"Pursuit of Happiness" is the spacey, downbeat song that Cleveland-born, Brooklyn-based rapper Kid Cudi made with Ratatat and MGMT for his debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day.

Neither duo shows up in the video, which takes place at a party where Cudi is the only person not moving in slow motion. But we do get to watch Drake spraying champagne on girls, so that's something! Also, there's a part at the end where it looks like Cudi's about to barf, but the clip fortunately cuts off before any actual barf makes an appearance.

According to MTV, actor Josh Hartnett produced the video, which was directed by Brody Baker, the man behind Animal Collective's "My Girls" clip.

Click below to watch the video, via Prefix.

He's already collaborated with MGMT and Ratatat and big-upped Band of Horses, so it's no surprise to find even more evidence that Cleveland upstart rapper Kid Cudi is an indie rock head, on his new track "Cudderisback".

There's still a pleasant frisson to hearing Cudi rapping over the skeletal intro to "Ottoman", Vampire Weekend's baroque power pop jam from the Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist soundtrack, if only because we never expected to hear anyone tell haters to suck their balls on a Vampire Weekend song. (Not that Ezra Koenig wouldn't appreciate the sentiment.)

Head over to Hypebeast to cop the download. Thanks to Jordan Landry Graves and Dennis McNamara for the tip.

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-- Two titans of decayed indie rock elegance will intersect when TV on the Radio production mastermind Dave Sitek, under the pseudonym 909, remixes Bat for Lashes' slow-burn synth jam "Sleep Alone". Sitek's remix will appear as a B-side for Bat for Lashes' "Pearl's Dream" 7", which Parlophone will release in the UK on June 22. There's a snippet of the remix up on Bat For Lashes' MySpace page, and it sounds appropriately witchy. The digital version of the "Pearl's Dream" single, meanwhile, will include live versions of "Good Love" and "Siren Song".

-- The Chicago indie Thrill Jockey occasionally puts out limited editions of music more experimental and avant-garde than the stuff on their regular roster. And given that their regular roster includes the likes of the Boredoms and Tortoise, that should give you some idea what you're getting into here. On August 18, Thrill Jockey will release two such albums: Lokai's Transition and Sycamore, a collaboration between David Daniell (San Agustin) and Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day). And yesterday, June 9, Thrill Jockey reissued Heads on Fire, the 2007 album from NYC space-rockers White Hills; it's on vinyl for the first time.

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Back when we first reported on Interpol front man Paul Banks's new alter ego/solo project Julian Plenti, details were scarce. Now, details are less scarce. We still don't know where Banks/Plenti got that baby-blue shirt he's wearing on the cover (which can be seen above), but the record, Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper, is out August 4 on Matador. It features contributions from guests including Ratatat's Mike Stroud, Interpol's Sam Fogarino, and Charles Burst of the Occasion. The LP also has a weird technological inspiration, it seems. Read on for more info and tracklist:

According to a Matador press release, the Julian Plenti character originated in 1996, played some NYC clubs, and then "went on sabbatical" just as Interpol started to rise in 2001. And what brought this glasses-wearing fellow back to his muse? A dark-haired girl? A soul-crushing day job? A certain candy-coated licorice treat? Alas, no.

Plenti apparently "acquired the music production software Logic Pro" in 2006, allowing for him to make music without a band. Then he started making music without a band.

Banks/Plenti will play "select shows" in support of the new album.

Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper:

01 Only If You Run
02 Fun That We Have
03 Skyscraper
04 Games for Days
05 Madrid Song
06 No Chance of Survival
07 Unwind
08 Girl on the Sporting News
09 On the Esplanade
10 Fly as You Might
11 H

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We've added some extra shows in Vietnam and Malaysia. The Asian leg of our tour now looks like this:May 20 mao live house
beijing





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