{"id":9036,"date":"2012-01-12T06:55:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T14:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=9036"},"modified":"2012-01-12T06:55:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T14:55:41","slug":"a-black-cab-session-with-chairlift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-01\/a-black-cab-session-with-chairlift\/","title":{"rendered":"A Black Cab Session with Chairlift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chairlifted.com\/\"><strong>Chairlift<\/strong><\/a> are the latest band to cram into a tiny black cab and drive around London performing a song for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackcabsessions.com\/\"><strong>The Black Cab Sessions<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Having not released an album since 2008, the electro-pop band has a new album,<strong> Something<\/strong>, coming out on <strong>January 24th<\/strong> on <strong>DMZ<\/strong>.\u00a0 You may recall Chairlift for its ubiquitous <strong>iPod-commercial-worthy<\/strong> song <em><strong>Bruises<\/strong><\/em>, which you can listen to way below.\u00a0 Lead singer, <strong>Caroline Polachek<\/strong>, has always had a Brit-lilt to her singing so the London backdrop is perfect for their performance of new song, <em><strong>Ghost Tonight<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We like the spare setting that eschews excess and comparative subtlety of this performance by the band.\u00a0 That&#8217;s no apparition&#8230;the girl can sing.\u00a0 Check it out, and then after another new song, <em><strong>Sidewalk Safari<\/strong><\/em>, from the new album before the <em><strong>Bruises<\/strong><\/em> nostalgia ensues.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"600\" height=\"400\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=34844287&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=00adef&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" \/><embed width=\"600\" height=\"400\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=34844287&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=00adef&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chairlift - &quot;Sidewalk Safari&quot; 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