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Interview: Tame Impala

A few months before the release of Lonerism, Tame Impala came through the US for a short stint to get in the touring state of mind. We had them stop by The FADER office to … read more »

POSTED October 10, 2012 11:31AM IN MUSIC TV INTERVIEWS Comments (1) TAGS: , ,
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Tame Impala: Middle of Nowhere

Tame Impala’s desolation rock crosses over. One way to understand Perth is to read hometown hero Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet, an earthy novel about two families that occupy a great, creaky house in the city during … read more »

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Stream: Tame Impala, “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”

When I went to Fremantle, Western Australia to write about Tame Impala for this issue’s cover story, I was tired constantly. Flying almost thirty hours will do that to you. One evening, while the band … read more »

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By The Numbers: Tame Impala’s Lonerism

In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits. This week, we take on Tame Impala’s psychedelic epic Lonerism, chronicled in Sam Hockley-Smith’s cover story for … read more »

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Four years ago my friend Kevin and I went on a trip to La Paz, the capital city of Baja Del Sur, Mexico. It’s difficult to get there direct, so we flew into Los Cabos … read more »

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Stream Tame Impala’s Album Lonerism

Perth, Australia pysch rock luminaries Tame Impala drop their sophomore album, Lonerism, next week. Stream the entire record now, via NPR, and stayed tuned for Sam Hockley-Smith’s FADER #82 Tame Impala cover story, coming next … read more »

POSTED October 1, 2012 10:33AM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: ,
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Interview: Melody’s Echo Chamber

For her Melody’s Echo Chamber project, French artist Melody Prochet spent years writing songs, leaving the comforts of a traditional studio to work with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker in Perth, as well as in her … read more »

POSTED September 26, 2012 11:30AM IN MUSIC INTERVIEWS TAGS: , , , ,
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Tame Impala, “Elephant (Canyons Wooly Mammoth Remix)” MP3

“Elephant,” the new single from FADER #82 cover stars Tame Impala, is rendered extra trippy by fellow Aussies and Modular labelmates, Canyons. The lumbering intro is stretched to a hypnotic length, the bass is crunchier … read more »

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World Premiere! The FADER #82 Featuring French Montana and Tame Impala

Next time you go to Morocco, look up French Montana’s uncle. He played quite a host to photographer Michael Schmelling and writer Zach Baron as they accompanied French on his return to the country of … read more »

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Video: Tame Impala, “Elephant”

There’s a moment in Tame Impala’s “Elephant” where the bassline does something not dissimilar to what Roger Waters’ does in Pink Floyd’s “Money.” It’s too subtle to be taken for a nod, but Tame Impala, … read more »

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