Video: Eagle and Talon - Ice life

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Homework time, rocker nation. Above is the video for the song "Ice Life" from the female duo Eagle and Talon out of Los Angeles, CA. They've just released a new album called Thracian and it's available on iTunes and in stores. Your homework is to familiarize yourself with this band because I'm headed to NYC to interview them today. Kim and Alice Talon have been getting a lot of comparisons to bands like The Breeders and Sleater-Kinney. Kim's voice may be sweet to listen to but being backed by that trash [...]

Eagle & Talon (Los Angeles, CA) Eagle And Talon just unveiled a new video for "Ice Life" off their debut album Thracian . The quirky video was directed by Max Goldblatt (Obi Best, MGMT) and takes a page from the impromptu living room dance parties I used to throw when I was nine. Eagle And Talon were also in a recent episode of 90210. You can watch that video right here .

The video for "Ice Life," was directed by Max Goldblatt (Obi Best, MGMT), and comes off LA duo Eagle and Talon's debut album Thracian . dates: 6/2/09 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo 6/25/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool 6/26/09 [...]