Rick Astley has opened up to LA Times and proves himself surprisingly hip about the second coming of his song “Never Gonna Give You Up” and the phenomenon of the “Rickroll.” (Mmmmmm…rickroll….) It’s definitely worth a read. Speaking of the 80’s, check out this exclusive video of Arcade Fire covering the The A-Team theme!
The Raconteurs released a music video for “Salute Your Solution” today to accompany the release of their new album, Consolers Of The Lonely. The vid is comprised of over 2500 different black & white photographs of the band doing their thing in the studio.
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Combine stop-motion animation with paper cutouts done by hand and voila - you got yr. new Spoon video! The beautiful 3-minute video project for “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” is a collaboration between frontman Britt Daniel, Phillip Niemeyer of Double Triple, and Ryan Junell. The video has two sites of interest - its own page where you can view the eye candy in gorgeous hi-res QuickTime and another where you can check out behind-the-scenes stills of the clip’s process. Nice.
R.E.M.’s new record isn’t coming out until April 1st (almost beating Michael Stipe in coming out, actually), but Accelerate is streaming online until March 26th. The album has received some supernatural superserious kudos from Spin and Rolling Stone, with the latter calling it “one of the best records R.E.M. have ever made.” Clocking in at only 34 minutes, it’s most definitely worth your time.
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R.E.M. - Accelerate
Now that Jenny is using 867-5309 to make telemarketing calls, you’re probably in need of a new phone number to add to your rock & roll-odex. Luckily, the Black Lips have started their own hotline to help out those that are “in trouble, need advice, or are just plain lonely.” Simply dial or text 949-836-7407 and, in the unlikely event you miss the busy signal, you should be greeted by either Cole, Jared, Ian or Joe. Tell ‘em Hypeful says, “Hi!”