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Video: Inspector Owl – Mousey

Chip Copeland — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:22:17 +0000

Chicago’s newly reactivated Inspector Owl rock their own brand of poker in the humorous video for “Mousey” off their most recent self-titled album which you can check out and download on the Inspector Owl Bandcamp page.

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Video: My Second Surprise – Bring the Sunshine

Sock Monkey Sound — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:35:11 +0000

Ayal Nistor

“Bring the Sunshine” is the latest music video from My Second Surprise and the Perez Brothers (www.perezbros.com), you may remember the Perez Brothers from Kapwoski’s “Section 8″ video we posted last year. Once again the dircting duo came up with another humorous and interesting clip to accompany some great music.

Lead by Israeli born front man Ayal Nistor, My Second Surprise has had international success with their last video for “Perfect Cure” winning an Israeli Grammy and finding play on MTV Europe. Their second album “Time to Move On,” was mixed by Craig Schumacher (Calexico, Iron & Wine) and offers a unique blend of folk pop and an indie rock.

Filmed in the sunny hills of Oakland California, the video for “Bring the Sunshine” has been described by the Perez Brothers as the surreal collision between Yogi Bear and Grand Theft Auto. The only thing that’s missing is the airplane. Enjoy!

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of Montreal perform “Dour Percentage” on Jimmy Fallon

Chip Copeland — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:46:01 +0000

of Montreal stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday Feb. 12 to perform “Dour Percentage” off their most recent LP Paralytic Stalks. You can buy the album on limited edition fuschia vinyl at the Polyvinyl website.

The performance itself was pretty darn cool. Check it out above. What do you think of it? Let us know in the comments below.

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OK Go Create “Needing / Getting” with a Chevy Sonic

Chip Copeland — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:04:31 +0000

While part of me (the jaded and irritating old man part) wants to say that this is a blatant stunt used to sell the new Chevy Sonic, the other part is watching this video with sheer glee.

Overall, I like the fact that these guys are thinking outside of the box when it comes to delivering something interesting for their fans to watch. OK Go are nothing if not ingenious when it comes to funding their careers as musicians and the best thing about this band when it comes right down to it is that their music is damn good as well. Check out all their videos and behind the scenes featurettes on the making of their videos on their You Tube page.

What do you think of the video? Let us know in the comments below.

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Singlelicious: Air Review – America’s Son (MP3 Download)

Sock Monkey Sound — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:15:11 +0000

Air Review

Air Review is a Dallas quintet. They played their first show in May of 2009. Their dynamic, versatile, and energetic live shows have landed them primary support slots for an eclectic group of acts including Portugal. The Man, The Boxer Rebellion, One Eskimo, Blue October, Flyleaf, Bowling for Soup and Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights. Their forthcoming EP, America’s Son, promises to further establish Air Review as a sonically diverse and ambitious act that stands to break out in a major way in 2012, simply by staying the course it has already set. The tracks “America’s Son”, “Low Wishes”, and “Waiting Lessons” have received international acclaim from the blogosphere, which include a feature in The Huffington Post. The EP will be released in the spring with one more single to be released soon.

Air Review – America’s Son

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Polica – Lay Your Cards Out (Video)

Chip Copeland — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:30:18 +0000

Polica – Lay Your Cards Out

Listen to our recent podcast interview with Channy Leaneagh of Polica

Check out Polica’s video for ”Lay Your Cards Out” (feat. Mike Noyce of Bon Iver) off of POLIÇA’s debut record, “Give You The Ghost” out now on Totally Gross National Product.

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David Bazan – People (Live @ Cactus Club, Milwaukee)

Sock Monkey Sound — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:51:23 +0000

Live performance of “People” by David Bazan at the Cactus Club in Milwaukee. An interview with David Bazan and more footage from the day will be available soon on Sock Monkey Sound, stay tuned.

Thanks to our friends Matt Youngblood at Bingo Productions and Undertow Music Collective (undertowmusic.com/) that helped make this project happen.

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The Postelles “123 Stop”- Honey, I’m Home session

Sock Monkey Sound — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:09:53 +0000

The Postelles (read our recent live review with The Kooks in Toronto) performed a Honey, I’m Home session for website The Wild Honey Pie.

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Kapowski – Section 8 (Video)

Chip Copeland — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:52:58 +0000

Oakland based band Kapowski (band website) have released a video for the song “Section 8”, off of their upcoming album Boy Detective (set for release on February 2, 2012). The tune features stuttering drums, a spry bass line, a scratchy organ and a mesmeric piano line that sets the foundation for lead vocalist Jesse Rimler’s lyrics.

Filmed on location in Oakland by The Perez Brothers, along with additional footage shot in the tiny town of Carpinteria, the video for “Section 8” was inspired by the futuristic tone of the track. Pulling from their love of classic cinema, the Perez Brothers have described the film as a, “Melancholy homage to Woody Allen’s Sleeper.”

While the “Sleeper” elements are there, I personally liken the look of the Robot without meaning in the video to that ridiculous Robin William’s vehicle “Bicentennial Man”. Quirky and fun, The Perez Bothers Kapowski take the phrase “Section 8″ and turn it’s meaning on it’s head. What happens when you lose your will to live? The answer is: drink a bunch of sweet tea and go into a sugar coma.

I hate sweet tea.

“Section 8″ is off of Kapowski’s upcoming album Boy Detective, set for release on February 2, 2012.

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CANT – Too Late, Too Far (Video)

Sock Monkey Sound — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:07:39 +0000

Chris Taylor of CANT brings us a creepy and downright Lynchian video for the song “Too Late, Too Far” from the album Dreams Come True. There’s even a litte Shock the Monkey in there as well. Check out Dreams Come True on Terrible Records.

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Other Lives – For 12 (Video)

Sock Monkey Sound — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:32:39 +0000

Cool Kubrickian video for the song For 12 by Other Lives from the 2011 release Tamer Animals.

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Girls – Morning Light (Video)

Sock Monkey Sound — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:02:04 +0000

The video for Girls “Morning Light”, initially released as a single in 2008; and re-released in 2010.

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Noel Gallagher on iTunes, Kaiser Chiefs, and the Internet; starring some F words

Andy Whorehall — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:17:57 +0000

Noel Gallagher's debut solo record, "High Flying Birds" is out Nov, 8th in the US

“I’ll f@%king decide what I think you should listen to, within my music- not you… If you want to sequence an album, f@%in’ start a band. If you f@%in want to be involved in the making of music, buy a guitar.”

- Noel Gallagher

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Wye Oak “Holy Holy” video and Tour Dates

Chip Copeland — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:35:37 +0000

Check out this video from Wye Oak for the song “Holy Holy” off of this years release Civillian, which I reviewed earlier this year. Be sure to check out the band in your are on their upcoming tour dates.

SEPT 24 Rochester NY @ The Club at Water Street w/ Okkervil River
SEPT 28 New Orleans LA @ Tipitina’s w/ Explosions in the Sky
SEPT 29 Atlanta GA @ The Tabernacle w/ Explosions in the Sky
SEPT 30 Asheville NC @ Orange Peel w/ Explosions in the Sky
OCT 5 Albany NY @ Valentine’s
OCT 6 Montreal Quebec @ Metropolis Theatre w/ Explosions in the Sky
OCT 7 Toronto Ontario @ The Sound Academy w/ Explosions in the Sky
OCT 8 Royal Oak MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre w/ Explosions in the Sky
OCT 10 Minneapolis MN @ First Avenue w/ Explosions in the Sky
OCT 11 Des Moines IA @ Val Air Ballroom w/ Explosions in the Sky
OCT 12 Kansas City MO @ Uptown Theater w/ Explosions in the Sky
OCT 13 Oklahoma City OK @ Diamond Ballroom w/ Explosions in the Sky
OCT 14 Austin TX @ The Parish

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The Black Keys announce Blakroc 2 on You Tube (Video)

Chip Copeland — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:29:45 +0000

The Black Keys announced the sequel to their Blakroc side project on You Tube. A collaboration with hip-hop mogul Damon Dashon, the video features The Cool Kids, Jay Electronica, Talib Kweli, Wiz Khalifa and others; all of which are featured rapping over The Black Keys music.

While this might not be as cool as the Judgement Night soundtrack, this promises to be another entertaining product from this group of fine folks. Some of the music in the trailer makes me want to grab a bowl of mash potatoes and watch reruns of Welcome Back Kotter.

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St. Vincent – Cruel (Video)

Chip Copeland — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:47:08 +0000

St. Vincent‘s new album Strange Mercy drops September 13 on 4AD Records. www.ilovestvincent.com

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Bon Iver – Holocene (Video)

Chip Copeland — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:06:24 +0000

Check out the new official video for Holocene from Bon Iver featuring a little Icelandic moppet running around a beautiful landscape and playing with his pet bird. Iceland truly has some wonderful vistas despite the fact their economy is on par with our fine city.

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Watch: Jay-Z and Kanye West – Otis (Video)

Chip Copeland — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:39:30 +0000

Check out the new video from the UberDuo of Kanye West and Jay-Z for the song “Otis”, directed by Spike Jonze!

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The Earth Is A Man – You Might Have A Mustache [Video]

Chip Copeland — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:19:52 +0000

The Earth is a Man is a band that plays post-rock music. Its members, Doug Kaplan, Maxwell Allison and Zach Robinson, started playing together in 2008 as patchily bearded little undergraduates at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Fans of post-rock bands such as Tortoise and Maps and Atlases, Mogwai, Don Caballero/Battles, Brian Eno, and Neu! should like this.

Head on over to their Bandcamp page and pay what you want for their self titled album.

The video was animated by Dana Pavisich.

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Pitchfork Music Festival 2011

Sock Monkey Sound — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:00:20 +0000

Like last year, our intrepid music adventurer and writer Alex Danger Stewart is calling in and live Tweeting from the Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 all weekend long! Check back here for updates from Danger of watch the Live Stream here.

Danger’s voicemail updates Pitchfork 2011: Friday

Stream Schedule

Friday, July 15

8:30 Animal Collective (Green)
7:20 Neko Case (Red)
6:25 Guided By Voices (Green)
5:30 Thurston Moore (Red)
4:35 Battles (Green)
3:30 EMA (Red)

Saturday, July 16 (gates at 12 p.m.):

8:30 Fleet Foxes (Green)
7:25 DJ Shadow (Red)
6:15 The Dismemberment Plan (Green)
5:15 Destroyer (Red)
4:15 Gang Gang Dance (Green)
3:20 No Age (Red)
2:30 Cold Cave (Green)
1:45 Woods (Red)
1:00 Julianna Barwick (Green)

Sunday, July 17 (gates at 12 p.m.):

7:25 Cut Copy (Red)
6:15 Deerhunter (Green)
5:15 Superchunk (Red)
4:15 Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (Green)
3:20 OFWGKTA (Red)
2:30 Kurt Vile & the Violators (Green)
1:45 Yuck (Red)
1:00 The Fresh & Onlys (Green)

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Gauntlet Hair – I Was Thinking [Video]

Chip Copeland — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:44:47 +0000

Indie psych pop band Gauntlet Hair are going out on tour with The Dodos this summer. Fans of Animal Collective and Surfer blood will enjoy the sound of this relatively unknown pair of dudes who are named Andy and Craig, from the small-ish (23,000 population) Colorado town of Lafayette. The pair garnered a fair amount of attention after being part of the Rhinoceropolis-curated block of Denver-based bands that played at the post-SXSW Mexican extravaganza MtyMx. The band’s track “I Was Thinking…” is a pretty insatiable guitar stomp that throws some R&B and soul into the lo-fi revival pot, mixing heavily-reverbed guitars with a simple, but undeniably booty-shaking beat.

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The National – “Think You Can Wait” feat. Sharon Van Etten

Chip Copeland — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:00:14 +0000

The National just released a video for “Think You Can Wait” off of the soundtrack from the new Paul Giamatti film Win Win that features former SMS interviewee, Sharon Van Etten. While just a simple performance piece with out takes from the movie, it’s still great to hear new tracks by The National and Van Etten.

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The National “Conversation 16″ video featuring a Mad Man

Chip Copeland — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:05:44 +0000

One of Sock Monkey Sound’s favorite bands The National and one of my favorite TV shows Mad Men have collided!

It’s humorous and creepy but great fun to watch and features John Slattery and Kristen Schaal of The Daily Show in a Palin-esque nightmare future.

Starring Kristen Schaal, John Slattery, James Urbaniak, Ted Travelstead, Jon Schroeder, Jonathan Nosan, and The National
Directed by Scott Jacobson

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Literature pays homage to Point Break

Chip Copeland — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:02:37 +0000

Austin, TX based indie band Literature decided to pay homage to the classic foot chase scene as depicted in the 1991 film “Point Break” starring Keanu Reeves and the late Patrick Swayze.

Filmed in the Winter 2010/2011 in Austin, TX. and directed by Sock Monkey Sound listener Shawn Kornhauser. The video is a kick to behold and is a shot by shot re-creation of the scene from the movie which you can check out HERE if you want to compare.

“It’s Cruel” by Literature sets the perfect pace for the chase and is available on a brand new 7″ single called ‘Cincinnati’ which you can download for free on their Bandcamp site. They also are putting out a full length in March, as well as an appearance at SXSW. The band is touring the west coast now, check out the dates at http://www.voiceacademyrecords.com/shows if you live out there.

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Radiohead – “Lotus Flower” Video

Chip Copeland — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:51:49 +0000

Radiohead’s video for the song “Lotus Flower” appeared on their You Tube page today. It’s nice to see Thom Yorke having fun and not taking himself seriously. Nice hat. The song is off of their new album “The King of Limbs” which is available for download tomorrow at thekingoflimbs.com

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Craig Wedren’s “Are We” Pushes Video Technology

Chip Copeland — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:52:23 +0000

Craig Wedren, former Shudder to Think leader, just released an awesome 360 degree music video for his new single “Are We”. The song is also a part of his new album and interactive video Wand due out in May. The video is stunning in it’s use of new web technology and stands as more proof, in addition to Arcade Fire’s 2010 video for “We Used To Wait”, that video is now online and interactive.

We can’t embed the video here but you can check out the video on Wedren’s website. Keep in mind, this is probably best viewed with a high speed internet connection and a good internet browser like Google Chrome or Firefox. If you’re still using Internet Explorer (although IE 9 looks pretty damn sweet) then you must be a caveman rubbing sticks together for warmth.

Is this the future of music? Combining a unique user experience with the art itself, or is it a fad?

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P.O.S.- Goodbye

Sock Monkey Sound — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:34:50 +0000

P.O.S. performing “Goodbye” at Middlewest Festival Sept. 11, 2010 at The Egyptian Theatre in Dekalb, IL. You can check out the podcast interview with him HERE

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Xen – Emerging Artists 2010

Sock Monkey Sound — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:51:39 +0000

Xen performing at the 2010 Emerging Artist Competition presented by Guzzardo Performance Music.

xenmusic.bandcamp.com
GuzzardoMusic.com

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Dr. Manhattan Interview and Misses Steward Live

Sock Monkey Sound — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:10:56 +0000

Dr. Manhattan accepts the deed from Sock Monkey Sound

Check out Dr. Manhattan online at http://drmanhattan.bandcamp.com.
http://middlewestfest.com

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Garret Rapp of The Color Morale – Middlewest Festival 2010

Sock Monkey Sound — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:02:51 +0000

Garret Rapp of The Color Morale joined us for an interview during the Middlewest Music and Arts Festival 2010 in Dekalb, IL Sept. 10-11.

Visit The Color Morale at http://myspace.com/thecolormorale

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