Video: St. Vincent’s ‘Actor Out Of Work’ on dueling pianos
admin on Dec 14th 2009
These guys, thevoluptuous, have a host of similar covers on their YouTube channel, such as Deerhunter, Fleet Foxes, Pixies, Dirty Projectors, Broken Social Scene and much more. Watch Beirut’s ‘Scenic World’ and M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes’ below. Continue Reading »
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Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard
admin on Sep 28th 2009
Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard
Writing a catchy song about falling in love with a ghost can’t be the easiest thing, but there’s so much in this song to like: the structure, the imagery, the way the hooks link in together, the use of ‘dearly departed’ – damn! There are only two tracks to speak of so far (the equally catchy ‘Beachy Head’ being the other), but they’ve played a handful of shows with fellow twee tappers the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and the Pastels – with talk of an imminent 12″ EP. Continue Reading »
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Video: St. Vincent – Actor Out of Work / The Strangers (solo acoustic)
admin on Aug 24th 2009
A tantalising solo acoustic session from last weekend’s La Route du Rock festival in France. It’s incredible to hear her strip down those arrangements so well…
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Beirut – Soirée de Poche
admin on Jun 28th 2009
The latest installment of La Blogotheque’s pocket party series is a half-hour private Beirut peformance filmed in Paris last month. Given the size of the crowds they’re playing to these days, this may be as intimate as it gets.
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Video: Chairlift – Bruises
admin on Jun 8th 2009
The Chairlift track that has already been at #50 in the UK charts (largely thanks to an iPod commercial) finally gets its own video nine months later, but who can resist the allure of Caroline Polachek? (Well, probably plenty of people but I certainly can’t).
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