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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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Øyafestivalen 2012 In Photos
The always-eclectic Øya collected dozens of big name international acts and local bands to Oslo’s Medieval Park and neighboring clubs over four days last week. Among them: Björk, A$AP Rocky, the Stone...
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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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