Quick Hits & Clips: Fun Fun Fun Fest Recap, The Dodos, Filter, Au Revoir Simone, Chad VanGaalen, Mötley Crüe

posted November 13, 2008

  • Check out comic Neil Hamburger hosting the Fun Fun Fun Fest "Day 1 Recap," over at Roxwel. The recap features interviews and performance footage from Deerhoof, Trail of Dead, The National and Dead Milkmen in Austin, TX.
  • Continuing their promise to present more high definition videos, Baeblemusic has just released video of The Dodos at Spiegeltent.
  • Richard Patrick of Filter will be talking exclusively to JamNow.com on Thursday, November 13th at 7pm EST. Tune in at www.jamnow.com/filter.
  • Currently hard at work recording the 2009 follow up to the stellar Bird of Music, Brooklyn indie pop trio Au Revoir Simone have released a digital-only album of remixes and covers to whet appetites until next year. Reverse Migration features contributions from an impressive roster of indie stars - The Teenagers, Darkel, Montag, We Are Scientists' Keith Murray and Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, just to name a few. On a recent tour stop in Tokyo, the band put together a short video clip to celebrate the release. Stream the album on AOL Spinner or head to Amazon.com or iTunes, where shoppers get an additional remix of "Sad Song" by Air France, and a ReRunner reworking of "The Way to There," respectively.
  • Sub Pop is offering a new download from Chad VanGaalen's recently released album "Soft Airplane" is available - this one called "City of Electric Light." VanGaalen is set to begin touring in Europe next week.
  • Hot off the heels of Mötley Crüe's MakeRockHistory winner selection, an announcement video for the winning band has been posted online at YouTube. It has quotes from Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee as well as performance video of the Last Vegas (the winning band).