Ducktails: The Flower Lane – Listening to Ducktails' new album The Flower Lane , you start to get the sense that Matthew Mondanile, the part-time Real Estate guitarist and creative force behind Ducktails , is reaching for something outside his grasp. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that Mondanile 's musical abilities fall short on this album. Far from it. What I mean here is that music on The Flower Lane seems to be aiming for a constantly moving target. The album itself is a patchwork [...]
Ducktails is the long-time project of Matthew Mondanile , more famously known as Real Estate ’s guitarist. Mondanile has gone under his Ducktails moniker for years, amassing a slew of delicately lighthearted singles and multiple albums. Though his past approach may sounded vastly understated, The Flower Lane feels like a large-scale production that elevates Mondanile ’s music beyond its past quiet charm. Between the formidable guest musicians, higher production quality, and an album release party that was broadcast for the [...]
Ducktails , the project of Real Estate 's Matthew Mondanile, has released the single, "Letter of Intent", from the forthcoming album, The Flower Lane . The song features vocals from Jessa Farkas of Future Shuttle and Ian Drennan of Big Troubles . While past Ducktails' releases were more scattered [...]
Instores, now something of an almost exclusively American phenomenon (a brief peruse of the Amoeba Music calendar at any point, ever, is enough to fill even the most blasé music devotee with envy), seem to animate the fanatic adolescent within every attendee and last night in Rough Trade East was no exception to such a trend. Thus hearing Municipality wafting out from beyond the shop's glass doors, sounding distinctly different than on record and not quite right, is an enthusiast's delight. Real Estate are soundchecking, and also run through the truly impeccable summertime sloop of Out [...]
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On first listen, there seems to be something inherently brave/ill-advised about Matthew Mondanile, aka Ducktails , releasing an album like Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics in February. The album seems tailor-made for summer – a collection of sunkissed, lilting pop-songs about being carefree and young, interspersed with hypnotic, ethereal instrumental jams that float in and out like thoughts on a sunny day. Even the titles - ‘Don’t Make Plans’, ‘Sunset Liner’, ‘Killin’ the Vibe’ – reinforce this. Listening on a rainy week in February, it may well have been a case of wrong place at the wrong time. [...]
I'm way behind on a few recent releases (an issue I'll be taking care of today) and the first is the newest work by Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile a.k.a. Ducktails. Prolific and massively talented, anything released by Ducktails ends up in the collection. I stutter-stepped a bit in my enjoyment on Landscapes as it reminded [...]
Much to dig … Killer Nuggets -y rock from Mind Spiders (ex- Marked Men ). Super trio Middle Brother brings the type of rootsy harmonies you expect (and love) from ex- Dawes , Deer Tick , Delta Spirit members. Ex- Vivian Girls singer Katy Goodman goes off on her own for a sweet La Sera . Panda Bear helps Ducktails ready for a new LP. Shout out to MattO for getting the Kordan jam lodged in my head and stuck on repeat. Finally a 3-day, lazy weekend bonus [...]
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“Don’t go killin', killin' the vibe. I can’t take your lame style.” How many times have you wanted to say that? The new collaboration from Ducktails, Real Estate guitarist Matthew Mondanile’s alter-ego, and Animal Collective ’s Panda Bear, also known as Noah Lennox , definitely has a good vibe. The new track includes classic Panda Bear vocals, repetition that later builds to a hand-clap melody (which is always welcome), and playful keyboard and guitar loops that will likely get stuck in your head all day. Ducktails is set to release its next album Ducktails III: [...]
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"Killin' The Vibe" is a b-side off of Real Estate guitarist Matthew Mondanile's newest upcoming record, Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics. With the help of Animal Collective founding member Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear ) on vocal duties, Mondanile (who performs solo under the moniker Ducktails ) demonstrates why he's an integral part of Real Estate's surf pop, chillwave'ed out sound. Listen below.
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From the forthcoming LP Landscapes , out on Olde English Spelling Bee some time this summer. Ducktails will be playing London's Old Blue Last on May 31.
Matthew Mondanile is the lead man for the band Real Estate , and solo man on the project Ducktails . Matthew Mondanile pretty much rocks. There seems to be quite a backstory for the guy too, which I'm trying to sweep together piece by piece as well. But it's easy to find out how great his music is. Check out a clip of an interview he did for Viceland : It’s a basic tip, but it sounds like a good one. Yeah. So at New World Hot Dog [...]
Real Estate - Fake Blues The perfect summer tune for the dead of winter - this one's from a dreamy lo-fi quartet from Brooklyn featuring Ducktails' Matthew Mondanile. About to release Suburban Beverage as a 73 through Underwater Peoples on 1st February. MySpace Photo by nothing Posted in Song of the Day Tagged: Ducktails, Fake Blues, Matthew Mondanile, Real Estate, Suburban Beverage, Underwater Peoples
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