Team Love tapdancers Tilly & The Wall made a day-gloing splash with their clip for the electro-pop happy jam “Beat Control,” but the sights and sounds on “Pot Kettle Black” are a bit more streetwise. Like, literally: the troupe pounds the pavement (again, literally) in Omaha, NE and Council Bluffs, Iowa, playing on street corners, walking through the ‘burbs, and paying homage to old videos. The song comes from the band’s forthcoming O album (no relation, Damien Rice), and is a good sample of they’re promising a sound meshing all sorts of percussion — taps, drums, electronic beats. Director Alan Tanner, who’s previously worked with the band on the “Rainbows In The Dark” clip, tells us that Tanner & The Wall aimed to “reference some of our favorite music videos from the ’80s and early ’90s.” So take a gander and guess at the refs, and then we’ll tell you precisely what vids Tilly had in mind.
Sayeth keyboardist Nick White:
We were thinking Beatie Boys’ “Sabotage” meets Go-Go’s “Vacation.”
If you guessed correctly, you may download these MP3s from the new record:
If that’s not enough from the band for you, you can watch them this fall on Sesame Street, doing a little cover of “The ABC Song.” Set your TiVOs.
The band’s forthcoming O is out 6/17 via Team Love. Preorder here. Tilly & the tour:
07/02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
07/04 – Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards
07/05 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
07/06 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
07/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
07/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
07/11 – San Diego, CA @ Epi Center
07/12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
07/13 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
07/16 – Dallas, TX @ Granada
07/17 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
07/18 – Houston, TX @ Engine Room
07/19 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
07/22 – Orlando, FL @ The Social*
07/23 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jackrabbits*
07/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse*
07/25 – Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle*
07/26 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat*
07/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church*
07/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
07/30 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom*
07/31 – Boston, MA @ Paradise*
08/01 – Buffalo, NY @ The Mohawk Place*
08/02 – Toronto, ONT @ Mod Club*
08/03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Hartwood Acres*
08/05 – Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick*
08/06 – Chicago, IL @ Abbey*
08/07 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium*
* w/ Ruby Suns
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Cool, but I was hoping it was a YHF/Wilco cover.
They’re so cute. I can’t take it.
I love the Tillies!
I too was hoping for a little Wilco cover action going on. That would have been awesome. Do we really have until 2011 to see some sort of ten years later YHF/Stereogum tribute album?
LOOOOOOOOOVE SHACK!!
cute song. sadly, another pretty face ruined by the nose ring that indie kids love. sad.
i love tilly and the walll
this is awesome
neely’s hair and outfit hell yeah all the way
this song/band needs fred schneider back…oh wait this isnt the B-52s?
WICKED FUN!!! So excited to see new Tilly stuff – they are a band that NEVER fails to dissapoint!!
you mean they never disappoint? or they never fail to please? because what you just said was an insult
Uggh, sorry to be a hater but tilly and the wall should stop making albums.
Uggh, and Dino should stop posting stupid remarks.
uggh, i’m wondering why dino aka, “hater’ keeps watching the tillies….uh huh?
it’s music man! slammin song tillies
Tilly rocks! Haters will be ‘baters. This is a perfectly timely song, damn funny, great little hooks, and the vid is wonderful too. Found it here”. Ta
Tanner & The Wall? You gotta double check this stuff. Hooray for the new album/tour anyway!
I just downloaded ‘o’ today.. it’s great!!! We interviewed the band back in March and just recently published the interview. They were so much fun and you can tell when you watch the footage… it’s available at:
http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/187-Tilly-And-The-Wall
Enjoy!
This doesn’t even compare to old Tilly. They should of not tried to jump on the “indie-dance-rock” bandwagon and stuck to the great music they USE to make.
Wild Like Children is one of my favorite albums – ever!
Tilly and the Wall ROCKS my world. I was in a S**TTY mood today but Pot Kettle Black video picked me up. Schweet! I’ll go buy the album now. Thanks.
Tilly and the wall is a daily smiling and laughing therapy. It makes my world a better place. I’am even considering to buy the cd…