Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:41PM - By Seraphina L.
It’s been two years since LCD Soundsystem has released their latest album, Sound of Silver, but director Noah Baumbach is still hot on his indie credibility due to association with successful Wes Anderson films and his most recent screenwriting for Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Luckily, the LCD Soundsystem’s frontman and hipster director/writer are good friends and also are conveniently helping each other out with their upcoming projects.
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Friday, November 6, 2009 2:08PM - By Kara
Hello BeatCrave readers! We have some cool stuff you might like, and it’s shopping made super easy. Below is a list of cheap MP3 albums that you can buy and download right now. I thought it would be fun to have an underlying theme (or you could also call it shameless self-promotion) and include some of our BeatCrave Favs in the mix. There are albums from Passion Pit, Kings of Leon, Mr. Hudson, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and The Flaming Lips. So if you haven’t listened to them, now is your chance! All of these albums are from Amazon, so you can still hear them on iTunes, but without all of the charges for DRM.
Check out the albums below…
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:53PM - By Brian McConnell
BeatCrave recently had the fortuitous opportunity to talk with Al Doyle. Doyle is 1/5 of Hot Chip and a truly significant part of the awesome, quirky and danceable group where he plays guitar, synthesizer, percussion and backing vocals. Doyle is also a critical piece of the innovative LCD Soundsystem where he plays percussion and guitar. In a music scene where everything seems so, so serious, Hot Chip is not only having fun creating their own unique sound, they are also getting a kick out of remixing popular songs into even more popular hits. BeatCrave talks with Al Doyle about the difference between Hot Chip and LCD Soundsytem, the electro-pop genre and the golden rule of remixing.
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