[Watch] Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - "Black" Feat. Norah Jones (Video)

Two days ago we saw Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi and Norah Jones performing around a piano with acoustic guitar accompaniment to the Rome track, "Season's Trees". Today you can enjoy a full colour video for "Black" which once again features the sultry simple vocal work of Norah once more. Rome is out everywhere now so if you want more from this awesome sounding project go grab it. Sooner rather than later. 

We've more videos to look forward to also as Director of "Two Against One", Chris Milk, is working on an animated project for the entire album. More on that over here.

[Watch] Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - "Season's Trees" Feat. Norah Jones (Video)

It was only last week that we saw the beautifully animated video for the Jack White featuring "Two Against One" which we also found out would be part of a larger project from the director of the video, Chris Milk, in relation to Luppi and Danger Mouse's LP. Today we get some visuals for the Norah Jones featuring track "Season's Trees" which is a more monochrome affair seeing the musicians sat around a piano laying down a lovely rendition of the track. Simple yet oh so effective.

Rome is out everywhere now so go grab a copy after enjoying the video.

[Watch] Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - "Two Against One" Feat. Jack White (Official Video)

Here at SKoA we loved the Rome project from Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi released last year with its feeling of times gone by and a clear 60's throwback vibe. Good job as that was the purpose of the project! Now, Antiquiet points us in the direction of this lovely looking hand drawn animation by Anthony Francis Sheppard for a highlight from the album, "Two Against One". The Jack White featuring track was a personal favourite and I'm sure many of yours too. Directed by Chris Milk dthe video is viewable at the top. Regarding more news on the collaborative project,  Milk said this video is just a snippet of what's to come. Peep what he said below:

"Myself, Brian (aka Danger Mouse), and the producers Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine) and Megan Ellison (True Grit), are currently developing the Rome project into a theatrical feature film. While the video for “Two Against One” is hand-drawn cell animation, the film would be live action. The music video is essentially the fever dream of the antagonist of the story. It’s mostly his backstory, his life before the tale we see in the movie. If you have a fast computer with Chrome installed you can also see the interactive lucid dream of the protagonist at www.Ro.me. These pieces are sort of narrative breadcrumbs that lead you to the eventual larger story. More to come soon.”

[SKOA Presents] The 50 Best Albums Of 2011: 20 - 16

20. Thundercat - The Golden Age Of Apocalypse [Amazon] [iTunes] [Insound]

Definitely one of the most underrated albums of 2011, the Suicidal Tendencies/Flying Lotus bassist shines with his smooth, soulful/jazzy solo debut. The Golden Age Of Apocalypse is one of those perfect chillaxing (yep, I used that term) albums you throw on a nice weekend morning and just vibe out to. Especially with standout tracks like "Daylight" or TC's cover of George Duke's classic "For Love (I Come Your Friend)," this album is definitely one not to pass up. —Rocko

Thundercat - Daylight by BRAINFEEDER  

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[Listen] Electric Guest - "American Daydream" and "Troubleman" (Prod. by Danger Mouse)

Today, courtesy of RCRDLBL and KCRW, you can hear two brand new tracks from Los Angeles-based duo Electric Guest's upcoming debut LP. The duo, who brought themselves to the attention of many at last months CMJ Music Marathon, show a ton of potential, with a unique sound that is no doubt aided by the talented production of Danger Mouse. There's no doubt that this band will turn heads once their debut album releases next year, and, if you don't believe me, you can listen to "American Daydream" below, as well as head over to KCRW or the band's official website to hear "Troubleman."

As well, the band have announced two more West Coast tour dates, including shows at San Diego's Soda Bar on November 8th and San Francisco's Rickshaw Stop on November 10th.

[Watch] Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - "3 Dreams of Black"

Following in the footsteps of Arcade Fire (remember the interactive video for "We Used to Wait"?), Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi have released the interactive video for "3 Dreams of Black," a complement to the track "Black" off of their upcoming collaborative album, Rome. The video was directed by Chris Milk and, similar "We Used to Wait," was created by Google using Google Chrome's WebGL technology. This means that you'll need Google Chrome to use it, so just go ahead and install Chrome, cause it's a small price to pay to see this awesome video.

While chatting with Evolver, Milk said, "I have a philosophy about telling stories through multiple channels, and how we as humans are far-more-sophisticated media-consuming beings than we were 10 years ago. We can actually track these stories on multiple platforms for longer periods of time... There are a lot of 'easter eggs' and hidden things, and at the end of it… there's a lot to explore. It may seem at first like it's just one three-and-a-half-minute-long piece, but if you keep looking and going further, there's no shortage of rabbit holes to go down."

You can watch the video here. Rome is out May 17th via Capitol Records.

[Listen] Hear 2 New Songs From Joker's Daughter - "Bubbles" x "Mind of Gold"

It's been awhile since we've heard from Helena Costas and her project Joker's Daughter. Costas hooked up with Brian Burton aka Danger Mouse, alongside Neutral Milk Hotel's Scott Spillane and frequent Danger Mouse collaborator Daniele Luppi (Rome), back in 2003 to begin work on her 2009 debut album The Last Laugh. Not much was heard from Costas after the release of the album, other than a second single release for the track "Lucid" and a short tour (in which she opened for Broken Bells during).

But it appears that the project is back in the works as two new songs "Bubbles" and "Mind of Gold" were posted on Joker's Daughter's Soundcloud page about a week ago. However, unlike Costas' debut album The Last Laugh produced by Danger Mouse, the new songs were produced by Mike Lindsay of Tunng. At this time, we have no word if Burton will be involved in the making of the second LP. But don't let that stop you at all from checking out the new songs which still maintain the vibe of Costas debut album. Check out both tracks below and if this is your first time listening to Joker's Daughter, we highly suggest you check out the singles along with the album.

Bubbles by jokersdaughter

Mind of Gold by jokersdaughter

[Listen] Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - 'Rome' Feat. Jack White & Norah Jones (Full Album Stream)

Just as I was just about to head to bed, the fine folks at NPR surprised us with an exclusive stream of Danger Mouse's, along with composer Daniele Luppi, newest project Rome which also features guest vocals of Jack White (of Raconteurs/White Stripes/Dead Weather and all around awesome guitarist but you already knew that) and Norah Jones.

The whole album is all around amazing and features stand out tracks like the current singles "Two Against One", "Black" as well as some of our other favorites like "The Gambling Priest" and "Season's Trees". Check out the album in its entirity below and make sure you pick up the album, which we're pretty sure is gonna be one of our top albums of the year, when it comes out on May 17th.