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Little Joy and assorted recognizable guests/friends -- Valensi, Devendra, Noah Georgeson in a tanktop -- star in this kitschy, '70s TV special-inflected clip for "No One's Better Sake." mp3: **************************

More Little Joy photos, this time from their show last night at the Parish in Austin. All shots by the awesome Pooneh Ghana, who was even able to elicit some smiles out of Rodrigo, Binki, and Fab. Click for larger images (recommended):

rodrigo/fabrizio/binki :: little joy Little Joy's show at the Lounge in Deep Ellum on Wednesday night was a breezy, relaxed affair that only reinforced why we love the group's self-titled debut so much. Backed for much of the night by tourmates the Dead Trees, Rodrigo, Binki, and Fabrizio played virtually the entire album to an adoring, enthusiastic crowd of roughly 200. Highlights included an awe

little joy (photo) Reminder: Little Joy is in TX for a few dates this week, starting tonight with an intimate show at the Lounge on Elm St. in Deep Ellum. You can still get tickets here, or possibly at the door. If you haven't checked this album out yet, do it, etc...

Thanks to Rough Trade for hooking us up with this great clip of Little Joy performing the Binki Shapiro-fronted "Unattainable," one of my favorite songs from their charming self-titled debut LP. In my initial review of the record back in September, I said that "Shapiro's exquisite melodies and elegant vocals maintain a genuine innocence, ultimately resembling something you'd hear on

Little Joy comes to Dallas the night before Thanksgiving (November 26), and we have a couple pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Parade of Flesh and Rough Trade. The label has also thrown in a couple of copies of the record for the winners...

One of my most listened to (and posted about) albums of this fall has been Fab Moretti and crew's warm and charming lo-fi self-titled debut LP as Little Joy. The record finally comes out next week on Rough Trade, but you can hear the whole thing now at the band's myspace page...

Fab Moretti, Rodrigo Amarante, + Binki Shapiro // Little Joy :: San Francisco We might've mentioned a time or two that we fell in love instantly with Little Joy's irresistible debut LP. Unfortunately, the group has no immediate plans to visit Texas, but our good friends Hobi + Zach hit up the band's show last night at the Indie in San Francisco, Polaroid machine in hand. They report that the eveni

In case you somehow missed this the other day, Rough Trade is now "officially" streaming "Keep Me in Mind," one of the Strokes-iest (and best) songs from Little Joy's awesome self-titled debut LP: You can also now pre-order the record on vinyl here for 12 bucks...

Little Joy is the new project from Rodrigo Amarante, Binki Shapiro, and everyone's favorite Stroke, Fab Moretti. From the glorious calypso-garage-folk of the opening track, "The Next Time Around," the band's self-titled debut LP is a simple, tastefully executed affair, anchored by perfectly classic melodies and Noah Georgeson's warm production...