Video: Hotbox at The Levi's®/FADER Fort: Dent May - "Love Song 2009"

HANK ALTOGETHER: 3 of our fav. artists of the year put out some great videos this week. Let's put 'em all in one place and see if they make babies! Dirty Projectors - "No Intention" (on SIRIUS) Dent May & his Magnificent Ukulele - "Love Song 2009" (Tripwire) Le Loup - "Grow" (AON) AON Sessions: Le Loup, "Grow" from All Our Noise on Vimeo . [...]

Proving a bathroom can be just as intimate as the bedroom, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele recently stopped by The Tripwire for a hotbox recording of "Love Song 2009". I've yet to see Dent, who looks like the long lost (skinny) brother of Dan Deacon , perform live but imagine he's quite the energetic treat. Of course, I'm not the only one who hasn't seen him and handfuls of other fans just lost their chance too. Apparently Mr. May contracted the good ole' H1N1/Swine/Bubonic plague and cancelled his next four [...]

photos by Chris La Putt Bad news, my friends. I'm down with what my doctor now believes to be the dreaded H1N1 flu virus. I was especially bummed to cancel my hometown Halloween show on Saturday, but now I'm sorry to announce the following performances w/ Fiery Furnaces and Cryptacize have been cancelled: 11/4 hoboken, nj 11/5 northampton, ma 11/6 troy, ny 11/7 toronto, on I'll be back in full force for a special headlining [...]

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele sure did steam up The Hotbox during last week's CMJ events. We knew this guy was a charmer, but honestly who else can pull off a rhyme like "I'm going to love you for all time/ I'll kiss you and I'll hug you, that's no lie?" Prettttty smooth. If we had a chance to make this video all over again, we would place lead-singer Dent May in the bathtub, make bubbles with the available conditioners, light some candles, and give him a tropical drink adorned with a little umbrella from which he might [...]