OCTOPUS PROJECT TO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE TOUR Our favorite local instrumental-noodlers the Octopus Project are set to launch their nationwide tour starting with Lollapalooza in just a few days. We’re of course stoked to see one of our favorite local acts cause such a stir outside of Austin, so in support here’s there video for “Truck” which is garnering some attention over at YouTube. Go Octopus Project and see you when you get back in time for the ACL Festival!
******************************************************************** FLEETING JOYS POST NEW TRACK If you read Cannibal Cheerleader at all you know we’re huge shoegaze fans and there’s none better or purer working today than the California duo the Fleeting Joys, whose new record (with no title or cover art yet as we see) drops August 11th. The band just posted a brand new track to their Myspace called “You Are the Darkness” and it’s up there with the highest quality spins from their first LP. This might be their next “Lovely Crawl” so give it a listen and let us know what you think!
Fleeting Joys – “You Are the Darkness” ******************************************************************** LOST CRYSTAL CASTLES VIDEO While this may not be news to some of you since this video leaked back in January, it’s a big deal for us here at Cannibal Cheerleader who somehow just stumbled across Crystal Castles‘ “Air War”. So, for the sake of loving all things Crystal Castles we’ll repost the video here. Supposedly this video was scrapped way back in 2006 around the time of the Alice Practice EP but found its way onto the internet regardless and now it’s here for you to partake in. If it’s new to us right? Enjoy!
Updating on a personal favorite amongst working shoegaze bands, California’s Fleeting Joys and their fantastic song “A Good Kind of Tomorrow” are featured on a new compilation of ‘wall-of-sound’ tuneage from InvadaUK. It’s called The Secret Garden Vol. 1.
Check it out and purchase it from the band’s Myspace (and hey, it’s probably worth the buy not only for the Joys, but also for the great Amusement Parks on Fire track as well). *************************************************************************************** In more Obama news, the Democratic presidential hopeful has two more rock and roll supporters today to join the ranks of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and Bright Eyes Conor Oberst. First we have Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler whose Scrapbook (just click on Win on the left there) states the following:
“I am watching Hillary Clinton in her victory speech in new Hampshire…they just threw a bunch of college kids behind her, and had her talk about student loans, and had her daughter come out for a long awkward hug…does anyone actually buy it? Surely young people are too media savvy to be fooled by this kind of shit. do we live in a democracy so we can just keep electing the same families? Barack is the first candidate in my lifetime to strip some of this bullshit away, and I just hope we don’t blow this chance. man if we miss this opportunity we don’t deserve it…how bad does it have to get?
fuck!!!!!!!!!”
I screamed the same thing when I saw the New Hampshire results I must admit. Next we have Fallout Boy poster child Pete Wentz whose Blog states that he is hosting a low-dollar fundraiser in support of Obama. His post states:
“I’ve been an Obama supporter from day one,” says Wentz. “After watching the New Hampshire primary, I couldn’t just be an observer anymore – I had to act. Barack is the first politician who’s ever made me feel like our voices actually matter.”
Clearly Obama’s got the rock vote! *************************************************************************************** To end today’s post, here’s some dream-pop from Dallas duet Beach House (seen above performing at Austin’s own Emo’s) whose new LP Devotion drops Feb. 26th. It’s another collection of swirly organs and guitars wrapped in dueling male and female vocals and definitely a step forward from the band’s already formidable debut. Check out one the album’s best tracks here:
Our favorite local instrumental-noodlers the Octopus Project are set to launch their nationwide tour starting with Lollapalooza in just a few days. We’re of course stoked to see one of our favorite local acts cause such a stir outside of Austin, so in support here’s there video for “Truck” which is garnering some attention over at YouTube. Go Octopus Project and see you when you get back in time for the ACL Festival!
If you read Cannibal Cheerleader at all you know we’re huge shoegaze fans and there’s none better or purer working today than the California duo the Fleeting Joys, whose new record (with no title or cover art yet as we see) drops August 11th. The band just posted a brand new track to their Myspace called “You Are the Darkness” and it’s up there with the highest quality spins from their first LP. This might be their next “Lovely Crawl” so give it a listen and let us know what you think!
While this may not be news to some of you since this video leaked back in January, it’s a big deal for us here at Cannibal Cheerleader who somehow just stumbled across Crystal Castles‘ “Air War”. So, for the sake of loving all things Crystal Castles we’ll repost the video here. Supposedly this video was scrapped way back in 2006 around the time of the Alice Practice EP but found its way onto the internet regardless and now it’s here for you to partake in. If it’s new to us right? Enjoy!
