still riding the some nights wave, fun. moves on to its next single, and it’s the most ambitious on the album. complete with a massive arena rock-ready horns, “one foot” is the latest to hit the lyric video circuit. it’s also the latest to more than likely give you motion sickness.
-grizzly
after ellie goulding propelled fun a little bit with her cover of “some nights,” looks like the fun boys decided to send one back goulding way with a piano/acoustic cover of her single “anything could happen.” and considering nate’s voice is much stronger than ellies, we know who won the contest…that i just made up now.
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-grizzly
between their three singles from some nights, i’ve only liked one of those (title track). so it’s nice to finally have a video for a song that isn’t totally radio ready, and one of the album’s best at that. and hey, lets give it up for these boys. a dude from the format, steel train and anathallo all have two grammys.
-grizzly
just gauge the fact that tegan and sara are probably the biggest they’ve ever been, and they’re STILL opening for fun.’s summer tour. shit done changed, y’all. dates on the flyer above.
-grizzly
before the release of some nights, the boys in fun. were performing a song called “what the fuck,” which clearly ended up missing the cut. however, at a recent show in MN, the band played a totally revamped and reworked version of the track. hopefully we get a studio recording soon enough.
-grizzly
fun. have had a monstrous 2012, and i’m sure as we head into grammy season – they’re planning for an even bigger 2013. they’re kicking things off by lending their talents to HBO series girls, and putting together “sight of the sun” for the official soundtrack. check out the track below – folks that were weary of some nights will probably like this more than most of the record.
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-grizzly
the title track of their 2012 album was performed in a pretty nice piano ballad and shit. stream it above.
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the grammy nominations for 2013′s ceremony have been announced, and to no one’s surprise, frank ocean, fun and the black keys are the ones leading the pack this year.
and if “call me maybe” and lamb of god can both be nominated for grammys in the same year, then we’re doing just fine in the music department.
check the full list of nominations.
the awards show will air on february 10, 2013.
-grizzly
nate reuss and the boys have really made it, huh? they were this week’s musical guest on SNL, in an episode that sought out to lighten the load after the shit storm that sandy brought upon on NYC. and louis ck hosted, so that’s cool too. watch “some nights” above and “carry on” below the jump.
-grizzly
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in the same vein as the shins track we posted earlier today, fun.’s version of the classic “sleigh ride” has also hit the internet. i’m a little disillusioned, as it seems like christmas music comes out earlier each year.
listen below.
-grizzly
here’s fun.’s third single from some nights, the very lively video for “carry on.” in the clip, the trio find themselves wandering around NYC at night, with stops at a barren grand central station, empty streets and dive bars. really well done video for one of the bigger pop tracks on the new album.
-grizzly
ellie’s fairly hit or miss on covers, and i say that in a “usually” sense. i can’t decide if i love this or hate it, but she’s cute with it regardless.
-grizzly
in the words of lebron james, “it’s about damn time.” we all got sick and god damn tired of hearing fun.’s “we are young” being performed and played to high hell. “some nights” finally gets the proper late night debut on fallon’s nightly news hub.
-grizzly
our lovable buddies in fun. are the latest to get the shine from NPR on their ongoing series world cafe. check the link below to hear the whole webcast, which includes performances of “we are young,” “carry on” and “all alright.”
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i mean – TIME magazine is featuring fun. that’s fuckin’ loco. the boys take you behind the scenes of their civil warrish clip for “some nights.”
-grizzly