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Holograms // Chasing My Mind

arcader — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:55:35 +0000

Damn Sweden, you never disappoint do you? Today we bring you something a little more rowdy than you may expect when you hear ‘Sweden’. Cute indie pop, this is not. Loud electronic punk that just makes you want to chug a beer and throw it at the wall? Yes, this is that. You are welcome Thursday. “Chasing My Mind” is Holograms’ latest single off their self-titled debut, set to arrive on July 10th on Captured Tracks.

- Annick Mayer

Lemonade // Neptune

arcader — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:42 +0000

We have been loving this track ever since hearing it at SXSW this past March. “Neptune” comes off of Lemonade’s to-be-released album, DIVER, out May 29th on True Panther Sounds. This rad video was directed by House Plants and Weird Days.

Protection // The Invisible

arcader — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:38:16 +0000

They may call themselves The Invisible, but their presence is impossible to overlook. The trio’s members have studio-hopped with the likes of St Vincent, Adele and Hot Chip, but their own collaborations are magic. The Invisible’s new album Rispah, out June 12, is named after singer-guitarist Dave Okumu’s late mother, who passed while the band was recording the follow-up to their Mercury-nominated debut album. Okumu describes Rispah as “a love letter to grief.” Transformative and intricately layered, it is also a beautiful testament to life.

St. Lucia // News

arcader — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:42:48 +0000

Jean-Philip Grobler, the Brooklyn via Johannesberg musician (aka St. Lucia,) has just released a new video for “Before the Dive.” To call St. Lucia unique, may just be an understatement. Grobler grew up singing with the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, where the group stayed in a remote area in the South African mountains, “learning everything from Bach and minimalist opera to African War Songs and Celine Dion.” However, they were not always tucked away from the rest of the world. When the group wasn’t studying the classics and such, they were touring Japan, Australia, Europe, and the US, etc. St. Lucia eventually ended up, as many musicians tend to do these days, in Brooklyn. St. Lucia’s EP will be released in the spring, as the first full-length release on Neon Gold Records. We have a feeling we will be pumping St. Lucia’s electro beats and warm rhythms all summer long.

- Annick Mayer

MS MR //Music

arcader — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:07:49 +0000

Today we bring you a track from an NYC band that definitely has our ears standing at attention. May we present, MS MR. The track, “Hurricane,” is available for download here. MS MR will be touring with Marina & The Diamonds this July/August across America. Catch them June 1st at Glasslands.

Grimes // News

arcader — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:52:22 +0000

Grimes has just released this wonderfully creepy video for “Nightmusic” ft. Majical Cloudz. Not to beat a dead horse, but did we ever tell you that we love Grimes? We are almost waiting for her to shock us and do something that we don’t like. The video is directed by John Londono.

Kurhrye-oo // News

arcader — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:19:50 +0000

It is no secret that we love Grimes over here at the Arcade, so it comes as no surprise that we would also fall in love with Kurhrye-oo, the latest project from Calvin McElroy, member of Gobble Gobble, Born Gold, and a part of Grimes’ touring band. The track ”Give In (For the Fame)” comes to us off of Kuhrye-oo’s self-titled EP, which is out now on UNO. The video was co-directed by McElroy and Claire Boucher aka Grimes. Shot exclusively on iPhones, the video follows dancers (including Grimes) as they slink across New Orleans cemeteries, an abandoned Six Flags, and other equally erie locations.

Check out our interview with Grimes here

Chet Faker // News

arcader — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:49:05 +0000

We met Chet Faker at this year’s SXSW and he immediately stole our hearts. We are so excited to announce that Chet Faker has officially been signed to Downtown Records, which will be releasing his Thinking in textures EP on May 22nd, with a vinyl release on June 19th. Even better…Chet Faker’s full length is on deck for early 2013. Long live Chet Faker!

Check out the Arcade44 exclusive with Chet Faker here!

Alan Wilkis // News

arcader — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:00:58 +0000

Alan Wilkis, who we recently sat down with to talk about his project, PRINTS, has just released a new video for the track “Shadow.” Written and directed by Ryan O’Hara Theisen, this video watches an “admirer” take it to the next/most creepy level.

Lower Dens // News

arcader — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:49:19 +0000

We first met Lower Dens at CMJ 2010, which now seems like eons ago. Today we have a new video from the Baltimore band. ”Propagation” is the second video off their new album Nootropics (pronounced No-eh-tro-pics,) out today on Ribbon Music. Directed by Sebastian Mlynarksi, the video for “Propagation” is inspired by the Japanese dance style, Butoh, which came out of post-WWII era Japan as a form of experimental protest in dance. Pretty appropriate for May Day 2012. We love Lower Dens and have been fans of Jana Hunter through many of her projects, so we couldn’t be happier to see more things coming from these guys. Lower Dens play a SOLD OUT show at Mercury Lounge tonight and another tomorrow at Glasslands.

Tickets are still available for their Philly, DC, and Baltimore shows. More dates for their US tour here.

- Annick Mayer