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Keep Shelly in Athens are on tour now (win tix to Bowery!), were remixed by Blackbird Blackbird (MP3 premiere)

by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Keep Shelly in Athens – “Our Own Dream” (Blackbird Blackbird Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Keep Shelly in Athens – “Our Own Dream” (MP3)

Keep Shelly in Athens at FFF Fest (more by Tim Griffin)
Keep Shelly in Athens

Greek duo Keep Shelly in Athens made their way over to North America earlier this month for Fun Fun Fun Fest where they played their first-ever US show in the early afternoon at Auditorium Shores. They then played their 2nd US show later that night downtown as part of one of the afterparties.

They’ve since been on a short tour with Body Language that hits Bowery Ballroom on November 18. Tickets are still on sale and we’re also giving away a pair. Details on how to enter to win them are below.

We’re also premiering Blackbird Blackbird‘s remix of KSIA’s “Our Own Dream,” off the 12″ EP of the same name which came out on November 5 via Forest Family. You can download their remix and the original at the top of this post and check out the EP’s artwork and tracklist at the bottom. Like most of KSIA’s work, “Our Own Dream” is a dreamy piece of downtempo. On their remix, Blackbird Blackbird replace the song’s swaying beat with a 4/4 headknocker and fill it out with synths that can’t help but remind me of LCD Soundsystem’s “Dance Yrself Clean.”

Speaking of Body Language, you can catch them again after the Keep Shelly in Athens tour when they open for Matt & Kim and Super Mash Brothers at their New Year’s Eve show at Hammerstein Ballroom. Tickets are still on sale.

All dates, artwork and tracklist below…


Keep Shelly in Athens – Our Own Dream 12″ EP
Our Own Dream

Tracklist:
Side A
01. Lazy Noon
02. Our Own Dream
03. ABADABAD – California Birds (Keep Shelly in Athens remix)

Side B
04. DIY
05. Fairytale
06. a) The Rogue Superhero b) Ready To Pay The Price


Keep Shelly in Athens — 2011 Tour Dates
Wed, Nov 16 Wrongbar Toronto, ON, Canada*
Thu, Nov 17 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA, US*^
Fri, Nov 18 The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY, US
* with Body Language (live)
^ with ABADABAD (live)


Body Language — 2011 Tour Dates
Wed, Nov 16 Wrongbar Toronto, ON, Canada*
Thu, Nov 17 Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA, US*^
Fri, Nov 18 The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY, US
Sat, Dec 31 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, US%
* with Keep Shelly in Athens
^ with ABADABAD (live)
% with Matt & Kim, Super Mash Brothers

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TO ENTER THE CONTEST FOR KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS TICKETS: email [email protected] (subject: Keep Shelly in Athens). Include your first and last name in the email. We’ll pick a winner at random and contact them with more details. Good luck!