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Review Round-Up: July 2015
World Was Big (Wichita) - in a way that's neither regressive nor sentimental, but honest: reflecting how adulthood can feel just as bewildering. Mr. Twin Sister [Indie Pop/Electronic] concert preview This Long Island outfit have always been musically chameleonic - their 2011 LP as
Twin Sister
hopscotched from wispy dream pop to retro spy-soundtrack and spaghetti western pastiche to full-bore disco-funk - so the most striking shift accompanying last year's name change and eponymous re-debut LP (Infinite Best) was less about sound than attitude: Mr. Twin Sister's elegant, streamlined
Mr Twin Sister and Moon King at The Bowery Ballroom (July 24, 2015)
moving, grooving, and passionately gazing into the audiences eyes the entire show, which helped keep the energy on stage to a maximum. One of the highlights and standouts from the show (and I'm sure is a live staple) was "In The House of Yes" which just sounds utterly massive live. I doubt this will be the last time we'll see them in NYC this year, so if you get the opportunity to see them... don't hesitate and just go (you seriously won't be sorry). More photos of both Moon King and Mr. Twin sister can be found below: Moon King: Mr.
Twin Sister
: Mr
Twin Sister
and Moon King at The Bowery Ballroom (July 24, 2015)
First-Look at Meg DeAngelis' "Follow Me" Episode 2
Meg DeAngelis has a new AwesomenessTV series called Follow Me. The second episode of the series is here and shows off Meg and her
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Read More >> First-Look at Meg DeAngelis' "Follow Me" Episode 2
Videos: Mr Twin Sister at Pitchfork Fest
I am deeply sorry to have missed Mr
Twin Sister
, my favorite band of 2014 (and probably of 2011, too, let's be honest) play what looks like an ecstatic festival show. You can dance to this music, you can existentially panic to it or you can fall in love: what else is there? Mr
Twin Sister
is available on Bandcamp and other fine retail outlets. Mr
Twin Sister
by Mr
Twin Sister
The post Videos: Mr
Twin Sister
at Pitchfork Fest appeared first on Rawkblog. Videos: Mr
Twin Sister
at Pitchfork Fest
Mr Twin Sister Perform "Fantasy" and "Out of the Dark" at Pitchfork Music Festival
Twin Sister
were among the many performers at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival. Below, watch them play "Out of the Dark" from last year's self-titled record, as well as "Fantasy". Read our Update interview with Mr
Twin Sister
. Check out photos from the fest here and here. Watch more videos from Pitchfork Music Festival 2015 here. "Out of the Dark": "Fantasy": Mr
Twin Sister
Perform "Fantasy" and "Out of the Dark" at Pitchfork Music Festival
Mr Twin Sister Perform "Fantasy" and "Out of the Dark" at Pitchfork Music Festival
Twin Sister
were among the many performers at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival. Below, watch them play "Out of the Dark" from last year's self-titled record, as well as "Fantasy". Read our Update interview with Mr
Twin Sister
. Check out photos from the fest here and here. Watch more videos from Pitchfork Music Festival 2015 here. "Out of the Dark": "Fantasy": Mr
Twin Sister
Perform "Fantasy" and "Out of the Dark" at Pitchfork Music Festival
Thailand Bans Same-Sex Surrogacy As Gay Couple Fights To Keep Daughter
law was passed can apply to have it applied to their case. Although it could negatively impact Lake and Rivera, the law was actually drafted in response to the case of a straight Australian couple who abandoned a surrogate baby with Down's Syndrome and left the country with his healthy
twin sister
. The new law bans surrogacy for all foreigners, and says the biological mother must be a sibling of one of the parents. Nevertheless, the law eliminates a popular destination for gay couples to have surrogate babies. An estimated 2,000 foreign couples travel to Thailand each year for that purpose, due to
REVIEW: Mr Twin Sister, Moon King, Funeral Advantage (The Middle East Upstairs 7/23)
their bombast some backbone, especially highlighted in "Crucify". A highlight of the set was "Impossible," as the slower tune helped strengthen the dynamics of the set. Benjamin donned a guitar for the song, and unleashed chilling vocal harmonies with Wilde during the chorus. Mr
Twin Sister
, illuminated by soft red light, launched the evening into an ethereal state that was somewhat-unexpectedly driven by supreme percussion. Andrea Estella's razor-sharp vocal hooks glittered throughout a set populated by old, new, and unreleased cuts, though some of the more industrial-tinged takes off of their latest LP were absent. There's a big difference between airy and lethargy, however, and Mr
Twin Sister
had the crowd dancing during most of their extended set.Songs like "In the House of Yes" with its corrugated funk and a lengthened jam of "Rude Boy" showcased their exquisite musicianship; members would often switch instruments mid-song, and there were moments when three and four of them at a time would be splitting percussion duties across congas, a drum kit, and two different sets of electronic drums. Singer and guitarist Eric Cardona would often switch to a tenor sax as well as help project ... electrical issue which temporarily put half the band out of commission could cast a dour mood over the set, as Estella and Cardona delivered three songs in a rippling interlude, including a new one with Estella's voice a filament spidering across the chords. Though the set was slightly on the longer side, the impressive display didn't feel bloated, and capped a night coated in the surreal. The post REVIEW: Mr
Twin Sister
, Moon King, Funeral Advantage (The Middle East Upstairs 7/23) appeared first on Allston Pudding. REVIEW: Mr
Twin Sister
, Moon King, Funeral Advantage (The Middle East Upstairs 7/23)
Listen to Ibeyi Cover Jay Electronica's "Better in Tune with the Infinite"
Twin sister
duo Ibeyi have never hidden their love and appreciation for hip-hop. Those who have been lucky enough to see them perform live may have gotten the chance to experience their unique cover of Jay Electronica's "Better In Tune With The Infinite." But now they've finally released an official version of their cover. On [...] The post Listen to Ibeyi Cover Jay Electronica's "Better in Tune with the Infinite" appeared first on Pigeons & Planes. Listen to Ibeyi Cover Jay Electronica's "Better in Tune with the Infinite"
Moon King Announce Tour with Youth Lagoon
After releasing their debut LP Secret Life earlier this year on Last Gang Records and hitting the road with Doldrums and Mr
Twin Sister,...
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Pitchfork Music Festival: Saturday
precipitation had helped in a way. Nearly every set I saw this past Saturday was incredible, but the major standouts were Future Islands and Bully. During both sets, I found myself too busy singing along every word to grab as many pictures as I would have liked. Check out the photos of Saturday's action below. Jimmy Whispers Protomartyr Bully Future Brown Mr
Twin Sister
Kurt Vile and the Violators Parquet Courts A$AP Ferg Future Islands Sleater-Kinney Vic Mensa Check out a full gallery of Saturday's acts here, and if you missed any of Friday's shots, catch up here. Pitchfork Music Festival: Saturday
Today in Toronto: Grounders, Mr Twin Sister, Trivia Club, Shuggie Otis, Elvis Monday, The A.M. Resolution
Today in Toronto will have you listening to music live as Grounders, Mr
Twin Sister
, Shuggie Otis and more take to stages across the GTA. If you'd rather kick back with a few beers and show your skills at trivia, Hitch is hosting a comedy night this evening. For more events, click on over to our events section.Grounders (Ontario's Celebration Zone)Mr
Twin Sister
(The Garrison)Trivia Club (Hitch)Shuggie Otis (Lee's Palace)The A.M. Resolution (Horseshoe Tavern)Elvis Monday (Drake Underground) Have an event you'd like to plug? Submit your own listing to the blogTO Toronto events section. Today in Toronto: Grounders, Mr
Twin Sister
, Trivia Club, Shuggie Otis, Elvis Monday, The A.M. Resolution
Win Tickets To Fun/Adv, Mr. Twin Sister and Moon King 7/23
By Disposable America What are you doing this Thursday night? Whatever your plans are, prepare to break them if you win a pair of tickets to see Funeral Advantage, Mr. Twin Sister and Moon King at the Middle East. Long Island's Mr. Twin Sister (formerly just
Twin Sister
) and Toronto's Moon King are in town to cram a lot of solid indie pop into the MidEast Upstairs. What more could you ask for on a weekday night? Oh wait. Local dreamers Funeral Advantage kick off the night and will surely play new songs from their upcoming full length Body Is Dead, out 8/25 on the Native Sound and Disposable America. Enter
Pitchfork Music Festival 2015: Saturday Recap
lucky to see (on account of my arrival time), and as they plowed through each song like it was their last I began to fully embrace the hype surrounding them. They'll be back in Chicago two weeks from now to play at Lollapalooza, so start getting excited now. With a short schedule gap before Mr
Twin Sister
, I dropped by the Green stage to see what Future Brown is all about. The poly-genre collective makes music that's all over the map, but are perhaps most popular for some of their more urban and hip hop forays, in particular two tracks with Chicago's own up-and-coming Tink (a member of my Class of 2015). ... looked bored. After three songs I walked away, hip hop collective Sicko Mobb walked out on stage trying to pump up the crowd. Perhaps things got better from there, but in all honesty I didn't care enough to find out if they did. As ominous looking storm clouds rolled in to Union Park, Mr
Twin Sister
took the stage. You could call it good luck, because the band's music thrives on darkness as they evoke the atmosphere of a smoky nightclub. That's not something easily attainable at 3:30 in the afternoon in a park. While their set wasn't exactly high energy, the mixture of synths, bongos, drum machines, bass, electric
This week in Toronto concerts: Hillside, Edgefest, WayHome
Edgefest is at Echo Beach on Thursday and will include Milky Chance, Elle King, and The Zolas among many more. Hillside rocks Guelph through the weekend with Great Lake Swimmers, The Constantines, among the highlights. WayHome takes place in the middle of nowhere over the weekend. ...also this week: Dawes, Jul 20Deep Purple, Jul 20Mr
Twin Sister
, Jul 20Shuggie Otis, Jul 20Dave Matthews Band, Jul 21Hiss Golden Messenger, Jul 21The On Sound, Jul 21In the Valley Below, Jul 22Hot Young Writers, Jul 23The Appleseed Cast, Jul 25Cayucas, Jul 26 This week in Toronto concerts: Hillside, Edgefest, WayHome
Pitchfork Music Festival 2015: Hear the Lineup
[Website] Room 302 (ft. Tink) Talkin Bandz (ft. Shawnna and DJ Victoriouz) Future Islands [Website] Seasons (Waiting On You) A Dream of You and Me Jimmy Whispers [Facebook] Heart Don't Know Keeping Me High Kurt Vile and the Violators [Website] KV Crimes Waking on a Pretty Day Mr
Twin Sister
[Website] Blush In the House of Yes The New Pornographers [Website] War on the East Coast Letter From An Occupant Parquet Courts [Website] You've Got Me Wonderin' Now Instant Disassembly Protomartyr [Website] Scum, Rise! Come & See Shamir [Tumblr] On the Regular Call It Off Sleater-Kinney [Website] Surface
6 Fans Who Could Totally Pass as Taylor Swift's Twin Sister
Have you ever seen someone who looks so much like one of your favorite celebrities that it makes you do a double take? We've definitely been... Read More >> 6 Fans Who Could Totally Pass as Taylor Swift's
Twin Sister
Tonight's Concert Picks: Mr Twin Sister at Boot & Saddle, Meatbodies at Underground Arts, Project Ico at Burlap & Bean
The newly-renamed Mr
Twin Sister
are at Boot & Saddle tonight. The NYC band added the prefix to its name following the release of their 2011 debut LP In Heaven. Now touring in support of last year's self-titled effort, Mr
Twin Sister
are spreading ... Continued The post Tonight's Concert Picks: Mr
Twin Sister
at Boot & Saddle, Meatbodies at Underground Arts, Project Ico at Burlap & Bean appeared first on The Key. Tonight's Concert Picks: Mr
Twin Sister
at Boot & Saddle, Meatbodies at Underground Arts, Project Ico at Burlap & Bean
Los Angeles' Good Graeff follow up on recent reveal, Peiky...
Los Angeles' Good Graeff follow up on recent reveal, Peiky Peiky, with another lushly orchestral pop song named Good Touch. It opens with flirty horns before launching into an 80′s imbued groove, laced with a stringy ornateness. The
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duo are set to release new EP, Good Job Go, on July 10th, and its shaping up to be a splendid release with the hooking, intoxicating indie pop songs they're revealing off the record. Good Touch's cello is fully commanding, joined by its gently bouncing beat and sugary vocals to form a classical meets contemporary pop experience full of life and verve. Good
Premiere: Good Graeff – Good Touch
How about some delightful
indie pop to get you through your Wednesday? Premiere: Good Graeff – Good Touch
Twin Sister - Lady Daydream
Found at: dailymotion.com
Single Serving: Mr Twin Sister – The Erotic Book
Hot off the release of their new album (and new name) Mr
Twin Sister
have quickly returned with a slick, sensual new one-off single titled "The Erotic Book." It's a subtle, mesmerizing jam that proves to be pure headphone sugar. Single Serving: Mr
Twin Sister
– The Erotic Book
Monthly Mix: June 2015
Tracklist: [00:00] • Qrion - "Sink" (Hemsworth Fountain Version) [01:54] • Recycle Culture - "Love Will Always Win" [04:26] • Mr
Twin Sister
- "The Erotic Book" [07:45] • Ricky Eat Acid - "Snowden Mcdonald's" [10:02] • Katie Dey - "Unkillable" [11:15] • Elvis Depressedly - "New Heaven, New Earth" [13:22] • Palmistry - "Memory Taffeta" [16:35] • Rytmeklubben - "Girlfriend" [20:05] • Strange Names - "I Can't Control Myself" (Doss Remix) [23:48] • Skylar Spence - "Can't You See" Illustration by Laurent Hrybyk The post Monthly Mix: June 2015 appeared first on PORTALS. Monthly Mix: June 2015
The Top 8 Emerging Artists
in the Welsh mountains and follows the story of a girl fleeing the haunting influence of her past. They have been confirmed for Bestival and Glastonbury Festival. Housefire has a haunting atmospheric vibe with a singable anthem. email@example.com, email@example.com I Want That via Good Graeff
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duo Good Graeff are making noise with their unique indie pop sound. The duo is comprised of Brooke (guitar, lead vocals) and Brit Graeff (cello, backup vocals) who started in a Hanoi, Vietnam living room winning their high school "Battle of The Bands" competition. You'll
Allston Pudding's 10 Most Anticipated Shows Of The Summer
thing that's not really up for debate is that Modest Mouse is incredible live. As a band that has a history of pulling out deep cuts and spreading out the set list, you're guaranteed to walk away having heard at least a few of your favorite songs, no matter which album you think is their best. Tickets Who: Mr
Twin Sister
, Moon King Where: Middle East Upstairs When: July 23rd Not into Modest Mouse, or getting stuck in a seat? Mr
Twin Sister
are bringing what very well could be one of the biggest parties of the summer to a very small venue on the same night. The Long Island indie pop crew is sure to play a bunch of
Twin Sister - Phenomenons
Found at: dailymotion.com
June 5 2015 - Hot Top Ten
Hepburn) from the experimental art rock four-piece from Wiltshire - which even includes a saxophone and harmonium. JARRYD JAMES - GIVE ME SOMETHING The Brisbane musician follows up his highly successful debut single 'Do You Remember', with organ and Wurlitzer on this Joel Little (Lorde, Broods) produced new offering. MR
- THE EROTIC BOOK Indie dream-pop from the Long Islanders we featured here last August after they had just added the 'Mr.' to their name, share this lush new track, filled with percussive beats and sinuous vibes. Catch them on tour with Moon King in the US in July. ART
Twin Sister - All Around And Away We Go (2010)
Found at: dailymotion.com
Wednesday Music News
they spoof her roles on The Golden Girls, Troop Beverly Hills, The Wizard, and more. (Why no love for Foxfire, Jenny?) Watch below, and check out photos from last weekend's performance at the Sasquatch Music Festival here: [Spin] Brooklyn artist Mr. Twin Sister (formerly known as just
Twin Sister
) are about to hit the road in support of their recent self-titled second full-length. To celebrate, they've shared the new single "The Erotic Book," a total club-ready groove. Listen below, and keep your fingers crossed for a future Seattle date. [Pitchfork] Julian Casablancas + The Voidz unveil their
Mr Twin Sister Share "The Erotic Book"
Twin Sister
: "The Erotic Book" (via SoundCloud) Last year, the New York indie pop band formerly known as
Twin Sister
resurfaced as Mr
Twin Sister
. Soon, they'll be heading out on the road in support of last year's self-titled album; before then, however, they've shared a new track called "The Erotic Book". Check it out above, and below, get up to speed on the band's forthcoming tour dates. Read our Update interview with Mr
Twin Sister
. Mr
Twin Sister
: 07-10 Philadelphia, PA - The Boot & Saddle 07-11 Washington D.C - DC9 07-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe 07-13 Cleveland, OH - Mahall's 07-14 Columbus,
Twin Sister - Meet The Frownies
Found at: dailymotion.com
Twin Sister - I Want a House
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Wilco, Sleater-Kinney, Chance the Rapper Headline Pitchfork Music Festival 2015
iLoveMakonnen Iceage Ought Steve Gunn Tobias Jesso Jr. Jessica Pratt Natalie Prass Ryley Walker Saturday Sleater-Kinney Future Islands New Pornographers Todd Terje & The Olsens Kurt Vile and the Violators Parquet Courts Ariel Pink Vic Mensa A$AP Ferg Ex Hex Vince Staples Future Brown Shamir Mr
Twin Sister
Protomartyr Jimmy Whispers Bully Sunday Chance the Rapper Run the Jewels Caribou Jamie xx Madlib & Freddie Gibbs Courtney Barnett Perfume Genius Waxahatchee SOPHIE The Julie Ruin Clark How to Dress Well A. G. Cook Viet Cong Mourn Bitchin Bajas Single Mothers Wilco, Sleater-Kinney, Chance the
Twin Sister - Ginger
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Twin Sister - Dry Hump
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Twin Sister Daniel (album version)
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2014 Top Ten List Spotlight: DJ Alex
Being Pure At HeartDays Of AbandonYebo Music5Dej LoafSell Soleself-released4PosseSoft OpeningBeating A Dead Horse3CaribouOur LoveMerge2How To Dress Well"What Is This Heart?"Weird World/Domino1FKA twigsLP1Young Turks 11-25 11. Populous - Night Safari (Bad Panda/Folk Wisdom) 12. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 (Mass Appeal) 13. Mr
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- Mr
Twin Sister
(Twin Group) 14. Dean Blunt - Black Metal (Rough Trade) 15. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams (Pax-Am) 16. TOPS - Picture You Staring (Arbutus) 17. Recycle Culture - In Transit II (self-released) 18. Clap! Clap! - Tayi Bebba (Black Acre) 19. ... "Mabel" Lone - "2 Is 8″ LoneLady - "Groove It Out" Love Dollhouse - "Can I" Made In Heights - "Pop It In" Mapei - "Don't Wait" Martyn - "Glassbeadgames (feat. Four Tet)" Matom - "Piano 2 Variation 4″ MCFERRDOG - "I Wanna See" Misun - "Travel With Me" Mo Kolours - "Mike Black" Movement - "Like Lust" Mr
Twin Sister
- "In The House of Yes" Nao - "So Good (feat. A.K. Paul)" Nick Jonas - "Jealous" Niia - "Body" Novelist - "Take TIme (feat. Mumdance)" Pa's Lam System - "I'm Coming" The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Simple and Sure" Pale Blue Dot - "Voyage" Peaking Lights - "Breakdown" Photay - "No Sass" PHSNWSKY - "Wrist"
Album Of The Week: Perfume Genius Too Bright
Cohen went all Waitsian blues-mutter on Popular Problems. Julian Casablancas + The Voidz and Alt-J both put out big, fascinating, conversation-starting albums today, and even if I don't really like those albums, it's fun to have them around to pick apart. Bonnie "Prince" Billy and King Tuff and Mr
Twin Sister
and NehruvianDOOM and Tweedy all put out records that I really do like, to varying degrees. It kills me that I'm not giving Album Of The Week to GOAT's percussive, reverb-heavy psych-funk workout Commune; I love that goofy thing to pieces. There was heavy, heavy competition this week, and yet ... • Tweedy's assured, low-key debut Sukierae. • GOAT's anarchic, percussive, beautiful Commune. • LVL UP's jangly, canny Hoodwink'd. • Bonnie "Prince" Billy's countrified, largely unpublicized Singer's Grave A Sea Of Tongues. • SBTRKT's twitchy, guest-heavy Wonder Where We Land. • Mr
Twin Sister
's smooth, adventurous, assured self-titled album. • King Tuff's raucous, snotty Black Moon Spell. • The Drums' twitchy comeback Encyclopedia. • DOOM & Bishop Nehru's self-titled debut as NehruvianDOOM. • Whirr's blasted-out shoegazer Sway. • Stereolab member Laetitia Sadier's solo album Something
Mac DeMarco, Shabazz Palaces, Sebastian Tellier to Open for Julian Casablancas + the Voidz
Mac DeMarco, Shabazz Palaces, and Sebastian Tellier have been added as openers for Julian Casablancas + the Voidz's upcoming tour. You can check out the list of dates below. Previously, Mr
Twin Sister
were announced as an opener. Casablancas will also perform on tonight's episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Last night, they played a surprise set at the Brooklyn DIY venue Shea Stadium, along with Blood Orange. New album Tyranny is out this week. Julian Casablancas + the Voidz: 10-16 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *10-17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *10-18 Charlottesville, ... Theatre11-09 San Francisco, CA - Regency Center %11-11 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom 11-12 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore11-13 Seattle, WA - Showbox # 11-17 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave 11-18 Chicago, IL - The Vic $ 11-19 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews $ 11-21 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus $ 11-22 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre Corona Virgin Mobile $ 11-25 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom $ 11-26 Boston, MA - House of Blues $ * with Mr
Twin Sister
% with Sebastian Tellier # with Mac DeMarco $ with Shabazz Palaces Mac DeMarco, Shabazz Palaces, Sebastian Tellier to Open for Julian Casablancas + the Voidz
Out This Week 9/23
Tweedy teams up with his son, Spencer, for a new project, Tweedy, whose debut is "a 20-song double album ranging from hook-filled psych-pop and subdued folk-rock to sprawling prog-influenced jams." Mr. Twin Sister (the band formerly known as simply "
Twin Sister
") release an "impressive, beautifully executed blend of club-friendly electro-pop and reflective dream-pop, combining glittering synths, sleek guitars and propulsive rhythms with smooth vocals and lyrics revolving around identity and isolation." Legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen celebrates his 80th birthday with ... Little Machines on Warner Bros. Records Lower Plenty - "Life/Thrills" from Life/Thrills on Mexican Summer LVL UP - "I Feel OK" from Hoodwink'd on Double Double Whammy Markéta Irglová - "This Right Here" from Muna on Anti- Mary Lattimore / Jeff Zeigler - "The White Balloon" from Slant of Light on Thrill Jockey Mr
Twin Sister
- "Blush" from Mr
Twin Sister
on Infinite Best / Twin Group Nada Surf - "No Quick Fix" from B-Sides on Barsuk Otis Brown III - "You're Still The One" ft. Gretchen Parlato" from The Thought of You on Blue Note Perfume Genius - "Queen" from Too Bright on Matador Purling Hiss - "Forcefield
Mr Twin Sister to Open for Julian Casablancas + The Voidz
Twin Sister
will open for Julian Casablancas + the Voidz on their current tour, joining Casablancas for a handful of dates in October. Check out the full schedule below. The dates are in support of their new self-titled album, which is streaming on Pitchfork Advance this week. Read our Update interview with Mr
Twin Sister
. Mr
Twin Sister
: 10-03 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right 10-04 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right 10-16 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *10-17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *10-18 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre *10-20 Chattanooga, TN - Track 29 *10-21 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works *10-22 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade * * with Julian Casablancas + the Voidz Mr
Twin Sister
to Open for Julian Casablancas + The Voidz
Stream New Releases From Dntel, Aislers Set, Whirr, Foxes in Fiction, Youth Code, and Suicideyear
excellent opening track "Consuming Guilt" plus remixes from clipping., Corrections House's Sanford Parker, God Module, and Silent Servant. Listen here until September 23. Baton Rouge producer James Prudhomme, aka Suicideyear, will release Remembrance on September 23 via Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin's Software label. Give it an Advance spin here until September 23. Also this week, Pitchfork Advance is streaming the new self-titled album from Mr
Twin Sister
Twin Sister
). Stream New Releases From Dntel, Aislers Set, Whirr, Foxes in Fiction, Youth Code, and Suicideyear
Stream Mr Twin Sister Mr Twin Sister
The Long Island band
Twin Sister
have been on a serious role ever since they announced, a few month ago, that they'd inexplicably changed their name to Mr
Twin Sister
. The three songs they've shared since then -- "Out Of The Dark," "Blush," "In The House Of Yes" -- are all great. And they're all great in ways that are different from one another and different from anything the band had done previously. Those three songs, plus five more, appear on the band's brand-new self-titled album, which is coming out next week. And right now, you can stream the whole thing at Pitchfork. Mr
Twin Sister
is out 9/23 on Twin Group/Infinite Best. Stream Mr
Twin Sister
Twin Sister
Stream Mr Twin Sister (Formerly Twin Sister)'s Self Titled Album Via Pitchfork Advance
The New York indie pop band formerly known as
Twin Sister
recently resurfaced as Mr
Twin Sister
. Their latest, self-titled record, the follow-up to 2011's In Heaven, arrives September 23 digitally and physically in the U.S. and September 22 digitally and October 6 physically in the UK and Europe via Twin Group/Infinite Best. It was produced and mixed by the band alongside Jon Low (the National, the War on Drugs), and features several contributions from members of Ava Luna. The album includes "Blush", "Out of the Dark", and "In the House of Yes". Right now, you can listen to the album in full until September 22 via Pitchfork Advance, our immersive music streaming platform designed to emulate the classic album experience. Listen here. Read our recent feature on the band here. Mr
Twin Sister
: 01 Sensitive 02 Rude Boy 03 In the House of Yes 04 Blush 05 Out of the Dark 06 Twelve Angels 07 Medford 08 Crime Scene Pitchfork Advance showcases an interactive listening environment featuring pre-release albums streams with dynamic graphics and a host of tools that allows fans to engage with album art, lyrics, credits, track listings, artist info, and more while they listen. Stream Mr
Twin Sister
Twin Sister
)'s Self Titled Album Via Pitchfork Advance
Mr Twin Sister - "In The House Of Yes"
I've harped on this before, but "Mr
Twin Sister
" is not a good band name. But when the band formerly known as
Twin Sister
added that mystifying article to the front of their name, they also seemingly gave themselves a creative shot in the arm. The band's self-titled album is out later this month, and the two songs we've heard from it, "Out Of The Dark" and "Blush," have both been fire -- confident, smooth songs that hit the same pleasure centers without sounding anything like one another. Their new "In The House Of Yes" follows suit. It's an a jazzy and house-inflected pop number, and it's elegant and slick and jazzy. For those of us who loved Everything But The Girl's 1999 album Temperamental, it sounds just about perfect this morning. Listen to it below. Mr
Twin Sister
is out 9/23 on Twin Group/Infinite Best. Now, please excuse me while I dig up my cassette copy of Temperamental. Mr
Twin Sister
- "In The House Of Yes"
Twin Sister - Stop
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Mr Twin Sister Announce New Album, Share "Blush"
This spring, dreamy New York indie pop group
Twin Sister
switched things up by changing their name to Mr. Twin Sister. Now, they've unveiled their first album under the new moniker. Their self-titled effort will be out on September 23 on Twin Group/Infinite Best. This announcement comes with another small moniker change, as the period has been removed from the "Mr" in "Mr
Twin Sister
." The band tweeted, "Left the period off Mr cause YOLO." The album includes the previously unveiled cut "Out of the Dark," plus the newly shared "Blush." While the former is a sequencer-driven thumper, the latter drifts hazily amid a cloud of pillowy keys and strings. Hear both songs below. Both tunes feature string quartet arrangements by Carlos Hernandez of Ava Luna. They were produced and mixed by the band, along with Jon Low; we're guessing that the same team worked on the rest of Mr
Twin Sister
too. The album can be ordered over on iTunes. A few of the tracks clock in at more than six and a half minutes. Mr
Twin Sister
: 1. Sensitive 2. Rude Boy 3. In the House of Yes 4. Blush 5. Out of the Dark 6. Twelve Angels 7. Medford 8. Crime Scene Mr
Twin Sister
Announce New Album, Share "Blush"
Mr. Twin Sister - "Blush"
The Long Island indie-poppers
Twin Sister
recently made the baffling decision to change their name to Mr. Twin Sister, which, I think we can all agree, is not a good band name at all. But band names matter way less than the actual music coming out of those bands, and right now, Mr. Twin Sister might be better than they've ever been. As they changed their name, they released the skittery and synthy new song "Out Of The Dark," and it was good. And now they've announced plans for a self-titled album, coming next month, and shared a languorous new torch song called "Blush." It's a finely orchestrated, idiosyncratic
Mr Twin Sister (Formerly Twin Sister) Announce New Album, Share "Blush"
Twin Sister
: "Blush" (via SoundCloud) The New York indie pop band formerly known as
Twin Sister
recently resurfaced as Mr
Twin Sister
. Now, they've announced their new album. The self-titled follow-up to 2011's In Heaven arrives September 23 digitally and physically in the U.S. and September 22 digitally and October 6 physically in the UK and Europe via Twin Group/Infinite Best. That's the cover art, above. Additionally, the band has also shared "Blush"; it follows previously-shared cut "Out of the Dark". Listen to it above, and below, check out the tracklist. Mixed and produced by the band alongside Jon Low (the National, the War on Drugs), the new record features contributions from members of Ava Luna on many tracks. Mr
Twin Sister
will play album release shows at Baby's All Right in Williamsburg on October 3 and 4. (Those shows were moved from September.) Mr
Twin Sister
: 01 Sensitive 02 Rude Boy 03 In the House of Yes 04 Blush 05 Out of the Dark 06 Twelve Angels 07 Medford 08 Crime Scene Mr
Twin Sister
Twin Sister
) Announce New Album, Share "Blush"
Mr Twin Sister Announce Self-Titled New Album
Now that they've gotten their name change out of the way -- blame a pending legal battle -- Mr
Twin Sister
have announced a new album. Due out September 23 through Twin Group/Infinite Best, the self-titled effort includes the previously shared sinister dance song "Out of the Dark" and a newly leaked slow-burner called "Blush." Stream both singles down below, and if you live in the New York area, be sure to look out for a couple of release shows at Brooklyn's excellent Baby's All Right venue on October 3-4 ... Mr
Twin Sister
: 1. Sensitive 2. Rude Boy 3. In The House Of Yes 4. Blush 5. Out Of The Dark 6. Twelve Angels 7. Medford 8. Crime Scene Mr
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Announce Self-Titled New Album
Twin Sister: "Bad Street"
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Twin Sister - Ginger
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Twin Sister Change Name, Share New Single
Details are still slim regarding their next record, but
Twin Sister
made two key moves today: they shared a new single that's definitely on the indie dance side of things (think: The Knife, only less creepy) and they added a "Mr." to the front of their name. It's unclear if the latter is meant to mark a creative detour, concept album or pending lawsuit; either way, "Out of the Dark" -- which is also available as a free download here -- is promising indeed...
Twin Sister
Change Name, Share New Single
Mr. Twin Sister, Formerly Twin Sister, Celebrate Name Change With New Track "Out of the Dark"
Photo by Kimi Selfridge "I am a woman, but inside I'm a man, and I want to be as gay as I can." So go the lyrics to "Out of the Dark", the new song from the New York indie pop band formerly known as
Twin Sister
. Along with the song (below), they've also made a big announcement: They will henceforth be known as Mr. Twin Sister. The band have also announced a series of tour dates--find them below the track. They're opening for the Antlers for a few shows. Mr
Twin Sister
: 06-25 Boston, MA - The Sinclair * 06-26 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer * 07-25 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club * 07-26 Manhattan, NY - Webster Hall * 09-04 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right 09-05 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right 09-06 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right * with the Antlers Mr. Twin Sister, Formerly
Twin Sister
, Celebrate Name Change With New Track "Out of the Dark"
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photo via Stereogum Long Island dream pop outfit
Twin Sister
have decided that after six years on the music scene, it's time for a slight name update. Henceforth, they would like to be known as Mr. Twin Sister, nothing too drastic. They haven't shared anything new since 2011, but now their back with the mysterious "Out Of The Dark." This deep and polished, fresh sound was well worth the wait. [Stereogum] The A.V. Club has created an intriguing video series called Pioneering, where burgeoning bands cover songs by legends in the legend's hometown. The Seattle installment featured Michigan post-hardcore
Mr. Twin Sister - "Out Of The Dark"
Twin Sister
spent the early part of this decade developing a reputation as "Long Island's dreamiest dream pop band" before saturating pop culture in unexpected ways such as being sampled on a Kendrick Lamar song and singer Andrea Estella co-starring in the Veronica Mars movie. They're back with a new single called "Out Of The Dark," but their name has changed slightly, as has their sound. From now on they'll be called Mr. Twin Sister, and the song is a darkly sleek, squirmy electro-pop song that makes me wonder if they've been jamming Liars and Factory Floor. The key lyric goes like so: "I am a woman, ... bangs, so download it below or hear it an animated YouTube video. Mr. Twin Sister - "Out Of The Dark"Download Mr. Twin Sister is opening a handful of dates for the Antlers this summer and doing a three-night stand at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn this September: 6/25 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair * 6/26 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer * 7/25 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club * 7/26 Manhattan, NY @ Webster Hall * 9/4 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right 9/5 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right 9/6 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right That felt good. -- Mr
Twin Sister
(@twinsistermusic) May 27, 2014 Mr. Twin Sister - "Out Of The Dark"
Twin Sister - All Around And Away We Go
Found at: youtube.com
Twin Sister- Nectarine
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Twin Sister -- Ginger
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Space Babe - Twin Sister
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Twin Sister "Bad Street"
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Brooklyn's 285 Kent Closes?
may be others in the future." The venue's lease is up, and New York landlords are notoriously inhospitable to underground music spaces. If this is the end for 285 Kent, the spot has already carved out a place in history, serving as a locus, for a few years, of energy within the city's music scene. We'll remember it as the place where Frank Ocean moshed to Trash Talk, or where A$AP Rocky and Grimes shared a stage, or where Oneohtrix Point Never and
Twin Sister
and John Maus played Stereogum's 2011 CMJ showcase. As legacies go, that's not bad. [Photo by Alex Reside @ 285 Kent] Brooklyn's 285 Kent Closes?
Twin Sister - Lady Daydream
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Twin Sister - Meet the Frownies
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Celestial Shore - "Die For Us" (Feat. Empress Of) (Stereogum Premiere)
By Audio - w/ Palehound, Krill, Bad History Month 11/09 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall - w/ Luke Temple 11/10 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall - w/ Luke Temple 11/15 Kingston, NY @ BSP Lounge - w/ Saint Rich, Les Bicyclettes Blanches 11/16 Burlington, VT @ ArtsRiot - w/
Twin Sister
, How Sad 11/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's - w/ Laser Background, Banned Books, Zula 11/22 Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium - w/ Laser Background, Banned Books, Zula Look for the short documentary about the song soon via Weathervane. In the meantime check out Celestial Shore's other recent project: making a music
twin sister- i want a house
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Twin Sister - Stop
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Brown Man Says Goodbye To Stereogum, Heads To Television, Wants To Thank You
Scott actualize his vision for Stereogum, and beyond. At the very least, I knew it could let us quit our day jobs. Thanks to you guys, we did it. Now we're here. Over the years you trusted me to introduce you to unheard bands, from Vampire Weekend to Sleigh Bells to Twin Shadow to
Twin Sister
, and you rode with me as I obsessively chronicled the every step of Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors and Das Racist and Yeasayer and Santigold and other artists who didn't even live in Brooklyn. I attended countless concerts and took countless photos and we dined out on my seasonal harvest of eight straight SXSWs,
Twin Sister - Meet the Frownies
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Twin Sister I Want a House
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Twin Sister's Andrea Estella Cast in 'Veronica Mars' Movie
folks behind Veronica Mars raised an incredible $5.7 million for a comeback movie through Kickstarter, but apparently that wasn't enough to attract actress Leighton Meester (of Gossip Girl fame) back to reprise her role as Carrie Bishop. Excitingly for indie music fans, creator Rob Thomas has cast
Twin Sister
frontwoman Andrea Estella in Meester's place. This news was revealed in an email to Kickstarter backers [via the Hollywood Reporter]. Thomas explained that Meester was unavailable due to a scheduling conflict, and he needed a performer who could sing for the role. "I decided to cast someone from a band I already wanted in the movie," he wrote. He is a fan of
Twin Sister
, and often listened to their song "I Want a House" when penning the script. At least two
Twin Sister
tunes will apparently be featured in the film. "[Estella] has an amazing voice; I can't get enough of it," Thomas enthused. Estella reportedly had never watched the show before signing on to do the movie. "I watched the Veronica Mars pilot and was totally into it!" she admitted in a statement. "It's the exact kind of show I would get obsessed with, so it's been a bit of dream to be in a movie, especially being a messed-up rock princess. How could I say no? I think the VM fans are going to be very happy!" The Veronica Mars film is expected out next year.
Twin Sister
's Andrea Estella Cast in 'Veronica Mars' Movie
Twin Sister's Andrea Estella to Replace Leighton Meester in "Veronica Mars" Movie
The Kickstarter-funded film of the hit TV show "Veronica Mars" just took an interesting turn. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Leighton Meester (aka Blair from "Gossip Girl") will be replaced by Andrea Estella of New York indie pop band
Twin Sister
. She'll take on Meester's former role of Carrie Bishop, a character who appeared in two episodes of the television series. Meester was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts. According to THR, series creator Rob Thomas wrote the film's Kickstarter backers and explained that he cast Estella simply because he's a big Twin Sister fan and wanted ... sing. "We needed a performer who could sing in this important role. Once it became evident that we couldn't make Leighton's schedule work, I decided to cast someone from a band I already wanted in the movie." Thomas also said that Estella "has an amazing voice; I can't get enough of it" and that two
Twin Sister
songs will be featured in the movie. This marks Estella's film debut, and her introduction to the "Veronica Mars" empire, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She'd never seen an episode of the film prior to signing on, but said, "It's the exact kind of show I would get obsessed with, so it's been a bit of dream to be in a movie, especially being a messed-up rock princess. How could I say no?" The Veronica Mars film is scheduled for release next year. Watch the video for
Twin Sister
's "Kimmi in a Rice Field":
Twin Sister
's Andrea Estella to Replace Leighton Meester in "Veronica Mars" Movie
Twin Sister - Milk & Honey
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Twin Sister - Eastern Green (Album Version)
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Twin Sister - Meet the Frownies Live
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BBC - Music - Review of Twin Sister - In Heaven
's star-bright melodies and honeyed harmonies; front lady Andrea Estella's wistful sighing and indie-as-a-pin-badge bangs; the band's washed-out vintage-styled press photos and general surface-level chirpiness. Together, all these factors might have newcomers concluding that this Long Island five-piece are all sweetness and light and retro satchels. Which isn't wrong exactly, but neither is it suitably defining...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from mxdwn)
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare Debbie Harry on Acid? I read an online blog where someone said that they took acid and couldn't wait to listen to Twin Sister's In Heaven. I've never dropped acid, but when I close my eyes and take them in, Twin Sister take me on a trippy ride where I imagine floating on a cloud surrounded by neon flowers. Their melodies are superb and vocalist Andrea Estella is sure to melt the ice on the coldest of hearts...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from undertheradarnz)
Full disclosure: I'm coming into this review with a negative bias towards the individuals in Twin Sister. After an email and phone interview failed to produce any responses of great depth or interest, I concluded they were a group of extremely boring people. Which is interesting because their debut In Heaven is not boring. Rather it's self-deprecating, three-dimensional and engaging, in other words all the things the band members are not as individuals...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from exclaim)
No one can accuse Twin Sister of taking the easy route. With two vocalists, five songwriters and no two songs that sound bloodrelated, they definitely had their work cut out for them on their debut album. Wowing ears with last year's Vampires With Dreaming Kids and Color Your Life EPs, the Long Islanders have taken some big, bold chances with In Heaven. Although they're hardly genre-benders, Twin Sister take reticent indie pop and flip it entirely from one track to the next...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from quietus)
Tucked away in some distant corner of the space-time continuum there exists a parallel universe where the musicians beloved of the fans of what one might term alternative are household names whose songs and actions really matter to more than just the select few. It's a world where St. Vincent is a bigger superstar than Madonna, where Dan Bejar cures starving African children and dines with the Pope, and where TV adverts for flash cars are soundtracked by Venetian Snares instead of Moby...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from noripcord)
Twin Sister find themselves part of the dream pop revival that briefly went through that bizarre chillwave moment -- but while the band found themselves lumped into the trend, there's too much here for that shallow moniker. No, this is dream pop in the classic vein of, well, some other Twins and like groups Stereolab. In Heaven is a well-produced, inviting album with some wonderful moments spread throughout...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from cokemachineglow)
For their second EP, Color Your Life (2010), Twin Sister managed to traverse the tightrope between tired and tiring, gliding precariously along the edges of cognizance, pushing listeners there and then just as deftly, like a trigger-happy hypnotist, pulling listeners back...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from avclub)
New York dream-pop outfit Twin Sister turned all the right ears with its first two EPs, 2008's Vampires With Dreaming Kids and last year's Color Your Life. Those 10 songs of see-what-sticks experiments simmered with the vibrancy of a band finding its sound, but on the full-length In Heaven, Twin Sister appears to still be looking...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from themusicfix)
Naming your debut album In Heaven is a move that practically invites critics to write a review that's one big 'Well, actually...' However, following critical praise for previous EPs, Twin Sister were perhaps confident enough in their debut proper to take it on good faith - and thankfully, this album is not without its blissful moments...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from dusted)
Twin Sister works at the conjunction of indie pop and disco-funk, with singer Andrea Estrella at the whispery center of things. She insinuates, coaxes, glides along on a narcotic cloud through bright arrangements of synthesizer, drum machine, bass and the occasional glockenspiel. Her voice, clear but childishly unmannered, is a vanilla ice cream kind of pleasure: soft, smooth, sweet and unchallenging, if a bit chilly...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from paste)
So much about In Heaven, the full-length debut from Long Island quintet Twin Sister, could be boring as hell: The music flirts with all those annoying genre buzzwords (i.e. "chillwave"); the songs get compared to trend-setters like Beach House and Bjork, mainly because of sweet-natured vocalist Andrea Estella, and the arrangements don't tend to surprise all that much (check the glowing '80s beats on "Space Babe" or the lazily unfolding synth arpeggios that decorate "Luna's Theme")...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from drownedinsound)
Although In Heaven is nominally the début album by Long Island quintet Twin Sister, it somehow nonchalantly skips around the very notion of the début album as definitive musical statement...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from filter)
Twin Sister spent last winter holed up in a rented house in the Hamptons, writing and recording their first full-length album after a series of EPs in 2008 and 2010. In Heaven is just what you would expect to come out of a summer house in the depths of winter--dreamy and blissful, but at times lonesome and haunting...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from avclub)
New York dream-pop outfit Twin Sister turned all the right ears with its first two EPs, 2008's Vampires With Dreaming Kids and last year's Color Your Life. Those 10 songs of see-what-sticks experiments simmered with the vibrancy of a band finding its sound, but on the full-length In Heaven, Twin Sister appears to still be looking...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from pitchfork)
When Long Island's Twin Sister put a picture of a shabbily decorated dollhouse on the cover of their 2010 Color Your Life EP, it seemed like a mission statement: Here is small, intimate music meant to feel comfy and lived-in. And from the pillowy indie-pop numbers to the more stretched-out, soft drone pieces, it was the kind of record that just felt nice to hear. You wanted to cuddle up with it...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from tinymixtapes)
In Heaven positively glows. From the opening vibraphone strikes of "Daniel" onward, Twin Sister's debut full-length carries with it a magnificent incandescence, with Andrea Estella's addicting voice and Eric Cardona's more earthbound one serving as its flighty anchors. Acting on the promise of their Vampires with Dreaming Kids and Color Your Life EPs and then some, the album serves as an unassumingly magnificent vehicle to show off the band's impressive command on songwriting...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from clashmusic)
Why are Twin Sister that much easier to love than most acts slapped with the chillwave tag? First, they've got Andrea Estella and her delicious malted milkshake of a voice. Second, the Long Island five-piece show a greater willingness to vary their musical palette than many of their contemporaries, embellishing the ten songs on this debut LP with everything from spaghetti western guitar to rinky-dink piano to what we're reading as a Donna Summer reference: 'beep beep' indeed...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from kexp)
This Brooklyn-via-Long Island band's debut full-length is a playful, eclectic set of dreamy, somewhat creepy indie-pop with an imaginatively textured sound featuring colorful synth textures, spaghetti western guitars and Andrea Estella's quirky girlish vocals.
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from nowmag)
Like many young indie pop groups, Twin Sister are still defining their sound. The Long Island five-piece, led by ethereal singer Andrea Estella, has released a few EPs and several tracks online, all with a lazy, ambling afternoon vibe that they explore further on their debut LP. On In Heaven, the group moves slightly away from a live band sound to flesh out their effete, gently rhythmic pop and R&B with loftier studio flourishes like amorphous analog synths, strings and vibraphone...
Twin Sister - In Heaven (from thephoenix)
Twin Sister's second EP, Color Your Life, was one of 2010's releases most praised releases by indie critics and bloggers. Stand-out single "All Around and Away We Go" seemed like a leap: from the breathy experimental pop of 2008's minimal Vampires with Dreaming Kids EP, to a new breed of bigger disco beats. The Brooklyn-via-Long Island quintet continue in that direction with their off-kilter debut full-length...
Twin Sister - Color Your Life / Vampire With Dreaming Kids (from state)
New York's Twin Sister first came to our attention when they gave away Color Your Life for a limited free download from their site. The five-piece set off a chain of blog posts which served as early hype. After signing to Domino imprint Double Six earlier in the year, both of the band's EPs will now be available physically on CD and vinyl for the first time...
Twin Sister - Color Your Life / Vampire With Dreaming Kids (from state)
Buy / Listen: 7Digital | Amazon | eMusic | We7 | Spotify New York's Twin Sister first came to our attention when they gave away Color Your Life for a limited free download from their site. The five-piece set off a chain of blog posts which served as early hype. After signing to Domino imprint Double Six earlier in the year, both of the band's EPs will now be available physically on CD and vinyl for the first time...
Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life (from bbc)
Even before the commercial and critical breakthrough of Vampire Weekend, Brooklyn has been something of a global epicentre for quirky but achingly cool alternative rock, with a steady stream of hotly tipped new bands emerging from the borough's music scene over the past few years...
Twin Sister - Color Your Life (from pitchfork)
Twin Sister are a Brooklyn-by-way-of-Long Island quintet that do so much so well. Their songs have a remarkable sense of atmosphere and romanticism. They nod at their heroes-- maybe Stereolab and Björk, maybe Cocteau Twins or 1980s pop-- without overtly stealing. They seem to know they are capable of great things; perhaps ostentatiously, they released a trailer for Color Your Life, just their second EP (following November 2008's brief but occasionally stunning Vampires With Dreaming Kids)...
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Last night, Donna Karan New York's Madison Avenue store hosted a private soiree for supporters of uptown museum the Frick Collection. The night's theme was "Women Who Inspire," and guests enjoyed sipping on Veuve Clicquot and snacking on canapés while shopping discounted Donna Karan pieces to benefit the art institution. We caught up with Lydia Fenet and Sloan Overstrom, both chairs of the Young Fellows Ball, the highly anticipated black-tie, NYC socialite-studded gala celebrating the museum. This year Donna Karan New York is a major sponsor of the high class event.
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As for the theme of the night, "Women Who Inspire," Overstrom and Fenet shared their thoughts on what that means, "I find personal passion inspiring. Whether it's art, fashion, charity work, or their family, I find it inspiring when someone's passionate," Overstrom said. Fenet gave a nod to the evening's host, "People who live life to the fullest are most inspiring. Actually, Donna Karan as a person is one of the most inspiring women," she said, "I mean, to build a fashion empire, to have the Urban Zen Foundation...there are so many things she does that we can all look at and admire."

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After going undefeated during the 2014-15 season on her way to an NCAA Division III title, Eudice Chong '18 (right in photo) went 6-0 in singles and 5-0 in doubles, paired with Victoria Yu '19 (left in photo), to sweep the New England Regional ITA Tournament titles. Chong and Yu earn a berth in the ITA Fall National Championships to be held in Sumter, S.C. Oct 15-18. Chong and Yu are pictured with head coach Mike Fried after their singles action in the ITAs hosted by Middlebury Fri.-Sun., Sept. 25-27. Chong won 12 of 13 sets played en route to the singles title. Giving up no more than three games in any of her wins, she did surrender one set to Vickie Ip of Amherst, 6-3, before winning the quarter-final match by capturing the last two sets, 6-2, 6-3. She then downed defending champion Linda Shin of Williams in decisive fashion, 6-1, 6-2, before conquering teammate Yu, 6-2, 6-2, for the crown. Yu won her first 10 sets on her way to the championship match, allowing no more than three games to an opponent in any set.View Full Story
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Siemens Awarded $9.3m Energy Savings Contract with Bay City, Texas
Bay City, Texas has awarded Siemens a $9.3 million energy savings performance contract expected to reduce electricity consumption by nearly 30 percent and water use by more than 70 percent over 15 years.
The energy savings performance contract, which will be financed and guaranteed by Siemens' buildings technologies division, will focus on Bay City's wastewater and potable water supply systems, water meters, municipal lighting and supporting information technology.
The 15-year term of the project is expected to generate a positive cash flow for the city, beginning in year one. Once the project is completed, the energy savings guaranteed by the performance contract will yield about $700,000 in equivalent energy expensive reductions every year for the duration of the contract.
Energy efficiency upgrades and infrastructure retrofits will cover 26 city facilities, including an aging wastewater treatment plant. Siemens will replace blower motors and aeration equipment, in a move expected to reduce the treatment plant's energy use. A new supervisory control and data acquisition system will allow city workers to remotely monitor and control lift station pumps.
Other upgrades include the installation of a non-potable water source that will allow the city to save more than 16 million gallons of drinking water annually by reusing water from the wastewater treatment plant for the facility's operational needs.
Siemens also will install more than 8,100 new water meters throughout Bay City. These will wirelessly transmit consumption data and allow the city to account for every customer's daily usage. The meters will help ensure customers only pay for the water they use and streamline reading routines, which should free up staff resources and reduce expenses associated with manual reading of the city's old meters.
The automatic meter reading system combined with new billing software will allow the city to provide customers with daily consumption data, online bill pay and leak detection.
Siemens has landed a number of other energy-related contracts in recent months, including a $12.2 million award by Florida A&M University expected to save the educational institution about $1.2 million in equivalent guaranteed annual energy savings. That project will focus on installing a partially decentralized steam plant heating system, a solar-thermal heating system for the swimming pool and building automation improvements.
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Another 13 year payback! How positive cash flow can be derived in year 1 when the expenditure is $9.3M and only $700K per year in savings is a mystery.
Well, the $9.3M is not all spent in year one, Iain. If it is spread out over the 15 years evenly, then each year the expense is only $620,000. Compared to the estimated $700,000 in equivalent energy expense reductions every year, that works out to a positive cash flow on average. Now I'm sure the payments aren't exactly spread out evenly over the 15 years, nor are all the energy reductions put into place right away. But the statements in the story are not really that hard to believe. It simply depends on the exact financial arrangements agreed to, and the timing of the efficiency improvements.
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Four months have gone by since Google announced their new, innovative communication solution, Wave. Last week was the beginning of its test phase.
As engineering manager Lars Rasmussen indicated in his blog, a huge number of invitations are going out to test the new service called Google Wave. With over 100,000 invitations, the search engine giant will contact developers and users who registered for a Wave test account.
As is customary with GMail, the earlier user group who signed up and offered feedback can nominate others for additional invitations. As Rasmussen says in his blog, "If all goes well we will soon be inviting many more to try out Google Wave." The test version should be stable enough and will implement all features for the start, although servers could experience failures now and then. Otherwise Google spent the last four months making the service faster, better and error-free. Google wouldn't be Google if there weren't some features on the to-do list that they would want to integrate still this year.
Google presented its new product, with its intensive new technologies based on the HTML5 draft, at its Google I/O show in San Francisco. The software combines mail, chats, blogs, Picassa and an integrated networked document manager. Thanks to HTML5, the application runs completely in the browser. A large part of the source code is ready for download at code.google.com, with specifications for running your own Wave server also free online.
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By Jasmine Watkins, 1 week 19 hours ago
Nick Saban is not the biggest fan of the media. It just looks like he hates answering questions.
Granted some reporters' questions are stupid, but it's a part of the job of a college football coach is to grin and bear it. During a press conference, the Alabama head coach was asked how he helps his players deal with the constant media coverage and he got a little fired up.
#Alabama Nick Saban asked about expectations and goes on a rant. Part 1: pic.twitter.com/TH1EfpcKrR— Ben Bolton (@BoltonSports) October 5, 2015
#Alabama Nick Saban asked about expectations and goes on a rant: Part 2: pic.twitter.com/Hg7V04S6YF— Ben Bolton (@BoltonSports) October 5, 2015
#Alabama Nick Saban asked about expectations and goes on a rant. Part 3: pic.twitter.com/Hs3HIGWX4A— Ben Bolton (@BoltonSports) October 5, 2015
Saban broke the tension with a joke and that seemed to lighten the mood. He's always good for a laugh.
College Football Podcast: Week 5 Recap
By Steven Lassan, 1 week 23 hours ago
Alternate uniforms and unique designs are a staple of Oregon's football program. The Ducks have used a few different designs for their games this season, but the program has unveiled an interesting alternate look for the Oct. 10 matchup against Washington State.
On Monday, Oregon unveiled its "Oregon Pioneers" football uniform, which emphasizes the state's history. The uniforms honor the Oregon Trail, Mt. Hood and the geography of the state, while the helmet features Lewis and Clark and a handshake logo on the front to commemorate the handshake found on the Thomas Jefferson Peace Medals given to Lewis and Clark.
Here's a look at Oregon's new alternate uniforms for Saturday's game:Tags College Football, News, Pac 12, Oregon Ducks
By Jasmine Watkins, 1 week 23 hours ago
We're all human, we all make mistakes. The only difference between our mistakes and those of college athletes is that their mistakes are in the public eye.
During halftime of the Texas-TCU game, in which the Longhorns were down 37-0, cornerback Kris Boyd retweeted a tweet regarding to him transferring to Texas A&M. Now, the freshman is apologizing.
Full text of Kris Boyd statement, from UT. pic.twitter.com/xROLgch3v2— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) October 4, 2015
Texas went on to lose, 50-7.
Let's forgive and forget. We've all done way worse things when we were freshmen in college.
College Football Podcast: Week 5 Recap
By Jasmine Watkins, 1 week 2 days ago
Georgia and Alabama really don't like each other.
These teams don't get to play each other often enough, but they're making the most of it. This is only the fifth time Alabama has visited Athens, things are bound to get a little rowdy. As Alabama was taking the field at Sanford Stadium, players from both teams were getting a little to close for comfort and had to be separated by the officials.
Almost got ugly pre game. Alabama and Georgia players barking. Refs separate them. pic.twitter.com/0rzui88i5O— Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) October 3, 2015
Even as the players were at midfield, the chatter seemed to continue between the Bulldogs and Tide.
Georgia players at midfield, appears to be communicating with Alabama. pic.twitter.com/Th3xDkGWFp— Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) October 3, 2015
By Jasmine Watkins, 1 week 2 days ago
It's frustrating to lose.
It's even more frustrating to get embarrassed by an in-state rival. Texas got railroaded by a really good and pretty much flawless TCU team. The Horned Frogs scored 30 in the first quarter. That has to hurt. During halftime of the game, Texas' freshman cornerback, Kris Boyd, retweeted a tweet about transferring to Texas A&M.
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Obviously he wasn't serious (at least I hope not), but it's really a lesson as to why they don't want players on social media especially during games.
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By Jasmine Watkins, 1 week 3 days ago
adidas is certainly making the most of their final season with Miami.
The two have paired to create "305 Ice" uniforms to be worn for the game against Cincinnati on October 1. The warmup features the Miami skyline which one can never really go wrong with. The sleek white look is a nice look for the Canes and paired with silver throughout, no one would be upset if we saw more of this uniform.
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College Football Podcast: Week 5 Preview with Andy StaplesTags College Football, ACC, Miami Hurricanes
By Jasmine Watkins, 1 week 4 days ago
We've all seen those DirecTV commercials with the football star, and the not-so-famous version of himself.
A Tennessee fan has created his own version of the commercial, showing just how tough it is to be a Vols fan this season. The team's play in the first half is sometimes drastically different than in the second. After devastating losses to Oklahoma and Florida, we get a peak into what it's really like to be a Vols fan.
College Football Podcast: Week 5 Preview with Andy StaplesTags College Football
By Steven Lassan, 1 week 6 days ago
Maryland is breaking out a new helmet for Saturday's matchup against Michigan. The Terrapins are planning on an all-black uniform for the game against the Wolverines, along with a hand-painted "Black Ops" helmet.
The school released images of the helmet on Tuesday and a promo video to hype the awesome hand-painted design for Saturday night:
Our hand-painted Black Ops helmets for our #BlackoutByrd game Saturday! @Uniformswag pic.twitter.com/ZlkrCrHPFK— Marty Summa Jr (@MartyMcFly34) September 29, 2015
Debuting the newest addition to our collection of hand-painted helmets this weekend: #BlackOutByrd x @UAFootball pic.twitter.com/yulllAAU7z— Maryland Football (@MarylandPride) September 29, 2015
Maryland to Wear 'Black Ops' Uniforms vs. Michigan -> http://t.co/NKruqLvawY pic.twitter.com/VqNd6LxWz1— Phil Hecken (@PhilHecken) September 29, 2015
By Steven Lassan, 2 weeks 1 hour ago
Less than 200 miles separates the campuses of Troy and South Alabama, and the Sun Belt rivals will have a new rivalry trophy at stake for Saturday's meeting.
The South Alabama-Troy rivalry is officially the "Battle for the Belt," and the winner of the annual meeting will take home a championship belt, similar to the ones in boxing or wrestling.
Needless to say, this is a pretty unique and outstanding rivalry trophy:
There it is, the coolest new trophy in college football: #BattleForTheBelt pic.twitter.com/6dNFSi6Krq pic.twitter.com/aRpx7N14Wt— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 29, 2015
Here is the belt the Trojans & Jaguars will be playing for on Saturday #RTW #Blackout #BattleForTheBelt pic.twitter.com/WZwagHCzlA— Troy Football (@TroyTrojansFB) September 28, 2015
By Steven Lassan, 2 weeks 23 hours ago
Arizona State has unveiled a new gray alternate uniform for its Oct. 3 matchup against UCLA. The uniform is known as the 'Be The Hammer' alternate and sports a gray scheme, largely due to the program using a sledge hammer to break a rock after big accomplishments.
The Sun Devils will wear the gray helmet and pants for Saturday's game against the Bruins to go along with the program's alternate white jersey from the opener against Texas A&M.
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Improper payments are a long-standing, widespread, and significant problem in the federal government. The Congress enacted the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) to address this issue. Fiscal year 2005 marked the second year that agencies were required to report improper payment information under IPIA. One result of IPIA has been increased visibility over improper payments by requiring executive branch agencies to identify programs and activities susceptible to significant improper payments, estimate the amount of their improper payments, and report on the amounts of improper payments and their actions to reduce them in their annual performance and accountability reports (PAR). Because of continued interest in addressing the governmentwide improper payments issue, GAO was asked to report on the progress made by agencies in complying with requirements of IPIA and the status of efforts to identify, reduce, and eliminate improper payments. As part of the review, GAO looked at (1) the extent to which agencies have performed risk assessments, (2) the annual amount of improper payments estimated, and (3) the amount of improper payments recouped through recovery audits.
The federal government continues to make progress in identifying programs susceptible to the risk of improper payments in addressing the new IPIA requirements. At the same time, significant challenges remain to effectively achieve the goals of IPIA. The 33 fiscal year 2005 PARs GAO reviewed show that some agencies still have not instituted systematic methods of reviewing all programs and activities, have not identified all programs susceptible to significant improper payments, or have not annually estimated improper payments for their susceptible programs as required by the act. The full magnitude of the problem remains unknown because some agencies have not yet prepared estimates of improper payments for all of their programs. Of the 33 agencies reviewed, 18 reported over $38 billion of improper payments in 57 programs. This represented almost a $7 billion, or 16 percent, decrease in the amount of improper payments reported by 17 agencies in fiscal year 2004. However, the total improper payments estimate does not include 7 major agency programs with outlays totaling about $228 billion. Further, agency auditors have identified major management challenges related to agencies' improper payment estimating methodologies and significant internal control weaknesses for programs susceptible to significant improper payments. In addition, two agency auditors cited noncompliance with IPIA in their annual audit reports. For fiscal year 2005 PARs, agencies that entered into contracts with a total value exceeding $500 million annually were required to report additional information on their recovery audit efforts. Nineteen agencies reported reviewing over $300 billion in vendor payments, identifying approximately $557 million to be recovered, and actually recovering about $467 million.
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Fiscal Outlook:Addressing Improper Payments and the Tax Gap Would Improve the Government's Fiscal PositionGAO-16-92T: Published: Oct 1, 2015. Publicly Released: Oct 1, 2015.
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U.S. Coast Guard National Pollution Funds Center:Improved Controls Needed for Oil Removal Disbursements and Action Needed for Sustainable FundingGAO-15-682: Published: Sep 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 15, 2015.
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Federal Spending Accountability:Preserving Capabilities of Recovery Operations Center Could Help Sustain Oversight of Federal ExpendituresGAO-15-814: Published: Sep 14, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 14, 2015.
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Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund:Audit of Fiscal Year 2014 Cash Receipts and DisbursementsGAO-15-786R: Published: Sep 9, 2015. Publicly Released: Sep 9, 2015.
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Management Report:Improvements Needed in Controls over the Processes Used to Prepare the U.S. Consolidated Financial StatementsGAO-15-630: Published: Jul 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 30, 2015.
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Senate Office of Public Records Revolving Fund:Audit of Fiscal Year 2014 Cash ReceiptsGAO-15-709R: Published: Jul 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 2015.
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Inspectors General:Additional Efforts Needed by the Department of Commerce OIG to Address Audit Coverage, Hotline Operations, and Employee ConcernsGAO-15-260: Published: Jun 10, 2015. Publicly Released: Jul 10, 2015.
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Navy Working Capital Fund:Budgeting for Carryover at Fleet Readiness Centers Could Be ImprovedGAO-15-462: Published: Jun 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 30, 2015.
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Management Report:Improvements Needed in the Bureau of the Fiscal Service's Information Systems ControlsGAO-15-412R: Published: Jun 25, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 25, 2015.
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Proximic provides a non-semantic approach to contextual analysis of content. Our approach, called pattern proximity is language agnostic and allows us to operate in Chinese and German as easily as we do in English. We can offer a scalable, global solution to partners who buy inventory at a global level and add new languages to our system in 4 weeks and we are very cost effective in how we deliver our results. Our results, when tested against other market players have been said to be more robust, accurate and actionable.
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In recent years, the online advertising industry has increasingly leveraged geographic, demographic and behavioral targeting in their quest to attract only the best, most qualified users. In doing so, nationwide, non-targeted campaigns have been pushed to the wayside when in fact, they still perform very well on some of the web's largest publishers. These campaigns deliver on pace, have a fantastic click through rate (CTR), and most importantly, perform strongly against advertiser performance metrics. Here are four important things that every advertiser should consider before jumping on the over-targeting bandwagon:
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First, let's take a look at the constant balance every ad publisher must strike. They need to find a way to deliver what seems like the impossible; perfect, complete delivery while maintaining spot on performance. Anyone who has spent any time with an Ad Ops team knows exactly how frustrating it can be to try to get a campaign that has been completely strangled with targeting to deliver in full. And if/when the campaign isn't hitting the performance metrics, there's no place to go to optimize things...
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As Ad Operations professionals, you are constantly faced with doing more with less and are far too often placed into a reactive posture, when to truly drive revenue you need to be in a proactive posture. Think of it is a 3-legged stool, where all 3 legs are important and if any 1-leg is missing the stool just won't work. Well, this is exactly the same for your organization. If you don't have the right people, the job won't get done. If you don't have the right process, the job won't get done. If you don't have the right technology, the job won't get done. All 3 of these legs are important and it is incumbent on you as ad operations leaders to insure all 3 legs are strong and able to support and proactively drive your organization forward.
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A lot of people associate DSPs with pure real-time or impression-level buying, but it's much more than that. DSPs are a means by which agencies, holding companies, and all forms of buyers can plan and purchase media, whether on a real-time or guaranteed basis. You can hyper-target to your audience, surgically acquire an audience, or drive brand metrics -- such as lift -- on a much more tactical level than in the traditional forms of buying.
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At Krux Digital, we've taken these great tools one step further, developing a special Krux-specific Firefox / Firebug add-on called Krux Inspector. Upon download, Krux Inspector appears as a new tab in Firebug and allows you to go deeper than you ever have before in evaluating and understanding data collection activity on a given page.
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918Re: [yui3] Inheritance issue
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- Sep 25, 2009Hey Greg,
It's actually not Widget related. It narrows down into the following
basic use case:
[ see native console output ]
The object instance created from a class setup in a separate YUI
sandbox instance from the one doing the instanceof check, is the one
which fails.
Or in farm animal terms...
The animal which doesn't end up on the farm is the one which is
defined outside of the sandbox in which the farm is instantiated.
If you define your Horse class as a module added to YUI, it should work.
I'll follow up a little more on this internally, to understand if this
is a intentional part of sandboxing (since we're keeping one Y.Animal
separate from another) and post back.
On Sep 25, 2009, at 9:01 AM, greg.hinch wrote:
> I'm having some issues creating Widgets and using instanceof, and I
> think the best way I can illustrate it is with an example. I'll
> preface by saying I know the Widget class is still under
> development, but I'd like to know if this pattern I'm trying to
> develop will work but there's just a bug right now, or rather if I'm
> going about my development the wrong way. With that in mind, I've
> created this little sample set of classes that illustrate the
> problem I'm having.
> I'm creating a "farm" component to contain Animals. The Farm
> component has been build as several classes, Farm, Animal, FourLegs,
> and Cat, and built using the YUI Builder to create a single script
> file, and all classes are then added to the Y namespace. Y.Cat
> extends Y.FourLegs, which extends Y.Animal, which extends Y.Widget.
> Y.Farm extends Y.Widget. An animal instance, when rendered, will
> spit out the name of its top-most class, for example Y.Cat will
> display "A cat has been born". A farm is instantiated with a
> property "animals", which is an array of instances of the Y.Animal
> class. When rendered, it will display which animals are in the farm,
> and how many failed to pass the validation. Animals are validated by
> passing an (X instanceof Y.Animal) check. If they fail, they are
> removed from the array and the failed count increases by 1.
> My implementation consists of an inline script, wrapped in YUI.use
> and loading the "farm" component, which declares a new animal type,
> Dog, instantiates one of each animal type and a farm, renders the
> animals, and then the farm. Also on the page I've loaded an external
> script to declare another animal type, a Horse. In that script I've
> called YUI.use, again loading "farm", and created the animal in the
> same way. I then placed that constructor in the my.animals.horse
> global namespace.
> The problem I'm having is that any instance of Horse fails to pass
> the instanceof Y.Animal check in the farm. If I dump out the object
> that's created via Firebug, it appears to be exactly the same type
> of object as Dog and Cat, and it was certainly built the same way,
> but instanceof still fails. Here's the page showing what I just
> described:
> http://www.greghinch.com/yui3test/farm.html
> Am I just going about this in the wrong way or is this just a bug in
> Widget that will be resolved by the time it goes GA?
> Thanks!
> Greg
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