Gorilla vs. Bear — [photo] The Morning Benders' frontman Chris Chu sent over this new remix of Big Echo highlight "Cold War," reworked by Oakland's Wallpaper. mp3: the morning benders :: cold war (wallpaper. winter remix) The band also posted up new song "Go Grab a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Morning Benders @ MHOW in April (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The free Yeasayer "Gone to Governors" show at Governors Island is soon! June 5th to be exact. Keepaway and Delicate Steve have been added as openers by the... more info

KEXP Seattle — From Phil Spector to The Beatles, taking simple lyrics and adding sonic complexity below has been a formula for success. The wall of sound, a hodgepodge of washed out guitars, strings, horns and countless other forms of aural amusement, empowers ban... more info

KEXP Seattle — We have some more great photos from our inspired in-studio performances featuring some of the most stunning voices in music today. Jónsi (of Sigur Rós) was entrancing, Charlotte Gainsbourg was enchanting, and Citizen Cope was captivating. We ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Happy Hump Day! I can't think of a better way to get you through a long week and into the weekend than another episode of I Guess I'm Podcasting. This is the fourth episode of our new podcast feature and with each publication, they just get better ... more info

Pitchfork — From Biggie's "Sky's the Limit" to R. Kelly's "Real Talk", great music videos are bursts of sound and vision that leave an indelible impression. Director's Cut is a Pitchfork News feature in which we chat with music video directors about their creati... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Morning Benders played their b-side, “Go Grab A Stranger”, for the first time ever live (according to Chris Chu) last Saturday at their Music Hall Of Williamsburg show. The song was released last month as a very limited 7″ which you can sti... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo, words by Andrew Frisicano At their Brooklyn Vegan-presented show on Saturday night (4/24), The Morning Benders didn't bring out any special guests a la their widely circulated video for "Excuses" (which features suppor... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — My introduction to the morning benders was at their opening gig for The Kooks at Terminal 5 back in 2008. At the time, I had no idea who they were. I was only there to enjoy an hour and a half of poppy British rock. Chris Chu and the rest of the morn... more info

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