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Lightspeed Champion — Falling Off The Lavender Bridge

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) December 2, 2008 2:44 pm
Like Sebastien Grainger of now-defunct DFA 1979 or Graham Van Pelt of Think About Life, former Test Icicles vocalist/guitarist Devonte Hynes has produced a record that isn’t even remotely within the same spectrum as his past dance-rock work. Hynes imbues his debut with a pop sensibility doubled up with a folk-like adherence to narrative...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 19, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 19, 2010 12:51 pm
Calgary experimental quartet Braids will release their Native Speaker debut album on Jan. 18. If you don't already know who they are, you will soon; the internets are hyping them up like crazy. —Tell All Your FriendsLightspeed Champion will release a new EP titled Bye Bye on Dec. 13 in the U.K. It'll contain a cover of The Beach Boys' "Til I Die...
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Lightspeed Champion — "Madame Van Damme"

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By CHARTattack Staff April 12, 2010 3:23 pm
Lightspeed Champion's video for Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You's "Madame Van Damme" seems equally inspired by the psychedelic rock of the '60s and the garish TV graphics of the '80s. Check out Lightspeed Champion's clip for "Marlene" here.
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Lightspeed Champion — Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 19, 2010 4:08 pm
Devonte Hynes' 2008 Falling Off The Lavender Bridge debut as Lightspeed Champion was a critically-acclaimed effort because it was a huge step away from his past with Test Icicles, known for their abrasive, scream-filled dance-punk. That album was full of lush, delicate instrumentation backed with Hynes' until-then unknown penchants for both alt....
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Lightspeed Champion Releases First Of 50 Bootleg Albums, Planning New Studio Disc

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 11, 2009 2:49 pm
Lightspeed Champion has just released House-Sitting Songs, the first album in his new free bootlegs project that's pretty much Sufjan Stevens-esque in terms of ambitiousness. Champion (real name Devonte Hynes) wants to release 50 bootleg albums at some point in the future, and will release them all for free through his website. "Some, I...
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Lightspeed Champion — "Marlene"

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By CHARTattack Staff December 4, 2009 4:43 pm
At one point during the video for Lightspeed Champion's "Marlene," he's in the back of a truck in the middle of a desert, having the crap kicked out of him by a gangster. The next minute, he's being screamed at by a clearly angry girlfriend in the middle of a diner. Did he nod off during her lecture, or is he daydreaming? "Marlene...
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Basement Jaxx Featuring Lightspeed Champion — "My Turn"

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By CHARTattack Staff October 29, 2009 4:39 pm
Here's Basement Jaxx's video for Scars' "My Turn." It features a top hat-clad Devonte Hynes of Lightspeed Champion floating in space with a dancing bear that's chipping away at some hearts. Metaphor? You can watch the clip for Scars' "Feelings Gone," which features Sam Sparro, here. Scars is out now.
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The Daily Spin: Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Bridge

Submitted by Kate Harper on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 12:51pm
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 3, 2008 12:51 pm
I own an iPod, but for the most part I don't use it and stubbornly cling to my nearly 10-year-old Discman. I listen to a different album every day on the old clunker, and here's today's: This no longer applies because I actually used my iPod today. I'm a huge sucker for pedal steel, classical arrangements and weird lyrics, and Lightspeed...
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Get Your Crunk On With Your Favourite Punks

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 4, 2008 12:00 pm
Devonte Hynes, formerly of noise punk outfit Test Icicles, recently released his Lightspeed Champion debut album, Falling Off The Lavender Bridge. It contained the tongue-in-cheek, lushly orchestrated "Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk." As of April 8, you can listen to crunk done by punks when Fearless Records drops its seventh...
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