We Got The Beat: Chairlift

Festival season is winding down, but the shows will go on. Brooklyn-based band Chairlift will be hitting the road September 5th starting with a trip to the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. They will tour the US and then head over to Europe in support of their debut album, Does You Inspire You? Chairlift has has toured with Yeasayer, MGMT, and others carrying with them an electro pop sound that finds a softer perhaps a more romantic side with Caroline and Aaron lending to the vocals. Their catchy song, “Bruises,” was recently featured in an iPod commercial. “Evident Utensil”, the first single they released, was featured on the Urban Outfitters website as a track on the LSTN #2  free downoad mix that they offer in the music section of thier website. “Evident Utensil” has also been nominated for Breakthrough Video at this year’s MTV VMA’s which will be on live September 13th. Their video was the first video to feature “datamoshing” technology. I’ll let Caroline explain it:

It’s a kind of key-frame based editing that scrambles the information in a really organic way, so it looks like the frames are morphing into each other – like your screen is getting crunched. And it’s not like normal pixelation, cos’ it’s movement-based, so it imitates the way the people on the screen are moving. So it’s really psychedelic. (via Faq Magazine)

Chairflift consists of Aaron Pfenning, Caroline Polachek, and Patrick Wimberly.

Listen to them live courtesy of the WXPN and World Cafe Live. via NPR

Alright missies, thanks to our friends over at Giant Step, you have until 11am (eastern time) tomorrow (10/24) to send an e-mail to misscrewcontest@gmail.com to make yourself eligible to win complimentary tickets for yourself and a friend to see Little Jackie at Bowery Ballroom as part of this years CMJ Music Marathon this Saturday Oct 25th!

Your participation in this contest follows the rules set forth as such:

* Your Email must include your name, your guest’s name and your telephone number in the body of the email.
* Entries will only be accepted between the hours of 11am today (Thursday 10/23) until 11am eastern time on Friday, 10/24.
* You must be in the NYC area and available to attend the show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on Saturday, 10/25. Doors @ 6 PM.
* All entries that do not adhere to the above stated guidelines will be disqualified.

One winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entrants on Friday, 10/24 to receive a pair of complimentary tickets to the concert. The winner will be notified by email and/or telephone by Friday, 10/24 by noon and provided with further details.

After the jump, check out a video of Little Jackie performing a live cover of the Shangri-La’s classic Remember (Walking In The Sand) to get a taste of the live show.
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