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Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Joey
“You know the difference between Friends and the John Kerry campaign? Friends has a theme.” And I’ll be so happy not to hear that stupid theme song anymore (clap! clap! clap!). Sorry Phil Solem. At...
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Band To Watch: Friends
After WU LYF's post-midnight US debut at Glasslands Friday night, folks slipped into the venue next door, 285 Kent St., to catch the tail-end of a bill anchored by the band Friends. It was an...
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Stereogum Monthly Mix: April 2011
April's mix is female heavy and thematically clustered. It tips off with a track from each of our three most recent Bands To Watch. The remainder features a few songs that are numerically fixated...
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Friends –“Friend Crush (Phone Tag Remix)”
Brooklyn-via-Texas project Phone Tag was one of the scene compatriots Friends name-checked in their BTW piece, which was a kind plug while also being another illustration of the universal law that...
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Friends –“Friend Crush” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
It's "ESG-style polyrhythmic post-disco on a tropical-pop trip" that Bushwick BTW Friends fix on musically, and their visual aesthetic -- both onstage, and in this their debut, Matthew Caron-directed...
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Friends –“I’m His Girl”
Band To Watch Friends posted their new track "I'm His Girl" earlier today in advance of its Halloween release. It's a Lykke Li-like groove accented by hand percussion and instilled with a warm...
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Friends –“My Boo” (Ghost Town DJ’s Cover)
It's a nice moment for "My Boo" redos. Last month Balam Acab pitched "My Boo" through his distended down-tempo filter, giving the upbeat bass music classic a strange spectral wobble. Today, Ghost Town...
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Friends –“I’m His Girl” Video
The Brooklyn Band To Watch Friends now has a video for the catchy-as-hell bubblefunk single "I'm His Girl," and I'm not dissing at all when I call it Kreayshawn-esque. The whole thing, with its...
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The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
The two highest-profile videos of the week were almost certainly Rihanna's "We Found Love" and Coldplay's "Paradise." I didn't put either video on this list. I didn't leave them out because they're pop...
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CMJ 2011: Class Superlatives & Our Finest Photos
We're on the other side of CMJ now, which you could probably tell by the uptick in the music news cycle, or by some bloggers' (could be any bloggers, no way to know who I am talking about) bleary eyes...
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Friends –“A Thing Like This”
This last year has been very good to Friends: The Bushwick band earned their BTW in April; they went big in October compliments of the "I'm His Girl" video and a hailed CMJ; and have 2012 all teed up...
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The 25 Bands We’re Most Excited To See At SXSW 2012
Hey, everybody, it's that time again! South By Southwest 2012. Are you ready? How's your hashtag game? Can you feel the early-onset FOMO? As the Austin institution grows larger and larger, with more...
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Stereogum’s 25 Most Anticipated Albums For Spring/Summer 2012
HBO's medieval drama Game Of Thrones premieres April 1, and this season's plot involves five different claims to the throne and these respective factions' ongoing clobbering of one another (#TeamRobb)....
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Friends –“Mind Control”
BTW Friends generated a lot of attention last year thanks to singles like "Friend Crush" and "I'm His Girl" -- as well as the requisite Ghost Town DJ's cover -- which ensured that their debut LP would...
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Friends –“Mind Control” Video
Here is the video for "Mind Control," the first single from BTW Friends' first full-length album. Director Hir Muria conjures a dystopian vision which is part retro (espionage via reel-to-reel tapes...
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Friends –“Home”
BTW Friends will issue their debut record, Manifest!, next week on Fat Possum, which they teased a while back with the lead single "Mind Control" as well as its accompanying video. Now, the second...
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Stream Friends Manifest!
The slinky Brooklyn BTW Friends will soon release their debut album Manifest!, and we've already heard a bunch of early tracks like "Mind Control" and "Home." Right now, the entire LP is streaming...
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Friends –“I’m His Girl (AlunaGeorge Mix)”
Here's London duo AlunaGeorge's remix of Friends' "I'm His Girl," a rework that pulls the source track into weird, pulsating digital soundscapes. It somehow manages to sound both tropical and chilly...
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Friends –“Va Fan Gör Du” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Lo-fi Brooklyn punk-funkers Friends have devoted themselves to resurrecting a very particular sort of circa-1980 New York sleaze, and their vaguely NSFW new video for "Va Fan Gör Du" looks very much...
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Pagan Rituals –“Hallowed Ground”
After parting ways with BTW FRIENDS, that outfit's erstwhile bassist Matthew Molnar went back to roots and rekindled an older musical relationship with a couple of high school buddies who last...
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Friends –“The Way”
We made Friends, the Brooklyn cool-kid crew led by Samantha Urbani, a Band To Watch two years ago, but they may have waited until this morning to give us their best song. "The Way," the group's new...
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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
This week saw a of new tunes from heavy-hitters (Beck with guest Kim Gordon), comeback cuts from old favorites (the Dismemberment Plan, Mazzy Star), and an odd cocktail of indie rock and rap (Black...
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Stereogum Monthly Mix: July 2013
I don't want to bum anybody out, but summer's almost over. With an emphasis on almost, meaning anything can still happen (aside from reclaiming that unbridled feeling of summer's start and infinite...
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Devonté Hynes & Samantha Urbani –“Hurt U” (Babyface & Toni Braxton Cover)
Devonté Hynes (a/k/a Blood Orange) and Samantha Urbani (a/k/a singer of Friends) are pretty big fans of the Babyface & Toni Braxton single "Hurt U." They like it so much, they covered it. "SONG OF...
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Friends –“The Way (Blood Orange Mix)”
While honoring Blood Orange's Cupid Deluxe as last week's Album Of The Week, Tom noted a powerful connection at work: "Friends singer Samantha Urbani is Hynes’s girlfriend, and on Cupid Deluxe, she’s...
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TV Party: First Aid Kit Talk Friends
Swedish sibling two-piece First Aid Kit are known for their beautiful interpretation of rootsy American folk, so it only makes sense that they would choose Friends as their favorite TV show: a...
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94core: The Rembrandts Sang The Friends Theme At A Pop-Up Central Perk In NYC...
The Rembrandts are a power-pop duo who have been around since 1989 and who became briefly famous in the mid-'90s, when their song "I'll Be There For You" became the theme song of the TV show Friends....
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Kissing Is A Crime –“Crown Royal” (Stereogum Premiere)
Among Matt Molnar's previous projects is Friends, the Samantha Urbani-fronted New York metropolitan pop Band To Watch that seemed to be on the verge of a big breakthrough before apparently dissolving...
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Samantha Urbani –“1 2 3 4”
Samantha Urbani is the former leader of the New York band Friends, and she's also done a ton of work with Blood Orange's Dev Hynes. Lately, she's been working on her own music, and she just posted "1 2...
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Watch Taylor Swift Sing “Smelly Cat” With Lisa Kudrow In L.A.
Taylor Swift just wrapped up five straight sold-out nights at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and she's been bringing out famous guests every single night, including Beck and St. Vincent the night...
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Jay-Z’s “Moonlight” Video Remakes Friends With All Black Actors
Jay-Z has revealed yet another music video from his well-received new album 4:44. This time the song is "Moonlight," the track that obliquely references this year's Best Picture mixup at the Academy...
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Meghan Trainor Covers The Friends Theme Song For Its 25th Anniversary
Friends premiered 25 years ago today. To commemorate the extremely popular sitcom's 25th anniversary, Meghan Trainor was tapped to record a cover of its theme song, "I'll Be There For You." Her cover...
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You Should Be Addicted To Jorja Smith
“Addicted” is one of the best songs of the year. The opening track and lead single from Jorja Smith’s new Be Right Back EP was extremely well chosen because it definitely grabbed my attention. The song...
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Watch Lady Gaga Sing “Smelly Cat” On The Friends Reunion Special
When HBO Max launched last year, one of its marquee attractions was supposed to be a reunion of the cast of Friends, and each of the cast members reportedly got paid millions to do it. Now, after a...
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Yebba Is The Real Deal
You could be forgiven for assuming Yebba is British. The singer born Abbey Smith — her stage name is Abbey backwards — is working in a hip-hop-adjacent retro soul realm that, in the 21st century, has...
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