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Video: Born Ruffians - "What to Say"
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Tokyo Police Club - "Champ" Details
Tracklist:
01 Favourite Food
02 Favourite Colour
04 Boots of Danger (Wait Up)
05 Bambi
06 End of a Spark
07 Hands Reversed
08 Gone
09 Big Difference
10 Not Sick
11 Frankenstein
Champ is TPC's sophomore record. It will be out June 8 on Mom+Pop Records.
Foreign Born + - Shawn
The title of Foreign Born's awesome (as in you must hear this) first LP Person to Person may or may not be a play on p2p/torrent culture. Shawn Fanning, this one's for you.
Not really.
Man, you changed everything. Not in a good way. < /rant >
rec'd: Early Warnings
Harlem on XMU
HARLEM ON SIRIUS XMU
The high-on-something Austin garage rockers are on right now and every night for the rest of this week at 8pm eastern.
LP 2 Hippies came out yesterday. It's a fantastic record.
VIDEO: MGMT - "Flash Delirium" + Crit
I admit that I'm really not that much of an MGMT fan, but their video for Flash Delirium is fascinating.
This band is a textbook example of the indie-rock rise to success.
Here's my analysis of the clip I wrote earlier today. A bit of knowledge about MGMT's history is necessary though, and there are a couple of holes in the theory.
Their sophomore LP leaked and is streaming now, physical discs will be out April 13th.
Onto the analysis:
Okay, I got the fact that they’re hiding the ‘Electric Feel’, despite that it is an inherent part of them (their discography). They’ve said they thought the first album was painfully ironic or some bit, so that makes sense. The big house/pomp shit is most likely a symbol of their financial success and how they’re uncomfortable with it - might even be a poke at the decline of ‘big label culture’, especially since they’re signed to Columbia.
So when things get a little kooky at the house (ventriloquists are a symbol of subculture here), Andrew continues to essentially block out their past - looks like it was his idea to do so (his neck is covered up much better than Ben’s at the beginning). However, Ben gets all comfy again, as the band itself is kinda strange and subcultural success is in the group’s roots. The label then rips the first album out of him and he collapses. (??) Then the eel (Electric Feel) goes into the iron lung (necessary for singin’ songs & whatnot), turns into a person (?) during a literal flash delirium and the video ends - symbolic of Congratulations undetermined success.
Also, if you have a look at the lyrics after reading this, they make perfect sense.
New Tokyo Police Club: "Breakneck Speed" (mp3)
Tokyo Police Club sophomore LP Champ is almost completed and ready to be released on June 8th, 2010 via Mom+Pop Records.
A cut from the album, Breakneck Speed, was released today for free. They've toured with this song quite a bit in the last few years. 'Champ' is looking good if it follows this song's cues.
Tour dates (with Passion Pit) on myspace.
Download Breakneck Speed here.
VIDEO: Lonely Island ft. Julian Casablancas - "Boombox"
Morning Benders Debut LP
Much abuzz about The Morning Benders, who are very popular in the city right now.
Their debut LP Big Echo comes out tomorrow. Stream here, buy tomorrow.
i can't help but think we grew up too fast
and i know this won't last a second longer than it has
(02. "Promises")
Good Shoes Media
Morden's Good Shoes just released a media package for free! It includes a couple of videos, an acoustic version of The Way my Heart Beats and a b-side, Easier Easier, which is a really fantastic song.
Download the Package (direct)
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