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There’s no denying the way that The Arcade Fire are push interaction through the internet releases of their music videos. The new video for “Black Mirror,” directed by Oliver Groulx & Tracy Maurice, isn’t as interactive as the one Vincent Morisset did for “Neon Bible,” but is is just as artful. After the witty loading page, you can re-mix the track live, while the video plays. On my beat-up computer this causes a slight lag between the drums & vocals, but not so much that it takes away from the awesomeness of the idea, or of the odd plot and vintage art direction of the video (although a volume control would have been nice). Check it out here.
I guess I’ve just about resigned myself to the fact that this is a one-post-a-month site, at least for the time being, as well as the reality that freed isn’t posting anything, ever. But I’m gonna keep doing the monthly mixes, and every now and then I’ll feel inspired enough to do a quick posting. Right now, it’s The Dodos, a 2-piece that I saw open for Les Savy Fav in December. They immediately made me think of a mix between Two Gallants and Rogue Wave, so when I found out that they were from San Francisco (just as the aforementioned), I felt like a wine snob who guessed Alsace correctly in a blind tasting. At the time, I honestly wasn’t that impressed… they weren’t bad, but they didn’t catch me. And between drinks and conversation, they really needed to wow me. But I went home with the sound of them in my head (and a lipstick heart drawn by Tim of Les Savy Fav on my cheek)… and when I realized I had already downloaded “Fools” randomly from a blog at some point, it started to creep up on me until it was getting played almost daily.