The Elusive Timeless Montage
Some stunning animation in this The Beatles: Rock Band video.
Cursive has a new video for “Let Me Up.” Great track.
What are some videos that you think are great?
A-Ha’s “Take on Me”. Grizzly Bear’s “Knife” is one of the best videos of all time– everything Encyclopedia Pictura has done is really incredible. I talked to them, but Björk offered them a lot more money. I really can’t afford them. But it’s OK; right now we’re working with Ron Winter, who just did MGMT’s “Kids” video and he’s just awesome.
I listened to the new album a few times today, and there seems to be less searching going on, sonically. There are more ballads, less guitar solos…
I hope that you’re not disappointed by the relative lack of noodling. Maybe the next record will just be straight-up noodling. I’ll call it Up in Noodlesville or Noodlehontas Rides the East-Drawn Train or Noodle Me Bad.
Is it hard for you to put the zanier parts of your personality on hold when you’re making an album? I feel like there are less left-field moments on this record compared to the last two.
All the records I’ve made have been peppered with a couple little insouciant, joking tunes that are for fun. Like I’m trying to write weird bubble-gum pop. But this record I tried to get all of that out with the one song, “Chin Chin & Muck Muck”, which I sing from the point of view of an old woman because that seems to be who I really am. I go to bed at 8:30, I drink warm milk, I watch my shows. I like it.
Lily Allen and Radiohead on stir the pot on filesharing.
St. Vincent has a new video for “Marrow.”
Chromeo live! Here’s “Tenderoni,” a great track from Fancy Footwork. Shot at Monolith 2009 (Denver), on 9/13/09.
St. Vincent is one elfin-looking chica.