Here are three of the best videos I’ve seen in a while. All three of them remind of being little and watching MTV. I love the corniness and sweetness of the low budget special effects. I picked the Vampire Weekend video because I just watched Pretty in Pink. Think Thriller meets all of the John Hughes movies. Enjoy.
Hot Chip - “One Pure Thought”
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Matt & Kim - “Daylight”
Thao Nguyen played a couple of her songs for a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR back in September. Watch the video here. This video made my day.
Thao’s a really nice mix of indie folk and blues. There’s a nimbleness to her playing, which Thao has attributed to she spending her high school years working at her mom’s laundromat in a D.C. suburb, passing time between customers playing her acoustic. (She credits her intricate fingerpicking to “years of laundry oragami.”)
Her album We Brave Bee Stings and All is out on Kill Rock Stars.
Upcoming Shows:
Oct 27 2008 7:30P HOTEL CAFE TOUR– w/ house band- no GDSD-Cat’s Cradle Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Oct 28 2008 8:00P 9:30 Club Washington DC
Oct 29 2008 6:00P World Cafe Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 30 2008 8:00P Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Oct 31 2008 8:00P Paradise Club Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 1 2008 8:00P Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
Nov 3 2008 7:00P Bogart’s Front Room Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 5 2008 7:00P Park West Chicago, Illinois
Nov 6 2008 8:00P The Varsity Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nov 7 2008 8:00P High Noon Madison, Wisconsin
Nov 8 2008 8:00P Bluberry Hill Saint Louis, Missouri
Nov 9 2008 7:00P Liberty Hall Lawrence, Kansas
Nov 11 2008 7:00P Bluebird Denver, Colorado
Nov 12 2008 6:30P Avalon Theater Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov 13 2008 7:00P Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, Idaho
Nov 14 2008 8:00P Doug Fir Portland, Oregon
Nov 15 2008 8:00P Chop Suey Seattle, Washington
Nov 17 2008 9:00P Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Nov 18 2008 8:00P Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles, California
I’ve been listening to Brazilian Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) a lot these last couple of days. Their songs have a synthpop electroclash sound to them. There name means ‘tired of being sexy’, which allegedly is a Beyoncé quote.
Here’s their new video for “Move“, which has been described as a modern electronic disco anthem…
I love it.
(Via Pitchfork.tv)
Here is Ben Folds’ duet with Regina Spektor on Conan last night. Its pretty good. Its no “Interlude“, but I kinda like it. Ben Folds is on tour right now.
It looks like they’ve taken down the footage of them on Conan. Here’s the song, if you still want to check it out.
Ben Folds Tour Dates:
10/03 Ft. Wayne, IN Embassy Theatre
10/04 Louisville, KY Whitney Hall
10/08 Athens, OH Ohio University
10/09 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
10/10 Chicago, IL Congress Theatre
10/11 Green Bay, WI OKOBOS Fest
10/16 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
10/17 St. Paul, MN The Myth
10/18 Kirksville, MO Pershing Arena
10/22 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre
10/23 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
10/24 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
10/25 Austin, TX Stubb’s
11/11 Tempe, AZ Arizona State University
11/13 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
11/14 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern Theatre
Radiohead’s new video for their song “Reckoner” just premiered on Myspace. The animated video was created by Clement Picon of France, who was one of four winners of the In Rainbows Animated Music Video Contest. The winners were selected by the members of Radiohead and the band has decided that Picon’s video for “Reckoner” will serve as the official video for the song.
Radiohead - Reckoner - by Clement Picon
I’m totally regretting not seeing Radiohead when they were in town. I really think that In Rainbows has been a return to something good. Thankfully, NPR’s All Songs Considered is streaming their Santa Barbara show from September 5th. Check it out here.
Over the weekend Duffy performed on SNL “Mercy” and “Stepping Stone“. Small girl, big voice. SNL seems to be pretty quick on yanking these performances off of Youtube, so we’ll see how long this stays up.
“Mercy”
“Stepping Stone”
Annuals are back with their sophomore effort. Such Fun, is due out next Tuesday, October 7th. They will also be embarking on a U.S. Tour.
I like the picture they used for the cover of their album. It looks familiar because it was painted by Bob Ross, known for painting “happy, little trees”.
Here’s their recently premiered video for “Confessor“…
UPCOMING SHOWS with Minus the Bear
October 8 - Spokane, WA - Service Station #
October 9 - Missoula, MT - The Other Side#
October 11 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre #
October 12 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown #
October 13 - Iowa City, IA - The Picador #
October 15 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre #
October 16 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall #
October 17 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre #
October 18 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall #
October 19 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre Center #
October 20 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop $
October 21 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
October 22 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
October 23 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
October 24 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s at the Strand
October 25 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
October 26 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
October 28 - Richmond, VA - The National
October 29 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
October 30 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
October 31 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
November 1 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
November 3 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution !
November 4 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues !
November 5 - Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Café !
November 7 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues !
November 8 - Houston, TX - House of Blues !
November 9 - Austin, TX - Waterloo Park (Fun Fun Fun Fest) !
November 10 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues !
November 12 - Santa Fe, NM - TBA
November 13 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre !
November 14 - San Diego, CA - Soma @
November 15 - Pomona, CA - Glass House @
November 16 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre @
November 18 - Sacramento, CA - Empire @
November 19 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo’s @
# with Themes
$ with the New Year
with Sylvie
! with 27
@ with Helms Alee