Got a grip o’ goods to add to your shopping list … Sugary pop genius from Superchunk that’ll hit shelves July. Deceptively powerful pipes of Samantha Crain. Jenny Lewis‘ his & her project Jenny and Johnny. Jangly, end-of-night rawk from Unbunny. And a sweet, head-noddin’ electro strive from Brock Enright‘s latest (thanks, Jessi!). Enjoy the weekend, folks.
It’s not just tiny, bearded streakers promoting FIFA World Cup viewing parties. Attik just joined the game with a follow up to their awesome Star Wars x Adidasvid:
“adidas Originals invites you to join David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel, DJ Neil Armstrong and some of your dear, old friends for an intergalactic 2010 FIFA World Cup viewing party that you’ll never forget.”
We had the pleasure of meeting Patrick Watson at Cafe Du Nord last week, almost a year to the day after we last saw him there before. He and his band, The Wooden Arms, played yet another technically and emotionally impressive set. Plus, they not only brought back the Stupid Suit (with added lights!) they debuted a new track: Sit Down Beside Me.
Hear a live version remastered by a talented fan from the Watsonia fansite:
This music video’s a dreamy recut of 1954 Carnival Story. A perfect match for the woozy vocals and shimmery, driving beats of “Funeral Song” from Brooklyn’s Minks.
What about Assück? Beowülf? Or the doubly-unnecessary Infernäl Mäjesty?
The pentagram of knowledge has only so much room for ümlauts. Thankfully, the thoughtful groupings and classifications of metal band names more than make up for it.
Get a closer look at One For The Road.
After some server shizzery, the Ümlaut‘s back. With some-tunes old and some-tunes new …
French duo The Dø (say ‘dough’) finally got their 2008 breakout A Mouthful issued stateside. With the track’s sassy-girl vocals and all its hand-clappery, I dare you not to shimmy. Death Vessel has one of the prettiest female voices I’ve ever heard from a dude. Yes, a dude. And it’s a song from five years ago. So if you haven’t already, seek out more of their tunes. This new Club 8 is almost as afro-infectious as the track posted in Feb. Fellow Swede (by way of Argentina) José González and his on-again off-again trio Junip is offering a free EP just for joining their mailing list. Not bad. The set finishes out with an aching little ditty from Norwegian Ane Brun circa 2002.
After much delay, Ünnecessary Ümlaut is now happily hosted on Media Temple. Which means no more downtime thanks to NoDaddy. Hüzzah! (Ups for the reco, Scott & Malcolm)
