Camera Crowd's V-Day mix!

"Valentine's Day is a day invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap. "

And so we are told by the narrating thoughts of Jim Carrey's character Joel Barish in Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind. Whether you are single or taken, have a problem with Valentine's Day or you don't have a problem with this holiday, take a second and let it go this year.

All that stress and anger can't be good, instead focus on the good things like, how tomorrow you can run to the grocery stores and buy Valentine chocolates for half the price! Also, Valentine's Day doesn't have to stop at couples, take this holiday as an excuse to show how much you care about the people around you. Small things like an emailing a friend you haven't talked to in awhile, holding the door for a stranger, calling your mom or dad or making a mix cd of your own and pass that around as Valentines...it's pretty eye-opening when you see how many people you know and love are around you.

Now that you're all inspired and eager to show how cheesy you are, be nice to yourself and listen to some good music. Oh yeah...Happy Valentine's Day!

{You can hear the playlist by using the music player here and then download the songs you like below! Save time by multi-tasking: check your email, facebook, myspace while listening...}

{Click on song title to download, we use yousendits so just open it in another window. Click on the artist/band name for more info!}

Tracklisting:

1. If You Rescue Me (Afterhours melody-Velvet Underground) | Gael Garcia Bernal & Co. *
2. Annie Waits | Ben Folds *
3. Cheated Hearts | Yeah Yeah Yeahs #
4. Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes | Beck #
5. Angel In The Snow | Elliott Smith *
6. Overs (live) | Simon & Garfunkel *
7. Mon Amie La Rose | Francoise Hardy #
8. Bulletproof | Rilo Kiley #
9. She Moves In Her Own Way | The Kooks *
10. Free | Cat Power #

* anne's picks
# charlie's picks

Bonus track!

Careless Whisper {live cover} | Ben Folds feat. Rufus Wainwright

Love, Team Camera Crowd
(Anne and Charlie)

Au Revoir Simone

As Anne mentioned in the Voxtrot post below, Au Revoir Simone, an Indie/Pop trio from Brooklyn, NY will be touring with Voxtrot this summer. I've been meaning to write about this colourful trio since last summer when we started this blog but something always came up and they ended in the bottom pile of my posts. But I think now is the perfect time especially with a new album coming up and then a tour with Voxtrot.


Even if you haven't heard of Au Revoir Simone, after seeing one of their pictures you might assume, "beautiful and talented triplets". Hey that's what I thought! Sorry guys, these beautiful women aren't related at all. Actually the group consists of Erika Foster, Heather D'Angelo, and Annie Hart. The band started out with Erika Foster and Annie Hart meeting on a train ride home to New York City. On the ride home, they discovered that "they shared a common desire to form an all-keyboard band." And that's what happened, they started hanging out regularly to play music and along the way they picked up Heather D'Angelo and Sung Bin Park who left the band in early 2005. And the rest is history.


Their first album, which was considered a mini album, Verses of Comfort, Assurance & Salvation came out in 2005, where electro/pop fans like me got a taste of what three beautiful and talented girls who can sing and play keyboard sound like. With Au Revoir Simone, you get that soft female vocalists sound you so want, and the finger tapping beat that you can't avoid. And you multiply this by three!! To me Au Revoir Simone is what forest fairies would sound like if you hand them a keyboard during spring time and let them reveal their magical side.

Their second album titled The Bird of Music gets released in the U.S through Moshi Moshi Records on May 1st. The U.K and Japan get much earlier release dates than we do. Although you can buy the entire album digitally starting February 19th. But where's the fun in that?

Even though you can't wait to get your hands on a copy of The Bird of Music after hearing two songs from it, I suggest getting their first album first. It's the developing side of Au Revoir Simone, how they sounded in the beginning. I can tell you now, after hearing a couple of songs from The Bird of Music, Verses of Comfort, Assurance & Salvation is a bit calmer, kinda like an afternoon nap lullaby.





The Bird of Music
Moshi Moshi Records
5.1.07 (U.S)






Tracklist :

* The Lucky One
* Sad Song
* Fallen Snow
* I Couldn't Sleep
* A Violent Yet Flammable World
* Don't See The Sorrow
* Dark Halls
* Night Magestic
* Stars
* Lark
* The Way To There

Fallen Snow | Au Revoir Simone

Stars | Au Revoir Simone

Fallen Snow Video





Verses of Comfort, Assurance, And Salvation
10.31.05
Purchase C.D







Tracklist:

* Through The Backyards
* Hurricanes
* The Disco Song
* Where You Go
* Back In Time
* The Winter Song
* And Sleep Al Mar
* Stay Golden


Hurricanes | Au Revoir Simone


Links:
Au Revoir Simone Official Site
Au Revoir Simone Myspace
Moshi Moshi Records
Au Revoir Simone Flickr

Europe Tour Dates

• February 13 2007 : The Fly, London, England
• February 16 2007 : Debaser, Stockholm, Sweden
• February 17 2007 : Storan, Gothenburg, Sweden
• February 18 2007 : Blå, Oslo, Norway
• February 19 2007 : Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• February 20 2007 : Haus, Hamburg, Germany.
• February 21 2007 : Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland.
• February 22 2007 : Botanique, Brussels, Belgium.
• February 24 2007 : La Marchoquinerie, Paris, France
• February 26 2007 : Hoxton Bar and Grill, London, England.
• February 27 2007 : Nice and Sleazy, Glasgow, Scotland
• February 28 2007 : Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
• March 2 2007 : Studio 672, Cologne, Germany.
• March 3 2007 : Bastard, Berlin, Germany.
• March 4 2007 : Nato, Leipzig, Germany.
• March 6 2007 : Atomic Cafe, Munich, Germany.
• March 7 2007 : Casa 129, Milan, Italy.
• March 9 2007 : Bad, Düdingen, Switzerland.

-Charlie

Anticipate: Voxtrot's upcoming tour and debut album!

{Photo by Rebecca Miller}

Finally! Go run around the house and kiss the ground and yell to the neighborhood that "Voxtrot is going on tour!" It seems too good to be true, Voxtrot is finally touring and will start off by playing overseas in Europe for most of this month and have two shows in Germany in early March, then it's flying back to Austin for South By Southwest! For all tour dates, please scroll down. {If anyone knows if Voxtrot is playing shows outside of the two SXSW showcases during that week, please let me know!}

When summer rolls around, they're going to headline a tour with Brooklyn's Au Revoir Simone, who will release their sophomore album, The Bird Of Music on May 1st, listen to some songs on their myspace!

Voxtrot will be starting this tour with a CD release party at Austin's Emo's on May 25th. Voxtrot's debut album produced by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, PJ Harvey), still untitled will release worldwide on May 22nd on Beggars/Playlouder. Pitchfork has a nice interview up with singer/guitarist Ramesh Srivastava on the debut album. There will also be a UK-only limited edition 7-inch with "Trouble" and a download available on Feb. 26th.

Tour Dates:

02-21 London, UK - Rock Sound
02-22 Manchester, UK - Night And Day
02-24 Glasgow, SCT - The Hold w/Big Face 18+
02-25 London, UK - NME Awards (The Astoria) w/The Shins!
02-28 Paris, FR - La Fleche D'Or

03-02 Berlin, Germany - Mudd Club
03-02 Hamburg, Germany - Molotov
03-12 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa (Austin Chronicle SXSW Film party PASSES ONLY)
03-14 Austin, TX - SXSW Beggars showcase (inside Emos) AA
03-15 Austin, TX - SXSW Kork showcase (outside Emos) AA

(touring w/Au Revoir Simone)
05-25 Austin, TX - Emo's (CD release) AA
05-29 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey AA
05-30 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall AA
06-01 Portland, OR - Doug Fir 21+
06-02 Seattle, WA - Crocodile 21+
06-05 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock AA (5pm)
06-06 Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection AA
06-07 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick AA
06-08 Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dees 19+
06-10 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
06-11 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom AA
06-12 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar AA
06-13 Washington, DC - Black Cat AA
06-14 Boston, MA - Middle East 18+
06-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall 18+
06-16 Philadelphia, PA - Pure (Making Time)21+

Download + Purchase:
{click on artist/band name to purchase!}

Your Biggest Fan | Voxtrot

Four Long Days | Voxtrot

Through The Backyards | Au Revoir Simone

Links:

>>> Voxtrot's Official Site
<<< Voxtrot's MySpace
>>> Pitchfork Interview w/Ramesh
>>> Au Revoir Simone's Official Site
<<< Au Revoir Simone's MySpace

~anne