i can bet you a cool hundred bucks that j. tillman and the rest of the father john misty crew were thrilled as hell to be sharing the tonight show bill with j.b. smoove. i know i’d be. anyway, watch the band perform the rollicking “i’m writing a novel” from the awesome fear fun up top.
a blues riff progression is a blues riff progression, but this song sounds exactly like “the ballad of john and yoko.”
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j. tillman must be homeless, because i don’t think i’ve ever seen father john misty not on the road for the entire lifespan of the band. that, and the funk clothes tillman wears and his general weirdness — totes homeless.
anyway, the fear fun band have announced another batch of north american dates that will keep them on the road all the way through june. check out the itinerary after the jump.
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that suited and sassy dude j. tillman, brought the father john misty act (with full orchestra!) to conan last night and played fear fun single “nancy from now on.” many a pose was struck, hips were swiveled and there might have been a jazz hand or two. watch the performance above.
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as if the walkmen haven’t already toured their collective asses off in support of heaven (look here!) the nyc band will be joining that slinky motherfucker father john misty (another one!) for a north american january trek following a stint overseas. check out the dates for the tour after the jump.
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i could not have asked for a better band to tackle the flaming lips’ eternal “do you realize??” for the a.v. club undercover. donning 3-d glasses and the most glorious harmonies the little round room has ever heard, check out father john misty’s moving cover of the yoshimi battles the pink robots standout above.
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A pair of Tillmans came on through Fitzgerald’s last night: Joshua Tillman, former Fleet Fox and current Laurel Canyon revivalist as the frontman of Father John Misty, and Sean Tillmann, the hypersexualized Ron Jeremy doppelganger also known as Har Mar Superstar. What brought these two under one roof, surnames aside, is inexplicable. The two couldn’t be further apart on the musical spectrum. When it came to hip swiveling dance moves and freed inhibitions, however, both Tillmans were in their zones, and on the same crowd pleasing page.
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once youth lagoon wrap up their may supporting stint with death cab for cutie, the band are set to hop aboard the father john misty train for the month of july, supporting their album the year of hibernation. check out the dates for that trek after the jump.
watch youth lagoon perform “the hunt” acoustic here.
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father john misty performed “only son of the ladiesman” last night on letterman and let me say, that josh tillman is one hell of a fucking performer! that guy has some moves, all of them as flamboyant as his bassist’s lame leggings. almost. check it out above.
fear fun is out now.
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well thanks a.v. club! everyone’s favorite multimedia site has an exclusive stream of father john misty’s fear fun, due out may 1st. the former fleet foxes drummer, josh tillman, went on a undoubtedly fun-filled drug rumspringa, the experiences of which directly influenced the sound of his latest lp. check out the album at the link below.
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if you’ve been looking for the track that soundtracked that nsfw dominatrix-filled clip for “nancy from now on,” look no further: stereogum’s got an exclusive download of the father john misty track. download it below.
fear fun is out may 1st.
download:
father john misty – nancy from now on
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crashing and trashing a funeral is downright despicable. but if it has to be done, wouldn’t it be coolest coming from current “it-girl” and ryan gosling-rejector aubrey plaza? catch plaza going hammer in the new father john misty clip for “hollywood forever cemetery” below courtesy of ew.
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father john misty – hollywood forever cemetery
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