On Friday, Kid Cudi brought "Pursuit Of Happiness," a Ghostbusters t-shirt, and Ratatat (sans MGMT) to David Letterman. This live take on Man On The Moon's lit third single also comes with a trio of sharp-dressed backup singers, strings, and expressive soloing via Mike Stroud. Letterman knows what's up, rightly commenting there was "a lot going ...

Following "Day 'N' Nite" and the Kanye and Common-featuring "Make Her Say," "Pursuit Of Happiness" is Man On The Moon: The End Of Day's third single and the first to feature the production of Ratatat and vocals of MGMT. (The Ratatat guys also produce and appear on "Alive.") It's a mellow positive track that lets us know, more or less, that it's ...

One dude's opinion: The New York guitars-and-bloops duo Ratatat's LP3, quiet as it's kept, was one of last year's best electronic albums. And there's more to come from these two.Last May, we reported that Animal Collective and YACHT would remix Ratatat's single "Mirando", and last week, XL finally released a 12" single with the Animal Collective...

Portland Filmmaker Dan Woods got a bunch of sorta-familiar indie rockers to sing "Gardenia," which is a fine backup plan when Stephen Malkmus is too much of a Jick to show up to his own video shoot. (J/K, Stevie.) Fortunately Portland is an indie rock theme park and a proven breeding round for fun name-that-cameo videos. In addition to lip-synch...

This whimsical clip for "Gardenia", a track from Stephen Malkmus' Real Emotional Trash, alternates between animation and fun cameos from various folks including Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk, Brian Bell of Weezer, Gary Jarmin of the Cribs, Steve Turner from Mudhoney, the dudes from Ratatat, and more. As Pitchfork news reported back in August, the vi...