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Best Coast is definitely shaping up as this year’s best new band, marveling pair upon pair of ears with their stunning debut. One of “Crazy for You”‘s gems, the sparkling ’60s vibe revamp “Boyfriend” just got its official video up recently. Directed by Taylor Cohen, the video makes up for a sweet capture of a typical Mexican wedding, complete with the retro vibe. Crazy for You is out now on Mexican Summer.
The less bearded half of the funktastic duo Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip just recently released a smashing remix for Sage Francis’ “Three Sheets to the Wind”. Heavy beats, a wobbly bass line on top of Sage’s infectious lyrics makes this a great party starter, as well as another quality addition to the slew of dubstep remixes catching heat lately. Stream and download from the player below (hit the arrow button on the far…
Warpaint’s Undertow has been haunting me for a few weeks now, slowly making its way on the top of my playlist, and today I couldn’t be more thrilled to hear the band released an official video for their debut’s first single. The video is pretty simple, but pretty much follows and feels what the song would look like if sound would’ve been transposed into visuals – scenes of reminiscences and passionate memories. As a fun…
It’s been almost three years since we’ve heard new material from Sam Beam’s alt-folk project, Iron & Wine, but according to a recent press release that found its way to our inbox, a new album is on the horizon. Slated for a 2011 release, the follow-up to 2007’s extraordinarily well received “The Shepard’s Dog” will be titled Kiss Each Other Clean, with release efforts being handled by the band’s new label Warner Bros. Records in…
Sue first and ask questions later seems to be Gene Simmons, the legendary Kiss bassist and frontman, device in handling his business. At the recent MIPCOM convention in Cannes, France, Simmons was invited as a keynote speaker to speak about “branding” and how he managed to transfer KISS into a million dollar business, expanding the brand everywhere from guitars, to comic books, to condoms. “Make sure your brand is protected,” Said Simmons. “Make sure there…
Spontaneous and fascinating, the animated video for The Japanese Popstars’ “Let Go” will make you want to take off, clean and scrub your eyeballs. This is dirty, this is techno, this is awesome! The technique somewhat reminds me of Blu’s stop motion graffiti animation, which you guys should check out, if you haven’t already.
Stupid is fun alright, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O cover of Roger Alan Wade’s “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough” for the Jackass 3D soundtrack kinda nails the spirit. Sung with a country twang and southern accent, Karen’s version provides a nice first listen of the Jackass 3D soundtrack out digitally October 12, which also features tracks from the likes of Weezer, Twisted Sister, and N.A.S.A.’s Squeak E. Clean remix of…
I’ve praised Chromatics on various occasions so far, and as always they’ve given me another occasion to do so. Their label, Italians Do It Better are issuing an expanded/ analog remastered deluxe editions of Chromatics‘ 2006 In the City 12″, as well as my personal favorite, the 2007 full length Night Drive. According to the IDIB blog, each re-issue will feature 5 brand new tracks, one of which is the slow-dance-pop jam “Circled Sun”, which…
I never thought Kanye West and Bon Iver can be pronounced together in a sentence, let alone a song. Seems like discrepancies and unlikely collaborations make up for a unexpectedly solid track – Lost in The World, a Kanye West production that heavily samples Justin Vernon’s 2008 eery autotune Woods. Yeah, you probably expected something like Justin spitting rhymes in the mic side by side with Kanye, but aside from it looking extremely awkward, that…
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