Fool's Gold Remixed

[mp3] Fool's Gold: "Surprise Hotel"
[mp3] Fool's Gold: "Surprise Hotel" (Micachu and the Shapes Remix)

Finally getting around to writing about this ace music collective out of LA called Fool's Gold. Fool's Gold follows the recent (and awesome) trend of blending African Rhythms and influences with Western music styles. Including members of break-out band Foreign Born and LA musician Luke Top, Fool's Gold began as a simple way for the musicians to explore African music and have fun. Then they realized they were damn good. Their single "Surprise Hotel" is simply epic. Clocking in at around 7 minutes this jam will keep you moving guaranteed. Fool's Gold's self-titled debut record comes out 9/29 on IAMSOUND. Check out the killer remix above from Micachu and The Shapes. Fool's Gold will be in New York for 5 dates in October and are playing a string of other dates with Devendra and Metronomy which you can see after the jump.

Sat. Sep. 19 -- Chicago, IL @ Navy Pier - World Music Festival
Sun. Sep. 20 -- Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge w/ BLK JKS - World Music Festival
Sat. Oct. 3 -- Joshua Tree, CA @ Manimal Festival w/ Devendra Banhart
Thu. Oct. 8 -- La Jolla, CA @ The Loft - UC San Diego w/ Metronomy
Sat. Oct. 10 -- San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/ Metronomy
Sun. Oct. 11 -- Portland, OR @ Holocene w/ Metronomy
Mon. Oct. 12 -- Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge w/ Metronomy
Tue. Oct. 13 -- Vancouver, BC @ The Red Room w/ Metronomy
Oct 16 2009 Cameo Brooklyn, New York
Oct 17 2009 Cake Shop New York, New York
Oct 18 2009 Sycamore Brooklyn, New York
Oct 19 2009 Knitting Factory Brooklyn, New York
Oct 21 2009 Bowery Poetry Club -IAMSOUND Records CMJ showcase NYC, New York
Oct 29 2009 Fool’s Gold on Morning Becomes Eclectic KCRW

Tour Dates, New Video and Bjork: Micachu & The Shapes

(New Video for "Turn Me Well" above.) After dropping their debut release, Jewellery, Micachu & The Shapes exploded on to the scene playing All Points West, SXSW, the Siren Music Festival and scratching that inch on the back of some eager bloggers. Their highly artistic, instrumental-led rock-pop draws you in with hook melodies, then immediately rescinds with jaunty vocal lines and mismatched rhythms. The combination is a sensory overload of the best kind. Micachu & The Shapes are set to embark on a massive tour with Apple-made-famous band Chairlift. One specific date of note, Le Poisson Rouge on Oct. 3 as part of the Wordless Music Series. In addition, good old Bjork recently had this to say of Micachu: "I saw her in London, in June, a year ago and I was really excited about her. I thought it was that sort of 'do it yourself' approach, with all these little guitars and her attitude was really fresh… think it's really, really fun. (She)is a bit of a prankster really, isn't she?" Bjork then included their music on her recent record-spinning-session for NPR's Playlist. Nice praise for these UK'ers.

See full tour dates after the jump.

Micachu & The Shapes Fall Tour Dates
* w Chairlift

Sep 22 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sep 24 UW Madison Memorial Terrace Madison, Wisconsin*
Sep 25 Schuba’s Chicago, Illinois* (2 shows) *
Sep 26 Midpoint Music Festival Cincinnati, Ohio*
Sep 28 This Ain’t Hollywood Hamilton, Ontario
Sep 29 El Mocambo Toronto, Ontario
Oct 1 Pop Montreal Montreal
Oct 2 Littlefield Brooklyn, New York
Oct 3 Wordless Music Series New York, New York
Oct 7 Nation of Shopkeepers Leeds, Northeast
Oct 8 The Deaf Institute Manchester, Northwest
Oct 9 Captain’s Rest Glasgow, Scotland
Oct 10 Sneaky Pete’s Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 12 Audio Brighton, South
Oct 13 Norwich Arts Centre Norwich, East
Oct 14 Fiddlers Bristol, Southwest
Oct 15 The Scala London, London and South East
Oct 16 Airwaves Rekyavik
Oct 18 Paradiso Amsterdam
Oct 19 Hafenklang Hamburg
Oct 20 Roxy/NoD Prague
Oct 21 Elevate Festival Graz, Steiermark
Oct 22 La Casa 139 Milan, Milano
Oct 23 Circolo degli Artisti Rome, Roma
Oct 24 Covo Bologna, Bologna
Oct 25 Club Zukunft Zurich, Zurich
Oct 28 Le Grand Mix Tourconing
Oct 29 Ubu Club Rennes
Oct 30 Rockmotives Vendome
Oct 31 Novosonic Fest Dijon
Nov 1 Maroquinerie Paris
Nov 18 Razzmatazz Barcelona, Barcelona
Nov 19 Moby Dick Madrid, Madrid
Nov 20 Plano B Porto, Porto
Nov 21 ZDB Lisbon, Lisboa

Fresh off the Hot Sheets

Fresh off the hot sheets for you is Stark fave Micachu and the Shapes' new video that debuted on Pitchfork today. You know we love them! Check out some more love we gave them HERE and HERE

In other news...

[mp3] The Cave Singers: "Beach House"

The Cave Singers subtly dropped a great record called Invitation Songs in September of 2007 on Matador. Unfortunately for the band, the record came out amid an influx of similar music from the likes of Deer Tick and The Roadside Graves, among many others from the "indie folk/country" genre. Just because that was the hot sound, doesn't take away from the quality music of the Cave Singers. Luckily, in 2009 as synth-pop still reins supreme, The Cave Singers might be the organic reprieve everyone is looking for (see Tallest Man in 2008). Their sophomore record Welcome Joy (August 18, Matador), promises an influx of maturity and nuance into their writing, and from the sound of Beach House (above) it should be a forward thinking and excellent follow-up. Did we mention how awesome Matador's blog is?