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Mount-Kimbie

Mount Kimbie’s Carbonated Soundscape

By Jennifer Zarichnyj | September 19th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

Mount Kimbie teams up with Tyrone Lebon to bring us the quiet feel of Carbonated. As the song tempo changes from disconnected ambience to a busy beat, the video plays along by changing from a dreary day to a crowded night, culminating in kisses and slow-motion movement.

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Nurses’ Fever Dreams

By Sacha Stephan | September 16th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

The latest video from Portland-based alternative wunderkinds Nurses – the aptly titled Fever Dreams – jams like a fluorescent-drenched beat party.

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Portable Exclusive: Azari & III’s Manic Director’s Cut

By Brodie Lancaster | September 15th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

The pulsing, gargling sounds of Canadian band Azari & III’s track Manic is set to a jolting montage of video self-portraits and flaming cymbals in filmmaker James Henry’s high-concept video that takes the phrase “tarred and feathered” to whole new levels.

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Superhumanoids: Hurdling For Love

By Sacha Stephan | September 14th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

It’s a classic formula: boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl is with someone else, chaos ensues with a hurdling showdown. With the Arms Race-directed clip for Mikelah by Superhumanoids, this apparently classic formula beams with heart-swelling earnest; there really is no option but to have your heart broken by Mikelah simultaneously with the curly-headed protagonist.

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Getting to Know Gauntlet Hair

By Brodie Lancaster | September 14th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

We chat with Denver duo Gauntlet Hair about their sound, unofficial fan-made videos and their extra band member: Penny the dog.

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Stephen Malkmus Teaches Us Tigers

By Shivangi Ramachandran | September 13th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus (and his other band) the Jicks’ new single and its accompanied video, Tigers manages to be a thorough, encyclopedic and hilarious history of tiger species without actually featuring any.

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Jimmy Hawk’s Fever Party

By Jenna Hawkins | September 13th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

Melbourne folk connoisseur Jimmy Hawk has teamed up with a new band, The Endless Party for his sophomore album, the follow up to last years Echo Park. The debut single. A Fever is a kaleidoscopic romance set to the images of lower Eastside 80′s video art.

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Ariel Pink’s Haunted Tribute

By Jennifer Zarichnyj | September 13th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

Ariel Pink’s epic 16-minute 9/11 tribute features an absurdist video chock full of lo-fi stock footage.

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Guillamino’s Guillamania

By Sacha Stephan | September 13th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

Spanish electronic-funk master Guillamino has bred his own signature recipe of Beatle Mania and Beiber Fever: Guillaminomania.

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Justice

Justice’s Audio, Video, Disco

By Jenna Hawkins | September 12th, 2011 in Music | Locale:

French electro kings Justice return with the title track and second single of their much anticipated sophomore record, Audio, Video, Disco which takes us inside a sophisticated Parisian recording studio.

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