The new Death Cab for Cutie video doubles as a feel-good, triumph-of-the-little-guy tale. Director Ross Ching was simply a longtime fan of the band when he made the clip for “Little Bribes”, a track off Death Cab’s recent Open Door EP. He uploaded the time-lapse-crazed clip to the web, and next thing you know, his beloved band declared his video totally official. Plus: A press release tells us Ching has been hired by DCFC label Atlantic to film another project. Best of all: Unlike most fan-helmed videos, this one does not suck: (via Pitchfork: Video: Death Cab for Cutie: “Little Bribes” )
An even more outragous stage than his last for his upcoming US summer tour with Lady Gaga. (via kanYe West : Blog)
Bob Dylan has made a guest appearence on the new Beastie Boys album. According to the trio, the legend was sampled on ‘Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2’ after talking about the band on his radio show. “He played one of our songs and was talking about us,” Ad-Rock told Drowned In Sound. “He’s a big fan.” The Beastie Boys new album will be released on September 15.
— Bob Dylan to appear on new Beastie Boys record | News | NME.COM
The Rocket Summer covering Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (via RocketSummerChannel)
Street Lights (via chanolongo)
Grizzly Bear - “Cheerleader” on Fallon 6/26 (TheAudioPerv.com) (via MrSammy1000)
Paramore has set September 29th as the release date for their new album, Brand New Eyes (via Driven Far Off)
Beck’s Record Club project promises a series of installments in which the man and a bunch of buddies ducking into the studio sans rehearsal and knocking out a cover version of an entire album. The Hansen family band got it running with the wise choice of The Velvet Underground & Nico, and the first listen was their take on the strung-out classic “Sunday Morning.” Today the crew — which features Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, Brian Lebarton, Bram Inscore, Yo, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Holmes, and Icelandinc “special guest” Thorunn Magnusdottir — have upped the ante with the quintessential and anxious anthem of dope fiends everywhere, “I’m Waiting For My Man.” Per Beck, with this cover “everyone untunes their instruments and nigel thrashes a dx-7, coaxing sounds hitherto unheard from the 80’s power ballad beast.” So there you go. Those hitherto unheard sounds bring a loopy and ramshackle strain of psychedelia to the song. The detuning and clattering percussion helps. (via Beck & Friends Cover “I’m Waiting For My Man” - Video - Stereogum)
Wilco, with special guest Leslie Feist dueting with Jeff Tweedy, perform “You and I” from the album “Wilco (The Album)” live at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009. (via okeastron2008)
There’s a long history of “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” covers in movies: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Not Another Teen Movie, Sky High… OK, not that long. But you can add to the list (500) Days Of Summer, the Zooey Deschanel/Joseph Gordon-Levitt love story with the meaningful-core soundtrack (its trailer opens with the leads bonding over “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”). I think I saw an advertisement for it somewhere? Zooey’s joined here by her songwriting partner, folk monster Matt Ward, and theirs is a ghostly, twangy take on the Smiths’ briefest ballad, appropriate for the last dance at a ’50s prom (ask grandma). Here’s what else you’ll find on the soundtrack. (I’d say cue the Garden State comparisons, but you probably did that when Joseph Gordon-Levitt appeared in oversize headphones.)
01 Mychael Danna And Rob Simonsen - “A Story Of Boy Meets Girl”
02 Regina Spektor - “Us”
03 The Smiths - “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”
04 Black Lips - “Bad Kids”
05 The Smiths - “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want”
06 Doves - “There Goes The Fear”
07 Hall & Oates - “You Make My Dreams”
08 The Temper Trap - “Sweet Disposition”
09 Carla Bruni - “Quelqu’un M’a Dit”
10 Feist - “Mushaboom”
11 Regina Spektor - “Hero”
12 Simon & Garfunkel - “Bookends”
13 Wolfmother - “Vagabond”
14 Mumm-Ra - “She’s Got You High”
15 Meaghan Smith - “Here Comes Your Man”
16 She & Him - “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want”
(via She & Him Cover The Smiths’ “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” - Video - Stereogum)
Wilco - “You Never Know” on Conan 6/24 (TheAudioPerv.com) (via MrSammy1000)
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There’s been an amendment to the album’s title. It’ll now be called Hot Sauce Committee Part 1. Also, the LP is due for release on September 15. Previously announced guests Nas and Santigold will both make appearances. And the song titles are vintage Beasties; I feel like I already know exactly how “Nonstop Disco Powerpack” and “Funky Donkey” will sound. (We already know what “B-Boys in the Cut” and “Lee Majors Come Again” sound like.) Odds are “OK” and “Crazy Ass Shit” will be the obligatory hardcore punk bangers, and “Bundt Cake” and “The Bill Harper Collection” will be the Meters-esque funk instrumentals. Prove me wrong, Beasties! (via Pitchfork: Beastie Boys Reveal Hot Sauce Details )
Seattle proto-emo heroes Sunny Day Real Estate have broken up twice, in 1995 and 2001. But they’re back together again for a North American reunion tour, and this time, all four original members are on board.
09-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
09-18 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
09-20 Murray, UT - Murray Theater
09-21 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
09-23 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
09-24 Chicago, IL - Metro
09-25 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew’s Hall
09-27 New York, NY - Terminal Five
09-28 Boston, MA - House of Blues
09-30 Washington, D.C. - 930 Club
10-01 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10-03 Atlanta, GA - CW Center Stage
10-05 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
10-06 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live - Ballroom
10-07 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
10-09 Tempe, AZ - Marquee
10-10 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
10-11 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
10-13 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
10-15 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
10-16 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater
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Chuck Prophet - From a Buick 6 (Bob Dylan Cover)
Photo by Diana Broeders
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