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The second part of Pitchfork.tv's look at the making of Microcastle is up today. Yesterday we talked creative process with the band as they worked with Nicolas Vernhes in Rare Book Room Studio, and today we get the inside scoop on the creation of "Saved by Old Times". Cole Alexander of the Black Lips contributes vocals to the track via instant messaging (he also sends a dirty photo, prankster that he is, so this one might be NSFW) in what could well be the first intercontinental recording collaboration via iChat. We also learn that Bradford Cox does a pretty fair impression of the B-52's Fred Schneider.Pitchfork.tv page with embed code is here.
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submitted by Nick Feb 23rd 2011 05:00 pm (stereogum.com)
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