When I listen to M83, I always feel like I’m being transported to a dreamlike place filled with fields of flowers and rainbow-filled skies. Anthony Gonzalez’s 2005 breakthrough album “Before the Dawn Heals Us” was the soundtrack of my senior year of college. A friend and I drove four hours to New York City for the night just to catch Gonzalez’s live show at Bowery Ballroom. And let me tell you, it was well worth the trip!
On his latest album, “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” Gonzalez says that each track is an interpretation of people’s dreams. The first single ‘Midnight City’, is a beautiful synth-dance anthem that makes you want to sway as you listen to it, and it should be mentioned that there is an awesome sax solo. Yes a sax solo and it’s not lame.
Young Galaxy is gearing up for a world tour with labelmates Austra in support of their album Shapeshifting, which was released last year on Paper Bag Records.
They have a new animated video for Peripheral Visionairies, the sequel to the awesome video for “We Have Everything” that just broke 100,000 YouTube views! Both videos were directed by Sinbad Richardson, a Montreal-based visual artist.
“The band asked me to create a second animated music video and I suggested making a sequel to ‘We Have Everything’ off the same album,” says Sinbad Richardson. “‘Peripheral Visionaries’ picks up where we left off, our main character is stranded on the side of the highway, her bus having broken down. This narrative interprets ‘Peripheral Visionaries’ as a confession to the attraction of the unholy and a belonging to an ambiguous (nonetheless determined) rebellion against virtue. Our main character was to give in to her superficial ambitions but not without a cost. The line ‘We a sea, tears from the eyes of god’ repeated over and over, is taken as a foregone conclusion.”
Take a look:
Check the band on tour:
Young Galaxy World Tour Dates:
October 13 – Reykjavik IS – Iceland Airwaves
October 15 – Stockholm SE – Strand
October 19 – Oslo NO – Mono
October 20 – Göteborg SE – Pustervik
October 21 – Malmo SE – Debaser
October 22 – Hamburg DE – Indra Club
October 23 – Berlin DE – Comet Club
October 25 – Cologne DE – Elektroküche
October 26 – Amsterdam NL – Paradiso
October 27 – Paris FR – Flèche D’or
October 28 – Lille FR – Ground Zero Festival
October 29 – Brussels BE – Ancienne Belgique
October 30 – Manchester UK – The Deaf Institute
November 2 – London UK – The Lexington
November 16 – Vancouver BC – Electric Owl +
November 17 – Kamloops BC – Cactus Jacks +
November 18 – Edmonton AB – The Brixx Bar & Grill +
November 19 – Calgary AB – HiFi Club +
November 20 - Lethbridge AB – Tongue N Groove +
November 22 – Saskatoon SK – Amigos Cantina +
November 23 – Regina SK – The Exchange +
November 24 – Winnipeg MB – West End Cultural Centre + November 25 – Fargo ND – The Aquarium + November 26 – Minneapolis MN – Triple Rock Social Club +
November 28 – Chicago IL – Empty Bottle +
November 29 – Pontiac MI – The Pike Room at Crowfoot Ballroom +
December 1 – Toronto ON – The Phoenix Concert Theatre +
December 2 – Montreal QC – Cabaret du Mile End +
December 3 – Ottawa ON – Ritual Night Club +
December 4 – Waterloo ON – Starlight * + with Austra
In case you didn’t know, our team loves Neon Indian. Era Extrañais the newest album from Neon Indian (frontman is Alan Palomo) that dropped yesterday on Palomo’s label, Static Tongues and Mom + Pop Music.
Here’s the new video for “Polish Girl” directed by Tim Nackashi and produced in collaboration with The Creators Project, depicts “a futurist romance between a data-mining outcast and the woman he loves.”
If you love Neon Indian, they are performing “Polish Girl” on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” tonight! Check you local listings.
I was first introduced to Veronica Falls with their sweet love song “Found Love in a Graveyard” and later “Beachy Head. The UK quartet of Roxanne Clifford, Patrick Doyle, James Hoare and Marion Herbain are returning this autumn with their much anticipated self-titled debut LP, to be released in September on Slumberland.
So very excited to hear the rest of the tracks off the LP because I’ve already listened to their newest single “Bad Feeling” on repeat. Prepare to be put under their spell, especially if you’re a sucker for indie pop.
09/21 San Francisco, CA Brick and Mortar Music Hall #!
09/23 San Diego, CA Til Two Club
09/25 Los Angeles, CA The Echo / Part Time Punks %&
09/27 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands $
09/28 New York, NY Pianos +
09/29 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall *
09/30 Montreal, QC Il Motore *
10/01 Toronto, ON The Mod Club *
10/03 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop *
10/04 Chicago, IL Subterranean *
10/05 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry *
10/06 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville Mews *
10/10 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *
10/11 Vancouver, BC Venue *
10/12 Seattle, WA The Crocodile *
* = w/ The Drums
# = w/ Brilliant Colors
! = w/ The Mantles
% = w/ Sea Lions
& = w/ Neverever
$ = w/ German Measles, Darlings, Tanks Amigo
+ = w/ McDonalds, The Hairs
DFA and Adult Swim teamed up for Holy Ghost!’s video for “Some Children” and the track also includes vocals from Michael McDonald! Yes, channel the Doobie Brothers.
Echo Lake is a new band from London, England that we just discovered. If you like Beach House, Slowdive, and My Bloody Valentine – then we think you’ll dig them too.
They just debuted their new music video for ‘Breathe Deep’ (directed by Rob Heppel) on Gorilla vs Bear. The band stayed up until 5AM shooting the video but Heppel cheered them on to the finish line.
Montreal art-rock outfit Young Galaxy will kick off an exciting second run of tour dates across the globe this September in celebration of their highly successful album Shapeshifting which was released last year on Paper Bag Records. The band will be joining electro-pop masterminds Junior Boys (love!) for select North American appearances.
We were totally digging their animated video for “We Have Everything” earlier this year and are happy to see that they have another new, artsy video for “Blown Minded.”
The new video for ‘Blown Minded’ was created by artist Carine Khalifé, and was inspired by the textures and depths rooted within the song. She spent fourth months working on a series of paintings and then filmed frame by frame. The process took place inside a darkroom, with a single light source coming from beneath the glass to reveal the brush movements. If you ask us, we think it’s beautiful.
Check out the video for “Blown Minded”:
See Young Galaxy live:
September 11 – Minneapolis MN – First Avenue *
September 12 – Winnipeg MB – West End Cultural Centre *
September 14 – Edmonton AB – Starlite Room *
September 15 – Calgary AB – Republik *
September 17 – Vancouver BC – Commodore Ballroom *
September 18 – Victoria BC – Sugar Nightclub *
September 20 – Seattle WA – Neumos *
September 21 – Portland OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
September 23 – San Francisco CA – Mezzanine *
September 24 – Los Angeles CA – El Rey Theater *
September 25 – Tucson AZ – Plush *
This past March, The Strokes released their highly anticipated fourth studio album, Angles and our favorite song (and arguably the best off the album) is “Taken for a Fool,” which just happens to be their latest single.
Their first album “Is This It” is still our favorite but when we listen to “Taken For a Fool” – it reminds us of why we still love this band and keeps us routing for them.
Check out their trippy video for “Taken For a Fool.”
Light Asylum a young emerging duo from Brooklyn that just released their newest single “A Certain Person” from their 12″ In Tension. And you know what? We can’t stop listening to it. Shannon Funchess, the duo’s head singer, has such an amazing voice that she can take from low and operatic to punchy post-punk. This summer, Light Asylum will be living in Berlin and touring Europe.
The video is directed by filmmaker Eden Bataki, the video highlights footage of the Funchess and Bruno Coviello (keys) performing in fog-filled venues, exploring the Portland wilderness and lounging in a lodge in Santa Monica like “a haunted old resort where Joan Crawford-types would holiday.”
This Fall, Parisian Joakim is releasing his much anticipated release of his fourth studio album “Nothing Gold” through his very own imprint, Tigersushi Records.
Despite notable collaborations with artists such as Goldfrapp, Friendly Fires, DJ Mehdi, Cut Copy, Tiga, Fischerspooner, Late of the Pier, Max Berlin and Zombie Zombie – to name a few, the premiere single ‘Forever Young’ stems from an inspiring place of honesty and self-reverence for Joakim as his self-proclaimed “road to Damascus.”
He explains: ”‘Forever Young’ is my song for all the 30-something people out there. I used to hate people between 30 and 40 when I was younger. I thought they gave up on most of their beliefs and lived a dull and false life. Love cowards pretending to still be cool. Contemptuous grown-ups afraid of the young sharks. But now I’m one of THEM. So I have to cope with that.”
The sentiment is undeniably ominous, yet ‘Forever Young’ tells the story of life seen through Joakim’s eyes, filled with endless questions and obscurity.
July 8th : SF, No Way Back @ 222 Hyde
July 9th : LA, A Club Called Rhonda @ El Cid
July 13th : Washington, Fixed @ UHall
July 14th : Philly, Snacks @ Voyeur
July 16th : NYC, WarmUp @ PS1 – we’ll be here!
July 28th : Chicago, Club Berlin
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