New York venue Cake Shop isn’t exactly condusive to watching your favorite indie bands rock out live. It’s small, very narrow, and dismally lit. Most patrons soak up the general vibe through the bar’s surveillance-style TVs while tossing back a few drinks.
Spoon leader Britt Daniel approximates a similar viewing experience to Drowned in Sound today. The band’s new video for the Transference tune “Nobody Gets Me But You” is based on Daniel’s experience of “seeing” Australia’s Eddy Current Suppression Ring jam at Cake Shop.
Spoon played a show at the cramped venue and filmed it on surveillance-style cameras. Very cool. Watch the clip below (via Drowned in Sound.)
Taken By Trees
The Radio Dept.
“Honey Mine” [ft. Victoria Bergsman] MP3
Nov 15, 2010
Swedish Balearic-pop pair Korallreven (which includes The Radio Dept.‘s keyboardist Daniel Tjäder) unleashed their new single “Honey Mine” today, courtesy of Acéphale. Download it above. The airy tune features Taken by Trees frontwoman Victoria Bergsman’s vocals. Also: listen to a dance-y remix from Studio‘s D. Lissvik at Pitchfork.
French Miami
“Older” MP3
Nov 15, 2010
French Miami‘s Motor Skills EP is dropping November 16 via Death By Audio. The Brooklyn threesome still sports kraut/prog-indebted electro and post-punk dins. Added bonus: Trans Am‘s Phil Manley engineered the new release and contributed some guest vocals and guitar playing). Check out the free preview mp3 for “Older.” Stream more track’s via FM’s site.
Arcade Fire: “We Used to Wait” / “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” (Saturday Night Live) Video
Glasser‘s debut long-player, Ring is one of our favorites from this year. Peep this live clip of Glasser frontwoman Cameron Meisrow and her backing band playing album track “Treasury of We” at Brooklyn’s Carriage House Studios. Pretty damn impressive. See tour dates here. (via True Panther’s blog.)
Sleigh Bells: “Riot Rhythm” Video
Sleigh Bells already have one of the best debut albums of the year, but the noise-pop freaks have their lasers set for stun as 2010 begins to wind down. We’ve got the rad conceptual vid for “Riot Rhythm,” which was directed by Bo Mirosseni. Check upcoming North American tour dates over at MySpace. (Via A Heart is a Spade.)
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The xx
“Let Them” / “I’m the One/Money On My Mind” MP3
Nov 12, 2010
Gorilla vs. Bear posted jj‘s new free single today. “Let Them” (download link above) samples T.I’s “Let ‘Em Talk,” and B-Side “I’m the One/Money On My Mind” (click here) swipes bits from Lil Wayne and “Intro,” a moody cut from onetime tourmates The xx. Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander continue to intrigue, despite some live hiccups from earlier this year. “Let Them” b/w “I’m the One/Money On My Mind” is out for free via Sincerely Yours.
Toro y Moi
“Fax Shadow (Shlohmo Remix)” MP3
Nov 11, 2010
Toro Y Moi‘s promising debut Causers of This was released almost a year ago, and artists are still re-rubbing it raw. L.A./S.F. beatsmith Shlohmo is next with a minimal space-pop take on the chillwave tune ”Fax Shadow.”
