WATCH: Foxygen Tour Commercial – VHS Edition

Ole Foxygen bring you an announcement: THEY’RE GOING ON TOUR. Check out their “commercial” above – it’s the VHS edition. Then don’t be shy, head out to see the boys live. Tour dates below! Sam and Rado release their mini-album, Take The Kids Off Broadway, July 24. Give it a preview; listen to “Waitin 4 U” and “Make It Known.” Like what you hear? Pre-order HERE.

“The bursts and jaunts that erupt across the Take The Kids Off Broadway ep are economical, yet bombastic. Controlled chaos, there’s an order to the world of Foxygen. With influences that reference some of the Kinks oddest moments to Jonathan Richman and the aural decadence of one-time disco troubadour Maxine Nightingale, the ep’s flow is loose, yet one that never feels randomly slapped together from darts thrown at torn out pages of a diary.” Aquarium Drunkard

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WATCH: Foxygen – “Make It Known”

Ladies and gentlemen check it out! Danny Lacy brings us a claymation video set to newly signed Foxygen’s “Make It Known,” off their forthcoming mini-album, Take the Kids Off Broadway. It’s a flashback to the days of Pee-wee Herman. Watch above.

Say Hello to FOXYGEN – Jagjaguwar’s Newest Signing, Pre-order EP

We are over the moon to introduce the newest member of the Jagjaguwar family, FOXYGEN. The bi-coastal songwriting duo is comprised of Sam France (vocals, Olympia, Wash., 22 years old) and Jonathan Rado (guitar/keyboards, NYC, 22). They are the raw, de-Wes Andersonization of The Rolling Stones, Kinks, Velvets, Bowie, etc. that a whole mess of young people desperately need. They create a sometimes-impressionistic, sometimes-hyper-real portrait of sounds from specific places and times. Yet, it never comes across as anything but absolutely modern music.

They bring the manic, freewheeling qualities of an artist like Ariel Pink to those aforementioned influences to make for one of the most refreshing listens of the year. They are the real deal and total savants. Their albums are love letters to vinyl collections.

Foxygen’s debut release, Take The Kids Off Broadway EP, is out July 24th. Pre-order the EP now at SC Distribution and receive an instant gratification download of the ENTIRE EP two months before it’s released!

The first single premiered on The A.V. Club earlier today! Listen and download “Make It Known” below.