recently did an interview with Pitchfork talking about the near end of the Pavement reissues, The Jicks in general and the dreaded ‘So when is Pavement going to reunite?’ question. 2009 actually marks the 20th year anniversary of Pavement’s first EP, ‘Slay Tracks (1933-1969)‘. Its so hard to believe they started that long ago….though Stephen Malkmus, you’ve never looked so young.

Read Pitchfork’s interview with Stephen Malkmus HERE

Watch one of our all time favorite Malkmus performances, the video for ‘Discretion Grove’, off his first solo record.