Freeload: Here We Go Magic, “Fangela”
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Not to be mean or anything but shouldn’t this not be as good as it is? It’s basically just a muffled recording of a guy and a guitar and a couple of percussion things— sounds like woodblocks or handclaps. Oh, there’s the keyboard, too. But isn’t that, like, every band? Hmm. But maybe that is why America’s Next Top Model is cool and that Bravo version just is not going to cut it. Not everything needs to succeed. Thankfully, Here We Go Magic has figured out how to go hard at being soft. Never has anything been more woozily pretty. Did anyone tell NPR about this song? This is every All Things Considered bumper. In a good way.
UPDATE: Looks like someone did tell NPR about Here We Go Magic. Great minds or whatever.
Download: Here We Go Magic, “Fangela”
Video: Here We Go Magic, “Tunnelvision”
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When we premiered this song in December, our love affair with Here We Go Magic’s new album had just begun. Though we’ve grown accustomed to some of its moments and probably take it for granted sometimes, we must still be in the honeymoon phase because we just watched this fairly plain kaleidoscopic video ten times in a row. If you want to see us blow kisses at Luke Temple and his band, come down to Southpaw in Brooklyn on Sunday.
Download: Here We Go Magic, “Tunnelvision”
Exclusive Freeload: Here We Go Magic, “Tunnelvision”
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The music industry, as most others, is gradually winding down operations for the year, but we continue to get some really great music in the mailbox, most of which is set to come out in early 2009. So in a way we actually exist in February 2009. You are wearing striped leggings that your new Valentine gave you and they make your knees look knocked but don’t hold that against him, he’s a solid dude. Just putting that out there, use it however.
Anyway, one of our recent favorite future releases is the self-titled album from Greenpoint, Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic aka Luke Temple. It opens with “Only Pieces,” which we swore sampled Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al” but actually is just a loop of Temple softly singing What’s the use in dying dying if I don’t know when? There are only pieces pieces of me. What’s the use in dying dying if I cannot see? Easy mistake. What follows are a bunch of quietly psychedelic, gentle philosophical jams homemade (literally) by Temple. We know we say “jam” a lot, but in this case it connotes actual rhythms that you might not expect after reading all those soft words. You might not throw this on at any dance parties next year, but don’t be surprised if a Sunday afternoon play draws a crowd of waltzing longhairs to the sidewalk outside your window. A good example is “Tunnelvision,” available on TheFADER.com, and playing real loud right now as hand-sized snowflakes fall on Manhattan. If you’re in New York, you can request it from Temple and his band tonight at the Bell House in Brooklyn. Here We Go Magic is out on February 17th on Western Vinyl.
Download: Here We Go Magic, “Tunnelvision”
