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New Via Audio Video - "Presents"

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...

Via Audio - "We Can Be Good" (MP3)

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

Posted by: Aubrey at 09/13/07 12:20 PM | Reply
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via audio damn you for making me miss journey.
that video is hot!!!!

Posted by: pedalpusher at 09/13/07 12:31 PM | Reply
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Photos from Tuesday night's show with White Rabbits right here:

http://www.thebathysphere.com/2007/09/white-rabbitsvia-audio-mojos-91107.html

Posted by: zach at 09/13/07 12:51 PM | Reply
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New Via Audio interview up on my site.

http://atomicned.com/?p=85

Posted by: chip at 09/13/07 1:45 PM | Reply
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Yohei is a viral video celebrity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjcMINAd_U

Posted by: Joe at 09/13/07 3:51 PM | Reply
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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!

Posted by: Evan at 09/13/07 5:04 PM | Reply
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via audio has a show in rockford, il sep.21st too

Posted by: aria at 09/13/07 7:15 PM | Reply
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