House heads rejoice! Berlin house favorite Claptone has announced his highly anticipated debut album, Charmer, releasing one of its singles a couple months early. The man behind the golden mask has served up “Puppet Theatre,” offering a taste of the soul-tinged house that’s become synonymous with his eccentric stage persona.
The track begins with a dissonant piano melody before the delicate harmonies of vocalists Peter, Bjorn and John kick in, setting a dark ambience. Between contemplative lyrics, rich instrumental samples and minimal synth work, the single maintains a promising degree of crossover potential without being a complete bastardization of proper house music.
What’s more, it makes for a perfect means of promoting Claptone’s first album. With its official release slated for October 16th, Charmer will feature a much broader range of collaborators such as Nathan Nicholson of The Boxer Rebellion, Jimi Tenor, Young Galaxy, Jay-Jay Johanson and...
The track begins with a dissonant piano melody before the delicate harmonies of vocalists Peter, Bjorn and John kick in, setting a dark ambience. Between contemplative lyrics, rich instrumental samples and minimal synth work, the single maintains a promising degree of crossover potential without being a complete bastardization of proper house music.
What’s more, it makes for a perfect means of promoting Claptone’s first album. With its official release slated for October 16th, Charmer will feature a much broader range of collaborators such as Nathan Nicholson of The Boxer Rebellion, Jimi Tenor, Young Galaxy, Jay-Jay Johanson and...
- 7/30/2015
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
Nick Stern is a former Atlantic Records publicist, currently a manager at Vector Management whose clients include The Black Angels, Phosphorescent and Eagulls, among others. When I first started managing Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in 2005, I was an employee at Atlantic Records. I worked in the label’s publicity department from 2001-2006 and loved it there. I made amazing friends I’ve kept to this day, and have managed and worked with many bands on the label since I left. For a couple years after leaving, I was decidedly "anti-label." With Cyhsy, we showed how you could sell
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- 5/8/2014
- by Nick Stern
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars latest album "The North" came out last fall, and this video for their electro-pop epic 'Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It' wasn't exactly shot last night. But it sure feels fitting that The Huffington Post is premiering the video moments after the U.S Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act banning same-sex marriage and overturned California's Prop 8 ban.
While the love song's lyrics only hint at gay rights issues ("There's been a lot of talk of love / But that don't amount to nothing / You can evolve the stars above / But that doesn't make it something") the video, co-directed by Torq and George Vale, turns the song's subtext into a celebration.
"I wanted to make a video that celebrated the following things: 1. being yourself 2. being someone else 3. being fucking fabulous 4. showing up, putting on your heels and staying alive," says Stars singer Torquil Campbell.
While the love song's lyrics only hint at gay rights issues ("There's been a lot of talk of love / But that don't amount to nothing / You can evolve the stars above / But that doesn't make it something") the video, co-directed by Torq and George Vale, turns the song's subtext into a celebration.
"I wanted to make a video that celebrated the following things: 1. being yourself 2. being someone else 3. being fucking fabulous 4. showing up, putting on your heels and staying alive," says Stars singer Torquil Campbell.
- 6/26/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Even with the Fourth of July putting everyone in hotdog-filled good spirits, this week started on a sad note as beloved actor Andy Griffith died from a heart attack at 86. Kanye West also snagged headlines everywhere when he premiered “New God Glow” at the B.E.T. awards, a song off his upcoming album. Indie music lovers were also plagued with a few unfortunate lineup changes as Girls lost frontman Christopher Owens, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s bassist and guitarist announced their last show. Amy Winehouse‘s estate (by way of her father) revealed that there’s still enough material for one...
- 7/8/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Getty Ziggy Marley, son of late reggae musician Bob Marley performs during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival on July 8, 2011 in Montreux.
Thousands of hopeful and ambitious musicians are now in New York City to participate in the annual showcase known as the Cmj Music Marathon, which begins tomorrow.
For fans and performers, Cmj is a grueling endurance contest. More than 1,300 acts are in this year’s lineup – and many will perform multiple sets at some of nearly 75 venues strewn through the boroughs,...
Thousands of hopeful and ambitious musicians are now in New York City to participate in the annual showcase known as the Cmj Music Marathon, which begins tomorrow.
For fans and performers, Cmj is a grueling endurance contest. More than 1,300 acts are in this year’s lineup – and many will perform multiple sets at some of nearly 75 venues strewn through the boroughs,...
- 10/17/2011
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
“Hysterical” might have been an apt descriptor for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah several years and a couple of albums ago. The indie-pop outfit’s eponymous 2005 debut was hailed as a harbinger of the old industry’s end—singer Alec Ounsworth and company recorded, released, promoted, and distributed the record without any outside help. When labels came knocking, Cyhsy didn’t even bother opening the door. The ensuing hype matched the freneticism of the songs—yappy, nervously charged things that squirmed in the subconscious—and 2007’s Some Loud Thunder drove deeper into that ugly, happy angularity. Hysteria abounded ...
- 9/20/2011
- avclub.com
The Art of Getting By
Directed by: Gavin Wiesen
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano
Running Time: 1 hr 24 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Plot: A young man (Highmore) starts an unlikely relationship with a classmate (Roberts) and a successful artist (Angarano).
Who’S It For? Teenagers in similar mental states to Highmore and Roberts’ characters will have the best chance of not finding this entire story nauseating with its fabrications. Viewers should not go into this expecting a feel good comedy. Anyone actually trying to “get by” will likely be insulted.
Expectations: I didn’t know anything about this movie beforehand. The title seemed to indicate something about relationships; for some reason I was thinking maybe it’d be like a teen dating comedy, but I tried not to set myself up for anything solid. I did like Emma Roberts in Scream 4, and I was curious to...
Directed by: Gavin Wiesen
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano
Running Time: 1 hr 24 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Plot: A young man (Highmore) starts an unlikely relationship with a classmate (Roberts) and a successful artist (Angarano).
Who’S It For? Teenagers in similar mental states to Highmore and Roberts’ characters will have the best chance of not finding this entire story nauseating with its fabrications. Viewers should not go into this expecting a feel good comedy. Anyone actually trying to “get by” will likely be insulted.
Expectations: I didn’t know anything about this movie beforehand. The title seemed to indicate something about relationships; for some reason I was thinking maybe it’d be like a teen dating comedy, but I tried not to set myself up for anything solid. I did like Emma Roberts in Scream 4, and I was curious to...
- 6/18/2011
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Getty Robbie Guertin of Radical Dads, seen in 2008.
Northside Festival, organized by The L Magazine, is back again, delivering four nights and three days worth of constant entertainment all over Greenpoint and Williamsburg. This year the event, which kicks off tomorrow, has some new bells and whistles.
Spread across more than 25 venues, 270 bands play at shows for which fans can purchase individual tickets, or acquire a badge for about $60 that grants access to all the shows–provided there’s room.
Northside Festival, organized by The L Magazine, is back again, delivering four nights and three days worth of constant entertainment all over Greenpoint and Williamsburg. This year the event, which kicks off tomorrow, has some new bells and whistles.
Spread across more than 25 venues, 270 bands play at shows for which fans can purchase individual tickets, or acquire a badge for about $60 that grants access to all the shows–provided there’s room.
- 6/15/2011
- by Samuel Rubenfeld
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
In the spirit of Greil Marcus coining the term "punk," can we just start calling soundtracks to indie movies featuring Leonard Cohen, chirping, fey pop and under the radar rock "Pitchfork soundtracks"?
In recent years -- and "Garden State" is the most obvious, if not earliest, precedent -- there's been a glut of soundtracks featuring similar, if not identical, artists to accompany some story of teenage love, the misunderstood outsider or the schlubby 40-something about to learn a life lesson.
The soundtrack to Gavin Wiesen's "The Art of Getting By," while fine and pleasant and all those other adjectives of resignation denoting shrugged-shoulder acceptance, is the latest Pitchfork soundtrack, but inevitably not the last.
And just like all writers have subconscious crutches -- certain tools and devices they lean onto bail them out of a sentence -- so too, it seems, do indie film music supervisors. Want to promote...
In recent years -- and "Garden State" is the most obvious, if not earliest, precedent -- there's been a glut of soundtracks featuring similar, if not identical, artists to accompany some story of teenage love, the misunderstood outsider or the schlubby 40-something about to learn a life lesson.
The soundtrack to Gavin Wiesen's "The Art of Getting By," while fine and pleasant and all those other adjectives of resignation denoting shrugged-shoulder acceptance, is the latest Pitchfork soundtrack, but inevitably not the last.
And just like all writers have subconscious crutches -- certain tools and devices they lean onto bail them out of a sentence -- so too, it seems, do indie film music supervisors. Want to promote...
- 6/13/2011
- by Jason Newman
- NextMovie
Teen slacker, George, thinks he's got it all figured out until he meets "doe-eyed" Sally in "The Art Of Getting By" -- and cue eclectic indie soundtrack. Curiously, this one features a roster of bands who seem like they are years off the apparent target demographic's playlists. With Mates of State, The Shins, Earlimart, Pavement and French Kicks, it feels more like the hit soundtrack of 10 years ago.
Leonard Cohen's "Winter Lady" adds some serious weight and is happily not mindlessly overused like another Cohen song I could name. There are also three tracks from the score by composer Alec Puro ("The Good Night"). The soundtrack is out on June 14th on Rhino and Amazon. The movie opens on June 17th. [film music reporter]
The full track list is below. Here are a couple song's from the soundtrack -- Earlimart's "We Drink On The Job" and "Pavement's classic 90's sadthem, "Here."
"The Art Of Getting By...
Leonard Cohen's "Winter Lady" adds some serious weight and is happily not mindlessly overused like another Cohen song I could name. There are also three tracks from the score by composer Alec Puro ("The Good Night"). The soundtrack is out on June 14th on Rhino and Amazon. The movie opens on June 17th. [film music reporter]
The full track list is below. Here are a couple song's from the soundtrack -- Earlimart's "We Drink On The Job" and "Pavement's classic 90's sadthem, "Here."
"The Art Of Getting By...
- 6/7/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Rhino Records is set to release a soundtrack album for the romantic dramedy The Art of Getting By. The album includes three score tracks by composer Alec Puro, as well as several songs from the movie from such artists as The Shins, Earlimart, Mates of State, Delphic, Leonard Cohen, Clap Your Hand Say Yeah, The Boxer Rebellion, Pavement and French Kicks. The soundtrack will receive a physical release on June 14, 2011 (visit Amazon to pre-order the CD) and will also be available digitally on the same day. Check out audio clips from each track on the album below. The Art of Getting By is written and directed by Gavin Wiesen and stars Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser, Alicia Silverstone, Blair Underwood and Rita Wilson. Fox Searchlight will release the film on June 17. To learn more about the movie, visit the official film website.
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- 6/6/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
By Jett Wells
Chances are, if your favorite band is Awol because of hiatus, retirement, boredom, or buzzkill bickering, you don't care about them resolving their issues as much as you just want more music. Let’s be honest; we don’t have to be reasonable when it comes to this subject. Recently, news broke that Swedish duo noir the Knife were in the studio working on their new album, an announcement that had to give fans of the group reason to rejoice. So why stop there? There are plenty of acts that need to put down the tequila smoothies, make a cup of coffee and hit the studio again, because they’ve all been gone too long. Here's a look at some of them. And as for you, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, we'll talk about this so-called "retirement" another time.
Passion Pit
Sure, they’re still considered a "new" band,...
Chances are, if your favorite band is Awol because of hiatus, retirement, boredom, or buzzkill bickering, you don't care about them resolving their issues as much as you just want more music. Let’s be honest; we don’t have to be reasonable when it comes to this subject. Recently, news broke that Swedish duo noir the Knife were in the studio working on their new album, an announcement that had to give fans of the group reason to rejoice. So why stop there? There are plenty of acts that need to put down the tequila smoothies, make a cup of coffee and hit the studio again, because they’ve all been gone too long. Here's a look at some of them. And as for you, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, we'll talk about this so-called "retirement" another time.
Passion Pit
Sure, they’re still considered a "new" band,...
- 4/28/2011
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Out on DVD now from Icon Home Entertainment, Pelican Blood is a bold and original British indie film with a vibrant soundtrack that includes tracks by The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials.
Following the break-up with his girlfriend, Stevie (Emma Booth), a disastrously unsuccessful suicide attempt and the death of his mother, Nikko (Harry Treadaway) has decided to put his obsessive-compulsive disorder tendencies to good use by working as a professional house cleaner and is devoting all his leisure time to his hobby: bird spotting with his best friends, Cameron (Darvill) and Bish (Ali Craig). Nikko’s target is to spot 500 different birds, at which point he plans to end it all in every sense of the phrase, and he’s already well into the 490s.
But just as Nikko’s life is beginning to settle into something resembling normality,...
Following the break-up with his girlfriend, Stevie (Emma Booth), a disastrously unsuccessful suicide attempt and the death of his mother, Nikko (Harry Treadaway) has decided to put his obsessive-compulsive disorder tendencies to good use by working as a professional house cleaner and is devoting all his leisure time to his hobby: bird spotting with his best friends, Cameron (Darvill) and Bish (Ali Craig). Nikko’s target is to spot 500 different birds, at which point he plans to end it all in every sense of the phrase, and he’s already well into the 490s.
But just as Nikko’s life is beginning to settle into something resembling normality,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill - who plays Rory Williams in the sci-fi series - is among the cast of the romantic drama Pelican Blood, which is released on DVD tomorrow (March 7) by Icon Home Entertainment.
British stage and screen actor Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank, Control) and Australian model-turned-actress Emma Booth (The Boys Are Back) star as an impetuous young couple who embark on a capricious affair after meeting in a suicide website chartroom.
Set in the world of obsessive birdwatchers - hence the title - the film is directed by Kark Golden and has a vibrant soundtrack that includes tracks by The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials.
A clip from the film is included below.
It was adapted by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs; The Good Times Are Killing Me) from the 2005 novel by Cris Freddi and is described as "a moving,...
British stage and screen actor Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank, Control) and Australian model-turned-actress Emma Booth (The Boys Are Back) star as an impetuous young couple who embark on a capricious affair after meeting in a suicide website chartroom.
Set in the world of obsessive birdwatchers - hence the title - the film is directed by Kark Golden and has a vibrant soundtrack that includes tracks by The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials.
A clip from the film is included below.
It was adapted by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs; The Good Times Are Killing Me) from the 2005 novel by Cris Freddi and is described as "a moving,...
- 3/7/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Brit-flick “Pelican Blood” is a film pretty obviously aiming for hip cult appeal, attempting to match the not exactly obvious combination of romance, angst, suicide and bird watching. Directed by Karl Golden (“The Honeymooners”, “Belonging to Laura”), the film was based upon the popular novel by Cris Freddi, with a script from Cris Cole (“Mad Dogs”, “The Good Times Are Killing Me”). Featuring a cast of up and coming British talent including Harry Treadaway (“Fish Tank”), Emma Booth (“The Boys Are Back”), Arthur Darvill (“ Robin Hood”) and Christopher Fulford (“Whitechapel”), the indie production also boasts a perky soundtrack that includes The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials. The film lands soon on region 2 DVD via Icon Home Entertainment in a standard bare bones edition. Treadaway takes the lead as Nikko, a fairly unbalanced young man trying, and pretty much failing, to...
- 2/3/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
'I really want hair to be standing up on your arms for the whole record,' frontman Andy Hull says of next effort.
By James Montgomery
Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull
Photo: MTV News
Manchester Orchestra main man Andy Hull is a pretty hirsute dude. So when he starts talking about recording a new album and he mentions that his main goal is to make the listener's hair stand straight up, well, then you know he means business.
"We're gonna record a new record in June. It's going to be different, really beautiful and very wide — not wide stylistically, more like it's gonna be a broad and big," Hull told MTV News. "I really want hair to be standing up on your arms for the whole record — that's kind of my goal."
And while the Orchestra are still riding high on the success of last year's Mean Everything to Nothing...
By James Montgomery
Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull
Photo: MTV News
Manchester Orchestra main man Andy Hull is a pretty hirsute dude. So when he starts talking about recording a new album and he mentions that his main goal is to make the listener's hair stand straight up, well, then you know he means business.
"We're gonna record a new record in June. It's going to be different, really beautiful and very wide — not wide stylistically, more like it's gonna be a broad and big," Hull told MTV News. "I really want hair to be standing up on your arms for the whole record — that's kind of my goal."
And while the Orchestra are still riding high on the success of last year's Mean Everything to Nothing...
- 2/9/2010
- MTV Music News
A hauntingly gorgeous contradiction in terms On his first solo effort, the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman continues his enthusiastic experiments with strange sound combinations. He’s pensive these days—mellow and introverted—and his self-questioning lyrics are matched with a fittingly eerie sound. The album is well conceived with articulate themes running throughout, as when Ounsworth laments the fall of New Orleans in “Holy, Holy, Holy Moses” and then later channels the city’s brass-laden funeral marches into the dirt-smudged “Idiots in the Rain.” Ounsworth’s resounding use of strings, horns, piano and percussion appears and disappears at unexpected moments with beautifully unsettling...
- 11/4/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Over the course of a properly executed Cmj Music Marathon, the participant will begin to believe that all life occurs in a dingy-bar basement, sustenance equals falafel stands, and that a 9-to-5-er cares about the plight of an orange lanyard-clad nimwit who attends concerts around the clock but can’t be bothered to charge their cell phone. Credit Yacht for a dose of alternative unreality to skew the focus yet again during a Thursday that also featured essential indie blog Aquarium Drunkard’s well-curated showcase, the Xx at the Apple Store, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s frontman breaking loose, and Cymbals Eat...
- 10/23/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
There’s a song on Mo Beauty, the debut solo album from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth, called “South Philadelphia (Drug Days).” In it, Ounsworth sings of “cheap thrills” and running away, and like many of the tracks on the record, it’s coated, enamel-like, with symphonic bombast. A churning song about the streets of Philadelphia? A veritable army of session musicians? Indeed: Mo Beauty owes a great debt to Bruce Springsteen at his most baroque. Cyhsy’s last album, Some Loud Thunder, dropped hints at this kitchen-sink creative direction, but Mo Beauty is something else entirely ...
- 10/20/2009
- avclub.com
The Whip It soundtrack. Not as easy as it looks, this soundtrack compiling malarkey. When I ruminated on which tunes might have trundled their way onto the tie-in record for Drew Barrymore’s roller derby-derived directorial debut Whip It, I got stuck at the grand total of two. The Devo number which shares its title with the Ellen Page-starring movie was one of course, while I also figured that a flick about female roller-skaters represented a most inviting opportunity to smuggle the Anna Karina-trilled/Serge Gainsbourg-penned power pop nugget Roller Girl onto the soundtrack of a major motion picture. But beyond that duo of offerings, I was clean outta ideas. No such difficulties for Whip It’s soundtrack supervisor and long-time Wes Anderson cohort Randall Poster though, as he has managed to er, whip up a 19 song-strong album that arrays veteran stagers next to bright young things,...
- 10/4/2009
- by Paul Martin
- Movie-moron.com
Want to hear my Drew Barrymore story? Maybe another time (that’s what we in the business like to call a tease).
We’ve got other news to get to …
Drew Barrymore will host “Saturday Night Live” on October 10 with musical guest Regina Spektor who was featured on the 500 Days of Summer soundtrack. It’s Barrymore’s sixth time hosting the show.
Barrymore told Billboard.com there may be more volumes of the Whip It soundtrack besides the one listed below. She says it would includes songs such as Radiohead’s “No Surprises” and score music by the Section Quartet. A collectible vinyl edition of the soundtrack is due out later this fall.
The soundtrack is looking quite strong with “Pot Kettle Black” being my personal standout.
Pre-order the soundtrack by Clicking Here
Soundtrack listing for Whip It
1. Pot Kettle Black – Tilly and the Wall 2. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker...
We’ve got other news to get to …
Drew Barrymore will host “Saturday Night Live” on October 10 with musical guest Regina Spektor who was featured on the 500 Days of Summer soundtrack. It’s Barrymore’s sixth time hosting the show.
Barrymore told Billboard.com there may be more volumes of the Whip It soundtrack besides the one listed below. She says it would includes songs such as Radiohead’s “No Surprises” and score music by the Section Quartet. A collectible vinyl edition of the soundtrack is due out later this fall.
The soundtrack is looking quite strong with “Pot Kettle Black” being my personal standout.
Pre-order the soundtrack by Clicking Here
Soundtrack listing for Whip It
1. Pot Kettle Black – Tilly and the Wall 2. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker...
- 9/12/2009
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The Strokes founding member Julian Casablancas is prepping his first solo album, "Phrazes for the Young" (yes, you read that correctly; it's no typo.) Casablancas recorded the eight-song CD, slated to come out this fall on Cult Records/RCA, in L.A., N.Y. and Nebraska (what has Bright Eyes started?) with producers Jason Lader and Mike Mogis. A tour will follow. The Strokes, who caused all kinds of commotion when they emerged from the New York rock scene as some kind of saviors of garage rock. After its well-received debut, 2001's "Is This It," which NME named best album, the hoopla died...
- 7/15/2009
- Hitfix
Justin Timberlake will join Jimmy Fallon on the comedian's premiere episode of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," next Monday, March 2. He jolns Robert DeNiro and Van Morrison for the first night. Man... it's going to be hard to top that one, won't it? Entertainment Weekly's Tim Stack notes that Fallon and Timberlake famously teamed to appear as two-thirds of the Bee Gees when Timberlake hosted "Saturday Night Live." Other music guest slated for Fallon's first week include New York indie rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Santigold. ...
- 2/26/2009
- Hitfix
Jimmy Fallon reached into his Saturday Night Live pocket and pulled out a big trick: Music superstar Justin Timberlake will be a guest on Fallon's very first Late Night show, People has learned exclusively. Fallon, the former SNL star who's taking the reigns of NBC's talk show from Conan O'Brien beginning March 2, famously costarred with Timberlake in the classic SNL skit, "The Barry Gibbs Talk Show." Fallon previously announced another guest for his debut behind the desk: Robert DeNiro. "I thought it would be kind of good to have my first guy be probably one of the toughest people you could interview,...
- 2/25/2009
- by Mark Dagostino
- PEOPLE.com
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