New Kanye West Video: "Flashing Lights"

Klaxons Bag It Up

Here's the Klaxons covering Blackstreet's 'No Diggity'. It's an amazing cover - they keep it simple yet the vocals make the track sound distinctly 'Klaxon-esque'. But really, while the song is all well and good, let's remember that my photoshop skills are what are really awesome here. Seriously, that took me only about 20 minutes. If New Idea are reading this, I'm available.

MP3: Klaxons - No Diggity (via You Ain't No Picasso)

Golden Plains Final Lineup

The time is almost upon us for one of the freshest and favourite Victorian music festivals - Golden Plains - the less-crowded version of Meredith Music Festival. Many were wondering whether a second lineup announcement would occur, but it seems the organisers instead opted for a trickle of extra bands such as Pikelet and Scientists of Modern Music to follow the killer first announcement.

The final lineup is:

WEEN, SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS, THE VINES, IRON AND WINE, BEIRUT, OPTIMO, THE BANG GANG DEEJAYS, THE DIRTBOMBS, THE PANICS, JENS LEKMAN, KID KOALA, BRITISH INDIA, THE BAMBOOS, SOUTH RAKKAS CREW, BUFFALO TOM, JAY REATARD, SCIENTISTS OF MODERN MUSIC, FUTURE OF THE LEFT, JANE BADLER AND SIR, KAMIKAZE TRIO, PIKELET, QUA, THE FROWNING CLOUDS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, THE SEA AND CAKE.

In Rainbows Remix

It seems that U.S. hip hop artist, AmpLive, has created a mini-album of Radiohead-sampling hip hop drawn from the band's eighth studio album - In Rainbows.

Despite some mild controversy, the entire album is now available for free online.
Featuring the likes of Chali2NA of Jurassic 5 and Del The Funky Homosapien.

But hey, it's free, what more do you need to know!

Read more and Download it here

New N*E*R*D - "Everybody Nose"

While In Search Of... was a great album (both the analog and digital versions), Fly Or Die left a lot to be desired, and yet everyone will no doubt lose it when Pharrell & Co. drop their next album N*3*R*D, sometime soon.

To whet your appetite "Everybody Nose" is available to stream at the Billionaire Boys Club blog, and I've gotta tell you, it's nothing all that special. All the same, here it is:

N*E*R*D - Everybody Nose

New We Are Scientists video - "After Hours"

This new track isn't anything amazing, but fortunately, the humour in the clip saves the song from complete mediocrity. Say what you like about their music, at least the guys are funny.

The Mars Volta Will Not Rest!

So The Mars Volta's fourth studio album, Bedlam In Goliath, is out today - and already there's new material on the horizon in the form of yet another solo album from lead guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez.

Entitled Calibration, its released on the 25th of February and features contributions from Chilis guitarist John Frusciante, keyboardist Money Mark and TMV partner in crime Cedric Bixler-Zavala.

This confirms the band as one of the most prolific of our time, Four studio albums, a live album, and now five solo albums - its like the 70's all over again!

Check out some clips here, and you can find tracklist details over at Line of Best Fit.

NEW MUSIC ON VIDEO GAME CREDITS

It's not often that a videogame will introduce you to great new music, but BioWare's meticulous sci-fi RPG Mass Effect has done just that.

The game's end credits are soundtracked by a very fitting, very unheard of Canadian band called Faunts and their excellent track M4 (Part II). Using ambient synth work and stacatto guitar it manages to evoke 80's music without sounding forcefully hip or rehashed.

Coachella 2008 Lineup Announced

And so, every year, I'm reminded that Big Day Out really isn't all that big.

Update: official poster released on Pitchfork. It's easier to read than a paragraph of text.

New Zoot Woman Track + Video "We Won't Break"

Stuart Price, Jonny Blake, Adam Blake and Beatrice Hatherley form Zoot Woman, a UK band who play the sort of dance/electronic music that is easy to listen to and sometimes seems made for advertising. They've made the track "We Won't Break" from their forthcoming album available at RCRDLBL, and the video is up on Youtube. If you're already familiar with the band then you'll know what to expect.



After hearing it, I'm looking forward to the new album; their 2003 self-titled album was on constant rotation for me when it was released. Oh, and if you think the name Stuart Price sounds familiar, he also goes by the monikers of Jacques Lu Cont, Les Rythmes Digitales, and Thin White Duke. Don't hold his Starsailor remix against him.

MP3: Zoot Woman - "We Won't Break" (via RCRDLBL)