This Week in News
A pop-culture roundup for the week of Nov. 4, 2012. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsListen To Fruit Bats' Rendition Of A Bing Crosby Holiday Classic
Fruit Bats transformed the Bing Crosby holiday classic “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas” into a modern folk song for the holiday compilation album Holiday Rules.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsScene Through A Lens: Fruit Bats and Vetiver
For his latest STAL session, Josh Darr followed Fruit Bats and Vetiver during their recent Chicago tour stop. read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsAlbum Stream: Various Artists - Our Idiot Brother Soundtrack
But it seems like the music behind Our Idiot Brother has some pretty cool direction. The movie features music from Eric D. Johnson, the driving force behind Fruit Bats, and Nathan Larson of Shudder to Think fame. Listen the the soundtrack here. read more
Found in: Featured AudioThis Week's New Album Releases (8/2/11)
An eclectic mix of albums dropped this week. Fruit Bats and Fountains of Wayne have come back with records after their respective recording breaks, and Merge's Richard Buckner drops his latest effort. read more
Found in: Music, NewsFruit Bats: Tripper
Eric D. Johnson’s debut album under the Fruit Bats moniker, Echolocution, was released at a fortuitous time—at least in terms of the fickle inclinations of the quote-unquote indie rock community. In the early 2000s, many people listening to and critically analyzing independent music took warmly to various modern interpretations of folk music, and as a result, many artists that fit into this rather nebulous spectrum—Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Devendra Banhart, The Shins, Joanna Newsom, et al—found themselves selling goodly amounts of records and concert tickets. We bandied about terms such as “freak folk” as if they were going to... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsAlbum Stream: Fruit Bats - Tripper
While Tripper doesn't come out until August 2, you can stream the Fruit Bats album all this week with Paste. read more
Found in: Featured AudioSong Premiere: Fruit Bats - "Tangie and Ray"
Listen and download the first single from the Fruit Bats' recently announced record Tripper. read more
Found in: Featured AudioUpcoming Film Ceremony Scored by Fruit Bats' Eric D. Johnson
It seems The Fonze (you know, the dude with the leather jackets on Happy Days?) has cool progeny.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsFifteen Favorite Animal Songs by Animal Bands
Today at 5 p.m. EST, I'll be popping into Etsy's incredibly cool Virtual Labs for an event called Shop Live. If you can snag one of the 150 spots in the room (registration is required, but so worth it) you can join me as I dish about Paste's picks for the very best animal-inspired goods on Etsy—mostly handmade stuff for ladies, guys and kids, but I'll throw in a few vintage picks, too. I'm so incredibly excited about the Etsy folks asking me to be a part of this, so I made of some of the best animal songs by... read more
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