A perfect Sunday song from San Francisco’s The Morning Benders courtesy of Yours Truly once again. Download the MP3 below from the band’s forthcoming album Big Echo which was co-produced with Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor. It’s out on Rough Trade in March. You can spot Christopher Owens, the singer from Girls in this too.
How’s this for some Friday What The Fuckery? A Vampire Weekend tennis video featuring RZA as the umpire, Lil Jon as the coach, Jake Gyllenhaal, a Jonas Brother and their friend Jenny. If you were wondering how RZA and Lil Jon got involved he heard the reference to himself on ‘Oxford Comma’ and promptly sent the band “cases of Crunk Juice”. Nice. The vid was directed by the Malloy Brothers.
Forgiveness Rock Record album art
Forgiveness Rock Record is that odd title and the free download is ‘World Sick’, what you may have come to expect from the band: a seven-minute sprawling loose big tune.
Bring on SXSW!
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The Redneck Manifesto Laser Etch
The ten tracks on Friendship were recorded last summer in Black Box Studios in France with Dave Odlum. The band describe the result as “a psychedelic kraut-rock band jamming with The Meters”.
Friendship will be released through The Richter Collective on the March 26th on CD digipak, gatefold vinyl and digital with an M&E-designed sleeve. There is a launch gig on the 27th of March in Tripod. The above image is of a large 5 kilo crystal with three dimensional scans of the band members burnt in to it with a laser (click to enlarge). Apparently, they had it done in Malmo. Epic work lads.
Here’s ‘Black Apple’, the monster of an opener:
MP3: The Redneck Manifesto – Black Apple
Above is the online-only PDF / issuu of State’s Faces of 2010 special (see also the mixtape). It was nice to see our collective work in magazine form again even though it’s only 31 pages. We’re proud of it. You can download a PDF here.
State.ie has been in operation for two years now. In that time, it’s become one of the bigger music sites in Ireland. In my mind though, we are only just beginning. More..»
Amazing mixtape from Gonzales who is now calling himself Chilly Gonzales. The entire thing is made up of piano remixes of songs like ‘A Milli’ by Lil Wayne, ‘Single Ladies’ by Beyonce, ‘Rollin’ and Scratchin’ by Daft Punk and ‘Grindin’ by Clipse. It’s a deconstructive/ reconstructive mixtape of sorts.
It’s called Pianist Envy and it’s oddly brilliant. Gonzales is currently doing a series of “Piano Talk Shows” in Joe’s Pub in NYC where he is joined by people like Sia, A-Trak, Andrew WK and Princess Superstar. It should come as no surprise after all, this is the man who set the world record for longest solo performance clocking in at 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds at Paris’s Ciné 13 Théâtre last year. He recently joined Marina and the Diamonds in Estonia for this performance.
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Neon Gold will release another double A-side single from Penguin Prison on March 22nd. ‘The Worse It Gets’ is the lead track and the B-side ‘Something I’m Not’ is this tasty bit of synth-led pop.
Look forward to the debut album later in the year andsome upcoming remixes of Goldfrapp and Jack Penate. For now, we have this:
MP3:Penguin Prison – Something I’m Not
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I’m kinda disappointed Silver Columns wasn’t Jimmy Sommerville in the end but whatever. Three people who commented on the original Introducing post were correct in the assumption that Silver Columns are Adem & The Pictish Trail. So now we move on to their new release.
Cavalier is coming out on Moshi Moshi in April. The followup to ‘Brow Beaten’ and ‘Yes And Dance’ will be put out on 12″ vinyl with an embossed sleeve. While I haven’t heard the original yet, here’s the 8-minute Time and Space Machine remix to whet your appetite.
Lovin’ this tune from Janelle Monae’s new album featuring Big Boi of Outkast to boot. It’s a fitting collaboration as Monae is pretty much a female version of Andre 3000 – all sharp suits, retro style, just cool all round. ‘Tightrope’ is a funky soulful number with subtle “classy” brass and HANDCLAPS! You can buy it from her official site.
Her forthcoming album(s) Metropolis Suites II & III: The ArchAndroid will also feature Of Montreal, Saul Williams, Deep Cotton and the Wondaland Arch Orchestra. It’s out May 18th. A short film/music video of Monae is below.
Two remixes of Gorillaz‘ ‘Stylo‘ popped into the inbox this morning I can share with you all.
First up, the DJ Kofi remix which adds big beats and bass and removes the synth of the original. Secondly, my favourite overall, the Labyrinth remix (link?) which features a guest verse from Tinie Tempah and goes for some 8-bit style.
MP3: Gorillaz – Stylo (DJ Kofi remix)
MP3: Gorillaz – (Labrinth remix featuring Tinie Tempah)
Alex Metric also turned in a remix people are going mad for. As for Plastic Beach, it’s out on March 5th and they are teasing us with pirate radio broadcasts with new songs, music video trailers and idents a couple of which you can see below. I just can’t wait to hear how the likes of Snoop Dogg, Gruff Rhys, Lou Reed and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble fit into all this.
