
Nada Surf , American alternative rock band known for their 1995 breakout hit "Popular," released their seventh studio album in January. On tour for their latest record The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy , the band is making a stop at 9:30 Club on Tuesday December 11, and we’ve got tickets to giveaway. A Brooklyn band before the hipster scene of neighborhoods like Williamsburg became prominent, Nada Surf departs from the softer, passionate sound of their previous records. This latest album is more cheery and upbeat, giving it a reminiscent feeling of old [...]

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Richmond, Virginia indie trio Eternal Summers are still riding high on the spring release of their sophomore album, Correct Behavior, and today premiered a fourth video from the record. "Good as You" is a pretty, mid-tempo strummer with an explosive build and longing lyrics. Frontwoman Nicole Yun joked on Facebook about this video being her ... Continue reading
Despite popular belief due to the name of a famous American sitcom it's not always sunny in Philadelphia. Even for a group like the wonderful retro-pop newcomers WORK DRUGS, who are currently one of the blogosphere's most buzzed bands it seems. The wave band around masterminds Thomas Crystal and Benjamin Louisiana prefers the sunny side
Nada Surf have released a video for the song, "Jules and Jim". The video was directed, animated and edited by Rachel Chaiya Blumberg. This is her second music video. In addition to film making she is also a painter and a musician. "Jules and Jim" appears on the band 's [...]

In "Jules and Jim" off this year's The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy , Nada Surf frontman Matthew Caws compares himself to the three protagonists of the 1962 French new wave classic film Jules et Jim . For the song's video, director and animator Rachel Chaiya Blumberg takes inspiration from the same source. Months of work on both sides of the country - Arch Cape, OR and Providence, RI, specifically - resulted in the stop motion clip below. Though the characters are just a few inches high, any [...]
Stop-motion video by Rachel Chaiya Blumberg for Nada Surf's "Jules and Jim". "Jules and Jim" is off of The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy , out now via Barsuk Records .
"Jules and Jim" is found on Nada Surf's seventh album, The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy , released earlier in the year. Check out a pre-Christmas date if you're in the mood. DECEMBER 06 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe 07 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall 08 - Chicago, IL - Metro 09 - Columbus, OH - The Basement 11 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 12 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church 13 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club 14 - New York, [...]
Nada Surf have a video for their song "Jules and Jim" from their most recent record, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy . It's kind of a claymation affair with rather interesting art direction. Check it out above and tour dates below. Nada Surf tour dates: November 13 - Osnabruck, Germany - Rosenhof November 14 - Berlin, Germany - C-Club November 15 - Braunschweig, Germany - Meier Music Hall November 16 - Freiburg, Germany - Jazzhaus November 17 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche December [...]
Consequence of Sound is partnering with Miller Lite for the second installment of the Top Note Sessions, an intimate, 21+ concert experience featuring private performances and interviews, live from the Top Note Theater, The Metro’ s secret and vastly unknown fourth floor theater. Join us as Nada Surf continues the series with their Metro show on December 8th. You're invited to grab a beer and a bite, and have a seat while the band takes to the Top Note Theater with an exclusive acoustic set and meet & greet. CoS readers can [...]

Twitter Yo La Tengo haven't quite spilled the beans on their thirteenth studio album, besides to acknowledge it exists, that recent single "Stupid Things" will appear on it albeit in a different version, that it was produced by Tortoise's John McEntire, that it'll be out in late January - the smart money is on the 29th, since the last week of the month is typically when the year's first big releases are slated - and that a North American tour - of which only a few dates have been revealed - [...]
The NADA SURF give a nod to JULES AND JIM , the French film, in their newest music video and I'm shortly heading out for me bday dinner.
Watch 'Jules & Jim' below. Catch Nada Surf on their US tour. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Nada Surf - When I Was Young
One of the strength's of Portland's music scene is that there is no one particular "Portland sound" that our bands have. The same can be said of the music videos our directors create, which these three are a great example of. Artist and musician Rachel Blumberg is a Portland native, who just recently left our fair city to live in Providence, Rhode Island. About a year ago, she made her first music video , using stop-motion animation, for Tom Hagerman (known for his work as a member of DeVotchKa). She has now created her second, [...]

El video fue dirigido por Rachel Chaiya Blumberg Extraído de su más reciente álbum The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy , ahora Nada Surf nos comparte el video para el sencillo "Jules & Jim" , dirigido, animado y editado por Rachel Chaiya Blumberg , también pintora y músico. Acerca del video, la banda escribió lo siguiente: "El video musical de la canción 'Jules & Jim' fue filmado durante varios meses en Arch Cape, Oregon, y en el interior de una casa histórica en Providence, Rhode [...]

El video fue dirigido por Rachel Chaiya Blumberg Extraído de su más reciente álbum The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy , ahora Nada Surf nos comparte el video para el sencillo "Jules & Jim" , dirigido, animado y editado por Rachel Chaiya Blumberg , también pintora y músico. Acerca del video, la banda escribió lo siguiente: "El video musical de la canción 'Jules & Jim' fue filmado durante varios meses en Arch Cape, Oregon, y en el interior de una casa histórica en Providence, Rhode [...]
Maybe it's just us, but, honestly, how can anyone not like Nada Surf ? "Jules and Jim", the latest video from the power-popping New York band, reconfirms just about everything we fall for with every Nada Surf album. As we asked in our overview of their 2012 longplayer The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy , "isn't this how guitars are supposed to sound?" The "Jules and Jim"video was directed, animated and edited by Rachel Chaiya Blumberg and, the director says, "gently alludes to the classic French New Wave film of [...]
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Tipps für eine Woche voller besserer Musik. Diese Woche mit der tickenden Abartbombe und komplexen Boykotten. Aus Prinzip. Montag, 29. Oktober 2012 "Wie schmerzlos Pop sein kann" titelte Kollegin Stallone vor vier Jahren. Unsere Herzen glühen auch in diesen winterlichen Herbst noch ungebrochen für Pains of Being Pure at Heart . Am Montag spielt die Band im Zürcher Mascotte. Dienstag, 30. Oktober 2012 Ein Abend mit Amanda Palmer ist [...]

The new album is perfect for the live arena and Ira Elliot’s drumming becomes more loose and exciting by the gig.