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08.17.11Synth Britannia Full Length DocumentarySynth Britannia is an essential 2009 documentary about the rise - and rise of synth-based music in the UK. It's an insightful film containing interviews with the hot and heavies of the early synth era. The stories of Wolfgang Flür of Kraftwerk, Philip Oakey of The Human League and Andy McClusky of OMD (and a host of others) weave the story of a developing scene in which the players didn't even know other players existed. Truly independent electronic music scenes all over England would try - and moderately succeed for years, and thankfully their patience and virtue would become a ...
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08.16.11Dungen Ready SKIT I ALLT, Premiere of New Video for Old SongOne of my best friends, Mark Cuadrado (aka Slowcore Pictures) has prepared and amazing video for Dungen's "Fredag." I promise you'll want to watch this one over and again. Their new album, Skit I Allt, which roughly translates into "fuck it" or "fuck all" will be released by good old Mexican Summer on September 14th in the U.S. Dungen's main man Gustav Ejstes explains (pay attention): "Fuck it, do as you want, time is passing and it’s changing, forget fears and hang-ups, we are small and everything is pretty insignificant on the whole. How will it be? What shall we ...
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06.17.11Flaming Lips + Edward Sharpe rift on “Do You Realize” at dawn in a graveyardThe repeated mantra of “Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die” is lovely at dawn in the cemetery. Wayne's encouragement to seize the moment and sharing life with your loved ones rings true for me. I hope everyone takes a moment to be a little more present after watching this wonderful performance.
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06.06.11Triángulo de Amor Bizarro – De la monarquía a la criptocraciaI can't find out much about this band, but I recently bought the album, Año Santo, which looks like their third from what little I can find out there. This stunning video should help you to make up your own mind about this band from Spain. After hearing it, and subsequently putting it on repeat, I felt a little guilty that we're not paying attention to a lot of foreign bands. Sure, we give the Swedes, Icelanders and Brits their fair share of attention, but is it really too much of a challenge to listen to music in ...
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05.19.11Flashback – Grauzone’s EisbärThis is pretty much the best thing ever...
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05.14.11Shabazz Palaces – BlastitShabazz Palaces - Blast It (from the Village Beat film, Tough Bond) from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo. We keep telling you, Shabazz Palaces is gonna blow up big. Can't wait for the album out in June on Sub Pop. In the meantime, here's something pretty cool. According to Sub Pop: “This video contains footage from the upcoming documentary by Village Beat titled Tough Bond — a film about kids sniffing glue to survive street life in Kenya’s disappearing villages and exploding urban slums. Original documentary score was provided by Shabazz Palaces. Learn more about the film and cause on the Village ...
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04.18.11Coachella 2011 via Palo AltoI didn't go within 500 miles of Southern California this weekend, but I did attend the Coachella Music Festival. This year's fest was streamed live via three robust YouTube channels. Additionally, many of the individual performances and even individual songs were immediately made available via a Coachella video archive. It was awesome watching Coachella live on a 60" screen from my king-size bed in the air conditioned comfort of my own house. Was it the same as being there.? HELL NO. Was it a cheap and comfortable and fun alternative way to experience the festival on my own terms? HELL ...
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04.06.11Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?So you meet a girl at a party. She's super talented and shares your love of girl groups. You give her a mix tape of your favorite girl group/psych/soundtracks - and she writes a song which begins a new chapter for both boy and girl. This would be a story very similar to how Cat's Eyes came to be. Cat's Eyes is the stunning, heartbreaking project from The Horrors' (who have a new album coming this summer) Faris Badwan and soprano/multi-instrumentalist, Rachel Zeffira. Their music is immediately listenable, way outside of the realm of how their contemporaries create and compose. Cat's ...
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04.01.11Um?Azing! Klaxons’ Twin FlamesKlaxons - Twin Flames from Modular People on Vimeo.
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03.09.11Karl + CourtneyI don't know why it never occurred to me not to post this sooner! "The Dark Night Of The Soul" is a short film commissioned by Courtney "you can't take the gutter out of the girl" Love. Michael Mouris has done a fantastic job of nailing Courtney's fashion evolution. It starts with Karl Lagerfeld counseling Courtney on the pitfalls of "The Kook" and continues into a dream where Courtney searches for the mystery of how she turned out so kooky. "Why can't I be dignified like Chris Martin from Coldplay?" she ponders. Self discovery and acceptance come ...
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02.23.11Catching Up With Beat ConnectionOur local Sunny Seattleite Sons are moving headlong into a proper pop career as fast as I've seen from most Northwest bands in the recent past. Our dear friends Dumb Eyes have created a new video for Beat Connection and it's a real treat. I had the pleasure of seeing about 80 kids lose their mind during one of their sets a few weeks ago on a Monday night at Havana on Seattle's Capitol Hill. As we've previously reported, Beat Connection are our local chill heroes. Their balearic aethsetic is right up there with current hit makers Washed Out, ...
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02.08.11Joy Division “Transmission” (Playmobil version)Via Exclaim.ca: Playmobil sets are perfect for building pastoral farm scenes, street setups and, apparently, for recreating Joy Division performances. In this clip, a collection of the plastic figurines are clustered together on a near-exact replica of the Something Else studios to recreate the legendary post-punk outfit's video for "Transmission." Continue Reading...
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02.07.11Video of the Day: De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig – ElektrotechniqueDe Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Elektrotechnique De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Elektrotechnique from magnetron music on Vimeo.
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02.04.11Interpol Live Up to Their Reputation at The WarfieldInterpol played The Warfield Theater in San Francisco last Monday. If you've ever seen Interpol live, the three-point-executive-summary should come as no surprise: The band was tight and well-rehearsed, their live renditions sounded identical to the recorded versions, and you couldn't really see the band because it was dark and they were primarily backlit. I could wax on about these three points, but why? My husband and I are long-time interpol fans. We knew all the above when we bought tickets. I also knew damn well that Interpol would be playing in the dark when I requested a photo pass. What ...
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01.30.11PS22 Cover Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti’s “Round And Round”PS22 - "Round And Round" Love these covers from New York's PS22 school kids!
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01.29.11Song of the Day: The Lovely Eggs- Don’t Look at Me (I Don’t Like It)The Lovely Eggs- Don't Look at Me (I Don't Like It) from their upcoming full length coming out on Cherryade Records in the UK.
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01.24.11Video: Light Asylum – Dark AlliesFrom our current favorite obsession. Light Asylum - Dark Allies Dark Allies - Light Asylum from Grant Worth on Vimeo.
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01.18.11I Can Has Best CoastI Can Has Cheezburger is the perfect place for Best Coast to premiere their new video for "Crazy For You." The subject of many of Bethany's songs is her own kitteh, who even has his own blog. There is super cute overload here, but that's to be expected for a video that has an entire crew of kittens. I also may have peed a little at the catnip gag. There's also a Snacks the Cat caption contest over at the home of lolcats - you can win tickets to see the Wavves and Best Coast show of your choice ...
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01.04.11Song of the Day: Discodeine – Synchronize ft. Jarvis CockerDiscodeine’s fab new single ‘Synchronize’, featuring Jarvis Cocker on vocals, finally gets a video. Warning: Many needles ahead! Directed by JF Julian. Discodeine is a collaboration between French producers Pilooski and Pentile on seminal dance label DFA Records. So grab the radio edit of ‘Synchronize’ here. or just squirm watching the great new video below. Listen: Discodeine - Synchronize ft. Jarvis Cocker Continue Reading...
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01.03.11Song of The Day: Miracles Club – Church SongGood God. I love it all, but especially the goat. Miracles Club - Church Song MIRACLES CLUB - "CHURCH SONG" from Mexican Summer on Vimeo.
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