On 5 July 2011, Gotye released a film clip for the song “Somebody That I Used to Know” on YouTube and Vimeo. Directed by Natasha Pincus, the video has now been viewed over 2.4 billion times (as of April 2025 ). On 6 October 2011, the video was awarded the…
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Their debut single, “Trojans”, was released on 4 May 2011. It was co-written by all four members. They entered the track on national radio station Triple J ‘s talent contest Unearthed ‘s website. In the United States in June, “Trojans” received its first favorable review from Neon Gold ‘s Andrew…
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but on 2 May 2011 it was released on CD.
In May 2011, Everything Everything performed at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Carlisle . This was a gig close to home for Jonathan Higgs, who grew up in Gilsland only a few miles away. On 28 November 2011 (along with local Manchester musicians Badly Drawn Boy and I Am Kloot…
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on 16 April 2011 Domino released the compilation Covers E.P. , which featured songs of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand played by Peaches , LCD Soundsystem , Stephin Merritt , ESG and Debbie Harry (who recorded in duet with the band).
In late March 2011, De Backer revealed the next album’s title to be Making Mirrors . The title was inspired by an artwork his father painted in the 1980s, discovered by De Backer among old bills and newspapers in his parents’ barn; it was later edited in Photoshop to become…
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On October 25, 2011, of Montreal released a Cassette Box Set of all 10 full-length albums via Joyful Noise Recordings . The release was limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, and housed in a custom-built wooden box (screen-printed with original artwork from David Barnes). Each of the 10 cassettes were pressed…
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In 2011 the band toured some of their biggest songs, but in a “stripped back” fashion. The idea was that the band took some of their songs and reworked them completely to be played in an acoustic style. The tour came around after the band played a small gig at…
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Bloc Party started writing material for a fourth album in 2011, but decided not to play live.
In January 2011, the first single from the album, “Contact High”, was released, which became the most popular song Architecture in Helsinki had released in Australia. It was nominated for “Pop Release of the Year” at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 and polled at number 12 on the Triple…
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