Chairlift is totally at it again. They’re famous for making the first video to use data-moshing, Evident Utensil (even before Kanye could drop his similar technology video) as well as making the most amazing Justin Beiber remixed video, where they imposed their own song onto his video seamlessly, essentially making Beiber lip-synch Chairlift. This time [...]
Tag Archives: Caroline Polachek
Never Let You Go – SGINNED
May 3, 2010 – 2:17 pm
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 [...]
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 [...]
