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Watch: Deerhoof: “Paradise Girls”

Posted on November 18, 2014January 8, 2015 by DeShonna Johnson

Not entirely sure what I’m watching, but I’ve watched it at least five times already.

Tuesday, rock band Deerhoof released the video for their latest single, “Paradise Girls.” The song appears on their full-length album, La Isla Bonita. While the song seems to have a focus on the instrumentals with hardly any lyrics other than the same chant of “giiiirls” and “you are smart” among other little snippets, the video is extremely intriguing. For one, there are girls prancing around in costumes that look similar to the creature in that movie “Slither,” and there’s a primary woman throughout the whole video who has some incredibly bright eye shadow and lipstick.

She prances and dances around singing the three-four chants – to a dance-provoking beat that reminds one of tUnE-yArDs – while the others looking like Teletubbies rolling down a grass hill. In a turn of events, the girls give birth to themselves in a sense, breaking their heads out of the cocoon that they were fully wrapped in.

Needless to say, the video will make you stay, the music will make you replay, and the dance moves will drive you…cray.

Check out Deerhoof’s “Paradise Girls” below, and check out their new album, La Isla Bonita via iTunes!

Walk the Moon: “Different Colors”

Posted on November 18, 2014January 8, 2015 by Hannah Smith

While the band itself has been around since 2008, Walk the Moon‘s Dec. 2 release will only be their second studio album. One of their first releases, titled “Anna Sun,” launched the band’s musical career. The single was named Song of the Summer by Esquire, MTV and Seventeen. They achieved monumental success with the song without even being signed to a label. After signing, they released their self-titled debut album in 2012 and are preparing for their second album release next month. With “Shut Up and Dance” soaring up the alternative charts, the band both released a new single and announced the launch of their Spring tour.

“Different Colors” is a beautifully exciting single that only increases listeners’ anticipation of a new album from the indie band. The song is sure to induce some form of dancing from everyone, even if you happen to be from the town in Footloose. In this way, the song follows the same style of their previous single, but incorporates more electronic and techno sounds. The lyrics revert back to the feel of teenage innocence with the lyrics, “’Cause when the people get to dancin’/They forget about taking sides.” The music and lyrics work together to provide a biting sense of nostalgia for those longing to return to their teenage years.

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Listen: Charli XCX: “Gold Coins”

Posted on November 17, 2014January 8, 2015 by Vinyl Mag

Rugged yet enticing, Charli XCX’s latest single, “Gold Coins,” is another slam dunk for the pop diva.

Released today via the London Queen’s YouTube channel, the video confirms that Charli is sticking to this theme of punk rock/pop-ish music on her upcoming album, Sucker.

Charli’s album is due to release Dec. 16 (US) and Jan. 26 (UK). You can pre-order “Sucker” here. In the meantime, check out “Gold Coins” below and tell us what you think!

Father John Misty: “Bored in the USA”

Posted on November 17, 2014January 8, 2015 by Sarah Bennett

Father John Misty has released the first single off of his new album.

“Bored in The USA” is a slow, piano-based satire, backed with Josh Tillman’s powerful vocals and even more powerful lyrics.

As a play off the 1984 Bruce Springsteen hit “Born in The USA”, Father John Misty strikes the same political chord 30 years later. Lines like “they gave me a useless education” and “keep my prescriptions filled” are echoed with corny laughter typical of a game show from the sixties.

In a sea of singles about shaking your assets and self-centered love, it is, at the least, refreshing. This beautifully written melody matched with a well-informed perspective of American culture is more of a twin to Springsteen than a rip-off.

Father John Misty is the newest side project of singer-songwriter J. Tillman, former Fleet Foxes drummer. “Bored in The USA” is the introduction to the second Father John album, “I Love You Honeybear”, set for release in February 2015.

According to SubPop, “I Love You, Honeybear is a concept album about a guy named Josh Tillman who spends quite a bit of time banging his head against walls, cultivating weak ties with strangers and generally avoiding intimacy at all costs”.

The highly anticipated album will be available in four different formats that include 11 songs total – hopefully all as wonderfully mastered as this release.

4/5

Exclusive Song Premiere: The Lovers Key – “Bright Eyes, Black Soul”

Posted on February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 by Vinyl Mag

We’ve got another one for ya! To accompany our recent interview with The Lovers Key (made up of guitarist Christopher Moll and vocalist Maco Monthervil), we’ve also go an exclusive song premiere of their latest, “Bright Eyes, Black Soul.” Get an earload below.

The Casket Girls – “Same Side”

Posted on December 11, 2013December 11, 2013 by Vinyl Mag

Our favorite (weirdo) darlings The Casket Girls have released a new track off of their upcoming album True Love Kills The Fairy Tale, out on Feb. 11 through Graveface Records.