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I found these homemade videos for DOP songs on Youtube. It's moving, and weirdly voyeuristic, to peer into the world of total strangers who used our songs to soundtrack a slice of their lives.
The first one is nothing but shots of a woman in training for a marathon. We see her running on overpasses, sidewalks, leafy paths, beaches. I'm guessing she's in Florida, based on the vegetation, and that she's being filmed by her loving husband, cheering her along every step of the way. But who knows? Maybe she's being stalked. The song is "Girls and Sunshine," from our first EP. There's a very small cult that thinks this is our best song and call for it at shows. We pretend not to hear them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
And in this one a young Canadian takes a snowy bike ride around his subdivision, to the tune of "Your Summer Dress." If only we had called the song "Your Winter Dress," this would be the perfect video. I love it. Thanks, nastyrats!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
xo
doug
Valentine's Day with Band of Horses + Dirty on Purpose
We are playing a show with Band of Horses on Valentine's Day (yeah yeah we know, a commercial holiday, but having a reason to make out is always good). The good folks over at JellyNYC put together the lovefest at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Kinda spooky, kinda romantic? We dig it. We hope you do too. You can purchase tickets at ticketweb.com.
Mixing with Mark Ephraim + Paul Mahajan, Damn Fine Handsome Producers
Just some photos from the mixing process of our Dead Volcanoes EP for RCRDLBL.com. We would listen to those songs over and over and over again... They are finally finished! We can't wait for you to hear them... The last three songs come out in February, March and April.
Looks like George is getting hungry...
Doug is the laid-back type.
Paul stares into the abyss of the machine...
Mark, George and DJ are obviously concentrating very hard.
"Leaving" Lyrics
i see you doing dishes
i know you're making wishes
for down the line
we're waiting on the weekend
as if we'll find some peace then
on down the line
you're making your advances
i think i like my chances
i'll hold the line
don't get so defensive
cause everything that ends is
still on the line
you're leaving here tonight
for no good reason
and no words to describe
it makes no difference
if i'm putting up a fight
or if i'm dead or alive
you're leaving here tonight
there's nothing I can say now
i'm like a dead volcano
just passing time
it's not enough to kiss you
i wish i could go with you
on down the line
you're leaving here tonight
for no good reason
and no words to describe
it makes no difference
if i'm putting up a fight
or if i'm dead or alive
you're leaving here tonight
you're leaving here tonight
she's leaving here tonight
it's not a rite of passage
just someone else's baggage
DOWNLOAD: Vetiver - More Of This (Neighbours RMX)
...in which Vetiver's Andy Cabic remixes Vetiver track "More Of This". It gets more disorientating than that, Cabic's 'Neighbours' remix taking in Hawaiian surf and sun-drenched Afro guitars and still somehow sounding like Christmas. I guess it's the bells. Either way, things are pretty chill here, so we're not gonna ruin the good vibes by worrying about it too much at work's-almost-done 'o' clock on a Friday - find "More Of This" on a new, limited edition Vetiver 12", out through Bella Union at the end of the month.
Sounds like: Floating Points, Vampire Weekend, Wham
Vetiver - More Of This (Neighbors RMX)
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DOWNLOAD: Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (Toadally Krossed Out Remix)
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(Photo: Marianne Williams)
L.A. afro-rock collective Fool's Gold get the amphibious remix treatment from Mad Decent's masked crusaders Toadally Krossed Out, they of many ribbits and squiggly beach rave synths. If there ever was a Weekend At Bernie's 3: The Ibiza Adventures, this would have to play during the credits.
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (Toadally Krossed Out Remix)
Previously:
Fool's Gold - Nadine (Memory Tapes Version)
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (Micachu & The Shapes Remix)
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam + Know Better Learn Faster
(Photo: Tarina Westlund)
While we're told their new album, Know Better Learn Faster, is a break-up record, San Franciscan indie trio Thao With The Get Down Stay Down don't do mopey. "When We Swam" paints the severance in beach metaphors and twisted doo-wop rhythms, while the title track is shuffling and agrarian, fiddle and slide guitar laced throughout. Both are below, the former exclusively, while the band roll through New York tonight to play the Bowery Ballroom. More tour dates after the break.
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: A Mountain Of One - Bones (Acoustic Version)
London's A Mountain Of One are usually to be found wandering more astral planes, but this stripped down version of their desert-rocking, psych-funking, prog-haunted "Bones" gets to the heart of the matter, vocalist and pianist Zeben Jameson sounding like he's delivering this with all his bandmates passed out around him. My guess is there was a full moon and all the peyote had run out - catch them (presumably re-addled) with Glass Candy and other Italians Do It Better reps at Cargo in London this Saturday, November 7.
Sounds Like: Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Capgun Coup - Sitting On The Sidewalk
Never been to Omaha, but it sounds like a simple place, where starting a band would be a relatively easy proposition. That one dude and that one label have done okay. But seriously, Capgun Coup's Highway 61 re-revisit is about as urbane as grits, which is to say not very. And they're better for it–never during "Sitting On A Sidewalk" do you doubt that these dudes see lots of stars every night and think paying five dollars for a beer is insane. That's admirable. Their second LP, Maudlin, is out tomorrow through the aforementioned dude's Team Love, and they'll also be out on tour with Cursive in November and December. Dates on their MySpace.
DOWNLOAD: Rob - Femme et Enfant (feat. Sebastien Tellier)
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Rob's Dodecalogue project continues while the French musician is out slaying keys on tour with Phoenix, the latest and fourth installment being the album Jude Thadée, source of this collaboration with Sebastien Tellier. Tellier looms large on this one, bending it more towards the plush neon funk of Sexual Sportswear than Dodecalogue's previous, headier offerings. MP3's below courtesy of our pals at Institubes, more on the 12-month/12-album Dodecalogue opus here.
Rob - Femme et Enfant (feat. Sebastien Tellier)
Previously:
Rob - Transfiguration I : Douce
Sebastien Tellier - Kilometer (Moulinex Remix)
Sebastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear (Donovan Remix)
Sebastien Tellier - L'Amour et La Violence (Boys Noize Remix)
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