From crooning along with Of Montreal to nights out with the New Pornos, indie rock can’t get enough of irony-tickled karaoke. And picking up where the Blow’s faux-drunken singalong clip for “Parenthesis” left off (and Stellastarr* before them), steady buzzing Berklee grads Via Audio go the full ‘roake for the funtastic “Presents.” The band’s in there in shots, but admittedly this one belongs to their friend, Yohei. Dude kills it during the final seconds’ “instrumental” break. Sing along!
The track comes from bands forthcoming saysomething, out 9/25 on SideCho. Some bonus Via Audio audio…
The band says the “Presents” clip was inspired in part by karaoke-staple Journey. For your comparative pleasure…
Catch VA on the road:
09/13 ? Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
09/14 ? Aspen, CO @ Belly Up*
09/15 – Denver, CO @ Monolith Festival
09/16 ? Omaha Nebraska @ O?leavers Pub
09/17 ? Des Moines IA @ Vaudeville Mews
09/22 ? Urbana, IL @ Illini Union Courtyard
09/26 – Boston, MA @ Boston Bookeaters
10/11 – Washington, D.C. @ The Dam Festival
10/13 – Princeton, NJ @ Princeton University
10/17 ? New York, NY @ Lions Den (SideCho CMJ Showcase)
*w/ White Rabbits
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Fantastic
via audio damn you for making me miss journey.
that video is hot!!!!
Photos from Tuesday night’s show with White Rabbits right here:
http://www.thebathysphere.com/2007/09/white-rabbitsvia-audio-mojos-91107.html
New Via Audio interview up on my site.
http://atomicned.com/?p=85
Yohei is a viral video celebrity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjcMINAd_U
Aw man, I saw this band live several years ago.. I never thought I’d ever see em on Stereogum.. glad, though. They were great!
via audio has a show in rockford, il sep.21st too