Video Of The Week: Interpol

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Brad Kelly

14th September 2009
At 20:59 GMT

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Video Of The Week has been going for just about forty weeks now and not once have we featured Interpol, a personal favourite here at SG and possibly one of the best bands this decade has seen.

Their debut, 2002s Turn On The Bright Lights was a near flawless first record and was considered a mile stone in the world of music. The first song from that record and still probably our favourite of all time was the albums introduction, Untitled.

Atmospheric, hypnotic and completely otherworldly, the song is Interpol at their best, fusing reverb-heavy guitar with a simple drum rhythm, a deep, thumping bass and lead singer Paul Banks'  wonderfully melancholic vocals. 

The video below shows the band at the La Route Du Rock Festival in Saint-Malo, France and note for note, the foursome recreate the entire soundscape right there on stage. Say what you want about their newer material (we still think it's pretty damn good) but you simply can't fault the musicianship here, not when they pull it off with such ease and near-pretentious nonchalance. 

Check it out and let us know what you thought by commenting below.

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Woodpigeon
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Wild Beasts
Mazzy Star
Dawn Landes
Rock Plaza Central
Flying Lotus
Dirty Projectors
Jose Gonzalez
Grizzly Bear
Yeasayer
Doves
Wintersleep
Manchester Orchestra
Sigur Ros
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Death Cab For Cutie
The Shins
Deftones
Cold War Kids
Maps & Atlases
Fleet Foxes
Bob Marley
Elbow
Joanna Newsom
Ben Kweller
The National
Bon Iver
Johnny Cash
Jeff Buckley
Champion
Editors
Thom Yorke
Cherry Ghost

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