Sunday, March 23, 2008

Best of SXSW A-Z: "A"

Album are from Mexico, but don't write music that sounds particularly Mexican. They write electronic/rock tracks, with discordant backing vocals. Beautiful stuff. They've been described as the Radiohead of Mexican music. 


Anamanaguchi are a 4-piece from New York and part of the 8bitpeoples label because their music is, well, 8 bit. Good if you like your video game music.


Nicole Atkins croons over music that reminds me of all that is good about American pop/country.  Country music haters, consider this your guilty pleasure.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

New Video: Justice - "DVNO"

This is the latest single for French outfit Justice, who are sticking with So-Me (who were responsible for the clip to D.A.N.C.E.) to handle their music video duties. Glad they did, then.

Download: Justice - DVNO (for iPod)

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Preview For Björk's New Video

If you're familiar with Grizzly Bear, you may have seen their fantastic video for "Knife", which was made by Encyclopedia Pictura. Those guys have joined forces with design firm UVPH to work on Björk's next video for the track Wanderlust, and the pictures that have been released have been stirring up a mighty lot of hype. 

Have a peek:



To prepare you more, here's Grizzly Bear with "Knife":

New Video - Gnarls Barkley: "Run"

...in which Justin Timberlake is a geeked-up TV presenter, and Dangermouse & Cee-Lo give a stirring live TV performance.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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.

Monday, February 18, 2008

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.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

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