Alongside our FADER bros, we were very jazzed to throw our backs into presenting The Soft Pack’s free record release show in NYC at the Cake Shop last Friday night. Lots of friends and a few vagrants came out to sweat along to Soft Pack songs old and brand spanking new. That said, their self-titled full-length debu that came out on Kemado last Tuesday. You should buy it. Wait! Before you do that, check out “Answer To Yourself” and “Extinction” after the jump. They’ll explain why.
Hey, you know what’s better than an unreleased No Age song? THREE unreleased No Age songs. And if you head over to the mighty Daytrotter blog at this very moment, that is exactly what you’ll get. The “skaters, but not entirely skate-punk” duo burn through new jams “N.G.F.S” and “Depletion” with typical aplomb — and check out the ambient-skree of “Hard Trash,” which was the foundation for “You’re a Target,” a highlight off of last year’s Losing Feeling stopgap EP.
Click here to kick out the (unreleased) jams — and check out the video for “You’re A Target” above (via Pitchfork.tv), for good measure.
Alright, so we were sitting here watching this clip for Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi’s “Go Do,” and we came to a heavy realization: how much does Jónsi look like Marilyn Manson in the video for “The Beautiful People” here? Seriously, between the pale-white face paint, the herky-jerky, sped-up camera footage, and the quasi-bondage gear, there’s not much separating the perpetual shock-rocker from Iceland’s falsetto-pop master. Well, maybe there are a few differences — for one, if “Go Do” was a Marilyn Manson video, we’re pretty sure all those birds fluttering around Jónsi would have their heads torn off or something. Also, Jónsi’s music is, you know, enjoyable.
Check out the video for “Go Do” (via Pitchfork TV) above — as well as the clip for Manson’s “The Beautiful People,” for comparison’s sake. Jó’nsi’s Go comes out April 6 on XL.
Q: Did you watch the Super Bowl last night?
A) Yes — WHO DAT?!
B) Yes — I DO NOT CARE FOR TRACY PORTER AT THE MOMENT.
C) I hate football.
D) Please stop.
If you answered C or D, chances are you missed Grizzly Bear’s very first foray into advertising! That’s right, “Two Weeks” was used last night in a Volkswagen commercial centered around the time-honored “Slug Bug” game (you see a Volkswagen, you punch your friend and call out the color). Check out the commercial above, and try not to laugh at the two surprise cameos at the end of the ad. Also, did you know that Spiritualized and Stereolab have both been featured in Volkswagen commercials as well? Weird.
A funny thing happened on the way to Adam Green’s Manhattan apartment the other week. Wait, no, that’s wrong. A funny thing happened at Green’s apartment: in all the conversational space left between two of the newer jams/froot looped mindspirals he thoughtfully shared, Green also gave us an extended tour of the Garfield-inspired paper mache playground he’s scattered across much of his living area. We filmed the entire thing. With a video camera. For you. It’s above.
Watch him strum his way through “Castles and Tassles” and “Breaking The Lock” after the bump. Read the full story
