"You'll Always Be a Loser"?

Titus Andronicus played "Fallon" last night. Can a Terry Gilliam-directed webcast be far behind?

Last night was a big win for the losers! As Sound of the City pointed out, "It's been a real good week for the indie zeitgeist, that weird feeling of we made it!"

An Accidental Tribute

A few weeks before Alex Chilton passed away, El Perro Del Mar did an affectionate cover of "Blue Moon," a song by Chilton's band Big Star, during her show at Knitting Factory. It was the final song of the evening and Sara Assbring's eyes trembled with emotion as she belted out the song's pleading lyrics.

Our episode of Site & Sound featuring El Perro Del Mar's rendition of "Blue Moon" unexpectedly became a touching, if unintentional, tribute to the late great Chilton.

El Perro Del Mar Covers the xx

Last Wednesday we shot El Perro Del Mar's performance at the Knitting Factory for an upcoming episode of Site & Sound. That night, she covered the xx's "Shelter" and 4AD wondered if we'd be kind enough to share the video of this song with them. Sure thing.

Pitchfork posted the video today (below). The full Site & Sound episode should be ready next week. Enjoy!

El Perro Del Mar "Shelter" (by The XX) from The Control Group on Vimeo.