In which Destoyer share their second video ever — following the Kaputt title track’s tripped-out, Dawn Garcia-directed official clip — for “Savage Night at the Opera” in the form of a first-person urban motorcycle ride through Vancouver that was directed by David Galloway. Grab your helmet and take a trip with Dan Bejar’s new single below.
Richard Swift Announces Walt Wolfman EP
We’re not proud to admit that Richard Swift’s music hasn’t been mentioned around here since last fall’s excellent 4-track-recorded cover song series, Other People’s Songs, with 24B-fave Damien Jurado. But let’s get back on board with Walt Wolfman, Swift’s forthcoming EP, due out appropriately just before Halloween on October 18, via Secretly Canadian.
Our first taste comes in the form of opening cut “Whitman,” a haunting tribute to the titular late-19th century American poet, Walt Whitman. Stream/download the track below (be sure to stick around for those gorgeous harmonies toward the coda) along with the tracklist.
Here’s hoping this set delivers on the promise I witnessed when Swift unleashed a show-stopping performance while opening for Wilco a few years back.
“Whitman”
Walt Wolfman Tracklist
01. “Whitman”
02. “MG 333”
03. “Laugh It Up”
04. “Zombie Boogie”
05. “Out & About”
06. “Drakula (Hey Man!)”
07. “St. Michael”
New Jonathan Coulton – “Good Morning Tucson”
Truth be told, we weren’t too familiar with Jonathan Coulton before the National’s Portal 2 song, “Exile Vilify,” caused us to look deeper into the video game franchise’s previous soundtracks. Having now heard — and loved — his closing credits tune, “Still Alive,” it’s exciting to see that a new album is on the way from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter. Artificial Heart, Coulton’s follow-up to 2006’s 52-song “Thing A Week” series, arrives on November 8. Produced by They Might Be Giants’ John Flansburgh, the record boasts guest appearances by Suzanne Vega, the Long Winters’ John Roderick, and Sara Quin.
Today, you can preview our first taste, “Good Morning Tucson,” a catchy cut, which includes a lyric that keeps cracking me up: “I’m still sort of amazed that you can be born in the ’90s.” Same here, dude. Check out a video he put together recently while on vacation in Cape Cod below. Here’s a list of the equipment, props, cast, and transportation employed: “a couple of iPhones, some duct tape, a kite, a rocket, an RC airplane, two children, a wife, a giant inflatable sphere, and a 2004 Volkswagen Jetta.”
Meanwhile, you can download an MP3 of the track over at Blurt Online.