SATURDAY IN VIDEOS: Sufjan Stevens // Throw Me The Statue // St Vincent // Thom Yorke

Sufjan and co performing a new 7 minute trombone epic performed at one of his many "intimate" shows in Itchaca, NY.

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Throw Me The Statues new video for their song "Hi-Fi Goon" shows the guys going on a wild elephant chase though town [after they played Jumangi?] and end up catching sasquatch - wait no, it's a pretty girl in a white fur coat. I guess they gave up and decided to play poolside. hm

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I know I'm pretty late on posting this video, but I don't really care because I'm just as tranced as the people that are in it. At least it's not as hard to watch as her last one was - [it was actually a really really good video]

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Thom Yorke recently performed an acoustic version of Reckoner for the premier of the movie Age Of Stupid via satellite. I have nothing clever and witty to say about this, sorry

[MP3] NEW Throw Me The Statue - Ancestors

Last summer I was practically obsessed with this band called Throw Me The Statue. Catchy songs like "Lolita" and "About To Walk" played on repeat in my head almost constantly. It just so happened that last summer I took a trip to Seattle [where TMTS are from] to hang with an old friend of mine. On the plane, I couldn't help but imagine everything that Scott Reitherman [frontman/creator of TMTS] was singing about.

This summer, I'm hoping that Throw Me The Statue's sophomore LP entitled Creaturesque delivers some top quality/much anticipated tracks. At least the cover looks refreshing. Nice pool.

Take a listen to a new song called "Ancestors" here:
Throw Me The Statue - Ancestors
[via Secretly Canadian]

If you've never heard of Throw Me The Statue before, they've been on a few commercials before for both Rhapsody and more recently, The Marriot, with the song "Lolita":

Throw Me The Statue - Lolita

Creaturesque will see release on 8/4/09 via Secretly Canadian.

In the meantime, you should buy their first LP, Moonbeams, @ insound dot com. And you will. Because I say so

mp3 - Said The Whale + TMTS

I'm usually a sucker for music that comes out of the Northwest. The bands tend to have this smooth, relaxing sound that flows with the Pacific currents. Said The Whale, hailing from Vancouver, BC is no different. Oh, but they are. Each song off of their 2008 debut album Howe Sounds/Talking Abalonia tells a different story with a few different musical styles. I'm usually not a fan of bands that do that on one album. I like bands that progress their sound over time from record to record. So that's the only downer about this debut. Maybe for their sophomore effort, they'll find their own sound. But I have realized that this album does have a few gems that are worth listening to.

MP3: Said The Whale - This City's A Mess
MP3: Said The Whale - Howe Sounds


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In other west coast news, Throw Me The Statue aka Scott Reitherman is coming out with a tour-only EP next month [Feb 17th] called Purpleface. TMTS have been a Seattle fave of mine for a while since his debut album Moonbeams [Secretly Canadian]. Catchy, beautifully written bedroom pop with the perfect amount of guitar fuzz and memorable lyrics. His new song, "Ship" is not as upbeat as his tunes from Moonbeams, but it's still just as easy to get stuck in your head.

MP3: Throw Me The Statue - Ship

[Pre-order Purpleface @ insound]
[Buy Moonbeams @ insound]

Throw Me The Indie Pop Rock

Came across Throw Me The Statue recently during one of my frequent stops at La Blogotheque.

TMTS is a band formed by a Mr. Scott Reitherman hailing originally from Cali but now residing in Seattle, WA.

If you like these vids from Blogotheque, I highly suggest you purchase his latest release titled Moonbeams out on his label Secretly Canadian.