Not too long ago, Stereogum had a few new songs from Final Fantasy featured exclusive to his blog. If you know me at all, you know my love for Owen Pallett's music. Sure, it's strange at times, and it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I love it. So, any new Final Fantasy stuff is great news in my book.From the info I've gathered, Pallett is releasing two EP's in the next month or so full of a...
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Photo by Neal FrancLogically, I should have run this yesterday in advance of the Final Fantasy show at the Danforth Music Hall last night... but I didn't. Alas. But the information is still relevant and of interest, so here we go anyways. I last week mentioned that the Owen Pallet Experience was going to be releasing two EPs this Fall in lieu of the Heartland LP that he'd been working on -...
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Unpredictable violinist and videogame fan Owen Pallett, aka sage advice giver , aka Final Fantasy, has cobbled together a pair of excellent post-He Poos Clouds EPs due for release this fall. The first to arrive's the five-song Spectrum, 14th Century , which finds Pallett collaborating with Beirut on "fake fields recordings." Like last year's "Hey Dad " 7", it was recorded during the Flying Clu...
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A selection of music videos that have popped up this past week for the sheer hell of it. Final Fantasy - 'The Butcher' Ratatat - 'Shemp' Super Extra Bonus Party - 'Mushie Shake' TV On The Radio - 'Dancing Choose' Vivian Girls - 'Tell The World' 'Reef' from DJ /Rupture's Uproot mix Radiohead - 'Reckoner' Roots Manuva - 'Let the Spirit'
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It's now almost Christmas and a lot of next year's albums seem to be leaking, Los Campesinos! leaked earlier this week and now Owen Pallett's "Heartland" has leaked. Owen Pallett recently let go of the name Final Fantasy and is now using his real name. This will be his...Click the link to read more
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The concept is quite simple: a group of people listen to the same song and give their opinion as if they were in the same room listening to the radio at the same time. Stein said a bus is a bus is a bus, some said it was post-modernism, others said it was unreadable. Duchamp's The Fountain is called art by some, nonsense by others. Stein hit Duchamp in the nose and put it the wrong way up, Stei...
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Canada's version of the Mercury Music Prize has been whittled down to a shortlist of just ten albums today. The Polaris Prize which was established in 2006 - awarding Final Fantasy the inaugural award for his LP, He Poos Clouds.
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Another fantastic track from Owen Pallett. This one is supposedly on his upcoming album, which should be coming out eventually. Thanks to Stereogum for the video.
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Remember when Puff Daddy became P. Diddy and then later dropped the "P" entirely? Or when Santogold swapped the "O" for an "I"? Well in that tradition, Final Fantasy is now Owen Pallett. Write that down. Pallett's next album, Heartland, will be released on January 12th via Domino.
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Stereogum premiered not one but two new songs from violinist extraordinaire Final Fantasy yesterday. The songs were pulled from two new EPs, respectively, to be released as teasers to his upcoming third album. The first is Spectrum, 14th Century , from which "The Butcher" is taken: a fake field recording complete with chirping birds and crickets, help from Zach Condon's Beirut band, and a...
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