SEE & HEAR: Ima Robot - "Ruthless"

Another Man's Treasure cover art

Before Alex Ebert was fronting Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, he was in a band called Ima Robot, along with guitarist Tim Anderson and bassist Fillip Nicolic. On October 19th, Ima Robot will release Another Man's Treasure. And while some might jump to wondering how Ebert made time for Ima Robot in between touring and promoting Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros' debut album, Ebert says in a press release that the music on Another Man's Treasure has been around for quite some time. “What we offer here is a collection of songs from the end of an era. Most were recorded between 2 and 4 years ago, a time when none of us were sure what our band was, a time of transition," says Ebert. "We feel they make an album -- and, perhaps, the proper eulogy and remembrance of a band that was -- and the twinkling of a band to come.”

The album was produced by Anderson (Dead Man's Bone's, The Goat) and will be released on Anderson's own Werewolf Heart Records.

Hear the spacey, synth-driven, Bowie-esque "Ruthless" from the new album and see the trippy, animated video for the song after jump.

LISTEN: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - "Home"

This song has been out for quite some time on the band's 2009 album Up from Below, but I noticed that RCRD LBL was sharing the song as a free download and I just had to throw it up on the site for those unfamiliar with the song.

I was driving somewhere the first time I heard this song, which made it hard to focus on the road. I was immediately taken by it -- whether by its accessibility or by its '60s aesthetic. The melody is catchy and produces an easy hook for the ears. The interplay between singers Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos brings the theme of the song full circle, and works well over the tight-knit group dynamic of the band. It's as if someone took the music of a good spaghetti western and mixed it with just the right amount of pop.

Tour Dates
August 9th - Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze Plaza
August 11th - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
August 15th - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
August 22nd - Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Junction Street Fair
August 29th - San Diego, CA - KBZT/SD Independence Jam
September 25th - Columbia, MD - Virgin Mobile FreeFest
October 7th - Tucson, TX - Rialto Theatre
October 10th - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
October 10th - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
October 11th - Shreveport, LA - The Collective
October 12th - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford
October 14th - New Orleans, LA - The Howlin Wolf
October 15th - Pensacola, FL - DeLuna Festival
October 16th - Tampa, FL - The Ritz
October 17th - Orlando, FL - The Social
October 19th - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Roomtt

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VIDEO: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - SALVO! Part II, "Kisses Over Babylon"

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros prove to be quite ambitious with their most recent project entitled SALVO!, a 12-part feature-length music video. A number of month ago, the band released the first installment entitled "Desert Song" and, today, Spinner has an exclusive look at the second installment: "Kisses Over Babylon."

In "Desert Song," frontman Alex Ebert's character faces his father in a desert wasteland where he ends up killing him. A tree of some sort sprouts up nearby that contains an interesting looking fruit. Ebert bites into it and begins to hallucinate, eventually finding himself back, alone, in the desert.

Part II sees Ebert arrested for the murder of his father. He is sent to slave away at a water labor prison where he reunites with his brother. Ebert rallies the other prisoners and...you know, you should really just watch it and stop reading my attempt to summarize it.

Forget Trapped In the Closet, the mise-en-scene of SALVO! is incredibly well done and completely captivating, redefining what it means to make a music video into a movie. If one was looking for a definition of cinematic, here it is. I could keep writing about what you're going to see, but it's better just to watch it for yourself.

You can watch the first two installments of SALVO! below (via Spinner).

Part I - "Desert Song"

Part II - "Kisses Over Babylon"

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