You can now order your own copy of MNDR’s single “Caligula” on 12-inch vinyl from the Rough Trade online store! This is a super-limited (138) edition release from What The…? Records and is hand numbered.
MNDR’s Amanda Warner is making her music video debut in Mark Ronson’s first single “Bang Bang Bang”. The video was directed by Warren Fu and also features Q-Tip along with some intergalactic breakdancers and other party-goers.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR59nCDWaDY
MNDR was given Pitchforks’s “Best New Music” stamp in their review of “I Go Away” from her debut EP.
Brooklyn’s Amanda Warner makes dynamic electro-pop under the moniker MNDR, and she’s been building buzz with her project while also working with folks like Mark Ronson. “I Go Away”, a major highlight from the her debut EP, E.P.E., is filled with distinctive synths that melt all over a spare, echoing drum beat like a candy house left out in the hot sun. It’s a serious slow-dance pop confection, but Warner keeps a clear head lyrically. “I Go Away” initially sounds like a post-relationship-fallout slow burner, as she asks, “How did I get here/ Without feeling anything”. Soon, though, you realize that she isn’t calming down– she’s getting pumped up. “This is my anthem/ I know it like I know everything”, Warner softly declares, as if she’s getting ready to step out in front of the curtain, before letting out titular squeaks during a chorus that favorably evokes Santigold as the track builds to its cathartic peak.
Take a listen for yourself here.
VBS.tv (Vice magazine’s online video haven) just posted a great segment on Mark Ronson as part of their Creator’s Project series with Intel. In the clip Mark talks about his career as a DJ and producer and how his new single “Bang Bang Bang”, featuring MNDR and Q-Tip, came together. Watch out for some great live shots of MNDR at about 3:30. Mark Ronson Creator’s Project
Look out for MNDR playing alongside Mark Ronson at the Creator’s Project on June 25th/26th in NYC.
NME has selected MNDR’s “Fade to Black” for the latest installment of it’s Radar Mixtape series. NME’s Radar Mixtape Volume 3 is stocked with some great other “breakthrough” artists such as Funeral Party, Twin Sister, and MNDR stage-sharer, Class Actress. The mixtape is available as a free download, so get it while it’s hot!