NEW VIDEO!: interpol - lights

interpol - lights
[hm... maybe the album will be better?]

FREE MP3 YO!: interpol - lights

  

interpol - lights
[apparently the site crashed a few hours back when the band announced their free mp3. but now it's back on and it's pretty darn cool! it's the return of interpol folks and it's free!!]

WONGIE DISCOVERY: julian plenti - games for days

julian plenti - games for days
[wikipedia says: Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper is the first solo album released by Paul Banks, the lead singer for the New York City based post-punk revival band Interpol. It was released on August 4, 2009]

live wongie: interpol, final fantasy, kt tunstall

interpol - mammoth [link 2]
[so they're saying this is the official video for interpol's 2nd single off their our love to admire album, but i'm not quite sure about that. if it is, then, woohoo video premiere! nevertheless, this was recorded live at the astoria in london, so enjoy!]


final fantasy - cliquot (beirut cover) [link 2]
[final fantasy is obviously a big fan of beirut (and vice versa since they tour together all the time), but to do a cover of an unreleased song from beirut's upcoming album the flying club cub, now that's love! check out owen's beautiful cover as he performs it live at le divan du monde in paris. big thanks to deaf indie elephants and musicslut for the tip and then some!]


kt tunstall - funnyman (live) [link 2]
[from her upcoming album drastic fantastic, check out this exclusive t4 performance of the new track 'funnyman' featuring her wonderful backup singers Gita Harcourt and Cat Sforza (the harmonies on this are killer!)]

virgin music festival 2007: day 2 (aug 5)

turns out i wasn't the only one completely shattered by hanging out in the insane sun for 9 hours straight. one member of the weekend posse (ironically the youngest) got heat stroke, ended up feeling nauseous and hitched a ride back to nyc with another friend. so then we were 6 tired festival go-ers.

we decided that regina spektor, spoon, css and girl talk were worth skipping in order to catch up on our lack of sleep. rock and roll? yeah, so not!
we got to the grounds around 5pm just in time to catch karen o of the yeah yeah yeahs do her thing on the main stage.

the crowd on day 2 was a tad more chilled out and hippy than the previous one. but karen's occasional glorious screech was enough to make any peace loving folk into a punk rocker.

after going through various rocked out songs, she led the crowd into a wonderfully mellow rendition of "maps". it was perhaps the only swoon moment of the weekend and i love her for it!
yeah yeah yeahs - maps (acoustic) [link 2]
of course all great yeah yeah yeah concert's always include some weird, but fierce, costuming. karen sure outdid herself with this american indian inspired poncho cape thingy. just look at the silver curtain tassles!

yeah yeah yeahs - cheated hearts [link 2]


after a mini liquid break, my friend with the pass brought me to the vip stage to check out interpol. i'm not lost on the irony that i had to go to baltimore to check out some of my favorite new york bands, but watching the boys of interpol command an audience of 5000-6000 people was pretty impressive. lead singer paul banks cooly went through the best tracks of their three albums and would rest a cigarette in his mouth during intrumental breaks.

rock n roll!


interpol - slow hands [link 2]
interpol - no i in the threesome [link 2]


[after awhile, i noticed that lead guitarist daniel kessler does some fancy footwork while playing on stage. i couldn't resist and recorded some of it to show you guys.]

look the guitarist from the yeah yeah yeahs was transfixed with daniel's dancing too!

by 8:50pm, i ran over to the dance tent to watch what i knew would be the highlight of my weekend, the m.i.a. gig! with her new album kala THE soundtrack for the weekend car ride, most of my posse were all jazzed up to party (and boy, does she throw a good one!)

starting off with the bombastic basslines of "bamboo banger", m.i.a. mixed in all the hits from arular with most of my personal favorites off her new album kala (though weirdly enough, the 2nd single "jimmy" was not on the set list).

m.i.a. - bamboo banger [link 2]
m.i.a. - pull up the people [link 2]
though m.i.a. ended our 2 day live musical extravaganza, i realised that the 2nd day was just 4 hours of attendance in total. but that doesn't matter since the whole 48 hour experience was easily one of the best of this year.

i realise that after i catch up on my sleep, i will so be ready for virgin festival 2008!

interpol - the heinrich maneuver (video premiere)

interpol - the heinrich maneuver [link 2]
[hey lady, watch out for the... oh forget it. i don't know, but something about starting off a song with, "how are things on the west coast" really impresses me. it's not their best work, but it's catchy enough to make me totally curious about their upcoming album our love to admire. thanks to ifmv for the video tip!]

music for you: interpol - the heimrich maneuver

interpol - the heimrich maneuver
[with the blog world going gaga over the ny quartet's new release, i figured i'd check it out for myself. taken off their upcoming album Our Love To Admire, it sounds like interpol have moved away from their lush joy division sound into a more rockier arena. personally i'm a fan of their previous work.]

for the fans, the album tracklisting has been announced as the following:

'Pioneer to The Falls'
'No I in Threesome'
'The Scale'
'The Heinrich Maneuver'
'Mammoth'
'Pace is the Trick'
'All Fired Up'
'Rest My Chemistry'
'Who Do You Think'
'Wrecking Ball'
'The Lighthouse'