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02.06.12Hunx Sans Punx – “Always Forever”Hunx - Always Forever from Hardly Art on Vimeo. I've loved Hunx since I saw him at the Funhouse for Gay Pride in Seattle in 2009. I was wearing my "Guitar Fag" tee shirt I bought from Hunx when I recently met Chris and Neil (aka Pet Shop Boys.) Chris thought it said "Guilty Fag" so of course I corrected one of my favorite pop stars and told him who Hunx and his Punx were. Neil asked what they sounded like, so I told him; The Ronettes meets The Toy Dolls in a helium factory. "What's their name, again?" Neil asked. So ...
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01.31.12Light Asylum Release New Video For Skull FuctLight Asylum's very dark video for "Skull Fuct" is directed by Emilxa Xurylowicz and Cezary Zacharewicz. Light Asylum will be visiting California next week for a couple of shows. They'll be playing the Los Angeles Natural History Museum on February 3rd (with Soft Moon and Julia Holter - All ages at 5 PM) and Monarch in San Francisco on the 9th. We're pretty sure that when their record hits later this year that they'll be instantly loved equally by adults who think they're cool and teenagers going through a goth phase. Light Asylum in Hot Topic? I'd actually probably go in ...
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01.24.12Desire – Don’t CallIf 2011 wasn't quite Johnny Jewel's year, then 2012 will be. I can't think of a harder working person in the independent music industry. Johnny's "rejected" soundtrack for the sexiest film of 2011, DRIVE, is now released under the name Symmetry. Themes For An Imaginary Film bags up all evidence of pop elements and throws it from the window of a speeding Pacific Muscle car. It's a moody two hours of music Johnny and collaborator (Chromatics drummer) Matt Walker have been working on for years. Johnny has said that about a quarter of Themes was originally considered for the film ...
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01.20.12Perfume Genius – “Hood” VideoThis one put a lump in my throat. I've given Perfume Genius a bit of a hard time in the past, referring to him as a "downer." Well, the truth is sometimes a downer. This piece is about the fear of giving yourself to another, but becoming so scared that you just give up. I was walking that very tightrope with another like minded person this year. I gave up, but I'm not sure why I gave up; but I do know I was scared. How much can you take from the world, or a significant other before you just say ...
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01.09.12Go Ahead, Salyu. Make My Day.Thanks to our friend Christian, this was the first piece of media I payed attention to today. It's Gondry-esque and will surely slap a smile on your face. I've always been a fan of Cornelius from Japan. In the heydaze of Stereolab and St. Etienne Cornelius fit in nicely with his quirky, boundary stretching pop music. His new collaboration with Japanese songstress, Salyu, is an experimental album called S(o)un(d)beams. The album is meant to explore to what extent Cornelius is able to utilize Salyu's voice as an instrument. And if anyone can translate the song title, we'd much appreciate it! ...
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12.13.11Goldfrapp Reveals Details of New SINGLES Compilation and the Gorgeous New “Yellow Halo” Video."Yellow Halo" is the new Goldfrapp single which will be joined another new song, "Melancholy Sky" on the genius pop duo's new SINGLES comp coming out on February 6h, 2012 (Mute/Parlophone.) From the Goldfrapp web site: On 6th February 2012 electro-pop icons Goldfrapp release The Singles, a career-spanning overview featuring tracks from their five critically acclaimed albums, alongside two brand new songs written especially for this release: ‘Yellow Halo’ – a slow building synth-pop wonder, and the introspective and defiant new wave ballad ‘Melancholy Sky’. The Singles, is the first compilation from the band, taking in the cinematic electronica of their Mercury shortlisted debut album Felt ...
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11.29.11Don’t Talk To The Cops – Big Ass HeadHey Seattle, why so serious? Don't get us wrong, we like Fleet Foxes, Perfume Genius and Band of Horses but have hey given the world the impression that we're gloomy bastards? I don't know that gloomy is the right description, but we surely are a little heavy on the melancholy up in these parts, especially this time of year. But things are looking up! Let us introduce you to Don't Talk To The Cops. From their website: With fierce b-boy style and head-banging beats, DON’T TALK TO THE COPS! has exploded on the scene with an infectious energy that creates an ...
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11.07.11Mahogany – Nite Time In Silk CityWhile we wait for Mahogany's new Electric Prisms EP, here's a preview of a new song and a much more sparse lineup than we've seen in the past. Andrew Prinz has really bloomed as a front man, and his confidence is on display here. And that Jaclyn Slimm is kind of a knockout as well! We hope you enjoy "Nite Time In Silk City!" Maybe not the best quality, but it sure gives me some goosebumps!
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11.07.11Video: Glass Candy – Warm in the WinterSan Francisco's lost it's Indian Summer in the last few days. Now that my hands are cold in the morning, it's the perfect time to watch the video to Glass Candy's warm and wonderful, "Warm in the Winter."
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11.05.11Video: Real Estate – It’s RealLoads and loads of puppy love in Real Estate's new video for my favorite summer song, "It's Real." Their new album, "Days" is out now on Domino Records.
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10.29.11Chris & Cosey – October Love SongI've never been in love during October...
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10.24.11Chromatics – Kill For Love (Redux)I was going to pull down the live video of this song I posted a couple of days ago after they released the damn thing with no fanfare today. I thought I'd leave it there as a chance for our listeners to compare the studio version to the live performance. Chromatics, as I said before, have really come into their own and their live show is flawless. They have an early Factory Records aesthetic in their live performance; minimal lighting, very little posturing and simple in their set up and delivery. The new album, also titled Kill for Love will ...
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10.22.11Chromatics – Kill For LoveI've been looking for this song in some format since Chromatics played with Glass Candy last month, and here it is, their next step. Chromatics have always been great in every incarnation we've seen. They've grown into a great pop band, as is evidenced by their (and several other Johnny Jewel projects) appearance in the current cinema sensation, "DRIVE." Ooh, that Ryan Gosling sure is... Wait, back to Chromatics! "Kill For Love" is the supposed title of their new double album (hmm, more M83 type ambition?) and is the title track as well. It's an easy shot for bloggers ...
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10.20.11M83 – Midnight City Video, New Full Length Out NowI'm loving this new M83 double album like nobody's business. I've always been a moderate fan, but Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is thoroughly engaging, moderately melancholy, and harks back to a bygone era - primarily the 80's, specifically 1986. Grab it now and take a long walk in an autumnal setting or a leisurely drive to the middle of nowhere. Hell, light up a joint and lay on the floor. It's the perfect soundtrack for it.
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10.04.11Erik Blood Scores “THE CENTER OF GRAVITY”Erik Blood - "Tantas Coisas" / "So Many Things" - Official Video from Brian O'Shea on Vimeo. Here's a lovely video from the upcoming Brazilian film The Center of Gravity featuring a score by Erik Blood. How does one get hooked up with scoring a film? From a friend of a friend who's got a brother who knows the director (or at least I think that's how it went!). In short, social networking. It's the result of putting yourself out there, and getting word of mouth. Steven Richter, the director of The Center of Gravity loved what he heard from Erik's ...
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10.03.11Mahogany Signs To BLVD Label, Readies New EPHere's a band we don't get to talk about much. It's been five years since Mahogany released the essential Connectivity! and it's been a long wait for yours truly. Mahogany have released two proper albums and a collection of singles and rarities which roughly translates to 50 songs over a period of nearly 15 years. For me, a band-sanctioned "superfan," their music is the soundtrack to my life. Along with New Order and My Bloody Valentine, they are among my favorite bands of all time. Mahogany saw the back end of the music industry earlier this year with a split from ...
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09.07.11Diamond Rings – “You & Me” VideoGet More: Diamond Rings, Music, More Music Videos Diamond Rings has released a quirky and adorably cute video for “You & Me.” Premise is a boy and girl spend a summer day dressing up, painting each others faces only to be bullied by three older boys. The girl stands up to the bullies and uses some pink spray paint that allows the pair of young friends to get away and on to the next stage of their summer daydream adventure. John O makes a guest appearance as a funky sorcerer and fun is had by all. "You + Me" is off Special ...
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09.07.11New Light Asylum – End Of DaysThey're one of the bands we can't stop talking about, even with less than 20 minutes of music released. We're taken with Shannon and Bruno; it's really they're fault we are smitten. Another super fan, Kile (aka grossymmetric) seems a little obsessed, and lucky for us in a good way! Check out the Light Asylum sanctioned video for a live performance of "End of Days," a new song they've been playing out this year. It's a driving number with a relentless beat which is hopefully going to be a single that the band has hinted at releasing before their early ...
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08.31.11Destroyer – Savage Night At The Opera VideoDestroyer's Kaputt is my favorite album of 2011 - so far. I was excited to see that there's a video for "Savage Night At The Opera" directed by David Galloway. The version of the song here is also a redux of the album version, which I quite like! It's a high speed, red light running, first person view of a motorcycle screaming through Vancouver with an ending that brings the album cover for Kaputt to life. The Color Awesome loves you, Dan!! Destroyer - Savage Night at the Opera from Merge Records on Vimeo. If you haven't heard Kaputt- or Destroyer, we ...
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08.24.11Song of the Day: Bombay Bicycle Club – Lights Out, Words GoneI can't wait for Bombay Bicycle Club's new album, "A Different Kind of Fix" to be released on Tuesday! Untill then, here's Lights Out, Words Gone live at Glastonbury.
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