Scout Niblett has been an underground folk sensation for a few years now in her native UK, but she is just now gracing American shores with her new album This Fool Can Die Now. Niblett sounds like a preteen Cat Power (although she is in fact in her thirties) and has more quirkiness than all of the new singer songwriters combined. Have a listen on her Myspace.
Calvin Harris is the latest UK dance sensation (out of many) who has taken America by storm. He played his first US gig in New York last week and those who went were pretty positive about it although it has been said that his live performances are nowhere near as good as his recordings. His debut album is called I Created Disco (hmmm ok…) and it is quite infectious.
Spike Jonze, one of the most innovative and interesting filmmakers of recent times has launched a series of interviews on VBS.tv where he spends a Saturday with a prolific artist. So far he has hung out with Kanye West and M.I.A. and both pieces are extremely candid and fun to watch. Check them out now on VBS.
Wow. I went to see the Daft Punk movie Electroma last weekend and it was amazing. The plot is as follows: two robots (in Daft Punk outfits but not played by the duo) drive across the desert in a quest to become human. There is no dialog and the score is bizarre…I did enjoy it, however and the audience (comprised of mostly hipsters) clapped at the end. The film will be released by VICE on DVD sometime next year. Check out this trailer here:
Daft Punk is well known for their life changing live shows and trademark pyramid stage set up. The public has never been able to see what is within the pyramid…until now. MixMag has just published a guide to the Daft Punk pyramid by the legends themselves. Check it out here!
In only a couple of months, the ever-growing Bowery Presents will open a new venue in midtown Manhattan called Terminal 5. It will accommodate 3,000 people and an initial line up has already been announced:
OCTOBER
11: The National
19: M.I.A.
20: Justice
23-24: The Shins with Vetiver
NOVEMBER
1-2: The Decemberists
23: State Radio with The Beautiful Girls
30 - 12/1: Ween
AWESOME!
Whoa! Is he serious? 50 Cent has just announced that if his new solo record does not sell more in its opening week than Kanye West’s new release (both come out September 11th), he will retire. 50 Cent has declared war against West, not only raising the stakes on their record sales, but also challenging him to a debate on BET.
This all sounds like a clever marketing ploy to me and I doubt that 50 Cent would really throw in the towel if he’s defeated. But only time will tell…
There must be something in the water in Australia because most of my favorite new bands come from down under. You will be seeing a lot of Australian-related posts from me in the future simply because this is the hottest new location for great music. My latest obsession is the band Red Riders who are pretty well known in the Aussie indie rock scene (they have toured with The Shins, The Pretenders, Franz Ferdinand, and countless others on their native shores) but here in America, virtually no one knows who they are. I find this mind boggling since their accessible indie pop is some of the best I’ve heard in ages. Since the record isn’t out in the USA, I have resorted to illegally downloading most of the songs on their debut full length Replica Replica and all of the tracks I have are amazing. You can also buy their first EP, Plan A on USA iTunes.
Red Riders- My Love is Stronger Than Your Love
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