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Van She - "Stranger"
from V (Modular)
Director unknown
We're not sure what the deal with "Stranger" is. The label's saying this is a "leak," and to us, that just sounds like a savvy attempt to drum up interest in something that they were planning on releasing anyway. Most "leaks" don't come with...more |
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Chromeo - "Fancy Footwork"
from Fancy Footwork (Vice)
Directed by Rozan & Schmeltz
How did this happen? "Fancy Footwork" was the track that led the charge for Chromeo's second album. It got the most remixes, it got the most play out there, and yet they waited almost a year before...more |
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Mr. G - "Naughty Girl"
from Ecstasy (Modular)
Director unknown
We're a little stumped about the artist attribution here. We don't know anything about a "Naughty Girl" Mr. G's ever released (assuming it's the same Mr. G we're thinking of), but then, the Aussies have this knack for unearthing stuff way before...more |
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Jamie Lidell - "Another Day"
from Jim (Warp)
Directed by Timothy Saccenti
So, Jamie Lidell's new album Jim drops today, and we're all excited. Jamie's one of those guys who does just whatever the hell he wants, and that's always to be commended. Especially when "whatever the hell he wants" means...more |
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Triclops - "Love Song For the Botfly"
from Out of Africa (Alternative Tentacles)
Directed by the band
Triclops! is harder than you. This West Coast band of prog-minded lunatics just recently released an album on the heavy heavy Alternative Tentacles label, and frankly we think this is one of the weaker songs...more |
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Crystal Castles - "Courtship Dating"
from Crystal Castles (Last Gang)
Directed by Nick Pannozzo
Right now, Crystal Castles is having it both ways. Their debut finally arrived last month, got more critical praise than anyone could've imagined, and then went back to their roots; "Courtship Dating" is being released as a vinyl single on...more |
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White Williams - "New Violence"
from New Violence EP (Tigerbeat6)
Directed by Guerilla Ginsu Video Squad
Well looky here. Back when we saw White Williams at Webster Hall, we were rather taken with the Andrew Strasser-provided visuals, and we naturally just assumed that whenever his label got around to doing videos...more |
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Flairs - "Better Than Prince"
from Better Than Prince (Roxour)
Directed by Jonas & Francois
Talk about yer pleasant surprises. Last week, we caught wind of French tricksters Le Le, and this week we've got another one: the Flairs. It seems that the electro scene in France has become such a scene (ahem) that people are coming out of the woodwork to...more |
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Bjork - "Wanderlust"
from Volta (Warner Bros)
Directed by Encyclopedia Pictura
It seems like Bjork's music is getting weirder and weirder. Granted, she's always pushed the envelope, but nothing will slow this woman down. Motherhood? Pfft. Marriage? Yeah right. It's impressive and unsurprising at the same time...more |
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Foals - "Red Sox Pugie"
from Antidotes (Sub Pop)
Director unknown
Foals isn't there yet. As so often happens, we in the world of promo hear one or two good tracks (in their case, "Hummer" and "Cassius"), and decide that the forthcoming debut is going to save not just rock music, but possibly...more |
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Riskay - "Smell Yo Dick"
from Smell Yo Dick (I-4)
Director unknown
Oh man. We can just hear it now. Sometime in early 2012, when they're taping So, Five Years Ago on VH1, this song is definitely going to get its 40 seconds...more |
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R.E.M. - "Hollow Man"
from Accelerate (Warner Bros)
Directed by CRUSH
We're not going to sit here and pretend we've got a lot to say about the new R.E.M. record. We got burned so badly by their last three albums that we just didn't bother this time, warm critical reception notwithstanding...more |
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Datarock - "Computer Camp Love"
from Computer Camp Love (Young Aspiring Professionals)
Director unknown
Okay, time out. Datarock, this has got to stop. Once upon a time, this weird little thing you had going on was kind of intriguing: the matching track suits, the Talking Heads rip-offs, the generally amusing effect of Scandinavian accents...more |
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Millioners - "Body Into Use"
from Body Into Use (KHY Suomen Musiiki)
Director unknown
Eventually, somebody's going to have to make the trip to Finland to see what's going on over there. Their music scene has quietly become very blog-worthy (take that for what you will), and if the Finnish...more |
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Mystery Jets - "Two Doors Down"
from 21 (Dim Mak)
Director unknown
For all the inspiring claptrap about how anyone can make music on their own now, and how the record industry's going to collapse and everybody's going to be better off, let's remember for a moment that there's no price tag you can put on having...more |
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Lykke Li - "I'm Good, I'm Gone" (re-release)
from I'm Good I'm Gone (Atlantic)
Directed by Mattias Montero
So, the smoke's finally cleared from the battlefield where the majors warred over Lykke Li, and Atlantic Records won. Normally we'd have something snarky to say about where she landed, but honestly, we ain't mad at this...more |
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Sia - "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine"
from Some People Have REAL Problems (Universal)
Directed by Kris Moyes
There's a good chance that most of you know who Sia is already (her most recent album, Some People Have Real Problems, was pushed pretty hard by Universal), but those of you who don't...more |
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The Black Ghosts - "I Want Nothing"
from I Want Nothing (Southern Fried)
Directed by Fantasista Utomaro
This is probably Southern Fried's way of telling the world that the Black Ghosts have a new album coming out. And clearly, theyve got big plans for this record. The blogs have been fed little snatches of it, bit by bit...more |
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Dodos - "Fools"
from Visiter (French Kiss)
Directed by Matt Amato
This hullaballoo surrounding the Dodos is confusing to us. Everything we've read makes a huge deal about how the band makes all that music with only two members, and, um...ever heard of overdubs, guys? Maybe they're handy with...more |
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Le Le - "Breakfast"
from Flage (Magnetron)
Directed by Piet Parra
We've only just caught wind of Le Le, a French group of smart-asses who like to make fun of the pop life we all try to live, and even though we've probably got more investigating to do, early signs point to their being a great discovery...more |
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M83 - "Graveyard Girl"
from Saturdays = Youth (Mute)
Director unknown
We don't like to give our readers the wrong idea about anything. In fact, all silliness aside, we like to think that we devote a great deal of effort to being honest with everybody. So believe us when we say that the first half of M83's new...more |
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Galactic featuring Boots Riley - "Hustle Up"
from From the Corner to the Block (Anti)
Directed by Ron Winter
God, we hate being so busy. Galactic's From the Corner to the Block came out last November, and we liked it the second we heard it. But the records were piled up so high and there was so much going on that we just didn't...more |
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Beach House - "Gila"
from Devotion (Car Park)
Director unknown
The best part about Devotion that not enough people are talking about is its seediness. That electric organ sound that dominates "Gila," among other tracks, is somehow both sacred and profane, and it fits in perfectly with the band's calm, collected look at...more |
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These New Puritans - "Swords of Truth"
from Beat Pyramid (Domino)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
These New Puritans are tough to figure. On the one hand, "Swords of Truth" and "Elvis" are both dynamite, and "Navigate, Navigate" is intriguing enough on its own. But when people ask us what we think of these guys, we keep coming back to the fact that ...more |
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The Raveonettes - "Dead Sound"
from Lust Lust Lust (Vice)
Directed by Daniel Walker
The Raveonettes take form pretty darn seriously. Their latest release, Lust Lust Lust, is a reverent take on Jesus and Mary Chain and 50's rock 'n' roll, and even though we have our doubts about how...more |
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Roisin Murphy - "You Know Me Better"
from You Know Me Better (EMI)
Directed by Jaron Albertin
The newest release from Roisin Murphy's actually done a lot better Stateside than its predecessor, and we're happy about that. We can't believe that the lukewarm reception she received when she was in Moloko's continued, but maybe...more |
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Hot Chip - "One Pure Thought"
from Made in the Dark (DFA/EMI)
Directed by Martin & Youle
Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for that quick hiccup in the Space-Time Continuum. Here's a new Hot Chip video for a new Hot Chip song. This is one of the better tracks on Made in the Dark, but we think it would real grown-up and sexy for EMI to ...more |
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Los Campesinos! - "My Year in Lists"
from Hold On Now, Youngster (Arts & Crafts)
Director unknown
The Welsh smartypants indie band known as Los Campesinos! is trying to push your buttons. Its members share a last name, maintain their own zine, and their song titles are perfect lures for indiepop lovers and haters, but from here it seems like ...more |
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Kraak n Smaak - "Squeeze Me"
from Plastic People (Jalapeno)
Director unknown
Despite what their name might suggest, Kraak and Smaak is actually a trio of Dutchmen that can (and will) remix almost anything. They put out a compilation of vinyl-only rarities not too long ago, and it's worth seeking out if...more |
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Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip - "Look For the Woman"
from Look For the Woman (Sunday Best)
Directed by Nick Frew
Back when "Thou Shalt Always Kill" came our way last year, we were pretty convinced that that would be the first and last we'd ever hear of those guys. It was too honest and too offbeat, the kind of thing that comes about thanks to chance...more |
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Ghislain Poirier featuring Soom-T - "Blazin"
from Blazin (Ninja Tune)
Director unknown
As soon as it starts getting to be real warm out, our thoughts turn to Ghislain Poirier. That's sort of an odd thing to say, we realize, but bear with us. Riddims become more important in the summer, when the merciless grind of house starts to wear...more |
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Time Machine - "The Groove That Just Won't Stop"
from Life is Expensive (Glow in the Dark)
Director unknown
This single's not slated to drop for a minute, and the album it's attached to (Life Is Expensive) will take longer still (think June). But it's worth it, trust...more |
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Goldfrapp - "Happiness"
from Seventh Tree (Mute)
Directed by Dougal Wilson
Some of us here in the office think that Max came down a little hard on the new Goldfrapp record. Sure, it's not one of the defining releases of the decade, but there's some bonafide beauty on there, and we're glad Mute decided to make this...more |
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Hadouken! - "Declaration of War"
from Music For an Accelerated Culture (Atlantic)
Directed by Daniel Wolfe
We knew Hadouken! were destined for this. Their debut album, Music For an Accelerated Culture, is going to drop sometime this summer, and if this song's any indication, it seems like it might have some shape and substance to it. ...more |
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Sebastien Tellier - "Divine"
from Sexuality (Record Makers)
Directed by Ace Norton
Sebastien Tellier's in deep with the old guard of Paris. His newest album Sexuality was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (a.k.a. one half of Daft Punk), he's buds with Mr. Oizo, and he records for Record Makers, the boutique label run by AIR...more |
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Burial - "Ghost Hardware" (Boemtjak Edit)
from Boemtjak's mad imagination (none)
Edited by Boemtjak
It's starting to look like dubstep's not going to make much of a mainstream dent over here, but you can't blame any of that on Burial. Untrue was one of the best records to come out last year in any genre, and "Ghost Hardware," which you're...more |
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Black Kids - "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"
from I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You (Almost Gold)
Director unknown
Good luck, Black Kids. This time last year, you were the toast of the blogosphere last year, and people were cramming your songs onto mixtapes and clogging your manager's mailbox trying to book you. And then rumors started spreading that you were still learning...more |
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Ladyhawke - "Back of the Van"
from Back of the Van (Modular)
Directed by Kinga Burza
Back when Van She dropped "Kelly" on the world like some atomic bomb off an early 90's teen movie soundtrack, we here at GBH were worried that it was too soon. "The world's not ready!" we cried. "Save it for 2008, when Ladyhawke and Muscles can fight alongside you...more |
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Justice - "Phantom, Part II"
from † (Ed Banger/Because)
Directed by Daniel Bloomberg
After spending close to two years maximizing on their status as a hip commodity, Justice has flipped the script and started to push the idea that they're artists first. That's a move plenty of other people have tried before, but anybody who's heard their album probably could've seen it coming...more |
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The Touch - "Le Night Dominator"
from Le Night Dominator (Trunkfunk)
Director unknown
The Touch is the next hot thing coming out of Sweden. We've seen them compared to the Knife in some places, and frankly that just confuses us. Aside from the male-female thing and their passports, we don't hear a similarity at all. They sound more like Junkie XL...more |
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Hot Chip - "Arrest Yourself"
from The Warning (DFA/EMI)
Director unknown
Now this is unexpected. Astralwerks must be having trouble moving units of Made in the Dark or something, because here comes another piece of Hot Chip promo. One problem: "Arrest Yourself" is a track off The Warning. Now it might just be that...more |
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The Presets - "This Boy's in Love"
from Apocalypso (Modular)
Director unknown
We don't think we're going out on too big a limb here to say that the new Presets record's going to be a bit darker than their last; between "My People" and this, those boys from Oz must be trying to tell us something. But let's not forget...more |
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DSL - "Invaders"
from Invaders (Ed Banger)
Director unknown
You didn't think Ed Banger was just going to coast along with the same old roster now, did you? Pedro Winter's latest signing injects a little bit of 80's neon brightness into the dancefloor moshpit that Winter's crew helped invent...more |
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Portishead - "Machine Gun"
from Third (Mercury)
Directed by John Minton
Wow. It's really, finally, actually happening. Portishead's Third is made, and it's coming out. In a little over a month. We've got no idea if this single's indicative of anything, but it sounds like the band's still fond of the nocturnal and otherworldly...more |
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Adam Sky vs. Mark Stewart - "We Are All Prostitutes" (Crookers Remix)
from We Are All Prostitutes (Exploited)
Directed by Chicks on Speed
We started bumping this on the radio the second it came out last spring, and we haven't really stopped since. Sinden called it one of the best remixes of 2007, and we're pretty sure he's right. It's one of the things that put Crookers on the map...more |
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Bomb the Bass - "Butterfingers"
from Butterfingers (PIAS)
Directed by Perish Factory
If any of you out there are wondering why this sounds so polished, then maybe this info will help: Bomb the Bass has been around since 1988, and in that time he's worked with some serious pop stars (Seal, Sinead O'Connor) as well as...more |
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Blonde Acid Cult - "Shake It Loose"
from Blonde Acid Cult (self-released)
Directed by Lance Drake
The Blonde Acid Cult Campaign for World Domination continues. First, the EP. Then, the buzz-building shows (Robot Rock here, Making Time Down in Phillay). And now, the music video....more |
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Holy Fuck - "Lovely Alien" (Live at the Side Street Project)
from The Side Street Project
Director unknown
In the near future, we expect that plenty of bands will stop worrying about whether playing synthesizers and electronics on stage works or not. Holy Fuck have a head start in that regard; they make music that's meant to be heard live, and...more |
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The Infadels - "Make Mistakes"
from Make Mistakes (Wall of Sound)
Directed by Michael Baldwin
Sometimes, it's better if a band takes its time. The Infadels, an East London band that had some hype hovering over its head back in 2006, decided to exorcise the stress that comes from that kind of attention by touring their little tushies off...more |
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The Black Keys - "Strange Times"
from Attack and Release (Nonesuch)
Directed by Lance Bangs
It's funny how the music business works sometimes. When the Black Keys first came up out of the filthy Ohio soil, they struck us as a band that was too smart to last; the most studied, well-made music tends to get lost in the shuffle in hyped scenes...more |
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Huoratron - "$$ Troopers"
from $$ Troopers (New Judas)
Directed by Las Palmas
YESSSSS!! We know plenty of labels are sitting on their long-range WMDs until spring and summer really start, and apparently, so does New Judas. This new Finnish label is home to the almighty Huoratron, whose track "$$ Troopers" is the title and centerpiece of ...more |
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Riz MC - "People Like People"
from Confirm/Ignore EP (self-released)
Director unknown
Holy. Shit. Just when we were about to give up on electro peaking without attracting any top-flight MCs, here comes some this bloke wandering out of Oxford full of nasty observations and some even nastier beats...more |
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Supergrass - "Bad Blood"
from Diamond Hoo Ha (Parlophone)
Directed by Keith Schofield
Dudes, Supergrass is back! And we mean that both literally and figuratively. This is the band's sixth record, and there's just as much vitality bursting out of this one as their earlier ones. In addition to the audio evidence streaming out of your speakers...more |
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Services - "Presenter"
from Presenter (A Touch of Class USA)
Directed by Barney Clay
A Touch of Class is one of those labels that's just so dependable. Services, a band that had gone on tour with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs a few years ago, got picked up by Olli and Domi, and as you can tell from this single, they've done a bang-up job...more |
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The Last Shadow Puppets - "The Age of the Understatement"
from The Age of the Understatement (Domino)
Directed by Romain Gavras
Whew. When we first heard about the Last Shadow Puppets, the band was tagged as an Arctic Monkeys side project, but the trouble was, we didn't hear which Arctic Monkey it was. And that got us all worrying that a disproportionate amount of hype would be leveled on them, and no offense...more |
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Moby - "Disco Lies"
from Last Night (Mute)
Directed by Evan Bernard
We're glad that Moby and his people decided to use "Disco Lies" for the final leg of Last Night's pre-release hype. In our opinion, it's one of the album's strongest tracks, and there's no point in keeping all the best stuff stored away. Mute's sitting on...more |
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Tiny Masters of Today - "Hologram World"
from Bang Bang Boom Cake (Mute)
Directed by Kids With Canes
It's like beating a dead horse at this point, but we simply cannot get over how young the Tiny Masters of Today are. Are they going to be allowed into any of the SXSW shows they're scheduled to play? Will they be allowed to...more |
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Buraka Som Sistema featuring M.I.A. and DJ Znobia - "Sound of Kuduro"
from Sound of Kuduro (Mad Decent)
Director unknown
Apparently, Diplo's mad passion for beat hunting knows no bounds. This Portuguese group's first American EP was brought to you by the 'docus's all-seeing label Mad Decent, and it looks like they believe these guys could go...more |
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Santogold - "L.E.S. Artistes"
from Creator/L.E.S. Artistes (Downtown)
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
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Neon Neon - "I Lust U"
from Stainless Style (Lex)
Director unknown
While we patiently wait for our promo copy of Neon Neon's album Stainless Style to arrive (and by wait patiently, we mean tear the wallpaper out, throw chairs everywhere, and break the coffee table [twice!]), this is going to have to do...more |
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Parts & Labor - "The Gold We're Digging"
from Mapmaker (Jagjaguwar)
Director unknown
Since their inception back in 2002, Parts & Labor has always had kind of an agenda. The Brooklyn trio has spread an anti-capitalist message with its intense, hardcore-fueled songs, but on their most recent record they decided to add some...more |
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Justice - "DVNO"
from † (Ed Banger/Because)
Directed by So-Me/Monster Molle
Now might be an appropriate time to congratulate whoever's been in charge of Justice's publicity for the last five months. Drop the new video one week before they start a U.S. tour? Choose the last track on † with any far-reaching pop appeal...more |
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The Teenagers - "Love No"
from Reality Check (Merok)
Directed by Carolyn London
Oh man. Awesome. There's no reason to be surprised that the Teenagers turned to "Love No" for their next promo, but we're still glad they did. Now all the band's management needs to do is decide to release a video for "Sunset Beach"...more |
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Hollerado - "Americanarama"
from Demo in a Bag (self-released)
Directed by George Vale
Hollerado, from what we can gather, is a band full of weirdos (or, at the very least, science nerds: their top friends on Myspace include the eight planets in our solar system and, um, the Universe). They're unsigned, they're Canadian, and...more |
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The Count and Sinden featuring Kid Sister - "Beeper"
from Beeper (Domino)
Director unknown
It takes the bigger labels a little longer to recognize genius. Or maybe it just takes them that much longer to find it. This track was a favorite all over the clubs last year, and rightly made quite a number of Top Ten lists, and now...more |
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A Faulty Chromosome - "Jackie O"
from As An Anorexic's Six Sicks Exit... (self-released)
Director unknown
A Faulty Chromosome's As An Anorexic's Six Sicks Exit... just might become your next favorite loser-pop record: it's as drippy and heartening as most Marches, with the promise of more sunlight and warmth lurking just behind the chilly, pretty surface...more |
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Futureheads - "The Beginning of the Twist"
from The Beginning of the Twist (Nul)
Directed by James Appleton
Sigh. We had kind of figured that, if post-punk was going to lead the charge in England and become the dominant strain of rock to start the 21st century, it would avoid falling into the same traps. Which traps am I talking about, you ask?...more |
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Kap10Kurt - "Dangerseekers"
from Dangerseekers (Plant Music)
Director unknown
We'll forgive you if you happened to miss this, because they've done it rather quietly, but Plant Music has built up quite an impressive local roster. The label, founded by Dominique Keegan (of the Glass) and run with DJ Stretch Armstrong, features thoroughbreds...more |
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Mystery Jets featuring Laura Marling - "Young Love"
from 21 (Dim Mak)
Director unknown
Depending on how steadily and readily you drink the Koolade, this track has the look of a can't-miss effort: Steve Aoki-approved band produced by Erol Alkan, with the suddenly ubiquitous Miss Marling on back-up vocals. And as you're surely...more |
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Homotronic - "U Look Like a Gay"
from U Look Like a Gay (none)
Director unknown
We can't prove anything, but we're 90% sure that this whole Homotronic thing is the brainchild of Tiga. He's done a good job of covering his tracks - the 12" was released on an "unknown label," but for an "unknown label," they sure seem to have pretty deep pockets. ...more |
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Young MC - "The Know-How Theme" (Aaron Lacrate Gutter Mix)
from Know-How Theme (Delicious Vinyl)
Directed by Debonair Samir
As some of you might have heard, the inimitable Delicious Vinyl is in the process of updating its back catalogue. They released a Peaches remix of Tone Loc's classic "Wild Thing" a couple months ago, and this is the next installment, with Aaron Lacrate throwing Young MC into the gutter...more |
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Ting Tings - "Great DJ"
from Great DJ (Columbia)
Directed by Rachel Reupke
It's times like these that we're glad we get so many video submissions. The Ting Tings are an English band set to release this, their debut single, on March 3 through Columbia, and if it hadn't been...more |
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Foals - "Cassius"
from Antidotes (Sub Pop)
Director unknown
Well, ain't this some shit. As we're sure you've heard, Foals have signed to Sub Pop in the U.S., and that's great. But they're also not releasing Antidotes until April, while the U.K. gets the bloody thing a full two weeks earlier in March! We know that staggering the release dates is meant to get...more |
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Yeasayer - "Wait For the Summer"
from All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free)
Directed by Mixtape Club
As weird as it is to say (well, type), sometimes it's better to be skeptical about bands. Every preliminary piece of info that wormed its way into our heads about Yeasayer made us like them less and less, and by the time we got our hands on their record, we were nice and ready to...more |
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Kylie - "Wow"
from Wow (Parlophone)
Directed by Melina
Success is promised to no one, they say. Just cuz you're Australian and you can crack walnuts open with your buttocks doesn't make you a star, they say. Going platinum once doesn't mean you're going to do it again, they say...more |
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Aynzli Jones - "Had Enuff"
from Had Enuff (Mercury)
Directed by Youth Club
To be honest, we'd never even heard of Aynzli Jones prior to his guest verses on Moby's "Alice." But as introductions go, you couldn't ask for anything better, especially since this track shows off the fact that he's got more than...more |
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The Cinematic Orchestra - "To Build a Home (Part One)"
from To Build a Home (Ninja Tune)
Directed by Up the Resolution
The aptly named Cinematic Orchestra's been around since the early aughties, and even though its technically just one guy, he certainly commands the respect of an entire group. This track closed out the Explosions-in-the-Sky-grade ton of bricks...more |
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Lykke Li - "I'm Good, I'm Gone"
from EP (Lykke Li)
Directed by Mattias Montero
For the most part, we tend to poopoo artists with super-duper connections. The path to success in the music business tends to be such an unholy gauntlet for most normal people, so seeing people blithely skip to the top of the heap...more |
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Late of the Pier - "The Bears Are Coming"
from The Bears Are Coming (Zarcorp)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
To be honest, we're not entirely sure what to make of this post-Klaxons (yes, we went there) wave of bands coming out of the UK. They all seem dangerously close to wandering right up their own asses, and even though enthusiasm and promise are...more |
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The Whip - "Trash"
from Trash (Southern Fried)
Director unknown
So was anybody else out there surprised to hear that The Whip signed with Fatboy Slim's Southern Fried Records? It seems like bands that engage in these super-long courting dances (dating back to late 2006, according to our calculations)...more |
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Elbow - "Grounds For Divorce"
from Grounds For Divorce (Polydor)
Directed by Dan Sully
It's definitely always nice to hear a band simplify things. Elbow slowly and patiently carved out a good rep back in the late 90s and early 00s for writing melodic indie rock that was expansive and elaborate, but they've apparently decided...more |
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Stop Die Resuscitate - "Bad Night"
from Bad Night (Summer Lovers Unlimited)
Director unknown
Ohhh, it's coming. We can feel it in the air, we can taste it in the wind, we can smell it in the night...Stop Die Resuscitate's album is coming out soon! (To get technical about it, we've also read about it in our e-mail boxes, but...more |
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Pink Skull - "If You Like Can, I Guess You Know Music"
from Blast Yr Akk (Tonearm)
Directed by J. Tripp
Like so many of their, ah, colleagues, the Philly-based electronic pranksters Pink Skull got their start on the soon-to-be-famous and currenty-just-smart-assed Tonearm label (also home to Plastic Little and Amanda Blank's band Sweatheart)...more |
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Utah Saints - "Something Good" (2008 Retake)
from Something Good (Ministry of Sound)
Director unknown
Gotta say we were pleasantly surprised that Ministry of Sound decided to pick this up for a refurbishing. The Utah Saints have pulled off some great some stuff in their career, and hopefully this brings them back on tour...more |
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Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "We Are Rockstars"
from You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into (Almost Gold/Columbia)
Directed by Daniel Wolfe
Y'know, people love to hate on Steve Aoki, and while people like Franki Chan certainly have a right to, we think people tend not to give him quite enough credit when it comes to music. Aoki picked this band seemingly out of the ether...more |
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MGMT - "Time to Pretend"
from Time to Pretend (Columbia)
Director unknown
MGMT started to pop up on radar here at GBH right before CMJ started, and we're pretty pleased with how this has shaken out for them; they've gotten due notice from all the right sources, but they're not in danger of getting...more |
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Fettes Brot featuring Modeselektor - "Bettina"
from Bettina (FBS)
Directed by Warwick
So, ever so slowly, little by little, it seems like Modeselektor has become the centerpiece of this new fun coming out of Germany right now. The pairing wth Fettes Brot (German for "fat bread," but slang for "good hashish") is inspired...More |
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Mark Ronson featuring Alex Greenwald - "Just"
from Version (Red)
Directed by Jim Canty
Sweet mother Mary. This is the third track to come off of Version, and we were sort of hoping this wouldn't be the next one. Cuz for all the audacity and intreped whatever, this track is one of those things that we wish just didn't exist...More |
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Hercules & Love Affair featuring Antony Hegarty - "Blind"
from Blind single (DFA)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
It'll be interesting to see how adept James Murphy is at handling his responsibilities as a label boss, producer and musician in 2008. This is probably going to be one of the busiest years of his career, and without question the highest profile...More |
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Feist - "I Feel It All"
from The Reminder (Cherry Tree)
Directed by Patrick Daughters
It's not necessarily something we'd wager money on, but something tells us this is the last single that Warner Brothers tries to release from The Reminder. It's been quite a run for Ms. Feist, and definitely one that's deserved...More |
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Beth Rowley - "Oh My Life"
from Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever (Warner Bros)
Directed by The Three-Pronged Attack
In our mad pursuit of the new hotness, we sometimes don't give somewhat established bands their due. The Cribs' Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever was definitely a more-than-solid effort by a band that...More |
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Beth Rowley - "Oh My Life"
from Violets (Universal)
Directed by Dan Sully
So, it sounds like merry olde England's on some kind of soul kick at the moment. And it's not inconceivable that Amy Winehouse might one day be remembered (maybe even positively) as the act who spearheaded...More |
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The Kills - "Cheap and Cheerful"
from forthcoming Midnight Boom (Domino)
Directed by Sophie Muller
It's going to be interesting to see how this new Kills record pans out. From what we can gather, it's both quite in stride with previous work - same obliquely dark and sexual lyrics, same menace - but with those lyrics more foregrounded, and a different beat to step to...More |
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Electrelane - "In Berlin"
from No Shouts No Calls (Too Pure)
Directed by Cassiano Prado
Electrelane's No Shouts No Calls was deservedly on quite a few of the longer Best of 2007 Lists, and to be honest we were a little surprised that Too Pure Records wasn't going to shell out any cash for a video. And we know they're not obligated...More |
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Dandi Wind - "Searching Flesh"
from forthcoming Yolk of the Golden Egg (Summer Lovers Unlimited)
Directed by Szam Findlay
We've been totally smitten with Dandi Wind since they played for us back in 2006, and we're glad to report that they've got big things in the plan: they've got a remix album out already, and their new album The Yolk of the Golden Egg is due...More |
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Exit Clov - "MK Ultra"
from Respond Respond EP (Livewire Recordings)
Directed by Joe Brener
The whole buzz apparatus sure is funny sometimes, isn't it? With so many people trying so hard to unearth a band worth championing, it seems like sometimes the obvious picks get overlooked. Take Exit Clov, for example, a band with hot identical twin lead singers...More |
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Robyn - "Be Mine" (Ocelot Remix)
from Be Mine single (Konichiwa)
Directed by Ocelot
A couple months ago, Alex English pointed out that trance is starting to sneak back into dance music under cover of electro distortion. And at the time, there was a bit of skepticism (disbelief, even) at what Alex had pointed out, but this...More |
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Goldfrapp - "A&E"
from forthcoming Seventh Tree (Mute)
Directed by Dougal Wilson
Is this going to be the record that finally gets Goldfrapp the attention she's deserved all these years? Come on, America! The critics are gonna love this just like they've loved, oh, ALL OF HER OTHER ALBUMS, so what's it gonna take to ...More |
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PJ Harvey - "The Piano"
from White Chalk (Island)
Directed by Mary Mochnacz
It's funny how we sleep on vets sometimes. PJ Harvey's White Chalk came out sometime during the latter third of 07, and we just plain didn't get excited enough about it, and for that we apologize. As your eardrums will notice...More |
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Eastern Conference Champions - "The Box"
from Ameritown (Suretone/Fontana)
Directed by Elliot Jokelson
Boy, does this hit our sweet spot: an indie band with a (presumably) high sports IQ. Eastern Conference Champions is sports short-hand for the Best of the Second-Best, or the Best Eventual Losers (sorry, ...More |
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Alpha Beat - "Fascination"
from Alphabeat (Copenhagen)
Directed by Ben Dickinson
Goddamn, what are they putting in the water over in Denmark? It seems like every single band that comes out of there is just catchy and upbeat like crazy. Junior Senior's the most obvious example of this, but...More |
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Janet Jackson - "Feedback"
from Feedback single (Island/Def Jam)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
We never like admitting to this kind of thing, but when we happened upon this track, our first reaction was: "Janet Jackson?! Really?! She's still making music? ...Damn." She's been doing this almost as long as Madonna has...More |
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Sam Bisbee - "Oxygen"
from Oxygen (Terrible)
Directed by Tobias Perse
Man, we're just suckers for a sweet video around here. It pretty much doesn't matter what's attached to it, as long as it's visually interesting. Sam Bisbee, for example, seems like a perfectly nice chap, but...More |
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Los Campesinos - "Death to Los Campesinos"
from Death to Los Campesinos! single (Wichita)
Directed by Cat Solen
That speedy post-punk drumming that seemed to gird every last dance-rock single coming out of England has finally moved on to bigger and better things. And by bigger and better things, we mean songs that ...More |
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Moby featuring Aynzil and the 419 Crew - "Alice"
from forthcoming Last Night (Mute)
Directed by Andreas Nilsson
Whew. Crazy. Back when we posted that interview we did with Moby, it seemed like Last Night was some ethereal thing that didn't necessarily exist, but the first of many pieces of promo has officially been released, and we're just...More |
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The Ghost Frequency - "Never Before Have I Seen a Man Alive Who Looks So Exactly Like a Skeleton"
from Never Before Have I Seen a Man... single (City Rockers)
Directed by Chris Sweeney
Sheesh. Super-long title notwithstanding, the Ghost Frequency has a nice little thing going here - an inversion of Justice's ratio of metal heaviness to electronic synth squiggle that sounds like it would positively destroy...More |
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Jens Lekman - "Sipping On the Sweet Nectar"
from Night Falls Over Kortedala (Secretly Canadian)
Director unknown
Jens Lekman's probably done more lately to elevate loner music in scope than anybody since Stephen Merritt. He plays with old forms and sounds, but he does so in a way that gives his music a sophisitcation and elegance that's...More |
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Samim - "Heater"
from Heater single (Data Records)
Directed by Samim (we think)
Samim's probably not an artist any of us expected to shoot a video, but then, this song sort of came out of nowhere too. And good thing that it did, because every time we hear this track it reminds us of summer...More |
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People Press Play - "These Days"
from People Press Play (Morr Music)
Edited by Irvin Coffee
It's pretty amazing how our appetites for this kind of electronic pop grows as the temperatures drop. For eight or nine months of every year (or six or seven, if you live in Minnesota), we totally forget...More |
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Escort - "All Through the Night"
from All Through the Night (Escort)
Edited by Irvin Coffee
Depending on how often you get out to Brooklyn, there's probably about a 60% chance you've heard of Escort, an honest-to-God disco band (!!) fronted by Eartha Kitt's daughter Zina...More |
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Malcolm Middleton - "We're All Going to Die"
from A Brighter Beat (Full-time Profession)
Directed by Tom Haines
Ex-Arab Strap man Malcolm Middleton is taking a third crack at this solo album thing. This is the first track off A Brighter Beat, which sounds, comparatively speaking, positively euphoric for the guy...More |
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Super Furry Animals - "The Gift That Keeps Giving"
from The Gift That Keeps Giving single (Rough Trade)
Directed by D.A.D.D.Y.
It may be that some evil force compels me to make this observation, but why is it that every Welsh band that makes its way over here is so whimsical and silly? Think about it: Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, McLusky...More |
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M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"
from Kala (XL)
Directed by Bernard Gourley
It could just be all the year-in-review shit we've been posting lately, but man, we remember this like it was yesterday: About eight days before Kala was slated to be released, a good chunk of the record that had been kept under wraps...More |
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Thermals - "Return to the Fold"
from The Body, The Blood, the Machine (Sub Pop)
Director unknown
There's something really carefree about what's going on here, and it makes you harken back to those days when rock somehow managed to be lighthearted and important at the same time...More |
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Lightspeed Champion - "Tell Me What It's Worth"
from forthcoming Tell Me What It's Worth (Team Love)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
His pedigree's real good (signed to Team Love, used to play in Test Icicles), the music he writes is very catchy (this very song's stuck in our heads right now), and, well...we don't even...More |
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Lightspeed Champion - "Tell Me What It's Worth"
from forthcoming Tell Me What It's Worth (Team Love)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
His pedigree's real good (signed to Team Love, used to play in Test Icicles), the music he writes is very catchy (this very song's stuck in our heads right now), and, well...we don't even...More |
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Presets - "My People"
from My People single (Modular)
Directed by Kris Moyes
Those of you who read the Singles Digest know that we got to taste this track a little on the early side (it doesn't get a physical release until today), and we're sure glad we did. This song is going to be fueling dance/electro-thrash parties...More |
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Friendly Fires - "Paris"
from Paris single (Moshi Moshi)
Directed by Price James
It's nice to finally hear a band that combines the headlong forward momentum of post-punk with a little romantic yearning, innit. This is Friendly Fires most recent single, and...More |
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The Kills - "U R A Fever"
from forthcoming Midnight Boom (Domino)
Directed by Sophie Muller
Has anybody noticed that the Kills and the Raveonettes always seem to release their records around the same time? We gave you all an mp3-sized taste of the Raveonettes record about two weeks ago, and just today Domino answered back...More |
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These New Puritans - "Elvis"
from With Lasers (Domino)
Director unknown
The release of this video is basically the sound of Bonde do Role bursting through the tape at the finish line, having completed a pretty successful year. Three singles, tours that spanned several continents, and write-ups in tons of ...More |
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These New Puritans - "Elvis"
from Beat Pyramid (Domino)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
There seems to be some kind of serious promo congestion over in merry olde England. These dudes most certainly should have dropped this on their public in the fall, back when people weren't scurrying from place to place and freezing...More |
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Bangers and Cash - "B.O.O.T.A.Y."
from Spank Rock and Benny Blanco are Bangers and Cash (Downtown)
Directed by Jesse Engaard
This is the first single Naeem and Benny Blanco (a.k.a. Bangers and Cash, a.k.a. two big cogs in the Spank Rock machine) released this summer, and it went a long way toward assuring us...More |
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Hot Chip - "Ready For the Floor"
from forthcoming Made In the Dark (Astralwerks/DFA)
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
Oh man. According to our calculations (and by calculations, we mean communiques from Astralwerks), Hot Chip's next record isn't due out until sometime in February, and the label appears to be quite committed to keeping its details secret. This isn't like Kala or ...More |
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Radiohead - "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
from In Rainbows (no label)
Director unknown
Man, weird things are happening. It's starting to look like the people who dropped 40 quid (or, to us Yanks, 80 motherfucking beans) on the In Rainbows box were fools. Turns out those bonus tracks will be available on CD, and in stores...More |
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Ninjasonik - "Tight Pants"
from forthcoming EP (label unknown)
Directed by Elsewhere
It feels semi-obnoxious to rep a local product so unabashedly, especially since, y'know, we're from New York and everything, but Ninjasonik is some local shit we can all love. It started with a friendship that grew out of house parties...More |
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Kid Sister featuring Kanye West - "Pro Nails"
from Pro Nails single (Fool's Gold)
Directed by Ruben Fleischer
We're so happy for Fool's Gold. Not to get mushy or anything, but in just their first year of existence these dudes have earned mondo respect and stand poised to become the biggest North American dance export since DFA, and that's so exciting it...More |
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Big Face - "I Wanna Be a Style Crusader"
from I Wanna Be a Style Crusader single (KItsune)
Director unknown
So, it took a minute, but Kitsune is back to supporting the rock thing. Big Face is a trio from Scotland that got dapped up on the BoomBox comp, and their first official release features a remix by David E. Sugar that's nothing short of...More |
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The Bug featuring Warrior Queen - "Poison Dart"
from Poison Dart single (Ninja Tune)
Director unknown
Dub-step dub-step dub-step! Why not simply call it "the latest moody, vaguely militant English electronic music subgenre"? Probably cuz that's too much of a mouthful, but there's also the fact that...More |
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Snoop Dogg - "Sensual Seduction"
from Sensual Seduction (Geffen)
Directed by Fatima
Goddamn it, we love Snoop Dogg. Sure, that's like saying you love strawberries or kittens, but Snoop proved close to ten years ago that you can get wildly famous, settle into the "I don't give a fuck, I'm...More |
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Moros Eros - "On My Side"
from Jealous Me Was Killed by Curiosity (Victory)
Directed by Jesse Ewles
It's not easy to pick out, but these dudes started out as a dance-rock trio. Now they're more of a Rage Against the Machine-inspired dude rock quartet, and this right here is their first promo for...More |
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My Robot Friend - "Robot High School"
from forthcoming Robot High School (Soma)
Directed by Roel Wouters
Yeah yeah, we know, robots are everywhere these days. But My Robot Friend, who have signed to Scottish dance connoisseurs Soma Records, have a new album coming out soonish, and this single certainly sounds like something you should pay attention to...More |
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M.I.A. - "Bird Flu" (Diplo's Chicken Noodle Flu Remix)
from Bird Flu single (Mad Decent)
Director unknown
It's probably for the best that M.I.A.'s family ties to the Tamil Tigers don't get too much press. She and her dad hardly seem close, and the last thing her tour manager needs is to field questions from the INS and the State Department...More |
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Kissaway Trail - "61"
from 61 single (Bella Union)
Directed by Chris Sweeney
It's kind of reassuring that a smallish indie rock label can still surface with a clutch of hot bands. Kissaway Trail is part of a well-regarded group of artists that includes Beach House and Midlake, and this...More |
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Arctic Monkeys - "Teddy Picker"
from Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino)
Directed by Roman Coppola
Those people at Domino sure are clever: the third single off Favourite Worst Nightmare is definitely not the album's next most-radio-ready track. Instead, as one of the best combinations of Alex Turner's lyrical power and general rock success ...More |
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Blaqstarr featuring Rye Rye - "Shake it to the Ground"
from Shake It to the Ground single (Mad Decent)
Directed by Mad Decent
Hope your computer speakers have woofers, everybody. We've been bumping various versions of this song on the radio for a couple months now, but this video just came out, and, well..More |
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Man Like Me - "Doughnut"
from Doughnut single (Non Stop)
Directed by Simon Evans
Man Like Me is only just starting out, but already we can tell the band's gonna be trouble. This song is quite silly, first of all, and if there's one thing we cannot tolerate, it is silliness...More |
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Kate Nash - "Pumpkin Soup"
from Made of Bricks (Polydor)
Directed by Kinga Burza
Even though admitting this kind of gives away the fact that we haven't bought her record yet, this latest Kate Nash track surprised us a little bit. The musical backing is much more in the style of her perceived competition...More |
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Bluejuice - "Vitriol"
from Problems (Jaja Cravworth)
Directed by Wankersmurf
Oh hell yes. It took a bit of 2006 and most of 2007, but now that Australia's firmly on everybody's music radar again, we fully expect winters to kick ass from now on. Cuz snow for us means festivals and booze for Aussies, and that means...More |
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Arctic Monkeys - "Teddy Picker"
from Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino)
Directed by Roman Coppola
Those people at Domino sure are clever: the third single off Favourite Worst Nightmare is definitely not the album's next most-radio-ready track. Instead, as one of the best combinations of Alex Turner's lyrical power and general rock...More |
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Shinichi Osawa - "Last Days"
from Les Matins de Grands Soirs (Blow the Fuse)
Directed by Team Lab.net
Didn't we tell you about Shinichi Osawa? And remember how we promised he had more shit coming out soon? Well, here it is: we're (not quite pleasantly) surprised that this hasn't been released in radio edit form, cuz...More |
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Van She - "The Cat and the Eye"
from forthcoming debut album (Modular)
Directed by Krozm
Even though we probably should have seen this bit of car commercial rock coming from Van She, it kind of caught us by surprise. First, there was "Kelly," one of last year's guiltiest pleasures, which should've been a good indication of ...More |
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Les Breastfeeders - "Viens avec moi"
from Les Matins de Grands Soirs (Blow the Fuse)
Directed by Jean-Francois Caissy
Les Breastfeeders have been around for a few years now. And before you go bitching that this isn't newnewnew, take a moment to hear that assuredness in their sound, and you'll remember that experience is actually a good thing...More |
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Buffalo '77 - "Won't Forget"
from forthcoming Won't Forget single (Island)
Directed by John Major's Daughters
Buffalo '77 has done its best to arrive fashionably late to this party. They're definitely late - their sound falls pretty firmly into the established poppy post-punk category - but the fashionable accoutrements are pretty indisputable too...More |
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Modeselektor - "Black Block"
from Happy Birthday! (BPitch Control)
Directed by Christian Feldhusen
If anybody out there is having trouble understanding the differences in taste between European and American music audiences, we feel like Modeselektor's a pretty interesting case study...More |
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Matthew Dear - "Don & Sherri"
from Asa Breed (Ghostly International)
Directed by Plus et Plus
Back when Asa Breed arrived in our mailbox earlier this year, we had a feeling it would be one of those smallish releases that stayed smallish...More |
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Wintergreen - "Can't Sit Still"
from...well, we don't know
Directed by Keith Schofield
It's weird (really weird, actually), but we can't seem to find any info on Wintergreen. There are bands on Myspace who call themselves Wintergreen, but they look and sound quite a bit different than these burly indie-rock-making dudes...More |
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Sally Shapiro - "Jackie, Jackie (Spend the Summer With Me)"
from Disco Romance (U.S. Version) (Paper Bag)
Directed by Jamie Milligan
It's funny what time will do to a person's musical appetites. When Sally Shapiro's Disco Romance came out last year, there were times when we literally couldn't stop listening to it; we'd be all ready to go out somewhere, just looping the scarves around our necks one last time, when...More |
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The Teenagers - "Starlet Johanssen"
from Starlet Johanssen single (Merok)
Directed by Price James
And so, it begins again: another fall, another crest of Teenagers hype. This very same thing happened last year, except this time these smart-assed Euros have multiple videos and singles floating around on the Internet...More |
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Panda Bear - "Comfy in Nautica"
from None Shall Pass (Paw Tracks)
Directed by Patrick O'Dell and Sam Salganik
Even six months down the line, we're not entirely convinced that Person Pitch is one of the top albums of the year. It's got its moments, certainly, but for our money it tends to wander, and everytime we lose our place, the first reaction tends to be, "When did Brian Wilson come on?"...More |
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Aesop Rock featuring John Darnielle - "Coffee"
from None Shall Pass (Def Jux)
Directed by Ace Norton
Aesop Rock's not exactly someone who's in our wheelhouse (and neither is John Darnielle, for that matter). Hell, even Ace Norton's kind of in our doghouse for fucking up "Hustler" the way he did...More |
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Lykke Li - "Little Bit"
from Little Bit (Universal Sweden)
Directed by Mattias Montero
Another week, another Swedish chanteuse, right? It certainly seems that way sometimes. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but it seems like almost everybody from this Stockholm scene is getting theirs...More |
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Fergie - "Clumsy"
from The Duchess (Will.i.am)
Directed by Marc & Rich
Like Will.i.am, a person to whom she should forever feel indebted, Fergie succeeds by nailing the middle ground between two popular production sounds. This latest single of hers, for example, sounds just enough like...More |
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The Hives - "Tick Tick Boom"
from The Black and White Album (Universal)
Directed by Kalle Haglund
The Hives? Yeah, you read that right. I don't recognize this track, it's probably from their new record. Yeah, they're still recording (I know, right?) - oh that's enough. Sure, they're not hyped as fuck anymore, but...More |
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Bloc Party - "Flux"
from forthcoming Flux single (Wichita)
Directed by Ace Norton
Indiedancerrzarrrd!!! Generally speaking, Bloc Party are what you might call agreeable - they've been fashionable from the start, and even people who aren't big on the whole poppy dance rock thing will admit that Kele and co. can write a hook...More |
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!!! - "Yadnus"
from Myth Takes (Warp)
Directed by Terri Timely
So it seems pretty much beyond debate at this point that Nic Offer has a bit of a boner for Hunter S. Thompson. In hindsight, the disoriented yet potent quality to a lot of his lyrics were a pretty solid indicator...More |
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Holy Hail - "Cool Town Rock"
from forthcoming Cool Town Rock single (Adventures Close to Home)
Directed by Mirrorshade
Ever since Holy Hail performed for us a few weeks ago, we've been not-so-patiently waiting for them to wrap this video up so we could show it to you. We were originally going to wait until the single...More |
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The Six Million Dollar Weirdo - 'Horror Amor"
from Six Million Dollar Weirdo EP (Prodisc)
Directed by Carlos Navarrte and Macario Ortega
"Where being weirdo es normal!" $6MDW's Myspace tagline really says it all. For one thing, they perform in a macaronic melange of Spanish and English. And the band looks weird, that's for sure ...More |
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Modest Mouse - "Invisible"
from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Sony)
Directed by Terri Timely
Modest Mouse has to be considered one of the top five indie success stories of all time, right? They've been doing their thing (and really, overused as that expression is, the band has been making music that's unmistakably theirs...More |
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LCD Soundsystem - "Someone Great"
from forthcoming Someone Great single (DFA/EMI)
Directed by Doug Aitken
We find it so funny that people talk about albums like Idealism and † as Album of the Year contenders. That's not a dig on those records, mind you. It's just that there are no contenders for Album of the Year...More |
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New Young Pony Club - "Get Lucky"
from Attack Decay Sustain Release (Interscope)
Directed by Ace Norton
Decapitation, death, and warring with children are fun enough on their own, but combining all three into a slo-mo cutefest like this pretty much guarantees winsomeness...More |
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Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Sun Lips"
from Dandelion Gum (Graveface)
Directed by Matt Dilmore
Two years ago, Black Moth Super Rainbow couldn't avoid being dismissed as "a weirder Boards of Canada." But their newest record, which foregrounds some singing, was a hit at SXSW...More |
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Simian Mobile Disco - "Hustler" (Ace Norton version)
from Attack Decay Sustain Release (Interscope)
Directed by Ace Norton
Aw, man! You've gotta be kidding. We certainly spent enough time telling you guys last year that Saam Farahmand's videwwo for "Hustler" was one of the best dance music videos we'd seen in a long time, didn't we?...More |
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The Concretes - "Keep Yours"
from Hey Trouble (Licking Fingers)
Directed by Olle Bergmann
Bands aren't supposed to survive the departures of their lead singers. But then again, most bands don't go eight deep or have multiple songwriters at their disposal, so even though Victoria Bergsmann's moved on...More |
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Dave Gahan - "Kingdom"
from Kingdom single (Mute)
Directed by Jaron Albertin
Ladies and gentlemen, Dave Gahan has still got it: that sport coat that makes him look like a maitre d' is in fabulous shape! Actually, all jokes aside, the man is nothing if not consistent...More |
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The Oscillation - "Head Hang Low"
from Out of Phase (DC Recordings)
Directed by Julian Hand
At least the title's funny, right? When word got out that Interpol's latest record was going to be different from their first two, there was a certain hope that they might try something a little more irreverent...More |
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Efterklang - "Mirador"
from Parades (Leaf)
Directed by Hvass & Hannibal (with UFEX)
This is most certainly unexpected. Efterklang, who contentedly occupy a stall in the Leaf stable, have just released a single that sounds far less overtly electronic than most of their previous...More |
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Holy Fuck - "Milkshake"
from Holy Fuck EP (Young Turks)
Directed by a friend of the band
If you listen to what's coming out of your speakers, it probably sounds like the work of sequencers and arpeggiators and laptops and microchips, but it's just people who love playing things over and over and over again....More |
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South Central - "Golden Dawn"
from forthcoming untitled full-length (Parlophone?)
Directed by Stephen Glashier
In a couple of years, we're all going to see South Central on Behind the Music: The Klaxons telling the camera that they were the ones that broke the Mercury Prize winners...More |
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Interpol - "No I In Threesome"
from Our Love to Admire (Capitol)
Director unknown
At least the title's funny, right? When word got out that Interpol's latest record was going to be different from their first two, there was a certain hope that they might try something a little more irreverent...More |
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Robyn - "Handle Me"
from Robyn (Konichiwa)
Director unknown
If you close your eyes and listen to this track for a while, it's hard not to get temporarily confused about what year it is. As we explained in our review of this record a few months ago, Robyn's definitely all about the early 2003...More |
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Boys Noize - "& Down"
from Oi Oi Oi (Boys Noize/Last Gang)
Directed by Michael Maier
We feel kind of guilty for not reviewing Boys Noize's debut Oi Oi Oi yet, so we thought we'd give you this to tide you over. "& Down" is the first single, and like most of Boys Noize's best stuff...More |
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Locksley - "All Over Again"
from Don't Make Me Wait (Feature)
Directed by Mark Phillips
We're not sure if Mark Phillips's video qualifies as self-aware, but we are aware that seeing this band squashed and destroyed by that huge monster is satisfying on a number of levels...More |
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Jose Gonzalez - "Down the Line"
from In Our Nature (Peacefrog)
Directed by Andreas Nilsson
It's nice to finally have more Jose Gonzalez in our lives. The man's still a bit of an enigma to us - his name is Spanish, his passport says he's Swedish, his voice sounds more than a little like Neil Young's - but...More |
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Edu K - "Gatas Gatas Gatas"
from forthcoming Gatas Gatas Gatas single (Man Recordings)
Directed by Bryan Barber
If you ask us, Edu K' s got the best chance to stick it out for a long time in this game. He's certainly got a nice bit of momentum going - "Sex-O-Matic" is still getting played in the clubs, almost a year after it was released...More |
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Chromeo - "Bonafied Lovin' (Tough Guys)"
from Fancy Footwork (Vice)
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
We so often mention bands and artists that we think of as being destined for success, who are bound to make their way to the top of the heap, and it's nice to see those dreams coming true for Chromeo...More |
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UNKLE - "Hold My Hand"
from War Stories (Surrender All)
Directed by Mark Locke
Back when DJ Shadow announced he wasn't going to stay involved in UNKLE, everybody around here was pretty upset. It certainly didn't help that Psyence Fiction's follow-up (Never Never Land) sucked, and for a while it seemed like there wasn't much...More |
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Shitdisco - "I Know Kung-Fu"
from Kingdom of Fear (Fierce Panda)
Directed by Ali Taylor
As previously discussed, Shitdisco appears to be a band that's short on long-term business savvy. Their name's going to come back to bite them in the ass, as any member of Fuck, Holy Fuck, Shitrobot, or Shitmat is bound to tell yo...More |
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Project Jenny, Project Jan - "ZooBar"
from XOXOXOXO (Might)
Directed by Chris Herbeck
We're not gonna lie. We were hoping that this Brooklyn duo would make their next video for "Dia De Los Ninos," but it's definitely too much of a barbecue song for October, and at least this showcases that weirdo side of theirs...More |
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The Bees - "Who Cares What the Question Is"
from Octopus (EMI)
Directed by Chris Hopewell
It's weird - we were initially tempted to explain our growing admiration for UK band the Bees with an apologetic tone. They're not really dangerous or sexy or anything, and they're poppier than most groups we're fans of around here, so...More |
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Office - "Oh My"
from A Night at the Ritz (Scratchie)
Directed by Ghostrobot
You know what's not an acquired taste, no matter how you slice it? Tapping into what must be a close-to-bottomless pit of ironic resources: the acting in old-timey porno. I mean, lookit Peter North!...More |
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Ra Ra Riot - "Dying is Fine"
from Ra Ra Riot EP (Rebel Group)
Directed by Albert Birney
Ra Ra Riot's had a pretty bittersweet year. Their debut EP came out earlier this year, they played SXSW, the band got this, their first video, made...and their drummer died...More |
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Babyshambles - "French Dog Blues"
from forthcoming Shotter's Nation (Astralwerks)
Directed by David Mullett
See, here's the thing about Babyshambles. Unless Pete Dougherty decides to go on some kind of maniacal killing spree or pulls off some epic psychological house-cleaning, it doesn't strike us as too likely that...More |
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The Sea and Cake - "Coconut"
from Everybody (Thrill Jockey)
Directed by Lung
The Sea and Cake has wonderfully consistent discography. The Chicago band's made some tweaks here and there, but from back to front, almost all of their records sound like the work of the same unique band, and that's...More |
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Herman Dune - "1, 2, 3 / Apple Tree"
from Giant (Source Etc)
Directed by Toben Seymour
God, we love it when a band keeps things simple. Granted, when you do the acoustic guitar thing, you've kind of got a head start in the simplicity department, but the John Peel-approved Swedes Herman Dune have...More |
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Underworld - "Crocodile"
from forthcoming Oblivion With Bells (ATO)
Directed by Simon Taylor
Underworld is back?! We're suddenly very pissed we didn't get ourselves through to that show they did at Central Park this weekend...More |
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Emily Haines - "Our Hell"
from Knives Don't Have Your Back (Last Gang)
Directed by Jaron Albertin
Emily Haines, of Canadian band Metric fame, has terrible timing. Her previous solo album came out without much ado, and this, the second single off her most recent Knives Don't Have Your Back, ...More |
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Tiny Masters of Today - "Radio Riot"
from forthcoming Bang Bang Boom Cake (Great Society)
Director unknown
Sweet merciful Jesus. For those of you who thought Kidz Bop and Disney were the only two outlets for prepubescent rock out there, well, let's just say we have a surprise for you today. The Tiny Masters of Today...More |
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Plug-In City - "Broke On a Wheel"
from forthcoming Plug-In City EP (Modular)
Directed by Family
The only way to save rock n roll in this country is if we make it danceable again. The Brits have been thwacking away at this problem with post-punk for some time now, but something about that isn't quite clicking...More |
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Kanye West featuring T-Pain - "Good Life"
from Graduation (Def Jam)
Directed by So-Me
Normally we don't devote too much time to Kanye West around here. The man's gotten enough attention as it is. Hell, we haven't even heard Graduation yet. So there...More |
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The Tough Alliance - "Silly Crimes"
from New Waves (Summer Lovers Unlimited)
Director unknown
Like so many high-minded artists, the Tough Alliance has chosen a tough row to hoe. These Swedes are decidedly against supporting what they term "the spectacle" (the entertainment arm of the Establishment, we think) so...More |
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The Young Knives - "Terra Firma"
from Terra Firma single (WEA)
Directed by Ollie Evans
It's probably undervalued in pop because it's so subjective, but for our money irreverence is one of the best things you can have on your side as a band. The Young Knives, for example, are perfectly serviceable...More |
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Wahoo - "Damn (You're Here)"
from Take It Personal (Fine. Records)
Directed by Niklas Weize
German duo Wahoo started out as a remix project, but now they're two albums deep into a career that's seen them try everything from latin-tinged dance pop to hip house, and like Basement Jaxx, they seem like they're one big-time vocalist away...More |
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The Mitchell Brothers - "Michael Jackson"
from forthcoming Dressed For the Occasion (The Beats)
Directed by Kim Gehrig
In some ways, we always secretly thought Calvin Harris would be better off as a producer rather than as a solo artist...and, well, that didn't take very long now, did it? This track, off the London-based Mitchell Brothers's soon-to-be-released...More |
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She Wants Revenge - "Written in Blood"
from forthcoming This is Forever (Perfect Kiss/Geffen)
Director unknown
Any band that has Joy Division as a central influence (whether they admit to it or not) is alright with us. That seems like a strange thing to say, but it's true - if you can pull off that haunted, hypnotic feel without mucking it up...More |
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Shocking Pinks - "End of the World"
from forthcoming Shocking Pinks (DFA)
Directed by Richard Bell
Can you hear that? No, seriously, listen - what is that sound? Is it? It IS! Silence about a DFA product?! What the hell is up with that? Are people unaware that Shocking Pinks, a recent signee from New Zealand with loads of talent and...More |
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Foals - "Mathletics"
from Mathletics single (Transgressive)
Directed by Ben Rollason
How does one follow up a good single? By releasing another one that's just as good, of course! The UK band Foals is certainly in the know - this, for our money, is certainly on par with their Kitsune-licensed single...More |
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Omnikrom - "Ete Hit"
from Trop Banane! (Saboteur)
Directed by Jeremie Saindon
For those of you still wondering about the dimensions of Montreal's hip cachet, here's proof that the hip-hop side of it extends further than the contributions provided by les freres Macklovitch (a.k.a. A-Trak and Chromeo)...More |
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Crunc Tesla - "Voodoo Sound"
from forthcoming untitled album (Tigerbeat6/Ekleroshock)
Directed by Warhologram
Crunc Tesla (pr. n) - Atlanta-born futurist producer credited with inventing DJ scratching notation, dressing like George Clinton; also known as DJ Raedawn...More |
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Caribou - "Melody Day"
from Andorra (Merge)
Directed by Daniel Eskils
In case you were wondering what happened to that golden 60's sound, well, it turns out that Dan Snaith (formerly Manitoba, now b.k.a Caribou) just borrowed it a while back, fucked about with it on his laptop, and is now returning it...More |
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The Go! Team - "Doing It Right"
from forthcoming Proof of Youth (Memphis Industries)
Directed by Kinga Burza
Sheesh. One minute you're taking everyone by surprise with an exuberant debut, and next your follow-up record's gotta come out the same day as Kanye's (September 11th, in case any of you were wondering)...More |
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Ghosthustler - "Parking Lot Nights"
from Parking Lot Nights single (self-released)
Directed by Pete Ohs
This electro-rock shit has officially started to bleed in from the coasts, people (we're ignoring Chicago and Detroit's contributions because of their electronic music pedigrees) First came Ghostland Observatory, who hail...More |
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Sonny J - "Can't Stop Moving"
from Can't Stop Moving single (Stateside)
Directed by Goodtimes
At first blush, we thought this was a Go! Team b-side or something, but after a little research, it turns out this is none other than Sonny J, a vinyl rat from England whose work recalls Stones Throw heavies like Madlib...More |
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Menomena - "Rotten Hell"
from Friend and Foe (Barsuk)
Directed by War & Julius
Though often identified as an "indie" band first and foremost, Menomena's electronic underpinnings are a big reason why their music is so engaging. But for some reason, the band's handlers continue to ride...More |
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Kula Shaker - "Second Sight"
from Strangefolk (Columbia)
Directed by Lucy Bailey & Crispian Mills
After saying something like "I'd love to have huge flaming swastikas on stage!" and then seeing it get published (and in a high-circulation music mag like Q, no less), most front-men would slink off into the hills and hope...More |
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The Fashion - "Solo Impala"
from The Fashion (Sony/BMG Denmark)
Directed by Jakob Printzlau
Apparently, a few degrees of latitude has a huge impact on a country's sense of humor. With Junior Senior back in our eardrums again and now this, it seems that the Danes have a sense of pop whimsy that...More |
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Yelle - "A Cause Des Garcons"
from forthcoming Pop-Up (Source, Etc)
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
We know it's early yet, but we're going to be imprudent here and just say Thank God for Yelle. Her songs are funny (even if you can't understand French), she's riding this fluo thing harder than anybody ever thought possible...More |
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Bonde do Role - "Office Boy"
from With Lasers (Domino)
Directed by Mogel & Andreas Nilsson
As Bonde Do Role continue their madcap plan to, uh, cheer us up, it's been a real treat to watch all the attention pretty much wash right off their backs. Maybe it's the language barrier, but basically...More |
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M.I.A. - "Jimmy"
from forthcoming Kala (XL)
Directed by Nezar Khamal
Damn. All those music journalist types weren't kidding around when they talked about Kala being a real global record. Crazed polyrhythmic chant, Jamaican-flavored club minimalism, and now...Bollydisco?...More |
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The Chemical Brothers featuring Fatlip - "The Salmon Dance"
from We Are the Night (Astralwerks)
Directed by Dom & Nic
Uhhhhh, okay...We're not gonna lie, this is a little different. Not that it's anything to be alarmed about or anything like that, it's just that Fatlip seems to be trying to flip some "Galvanize, Part Two" on us, but...More |
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Soi - "Soss" (Boemtjak Edit)
from Boemtjak's crazy plans to save the world
Directed by Boemtjak
All you GBH.tv regulars know that we'll drop some knowledge from time to time that could be construed as, ahem, conspiracy-theory-ish, and even though a little more research is needed, it's starting to look like...More |
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Dizzee Rascal - "Pussyole (Old Skool)"
from Maths & English (XL)
Director unknown
Is this the last we've heard of the Raskid? After XL recently announced Maths and English, Dizzee's third album, would not be distributed in the U.S., it's tough to tell whether grime's ever going to show up stateside again...More |
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Liars - "Plaster Casts of Everything"
from forthcoming Liars (Mute)
Directed by Patrick Daughters
There's no point in speculating what the new Liars album is going to sound like. They went from dysfunctional dance-punk to noise rock fuckery to whatever it was that their last album was, and...More |
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Chromeo - "Tenderoni"
from Fancy Footwork (Vice)
Directed by Rozan & Schmeltz
We keep hearing and reading that people don't like this track as a first single...what gives, people? Is being silly not allowed anymore? Are we here at GBH unaware of some devious ...More |
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Architecture in Helsinki - "Hold Music"
from forthcoming Places Like This (Polyvinyl)
Directed by Kim Gehrig
With only two singles to judge from ("Heart It Races", and this one), it sounds as though this upcoming AiH album is going to be a lot more streamlined. Again, judging from these two tracks, it doesn't sound all bad, but...More |
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Plastic Little - "Dopeness"
from She's Mature (Tonearm)
Directed by Ted Passon
Starving, fresh-faced publicists: GO TO PHILADELPHIA RIGHT NOW! Every hot act that's ever come out of Philly has taken way too long to blow up: Wink, Diplo, DJ/rupture, Plastic Little...More |
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Calvin Harris - "Merrymaking at My House"
from forthcoming I Created Disco (Almost Gold)
Directed by Kinga Burza
Perhaps Daft Punk won't be playing at Calvin's house anytime soon, but that doesn't seem to have stopped his decidedly dodgy bunch of mates from coming over, bobbing up and down, eating all his food and...More |
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zZz - "Grip"
from weirdo Dutch art museum festival
Directed by Roel Wouters
Even though you might not expect it, zZz have this tendency to sneak old instruments (like, y'know, things that are made of wood and strings and stuff) into their songs, and, well, we've got high hopes for them ...More |
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Project Jenny, Project Jan - "320"
from forthcoming XOXOXOXO (Might)
Directed by Sammy Rubin
Project Jenny, Project Jan is a two-man outfit from Brooklyn that specializes in oddball keyboard/laptop/vocals ditties and this is the single that's gonna get you curious about their weirdo debut...More |
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Cazwell - "Watch My Mouth"
from Get Into It (West End)
Directed by Mike Lowe & Francis Legge
In theory, Cazwell's onto something. Take the best of old New York's nightlife - old West End singles (in this case, Taana Gardner's immortal "Heartbeat"), Amanda Lepore...More |
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Prinzhorn Dance School - "Crackerjack Docker"
from forthcoming Prinzhorn Dance School (DFA)
Directed by Steven Glashier
For some weird reason, songs with inscrutable titles make us nervous. We'd always figured that eventually this anxiety would go away (we listen to and write about electronic music, for God's sake), but...More |
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Knight Music - "The Green River Killer"
from forthcoming Green River Killer single (self-released)
Directed by Daniel Eskils
Another day, another unsigned band with a sweet video. MTV might not show music videos anymore (well, except in the mornings and when you least expect it), but who cares? That's what the Internet ...More |
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Goldspot - "Friday"
from Friday single (Mercury)
Directed by Mike Baldwin
In all honesty, we were pretty convinced Goldspot was a British band. Their music's definitely British (they compare pretty favorably to Travis, for those of you who think of that as being a favorable thing)...More |
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Ellen Allien and Apparat - "Way Out"
from Orchestra of Bubbles (Domino)
Directed by Postedellefragole
Ellen Allien and Apparat's Orchestra of Bubbles was definitely one of those "great but not in a flashy way" kinds of records - craftsmanship out to here, but no world-beating singles or anything. And so only it figures...More |
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Animal Collective - "Fireworks"
from forthcoming Strawberry Jam (Domino)
Directed by Jon Leone
People who have followed Animal Collective for a while might've assumed that the skittering, screeching work from early on would never join forces with their more melodic recent material, but ...More |
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Robyn - "With Every Heartbeat"
from With Every Heartbeat single (Konichiwa)
Directed by Stylewar
Before any of you rolls your eyes and says something like, "Aw c'mon, another sad Swedish electronic pop chanteuse?" just remember that Robyn's been at this since like 1999...More |
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4th Child - "Now I've Found You"
from Now I've Found You single (Hit Records)
Directed by Shane Davey
So, here's what we know about 4th Child. He's from England, and his musical tastes seem grounded in 80's techno/electronica, and he sounds a wee bit like Dave Gahan (but in a good way)...More |
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The Bees - "Listening Man"
from Octopus (EMI)
Directed by Dominic Leung
What is it about English boys and reggae? The Bees wear a lot of stylistic hats, but on this, the latest single off Octopus, you can just kind of feel the reverence - as well as the near-instinctive comfort...More |
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Ali Love - "Secret Sunday Lover"
from Love Music (Columbia)
Directed by Ben Ib
Okay, we'll admit it: the fact that the Chemical Brothers' new single "Do It Again" had a guest vocalist - this vocalist - kind of evaded us the first time around. But Ali Love's people weren't about....More |
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I-Robots - "Frau" (Boys Noize remix)
from Frau 12" single (Boysnoize)
Directed by Daniel Eskil
We really don't think this happens often enough - a dope remix deserves just as much hype and promotion as a regular song, and it can go just as far too! It might've gotten Kanye West pretty bent out of shape....More |
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Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen - "Oh My God"
from Version (Sony)
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
Mark Ronson is the cutest little svengali ever. He's got hip hop production credits up the wazoo (and none of the beef that usually comes with it for white boys), he produced Amy Winehouse's splendidly soulful debut....More |
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Dead Disco - "You're Out"
from forthcoming (but still untitled) debut (679)
Directed by Ollie Evans
It's high time this dagblasted electro-rock game got an all-girl team. With Chicks on Speed having retired to make dresses out of garbage bags and electrical tape or whatever, the mini-genre was definitely....More |
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M.I.A. - "Boyz"
from forthcoming Kala (XL)
Director unknown
Now seems like a good time to praise the good people at XL for how they've promoted M.I.A.'s forthcoming album Kala. They dropped "Bird Flu" on the world when nobody expected it, then let things ....More |
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Bat For Lashes - "What's a Girl to Do"
from Fur & Gold (She Bear)
Directed by Dougal Wilson
It might be a bit much to call this track spooky, but like many other Bat For Lashes songs, this doesn't skimp on atmosphere. The English band's debut (Fur & Gold) came out this past ....More |
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Air - "Mer du Japon"
from Pocket Symphony (Astralwerks)
Director unknown
As we've discussed before, it's pretty damned impressive that Air, almost ten years into their career, can release a track that sounds like a composite of almost every single....More |
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UGK featuring Outkast - "International Players' Anthem"
from forthcoming Underground Kingz (Jive)
Directed by Bryan Barber
"UGK? Weren't they on 'Big Pimpin' like a million years ago? How'd they get Outkast on their single? And didn't Outkast break up? WTF is this?" Boys and girls, UGK is one of the Souf's best, Andre is in tip top shape, and this song samples....More |
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Klaxons - "It's Not Over Yet"
from Myths of the Near Future (Universal)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
If you find yourself blessed with a moment of quiet in the near future, and you listen extra hard, you'll be able to make out the faintest sound of a cosmic pendulum swinging back the other way on the Klaxons....More |
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Arctic Monkeys - "Fluorescent Adolescent"
from Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino)
Directed by Richard Ayoade
Even though people weren't openly rooting for it to happen, it seems as though everyone was secretly hoping Favourite Worst Nightmare was going to be terrible. So to us it's been a delight to see that the Monkeys' entire publicity campaign....More |
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The Chemical Brothers - "Do It Again"
from Do It Again single (Astralwerks)
Directed by Michael Haussman
It's tempting to say that the Chemical Brothers are aging quite gracefully, but, listening to this single, it almost sounds like they haven't aged at all. This doesn't have that same nasty house edge....More |
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Franz Ferdinand - "All My Friends"
from All My Friends single (DFA)
Directed by Anna McCarthy
Because of who struck it rich before (Kaiser Chiefs?) and after (the Bravery?!) them, people sometimes forget that Franz Ferdinand were pretty damned capable, and this is a welcome reminder that those Glaswegians....More |
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Armand Van Helden - "NYC Beat"
from Ghettoblaster (Ultra)
Director unknown
Okay. So Ghettoblaster came out, it had some nice moments on it, yes, it was reasonably successful for what it set out to do, but videos? Really? Color us surprised. Incredibly, utterly surprised....More |
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Digitalism - "Pogo"
from forthcoming album Idealism (Astralwerks)
Directed by Daniel Askill
The line between dance-rock and actual electronic music seems to be growing perilously thin. If Digitalism's upcoming full-length has more stuff like this on it, we might as well just dispense with the line altogether....More |
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Blonde Redhead - "Top Ranking"
from 23 (4AD)
Directed by Mike Mills
A band's longtime fans will often exaggerate when it comes to charting their heroes' progress, but believe Blonde Redhead fans when they tell you that on 23, the band's done a lot of growing up. If you're one of those people who likes evidence....More |
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The Horrors - "She is the New Thing"
from Strange House (Stolen Transmission)
Directed by Corin Hardy
Not entirely sure why this became single #4. I suppose the band's handlers wanted to show off a different side of the band, and this is definitely the most successful strutter on Strange House. This better not....More |
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TV on the Radio - "Me-I"
from Warm & Scratchy (Williams Street/Adult Swim)
Directed by Daniel Garcia/The Mixtape Club
TV on the Radio recently played a show in New York where they opened up for Air at Madison Square Garden, and even though the math involved there makes sense (career length: 10 years to 4, albums released: 6 to 2, etc),....More |
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Pase Rock - "Lindsay Lohan's Revenge"
from Lindsay Lohan's Revenge single (Fully Fitted)
Directed by the Internet
Pase Rock is on that up and up shit. He's been holding it down for a while now, making all those good connections (Five Deez, Spank Rock, etc), and all he needs is something to propel him to national consciousness...Hmm....More |
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Fujiya & Miyagi - "Ankle Injury"
from Transparent Things (Tirk/Deaf Dumb & Blind)
Directed by Wade Shotter
Despite what you might think, Fujiya & Miyagi is actually an English band that's taking their cues from Americans and Germans and only pretending to be Japanese. We're kind of pissed...More |
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Gym Class Heroes - "Cupid's Chokehold"
from As Cruel as School Children (Fueled by Ramen)
Directed by Melodie McDaniel
Admittedly, this is hardly hot off the presses, but our commitment to quality supercedes our commitment to freshness. Gym Class Heroes are an improbable creation: a four-piece hip hop band (!) from upstate New York (!!)...More |
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Blonde Redhead - "23"
from 23 (4AD)
Directed by Melodie McDaniel
Throughout their career, Blonde Redhead has been derided for making its influences a little too obvious. But even if it's pretty obvious that this New York trio listens to a lot of Sonic Youth, their steady climb up the indie ladder makes...More |
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Teenagers - "Homecoming"
from forthcoming Homecoming single (Merok)
Directed by Kinga Burza
For a good long while, the Teenagers seemed more like an idea than an actual band. Everywhere you went even tailing back toward the end of last year, people had heard of them, and were excited about them, but nobody...More |
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Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."
from forthcoming † (Vice)
Directed by So-Me
Ohh la la. This is the third straight Justice single to hit it big on dancefloors all over the world. The first ("We Are Your Friends") took nearly three years to take off, the second ("Waters of Nazareth") took about six months, and this...More |
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Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - "Thou Shalt Always Kill"
from Thou Shalt Always Kill single (Lex)
Directed by Nick Frew
Who the hell is Dan le Sac? And while we're on the subject, who the hell is Scroobius Pip? The Internet tells us that they're signed to that way out hip hop imprint Lex, home of Subtle and others, and like most of their other artists...More |
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Midnight Juggernauts - "Road to Recovery"
from Road to Recovery single (label unknown)
Directed by KROZM
Sure, you could say that Midnight Juggernauts grabbed onto the Presets' coattails (the first we'd heard about them came in the form of a really dope remix that's featured on Resets), but hey, they're here now, and we're...More |
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Kudu - "Playing House"
from Death of the Party (Nublu)
Directed by Lenny Tso
Kudu's got a fantastic future in store for them. Death of the Party shows off their superabundance of talent, their live show has deservedly gained a reputation as one of the best in the city,
and...hmm. What else? Oh yeah...More |
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Bumblebeez - "Dr. Love"
from mysterious but apparently upcoming full-length (Modular)
Directed by Tom Kuntz
This is that new shit from Australia, everybody: a hip hop/dance rock hybrid courtesy of an art-school-educated laptop wizard who's currently living in Brooklyn and getting some stuff together for a debut release on Modular...More |
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Bogdan Irkuk - "Curare"
from The Distant EP (Rollerboys)
Directed by Pistachios
Thank God for music videos. Every time we're about to throw our hands up in frustration over the amount of crap floating around out there, something like this comes along and reminds us why we love this business...More |
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Hadouken! - "That Boy That Girl"
from That Boy That Girl single (Surface Noise)
Directed by Bob Harlow
Leave it to the fucking Europeans to finally get the rock and hip hop cross-over to work. Americans have been trying and failing to pull this off since the 80's, and now here comes this huge crop of artists ...More |
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Calvin Harris - "Acceptable in the 80's"
from Acceptable in the 80's single (Fly Eye/Columbia)
Directed by Woof-Wan Bau
Calvin Harris must be one fast talker. As far as we can tell, this is the only recorded output that Mr. Harris can lay claim to, but the execs at Columbia liked it so much that they've given him a record deal, and now he's opening for legends like Faithless ...More |
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Foals - "Hummer"
from Hummer single (Transgressive)
Directed by Ollie Evans
Frankly, we think Foals is a pretty lousy name for a band, but these guys, whose MySpace list of influences includes the following things - "loops, and their dreams and aspirations," "privileged unemployment," "devo," and "girls who wear beige...More |
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Simian Mobile Disco - "It's the Beat"
from It's the Beat single (Wichita)
Directed by James Price
It feels so good to be right. We told you Simian Mobile Disco was going to be huge, didn't we? Sure, after "Tits & Acid" and "Hustler" came out, that didn't seem like such a crazy thing to say, but with "Animal House" and this track coming...More |
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Bonde do Role - "Solta o Frango"
from Solta o Frango single (Domino)
Directed by Barney Clay
Bonde do Role are about to take over the world. We think. These recent Domino signees have pole position in the race to become baile funk's first international stars, and judging by tracks like this one and "Caminhão de Gás,"...More |
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M.I.A. - "Bird Flu"
from Bird Flu single (XL)
Director unknown
A whole bunch of months ago, there were some rumors floating around that Timbaland was interested in doing some work with M.I.A., and it was only just recently that the thought of that stopped making our jaws hit the floor...More |
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Lily Allen - "Alfie"
from Alright, Still (Universal)
Directed by Sarah Chatfield
Any second now, Lily Allen's gonna blow up. She's got four singles out already, and there's a good chance that a fifth one will be making its way into our collective eardrums soon too (yes, Alright, Still is that loaded ...More |
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Klaxons - "Golden Skans"
from forthcoming debut album (Modular)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
In our recent interview with their keyboardist James Righton, what surprised us most about the Klaxons was how seriously they seem to take their music. Obviously, any band that gets as far as they have must put a lot of effort into its songwriting....More |
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DJ Mehdi - "I Am Somebody"
from Lucky Boy (Ed Banger)
Directed by So-Me
The odds that DJ Mehdi would be the first artist in the Ed Banger stable to release a full-length album are impossibly long. The Ed Banger name's been on the tips of clubland tongues for almost a full year now...More |
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Hot Chip - "And I Was a Boy From School"
from The Warning (Astralwerks)
Directed by Garth Jennings
Somebody's going to have to explain to us just what electro-soul means. That's the genre that some enterprising young journalist invented to describe the sound of The Warning, and frankly, we think it's a little ridiculous...More |
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The Knife - "Like a Pen"
from Silent Shout (Rabid)
Directed by Andreas Nilsson
Everybody wants to pigeonhole the Knife. People latch onto Karin Dreijer's voice and swear that she sounds just like early Bjork. People grab at Olof's keyboard sounds and complain that it's a lame cash-in on the analog synth revival...More |
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Rinocerose - "Cubicle"
from Schizophonia (V2)
Directed by Alex and Liane
God knows this is veering into "giving them too much credit" territory, but what about maybe asking whether Rinocerose took their name from Ionesco's play? We're just saying, any group that can go from psychoanalysis...More |
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Gnarls Barkley - "Smiley Faces"
from St. Elsewhere (Downtown)
Directed by Robert Hales
Through no fault of their own, Cee-Lo and Dangermouse seem like prohibitive favorites for the 2007 "I Am SO Fucking Sick of These Guys" Award. Their publicity push has been in overdrive for so long now ...More |
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The Sounds - "Tony the Beat"
from Dying to Say This to You (Scratchie/New Line)
Directed by Ace Norton
Member for member, the Sounds are probably the hottest band in the world right now. They're stylish, long-limbed and underfed, and if any of them tried to pick you up at a bar you'd probably be powerless to stop them...More |
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The Constantines - "Working Full Time"
from Tournament of Hearts (Sub Pop)
Directed by Drew Lightfoot
It's proved harder than expected to get real heavy riffs into the indie rock mold. If you lay too much lumber onto your hooks, you run the risk of sounding antiquated or too meat-headed. ...More |
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Madonna - "Get Together"
from Confessions on a Dancefloor (Warner Bros)
Directed by Logan
Madonna makes things look so easy. If you look back over her career, it's enough to make a man think that anyone that got famous could stay famous for twenty years. I mean golly, how hard can it be to consistently pick great producers ...More |
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The Divine Comedy - "Diva Lady"
from Victory For the Comic Muse (Parlophone/EMI)
Directed by Rachel Reupke
The Divine Comedy seems cursed. Neil Hannon's group has been recording in various incarnations for upwards of 15 years now, and the output's been consistently great. It's also been consistently ignored by American music journalists ...More |
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The Blow - "Parentheses"
from Paper Television (K Records)
Directed by Hooliganship
Lap pop can be pretty grating, if you're not careful. For every inspired iMac wizard, there is at least one unshaven schmo who proudly sings through his nose (cough cough, Gene Defcon! cough)...More |
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Lily Allen - "Littlest Things"
from Alright, Still (Universal)
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
To really make a big splash in a foreign market, it helps to be armed with a second (or, in Lily Allen's case, third) single that shows off something different. Here, on "Littlest Things," ...More |
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The Rapture - "Whoo! Alright - Yeah...Uh-Huh"
from Pieces of the People We Love (Mercury)
Directed by Ben Dickinson
The best part about the Rapture is how unapologetic they are about stealing. These guys will tax from anybody, anytime, anywhere, and that thieves' glint in their eyes is at its brightest here on "W.A.Y.U.H.,"...More |
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Basement Jaxx - "Take Me Back to Your House"
from Crazy Itch Radio (XL)
Directed by ?
In words of Yakof Smirnoff, in Soviet Russia, Basement Jaxx you! But seriously folks, the Jaxx seem to have lost they damn mind, and the folks at XL...More |
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The Softlightes - "Heart Made of Sound"
from Heart Made of Sound EP (Modular)
Directed by Kris Moyes
It's pretty easy to get cynical about indie rock bands these days. There are so many of the little buggers out there that half the time you wonder why anyone would start a band in the first place...More |
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Bonnie Prince Billy - "Cold and Wet"
from The Letting Go (Drag City)
Directed by Einar Baldvin
This single isn't set to drop for another week (check your local record store November 14th), but we got impatient and had to get it to you a week early...More |
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Space Cowboy featuring Nadia Oh - "My Egyptian Lover"
from Digital Rock (Tiger Trax)
Director Unknown
Space Cowboy is real big in Japan. No seriously, he is. Though the Parisian Cowboy (nee Nick Dresti) lurks on the perimeter of Europe's dance music scene, the guy's last album was the third best-selling electronic music album of 2004 in Japan - ..More |
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DJ Shadow featuring Q-Tip - "Enuff"
from The Outsider (Sony)
Directed by Rojo
The way we see it, any time a big-time artist takes too long to get his next release onto shelves, he's gonna have a hard time convincing people that the wait was worth it, no matter what. The Shadow knows - ..More |
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Tilly and the Wall - "Sing Songs Along "
from Bottoms of Barrels (Team Love)
Directed by Kinga Burza
Everybody goes through a twee phase. It doesn't matter if yours was over before you turned six or if you still dig cardigans and kitties when you're paying your first mortgage..More |
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Oasis - "Acquiesce"
from The Masterplan (Sony)
Directed by Robert Hales
Something very strange is going on. Oasis has recently begun putting together videos for songs off their bizarrely consistent b-sides release The Masterplan, tabbing people like Ben & Greg..More |
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Fatboy Slim - "Champion Sound"
from The Greatest Hits - Why Try Harder (Astralwerks)
Directed by Steven Glashier
Just what is it about the domino effect, anyway? Is it the sight of a well-laid plan being executed? The hypnotic simplicity? The fact that it's about the most physics we can understand?..More |
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Madonna - "Jump"
from Confessions on a Dancefloor (Warner Bros)
Directed by Jonas Akerlund
Madonna must be so pumped right now - and in more ways than one. In addition to looking like she's ready to become the next welterweight boxing champion of the world...More |
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The Killers - "Bones"
from Sam's Town (Island/Def Jam)
Directed by Tim Burton
To whom it may concern:
Any and all monies Tim Burton may or may not have owed you
as the result of a mortgage, gambling debts, drug purchases or other similarly illicit acts can rest easy...More |
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Beck - "Cellphone's Dead"
from The Information (Interscope)
Directed by Michel Gondry
Beck's an institution. Simple as that. No two ways about it. He's nine albums deep into a career that really hasn't featured a single misstep...More |
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Miho Hatori - "Barracuda"
from Ecdysis (Rykodisc)
Directed by Ishiura Masaru
Up until very recently, Miho Hatori's music was really pretty bizarre. Delightfully so, but her recent collaboration with Beck's guitarist Smokey Hormel...More |
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Madvillain - "Monkey Suite"
from Chrome Children (Stones Throw)
Directed by Daniel Garcia and Level Two
To be honest, we're a little ambivalent about the whole Stones Throw getting in bed with Adult Swim thing. Sure, Peanut Butter Wolf has assured his non-cartoon-loving fans that he's retained absolute creative control...More |
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Datarock - "Fa Fa Fa"
from Datarock (Yap)
Directed by Benedicte Ringnes
Scandinavia! SCANDINAVIA! Norway's Datarock just finished tearing England up on tour in support of their debut album (which features this single)...More |
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Hot Chip - "Over and Over"
from The Warning (Astralwerks)
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
Hot Chip's The Warning has had an unusual kind of trajectory through the public consciousness, and it's easy to see it becoming this year's Echoes -...More |
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Gnarls Barkley - "Who Cares"
from St. Elsewhere (Downtown)
Directed by Evan Bernard
So, how about this: Gnarls Barkley as the standard-bearers of camp in the 21st century! Makes sense, doesn't it? They play with race more than they play with gender...More |
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Moby featuring Debbie Harry - "New York New York"
from Go - The Very Best of Moby (Astralwerks)
Directed by Evan Bernard
It's hard to say what Moby's plans are these days. After more or less gracefully relinquishing his title as King of Corporate Whores (enjoy it while it lasts, Hova) ...More |
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Klaxons - "Magick"
from Xan Valleys (Modular)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
According to some (cough, Britishmusicjournalists, cough), indie music is speeding toward a rave revival - with guitars! ...More |
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CSS - "Alala "
from Cansei de Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
Directed by Cat Solen
The process by which record companies choose an album's singles strikes us as one of life's great mysteries. Why, for example, would any A&R man worth his guest list status ...More |
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Headman featuring Tara - "On and On "
from On (Gomma)
Directed by Pierre Prieur and Thomas Euvrie
Back in 2001, Headman's big hit "It Rough" featured vocals from a cryptic character called Tara. Her pillow soft voice offered a beautiful counterpart to Headman's ticking, epic electronica...More |
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The Klaxons - "Gravity's Rainbow"
from Xan Valleys (Modular)
Directed by Saam Farahmand)
It usually takes a couple of gold or platinum records and some sustained international recognition before media outlets start wetting themselves over a musicians's sense of style...More |
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Who Made Who - "Space For Rent "
from WhoMadeWho (Gomma)
Directed by M Werner)
As the Gomma monster continues to wrap its slimy nu-disco tentacles around Europe, we're sure to hear more and more from bands like Who Made Who..More |
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Simian Mobile Disco - "Hustler "
from Hustler single (Kitsune)
Directed by Saam Farahmand
For those of you behind on your blog-perusing, Simian Mobile Disco is a duo that rose out of the ashes of Simian - you know, that group that gave us "Never Be Alone" ...More |
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Headman - "Moisture "
from On (Gomma)
Directed by Bruce Rabbit
Berlin's Headman hasn't released an album of original material in almost five years, but he's spent his time off keeping busy ...More |
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Lily Allen - "Smile "
from Smile EP (Universal)
Directed by Sophie Muller
In case you were wondering, that freshness you've been smelling has been coming from here, the title track from Lily Allen's EP Smile...More |
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Zero 7 featuring Jose Gonzalez - "Crosses"
from The Garden (Atlantic)
Directed by Duckeye
People are fond of calling Zero 7 "an English version of AIR," and while that's meant to be a diss, we certainly don't see it that way....More |
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Lady Sovereign - "Love Me or Hate Me"
from Public Warning (Def Jam)
Directed by Brian Beletic
We've reached a pretty low point in our history when people start comparing the S-O-V to the Streets for lack of any better frame of reference. Aside from their shared genre and geographic origins....More |
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The Horrors - "Sheena is a Parasite"
from EP (Stolen Transmission)
Directed by Chris Cunningham
Attention everyone - the Horrors are here, and they've brought Chris Cunningham with them! We don't know how these little hypewads managed to coax this legendary director out of music video retirement....More |
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Munk featuring James Murphy - "Kick Out the Chairs "
from Aperitivi (Gomma)
Director unknown)
Gomma's Munk may have made a bit of a mistake in choosing their name. In addition to sounding kind of stupid, the band shares its name with an American performer who sells his songs to network television shows....More |
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Lily Allen - "LDN"
from Alright, Still (EMI)
Directed by Nima Nourizadeh
A song so good they released it twice, "LDN" is just half of Lily Allen's recently begun two-pronged assault on the United States. Her Smile EP just came out last week....More |
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Para One - Dundun-Dun "
from Epiphanie (Institubes)
Director unknown
The French house scene keeps on killing it. From Daft Punk to Black Strobe to the Ed Banger and Kitsune rosters, it's easy to go broke buying imports these days....More |
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The Rapture - "Gotta Get Myself Into It"
from Pieces of the People We Love (Mercury)
Directed by Ben Dickinson
Despite the bad blood rumored to have clotted up over song-writing credits, it looks like the Rapture's collaboration with DFA boss James Murphy on Echoes is going to pay dividends for a while....More |
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Scissor Sisters - "Don't Feel Like Dancing"
from Ta-Dah! (Universal Motown)
Directed by Andy Soup
The
Scissor Sisters are just plain fabulous. Feel free to take that adjective in whatever context you want, but the simple fact of the matter is that their debut album was spectacular....More |
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Kasabian - "Shoot the Runner"
from Empire (RCA)
Directed by Alex and Martin
If Kasabian was a band full of girls, we'd say this single has sass out the ass, but since it's full of dudes, let's just say that it's balls-to-the-motherfucking-wall....More |
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Gnarls Barkley - "Gone Daddy Gone"
from St. Elsewhere (Downtown)
Directed by Chris Milk
Good news: Downtown finally got the memo about Gnarls Barkley's lead single being SO COMPLETELY PLAYED OUT, but to keep their ball rolling (as well as make amends to us)....More |
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Tiga - "Far From Home"
from Sexor (Last Gang)
Directed by Nagi Noda
For a guy who's done hit remixes and/or covers of everyone from Corey Hart ("Sunglasses at Night") to Nelly ("Hot in Herre") to Public Enemy ("Louder Than a Bomb")....More |
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TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me "
from Return to Cookie Mountain (RCA)
Directed by Jon Watts
TV on the Radio's greatest weapon -producer David Sitek - is probably one of the more underappreciated figures in indie rock these days. In addition to the gloriously filthy sound of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut and early EPs...More |
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Kelis featuring Andre 3000 - "Millionaire"
from Tasty (Arista)
directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
Kelis's breathy, freaky r&b hardly seems like something that would appeal to delicate European sensibilities. From our point of view, everything from her choice in producers...More |
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The Raconteurs - "Hands"
from Broken Boy Soldiers (V2)
Directed by Ramon Bloomberg
Every scrap of press the Raconteurs seem to generate these days deals with Jack White. It's gone from "Hey, a band with Jack White in it!" to "Jack White is cool for sharing the songwriting!" to...More |
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MSTRKRFT - "Work On You"
from The Looks (Last Gang)
Director unknown
Music video aficionados will note that this video plays a lot like a more adult version of Daft Punk's "Digital Love" video. It's a little grittier, true, and a little more intense...More |
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CSS - "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above"
from Cansei de Ser Sexy (Sub Pop)
Directed by Cat Solen
Even if you've been living under a rock (don't front, we know you can pick up WiFi down there), you've heard of these six by now: five girls and one guy from Brazil who can kind of play their instruments...More |
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The Gossip - "Listen Up"
from Standing in the Way of Control (Kill Rock Stars)
Directed by Morgen Dye
The Gossip is for the children!! Going from a sleepy little town called Searcy, Oregon to national indie stars and gay icons could leave a lesser band feeling pretty tentative...More |
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Basement Jaxx - "Hush Boy"
from Crazy Itch Radio (XL)
Directed by Phil Griffin
These days, you can basically count the number of really consistent, enjoyable electronic pop artists on the fingers of one hand, and while we're sure they're on the list, we're not quite sure which finger Basement Jaxx is...More |
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JUSTICE vs. Simian - "Never Be Alone "
from Never Be Alone single (Source UK)
Directed by Jason MacFarlane
ust when we were starting to think that nothing can stay hot for more than 15 minutes these days, along comes this single (originally released back in 2003!) to prove us wrong...More |
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