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[watch] J.Viewz//Salty Air

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J.Viewz is the multi-genre electronica project of the Brooklyn-based Producer & Remixer Jonathan Dagan.  I’ve a bit out of the loop, so you may or may not already be familiar with the backstory of the recently completed album, rivers and homes, but here it goes anyways.

rivers and homes, is the result of his “Work in Progress” project, in which fans paid for the album in advance, and he released a new track every month or so.  Now that the the album is complete, he’s put together a beautiful 26 page booklet of artwork and lyrics to package it in, and mailed it out to his subscribers (order it here).

If you’re a fan of chill wave and such acts as Washed Out and Blackbird Blackbird, you’ll most definitely be a fan J.Viewz.  rivers and homes is set for release on September 5th, but in the meantime, enjoy the video for Salty Air.

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[watch] The Art of Flight

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The Art of Flight is the followup to 2008’s That’s It, That’s All.  Both are snowboarding films featuring Travis Rice, expensive Red Bull helicopters doing stuff they shouldn’t be doing, and crazy, good cinematography and production, courtesy of Brain Farm.  Now i’ve only seen the trailer for The Art of Flight, but if it’s soundtrack is anything like That’s It, That’s All, we’re in for a treat.  In fact, it was That’s It, That’s All which first introduced me to one of my favorite bands, M83.

And speaking of M83, as I was watching The Art of Flight’s trailer, I thought for sure it was a new M83 track from the forthcoming album (Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, out Oct 18th).  But alas, I was wrong…but not completely.  The track in question is called Fire Shall Devour Them by The Three Corners Of The Earth, and The Three Corners Of The Earth just happens to be a collaboration between Anthony Gonzalez from M83 and Curt Morgan from Brain Farm.

Anyways, be sure to check out the trailer below.  Even if you’re not a fan of snowboarding, I promise you’ll enjoy the video.

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In Case You Missed It…

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So, I was lucky enough to take a much-needed vacation the last couple of weeks, but I wasn’t able to do much of anything in regards to this here blog…even though there seemed to be an abundance of musical going-ons while I was away.

With that said, I figured I should do a little roundup of music news/updates/announcements that caught my eye while I was out on the open road.  My guess is most of this is old news for you, but in case you missed it…

Cults is going on tour with Foster The People this Fall.  Check the dates here and enjoy the official video for Go Outside.

Kanye and Jay-Z released their highly anticipated collaboration, Watch The Throne.  Does it live up to the hype?

The Knux visited Daytrotter.  Listen/download the session here.

Hoodie Allen released a Leap Year, his followup mix-tape to last years Pep Rally.  Both mix-tapes are available as free downloads.  Grab Pep Rally here and Leap Year here.

Theophilus London is hitting the road this Fall.

Holy Ghost! are headlining their first ever tour in the US.  Dates and such are here and be sure to check out the animated video of their track, Some Children, here.  (FYI, you might as well grab the track for free while your there)

Mates of State are hitting the road this Fall.  More information about the tour is here and enjoy the video of their brand new song, Maracas, below (courtesy of Stereogum and download the track for free here!

Mister Heavenly dropped a new video of their SXSW adventures.  Enjoy the video below, then head over to the band’s main page and grab some free tunes.

The Jezabels announce North American tour.  Dates and such here.

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[watch] Sleeping in the Aviary//Infatuation

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This video for Sleeping in the Aviary’s “Infatuation” gives you a sense of what the band is about. Bubbles, sombreros, sunglasses made out of American flag guitars, and a whole lotta sunshine captures the essence of “Infatuation” as well as the band’s upcoming full-length album You and Me, Ghost. Front man Elliot Kozel offers a few analogies to understand the record…

“Dion and the Belmonts with hangover trying to figure out how to use a Big Muff pedal”

“Bobby Vinton half drunk and yelling at you from the window of a passing car”

“The first time Ricky Nelson bled on his guitar”

“Del Shannon drunkenly climbing into a tree at 3 a.m. to drink cheap champagne with a beautiful girl”

“The Everly Brothers beating up some kid in the bathroom of a high-school gymnasium and then feeling bad about it later”

You and Me, Ghost is out September 6th on Science of Sound Records. As with each album Sleeping in the Aviary makes, the new album is a total departure from their previous three. What to expect from the band’s fourth full-length? “It’s got a fuzzed-out doo-wop feeling, and all the songs are about girls!”
[source: planetary group]

♫ Sleeping in the Aviary – Talking Out of Turn ♫

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[watch] Library Voices//Generation Handclap

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New-York-area blogger, The Audio Perv, recently premiered brand new video for Library Voices’ Generation Handclap.

If you unfamiliar with Library Voices, they’re a seven-piece indie-pop outfit hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan.  They just finished up two fantastic shows in the Big Apple and hopefully they’ll be heading out West.  The video is about being young and having fun. It’s chalk-full of scenes that are just as fun to watch as they must have been to film (riding tandem bicycles, playing Pac Man in an arcade, and throwing a kegger) and showcase the “generation handclap” or “generation drunk text,” as coined by the lyrics of the song. [source: planetary group & the audio perv]

For more Library Voices, be sure to visit them on the world wide web and follow them on twitter.

♫ Library Voices – Generation Handclap ♫