squeeze me

a flipbook vid for squeeze me from kraak & smaak. this was directed by andre maat and superelectric. k&s are a lot of fun...and they're touring north america this month.



...and their remix of 'medicine' by mark rae is another favorite:



source: discobelle.net

the very best

the very best, is. it's a collaboration between malawian esau mwamwaya and radioclit, and the tracks they've released take lots of familiar sounds (architecture in helsinki, m.i.a., vampire weekend,...) and run with them.

they've got a free mixtape coming out nov 1, with the album set for sometime early next year.

here are my two favorite tracks so far. see if you can listen without smiling.





source: chickens don't clap!

my delerium

i love ladyhawke even more in a cartoon...


source: ohh! crapp...

sabali

damon albarn produced the new single by amadou & mariam, off the forthcoming 'welcome to mali'. love them, love this song...though it ends too soon.



source: fluokids

sigur ros @ moma

if you can't catch sigur ros this fall, here's an hour long special from their recent show at the moma. i caught it on current earlier this week and naturally it's available online. take a moment and give the icelandic national anthem a listen at 28:00. makes me wish iceland won a gold in beijing. btw, sigur ros is touring with fellow countrymen parachutes, who sound kinda familiar - which is to say kinda amazing.

fall north american dates:
september 17 united palace - new york city - new york
september 18 united palace - new york city - new york
september 19 bank of america pavillion - boston - massachusetts
september 20 quai jacques cartier - montreal - quebec
september 22 massey hall, toronto - ontario
september 23 fillmore - detroit - michigan
september 24 chicago theatre - chicago - illinois
september 25 orpheum - minneapolis - minnesota
september 27 morrison red rocks theatre - denver - colorado
september 28 saltair - salt lake city - utah
september 30 the marquee - tempe - arizona
october 01 copley - san diego - california
october 02 the greek theatre - los angeles - california
october 03 the greek theatre - berkeley - california
october 05 benaroya hall - seattle - washington
october 06 arlene schnitzer theatre - portland - oregon
october 07 the chan centre, vancouver

walking on a dream

jason bentley played 'walking on a dream' by empire of the sun - which seems a 21st century answer to billy ocean's 'caribbean queen' - a few months ago and after a few failed attempts to find these guys online, i completely forgot until tonight, when i saw the vid on hipster runoff.

i love the comparisons between the character in this vid (luke steele) and mugatu from zoolander. hilarious. it's also kinda sweet that the guy from pnau (nick littlemore) makes up the other half of this duo.

Walking on a dream
How can I explain
Talking to myself
Will I see again

We are always running for the thrill of it thrill of it
Always pushing up the hill searching for the thrill of it
On and on and on we are calling out and out again
Never looking down I’m just in awe of what's in front of me

Is it real now
When two people become one
I can feel it
When two people become one

Thought I'd never see
The love you found in me
Now it’s changing all the time
Living in a rhythm where the minutes working overtime

Catch me I'm falling down
Catch me I'm falling down

Don't stop just keep going on
I'm your shoulder lean upon
So come on deliver from inside
All we got is tonight that is right till first light

brazilian girls = good time

i'm digging 'new york city' - the new brazilian girls album. nothing groundbreaking here, but this is good, fun music.

'good time' is my (late) summer anthem...

punk rock girl

sometimes i wonder if my life would have been any different if i hadn't chickened out of lip-syncing 'punk rock girl' by the dead milkmen at the spring hill elementary talent show in the sixth grade. i still love this song. thanks to little radio for reminding me.

source: little radio

house of cards

an innovative vid from radiohead...surprise surprise. this also happens to be my favorite track off the album.

the write-up from pitchfork:

Made without video cameras through the use of Geometrics Informatics, a system which 'employs structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity,' and laser-based Velodyne Lidar, director James Frost creates a mathematic virtual world for Radiohead's first official promo music video clip from In Rainbows.



source: pitchfork

love is noise

woohoo woohoo woohoo...big sound out of the verve on their new single. remix friendly. i don't really get the video though...seems like 4 vids they pieced together. new album, forth, out aug 19.




...and on the topic of the verve, go back and listen to 'a storm in heaven' sometime. the closing track - see you in the next one (have a good time) - is a favorite.

thunderheist

been listening to these guys a bunch of late. the vid that won the contest thunderheist put together for 'jerk it' is pretty hypnotic...and disturbing. directed by that go.




and go go go go on and give suenos dulces a listen...nice rework of sweet dreams

au revoir simone

ok - i like au revoir simone...great femme indiepop. it took me awhile to get into these girls, but the rac mix of 'sad song' got me convinced. i'm really digging the synths. put your wayfarers on and enjoy.


the video for 'sad song' is pretty solid too. directed by disposable television

and wikipedia tells me their name was inspired by pee wee's big adventure. love that.



source: hey kids!

air france

air france, out of sweden, just joined cut copy, mgmt and m83 on the summer playlist with their new ep 'no way down'.


source: pitchfork

tiebreak

felliniesque video for 'evil thoughts' by tiebreak.

source: superette

stuck on repeat

i'm late to the little boots party, but i'm still stuck on repeat. check the fake blood remix too.

little boots - stuck on repeat

little boots - stuck on repeat (fake blood remix)


source: discodust

tom waits - pehdtsckjmba

barring a summer trip to the south, it looks like tom waits will remain at the top of my list of artists to see live...



glitter and doom tour dates: pehdtsckjmba

the duke spirit

jefferson airplane meets massive attack on the richard file remix of the step and the walk by the duke spirit.


source: electric honey hornet mitten

frankmusik...you know, for kids

i'm officially into frankmusik after this video...in step

and on a related note:

karoshi bros.

i was hooked on the second listen...and you gotta dig the gorillaz-esque vid.

love the world




source: iheartcomix

daniel johnston

don't let the sun go down on your grievances
respect love of the heart over lust of the flesh
do yourself a favor: become your own savior
and don't let the sun go down on your grievances

and when you wake up in the morning
you'll have a brand new feeling
and you'll find yourself healing
so don't let the sun go down on your grievances