NewVillager is playing Wednesday night at the Get Down in West Asheville. They are a multimedia art slash “new pop” collective hailing from Brooklyn and San Francisco. I would normally pooh-pooh on such a band, but their new self-titled album has been on repeat for the last week. It’s transcends the labels and is just fun and unpretentious. The video for their single “LightHouse” is similarly fun and full of amazing costumes.
Recommended if you like: TV on the Radio, Dirty Projectors, Metronomy
If you are feeling ambitious check out Joseph Arthur beforehand at the Greagle. Alli Marshall from the MX wrote a great preview.
Update: New video from Vimeo that will actually play on Tumblr.
Mates of State are coming back to the Peel on October 3rd! With Other Lives and Yawn.
Video is “Maracas” from the forthcoming seventh LP Mountaintops coming out 9/13 on Barsuk. Looks like it’s shoot using VHS, which is a growing trend of concern (see Foo Fighters’ Rope).
(Source: stereogum.com)
