A lot to still catch up on including the Lightspeed Champion show at Lee's Palace this past Wednesday, and my NXNE experiences yesterday evening[best act I caught yesterday evening was Olenka and The Autumn Lovers at C'est What - look out for them]. Don't count on me posting any NXNE recaps until at least after Saturday.I didn't get around to posting my NXNE picks for Thursday prior to the fest...
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Lightspeed Champion has a new video for his song "Tell Me What It's Worth" which will be included on his future album, Falling Off The Lavender Bridge. Domino Records is releasing the album in JanuaryLightspeed Champion - "Tell Me What It's Worth"Fader reported this about the new video:This new video of his was directed by young dun Saam, who usually employs some kind of futuristic 3-D trapezo...
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Lightspeed Champion prepping for the release of his forthcoming album due out later next year.The album, which will be entitled ‘Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You‘, will hit store shelves on February 1, 2010.The first single off the new album, ‘Marlene‘, is set for release on January 25.Lightspeed Champion ‘Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You‘ tracklisting:‘Dead Head Blues’‘Marlene’
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Woooo! Dev Hynes of Lightspeed Champion has announced the release date for his sophomore album Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You on Domino.The date is set to be the 1st of February in 2010. Produced by Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley) the 14 track whopper is an epic and eccentric collection of p..[read more][Lightspeed Champion - Marlene]
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If you were as big a fan as I was of the album Falling Off the Lavender Bridge from Lightspeed Champion you'll be pleased to know that Dev Hynes aka Lightspeed Champion will be releasing his follow up this February. The new album, Life is Sweet! Nice To Meet You will be available February 16th, 2010 on Domino. Above you can find a preview of the first single off of the new album "Marlene." I...
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I've actually never heard of Lightspeed Champion before, have you? All I know is that he is taking over UK magazines like a Champion at Lightspeed. No, really. Today, when I went to peruse two of my fave online dailies, he had interviews, photos and video in both. Which may not seem strange to people accustomed to NME and Billboard and Spin and every american blogger rehashing the same pres...
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The last minute addition of Lightspeed Champion to the BV showcase took this show from "can't miss" to "best lineup of CMJ" in a heartbeat and the result was a freaking packed stage area in front of the former Test Icicle. It also led to one of the weirdest drum sets in recent memory as his drummer spent most of the set cymbal-less. Weird, but also strangely awesome at the same time. Anyhow,
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ok, dev.. more with lightspeed champion here (and yes, he wears the hat the whole time)http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/168-Lightspeed-Champion
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Intorducing Lightspeed Champion the new alias of Devonte 'Dev' Hynes, formerly of defunct Test-Icicles. I have been listening to him for a month or so now and really enjoy him. Completely different turn from what he did with the Test-Icicles, much more mellow but still just as catchy and dancable. Yet another jem from Domino Records."Midnight Surprise""Galaxy of the Lost"
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Lightspeed Champion announces new album details Lightspeed Champion has announced the title, release date and tracklisting of his new album. Called 'Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You', the album will be released on February 1 next year. It was produced and mixed by Ben Allen, who has previously worked with Animal Collective and Gnarls Barkley. The album's [...]
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Lightspeed Champion Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You (Domino) Releasing: 1 February [U.K.] 16 February [U.S.] "Marlene", the first single from the sophomore Lightspeed Champion (of Test Icicles fame) album has a pretty snazzy trailer. They way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if everything started getting trailers. Vaccinations. Traffic violations. Filibusters. It's a slippery slope. Ni...
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Lightspeed Champion, aka Dev Haynes, is celebrating the launch his his new website, Lightspeedchampion.com, with a free song download.The track ‘Heavy Purple‘ is available to download for people who sign up to the website.To download the song headover to Lightspeedchampion.com.Lightspeed Champion
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Dev Hynes, the former Test Icicles member otherwise known as Lightspeed Champion, is in the studio working on the long-awaited follow-up to his 2008 debut ‘Falling Off the Lavender Bridge.’He's even put together a campy teaser trailer for the first single from the forthcoming album, an apparently rockin‘-as-fuck tune titled “Marlene” which is due in stores January 25th.In the meantime De
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Devonte Hynes' solo project Lightspeed Champion has announced the details for the project's second album. The album is optimistically titled "Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You". It will be out early next year on Domino. The album is said to be "an epic collection of twelve...Click the link to read more
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Dev Hynes, more commonly known as Lightspeed Champion has announced details of his follow-up studio album that will carry-on from his 2008 début 'Falling Off The Lavender Bridge'. The forthcoming record is questionably titled Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You and will be released on Domino Records on February 1st 2010.
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