Caroline Polachek of Charlift and Jorge Elbrecht of Violens stripped the sound from a Justin Bieber music video and sang their own vocals. They call it a “Sgin” (an anagram of the word sing) which is their word for a song especially created to synch up with someone elses music video. In this case, a [...]
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Shape Shifting. George as Jorge.
April 28, 2009 – 12:29 pm
If you’re thinking, “that dude looks like he’s from the eighties,” it’s because the man you are watching perform is — but the song he is singing is not. Caroline Polachek, the lead singer of Chairlift, edited and re-shot the newest music video by fellow Brooklyn band Violens using purely vintage footage of George Michael. [...]
Chairlift live at the Journal
March 11, 2009 – 4:13 pm
A few days shy of embarking on an extensive North American/European tour, Brooklyn’s Chairlift stopped by The Journal’s Williamsburg gallery to play a short, sweet and semi-secret show. Admittedly, I had been skeptical of the recent Columbia signees, but listening to Caroline Polachek sing “I’m feeling great tonight” from soon-to-be-reissued debut Does You Inspire You [...]
