Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Bored To Death.



ABOUT:

- Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.

The offbeat comedy series 'Bored to Death,' created by Jonathan Ames (author of several books, including the acclaimed graphic novel 'The Alcoholic'), follows the misadventures of a fictional Jonathan Ames as he pursues his quixotic dream of emulating his heroes from classic private detective novels.

'Bored to Death' stars Jason Schwartzman ('The Darjeeling Limited') as Jonathan Ames; Ted Danson ('Damages,' HBO's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm') as George Christopher, a high-profile magazine editor and Jonathan's boss; and Zach Galifianakis ('The Hangover') as comic book illustrator Ray Hueston, Jonathan's confidant. BORED TO DEATH was created by Jonathan Ames; executive producers, Jonathan Ames, Sarah Condon, Stephanie Davis, Dave Becky and Troy Miller; co-executive producer, Tracey Baird; producers, Mark Baker and Anna Dokoza.

BORED TO DEATH / HBO.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

A Mountain Of One 'Bones'

Wild Beasts



Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com

Bio

Two Dancers is the second Wild Beasts album. Co-produced by the band and northern enigma Richard Formby in remote Norfolk earlier this year, it follows 2008's widely celebrated debut Limbo, Panto. The result is a record of tightrope-high drama, put simply, Two Dancers finds the Wild Beasts on fire. Two Dancers is alive with its sense of possibility, a sound that shimmers and sways in the band's own mercurial fashion. Sit back and listen with wonder at the thrill of it all.

Two Dancers inhabits its own landscape, as Tom Fleming says, it's "a series of scenes... a big party, the street outside later on, or in a bedroom, or desperately hungry and starving to death on a distant beach." The words 'bedroom', 'desperately' and 'party' perfectly capture the energies at work in Two Dancers. Equal to the euphoria and sense of expectation is a feeling of helplessness. Hedonism can produce a long night of the soul that burns on wired emotions, and on what Fleming calls "meaningless lust". The album's lead single Hooting And Howling, from its title down, captures this perfectly. Consisting of a staring match between guitarist Benny Little and lead vocalist Hayden Thorpe, Hooting and Howling is equal parts statement of intent, and relentless eye contact from a priapic state of mind. As with rest of the album, it feels slightly delirious, having turned itself inside out and finding a state of unique musical grace.

Two Dancers is full of references to the following: booty calls, puckered lips, bodies as perfect machines, and dim-lit streets. Lyrically Two Dancers is equally energetic and ripe. In All The King's Men Fleming sings with purposeful intent about "Girls from Rodean, girls from Shipley, from Hounslow, girls from Whitby" as Hayden Thorpe's falsetto soars with palpable anticipation. In this song, as on the whole of the album, Wild Beasts dare you to cut loose and be seduced, but you'll join in on the disorientation along the way.

The album's shorter tracks, the two minutes of Underbelly and When I'm Sleepy, allow delicious moments for pause. "We were trying to come up with a way to describe it", as Fleming puts it "and the nearest we got is erotic downbeat music". Both are suggestive and abstract, capturing the fine art of feeling weird by shimmering in a twilight cadence. The band's performances throughout are pure liquid energy. The needlepoint drama is a result of the band eschewing studio hyper gloss by playing together in the room - "recorded live, no over thinking" explains Thorpe. The sound and sensation of a band, to borrow the lyric of This Is Our Lot, 'dancing late / like young reprobates'.

And Two Dancers is indeed a record made by real young men. As Thorpe, owner of one of the most wildly emotive falsettos observes, "It's such a clich to be perceived as being different. We're seen as being outsiders, and that makes us close up the ranks even more.'' In closing up the ranks Wild Beasts have made a record of earthly pleasures that sounds thrillingly widescreen, open and in awe of life; equally intoxicated and disturbed by the possibilities of pleasure.

Friday, October 16, 2009

My favorite TV Themes.

The Wind In The Willows.



The Pursuaders.



Taxi.



Hill Street Blues.




M.A.S.H



Twin Peaks.



Cheers.



Soap.




Dick Turpin.



There are of cause many more, but theese are the ones dear to me..

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Jonathan Johansson - Aldrig ensam



I still remeber his concert in "lille Vega" in Copenhagen, as one of the more uplifting and happy spiritet concerts I´ve ever been to. The video to Aldrig Ensam (Never Alone) Is really beautiful and suits the song well.

M.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age's new collaborative mini-album.



Broadcast are back with a new collaborative mini-album 'Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age'
Broadcast is due to release a full-lenght album in 2010.

AUDIO TRAILER:


Some party. I only realised that the punch had been spiked when I started laughing at things that weren’t funny. I staggered out into the mansion’s highland gardens to get some air and to try and get some kind of peace and quiet in my busy head, but it was no use. Even outside everything around me became louder, weirder, brighter, darker, I just couldn’t seem to get a hold on anything normal at all. The warm night’s breeze seemed to blow me towards a dimly lit path that led me to a large, ancient walled garden. And right in the middle of this walled square sat a huge black cube, which seemed to be making peculiar disjointed twinkling sounds. I looked around and I swear that all the plants and herbs and everything planted was watching, listening and moving about to the sounds this giant cube thing was making. I remember thinking it was all quite enchanting but in the wrong sort of way.

After sometime (but I don’t know how much) I turned and left the walled garden and headed back towards the mansion. From a distance it looked very alive, all its windows full of light and moving colours. I wandered past a derelict swimming pool with no water and a broken springboard. I only recall this as I narrowly missed falling right into it. Eventually I found myself at the back of the grand house, where I stumbled in though large open double doors. It was the old meat store; a bright blue light was on and I can remember the cold, the dead hares, pheasants, grouse and a deer swinging from hooks above me. The pungent smell of death was almost as confusing as the dark and sticky floor. I moved on and into the heat of the vast ancient Kitchen. It was busy. There was a raging fire and a pig was roasting and crackling over the flames. Cooks were frantic. I was hurried on my way. I followed the throbbing of the walls and movement of other guests into the old panelled ballroom where the evening festivities had originally begun. This time it was different, much darker, people everywhere were wearing hats or masks or costumes. Out of the strobing lights ahead I could make out a pair on the stage, a man, a woman and an old tape machine. This was Broadcast. They were making rhythms and sounds I had not experienced before but they all somehow seemed in tune with the noises my mind wanted to hear. The crowd seemed to move and sway as one - I’d read about these kinds of “happenings” before, now I was in the middle of one. We were all under some kind of spell, entranced by whatever we’d unknowingly consumed and what peculiar vibes the house, the band and the people inside it could stir up. I’m convinced halfway through this performance everything started to go backwards.

The house was so big I wanted to see more. I found old libraries, smoking rooms and more oddness. There was nudity, cavorting, collapsing everywhere. One room I found had nothing inside except for white walls, caged birds and a grey parrot which made a funny ticking noise. Eventually I joined a cue of conscious revellers making their way up the large oak staircase. “What’s up here” I asked the cat in a cravat and shades in front of me. He turned and told me “use your key man, use your key”. It was then I remembered that the party invitation was a key, but only now I realised why.

Nothing on this first floor would open for me and my key. I carried on searching for my door, up another smaller flight of stairs and along corridors with walls covered in paintings of burning landscapes. Higher and deeper into the house I walked, losing all sense of where I was or how long I’d been there.

I can’t even remember finding my door, but clearly recall unlocking and walking into a candlelit room with a circular table and six or seven people sitting there waiting for me. I took my seat and the girl next to me whispered “this is The Focus Group…join hands”. The scene conjured up images of dead magicians, devil worship and something of my grandmother. And then the sounds started. It was like hearing a wireless being tuned into my life, as though someone was cutting up all the music I knew about and was giving it back to me but as a puzzle I couldn’t work out. I closed my eyes and saw my past and my future all drifting before me, memories of old friends, enemies, laughter, love and a touch of fear. I could see orchards, ships, graveyards and picnics. I was floating, swimming in sound and divine thought.

I have no idea of when, where or how I left the mansion or even got home. All I have of the evening are these rapidly fading recollections, the key and an unusual bruise on my left thigh. I’d like to go back again. But wouldn’t drink the punch next time.

- Jonny Trunk

Download available now from iTunes
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Found at Warp.com

Holy Ghost in the studio.


Found at Waves at Night.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Monday, September 7, 2009

Sunday, September 6, 2009

PSL and Lykke Li over the summer. (In Swedish)

Per Sinding-Larsen from PSL made this interview serie with Lykke Li this summer. In all there is 17 video recorded interviews with her. It gives a little more insight to her person.

Lykke li inteview serie HERE

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Dirty Projectors on Letterman.

Performing, Cannibal Resource.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

FONTÄN

Very good band from Gothenburg! A favourite right now.

Fontän: Early Morning 12´

Mp3 Fontän - Early Morning

Fontän: Winterhwila

Mp3 Fontän - You too..

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Taken By Trees.

Victoria Bergsman discusses what inspired her to travel to Pakistan to record the new album. She´s the girl who sang on Peter Bjørn & John´s Young Folks.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Caribou on lablogotheque

I have never seen this before, but it´s really great! Caribou performing Sundialing in a small street. The running part is really funny and cool I think.


Thanks to lablogoyheque

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Grizzly Bear Live + Interwiev, On Spinner.com/Interface

Two Weeks


Ready Able

While You Wait For The Others

Cheerleader

Interwiev

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Courtney Tidwell - Watusii

CORTNEY TIDWELL - WATUSII from Daniel Franke on Vimeo.



I diden´t hear about Courtney Tidwell, before I read on Caribous myspace that Dan Snaith was going to do a remix of the track Watusii. It´s cool track, and I´m looking forward to hearing waht Dan Snaith makes of it.

"In the classic Watusi, the dancer is almost stationary with knees slightly bent, although may advance forward and back by one or two small rhythmic paces. The arms, with palms flat in line, are held almost straight, alternately flail up and down in the vertical. The head is kept in line with the upper torso but may bob slightly to accentuate the arm flailing. The dance, which became popular in the American surf/beach sub-culture of 1960s, may be enhanced if one imagines that ones feet are on sand."

Caribou: Irene

Caribou - Irene from Video Marsh on Vimeo.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

Dirty Projectors

PICTHFORK LIVE Dirty Projectors.
Rise Above


Spray Paint (The Walls)

Dirty Projecters is one of those bands you either love or hate, I think they are pretty amazing.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

DD/MM/YYYY - INFINITY SKULL CUBE

DD/MM/YYYY - INFINITY SKULL CUBE


Animated music video by Jesi The Elder. Infinity Skull Cube is on the newest album by DD/MM/YYYY: Black Square Released February 2009

Dark Was The Night.


The complete list of artists (in alphabetical order) that recorded tracks for this release are:
Andrew Bird
Antony + Bryce Dessner
Arcade Fire
Beach House
Beirut
Blonde Redhead + Devastations
Bon Iver
Bon Iver & Aaron Dessner
The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
The Decemberists
Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
Kevin Drew
Feist + Ben Gibbard
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear + Feist
Iron & Wine
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Kronos Quartet
Stuart Murdoch
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
The National
The New Pornographers
Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch
Riceboy Sleeps
Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio)
Spoon
Sufjan Stevens
Yeasayer
Yo La Tengo

Myspace.

Friday, March 6, 2009

500 Days Of Summer Trailer.



“He’s a hopeless romantic, a lovesick young man who falls in love with (Zooey Deschanel/She & Him´s character] Summer, and he gets dumped,” the actor said of the plot. “The thing is, the movie is all from the point of view of this guy, and this guy has watched way too many movies and listened to far too many pop songs. So his life becomes a pop song.”

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Fleet Foxes (Daytripping.)



This daytripping film by pitchfork, is made just before Fleet Foxes exploded in to world fame.

-M.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Modern Skirts


This listener-friendly band’s sophomore release, All Of Us In Our Night, is an almost cinematic delight.

Modern Skirts - Soft Pedals

Monday, March 2, 2009

Pomegranates


Everybody, Come Outside! is the shimmering and dreamy new album from Cincinnati art-pop denizens, Pomegranates. This Cincinnati quartet broke on the scene last year with their debut full length, Everything Is Alive--an album that garnered immediate attention and support from music lovers and taste-makers alike. KEXP and WOXY, among others, fell for the band's quirky and charming blend of pop rock, and listeners followed suit, blogging the band up to 11 on Elbo.ws blog aggregate. The band also caught the attention of their peers. Artists such as French Kicks and Islands responded to Pomegranates' dynamic live set by inviting them out on the road. Everybody, Come Outside! shows a marked improvement both creatively and sonically from its predecessor, channeling influences that range from Talking Heads and Brian Eno, to French Kicks and Fela Kuti. It's a conceptual album of sorts, weaving an interesting tale of a man who leaves home, only to be abducted by a time traveler. Each of the 11 tracks of ECO! add to the mystique, as well as reveal a bit more about this unusual tale.

Pomegranates is Jacob Merritt (drums, percussion), Joey Cook (vocals, guitar, keys, bass), Josh Kufeldt (bass, electric guitar) and Isaac Karns (guitar, bass, sampling, vocals, keys). Everybody, Come Outside! was recorded by Pomegranates and mixed and mastered by TJ Lipple of Aloha (MGMT, Headlights, Minus Story). Everybody, Come Outside! drops worldwide April 14, 2009 on Lujo Records.

Pomegranates - Corriander

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Various Artists - The War Child Presents Heroes


** Buy this album HERE for a good cause**

The track list in full:
1. Beck (Bob Dylan - “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat”)
2. The Kooks (The Kinks - “Victoria”)
3. The Hold Steady (Bruce Springsteen - "Atlantic City")
4. Hot Chip (Joy Division - “Transmission”)
5. Lily Allen feat. Mick Jones (The Clash - “Straight To Hell”)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (The Ramones - “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”)
7. Franz Ferdinand (Blondie - “Call Me”)
8. Duffy (Paul McCartney - “Live And Let Die”)
9. Estelle (Stevie Wonder - “Superstition”)
10. Rufus Wainwright (Brian Wilson -” Wonderful & Song For Children”)
11. Scissor Sisters (Roxy Music - “Do The Strand”)
12. Peaches (Iggy Pop - “Search And Destroy”)
13. Adam Cohen (Leonard Cohen - “Take This Waltz”)
14. Elbow (U2 - “Running To Stand Still”)
15. The Like (Elvis Costello - “You Belong To Me”)
16. TV On The Radio (David Bowie - “Heroes”)

Mp3: Tv on the Radio - Heroes (David Bowie Cover)

Here We Go Magic: Tunnelvision



Here We Go Magic, is one of many bands to come out of Brooklyn over the last few years, that play this Psychedellic inspired music, crossing genres from Rock, to Eletro to folk ect. Here We go Magic is In my oponion one of the best and most interesting sounding acts from the "scene".
- M.

Watch the pretty, grainy colors scroll by like abstract dreams in this kaleidoscopic clip directed by Peking and Snejina Latev.
- Pitchfork.

Mp3: Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision

Hauschka: Watercolor animation triology

On this rainy thursday, we need something nice and cosy, and I think Hauschka does just that, tho there is a Mooomie troll atmosphere underneath it, and especially towards the end. Even if it´s a bit melancholy,(said the "melancholy Dane")It is still a very nice and sweet little animation video, with some really great music to it, (Horns & Strings) like you may remember from, The Wind In The Willows, The Snowman ect.
- M.

watercolor animation backs this regal instrumental track, turning it into the cutest woodland-creature gathering this side of "David the Gnome". Directed by Overture.
- Pitchfork.

Here is the triology from Hauschka including the tracks: 1 Eltern 2 Heimat 3 Freibad.
- M.




Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Lovvers



This Reminds of 120 min on Mtv, back in 94´ish and could easily have been one of those videos that really opend my mind for alternative music.

Mp3: Lovvers - Human Hair

Myspace

Blog

Sad Day For Puppets




Mp3: Sad Day For Puppets - Anne Says

New upcoming shoegaze/dream pop band from Sweden

Myspace

Desert Noises



Mp3: New Man - Desert Noises

Desert Noises is made up of brothers Kyle and Trevor Henderson and Riley Johnson, all from the Wasatch Front college town of Provo, Utah

Myspace

Hotels

“spaced-out,” “poppy,” and “synthesizer,”


Mp3:Hydra - Hotels



Myspace

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Peter Bjorn & John Live and semi acoustic.



This is recorded in Hornstull, Stockholm live for PSL (swedish Blog/Svt 2 television.)

Living Thing.

TRACKLISTING:
1) The Feeling
2) It Don’t Move Me
3) Just the Past
4) Nothing to Worry About
5) I’m Losing My Mind
6) Living Thing
7) I Want You!
8) Lay It Down
9) Stay This Way
10) Blue Period Picasso
11) 4 Out Of 5
12) Last Night

Sunday, February 8, 2009

New York four-piece The Pains of Being Pure At Heart seem to be right on the tip of everyone’s tongue right now, and are seemingly on the verge of making a huge splash in 2009 with the release of their highly anticipated debut album being merely a few weeks away. But once you’ve listened to just one song, you being to realize that they absolutely love the kind of music that they’re creating.

The Yellow Stereo.

Mp3: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Everything With You

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Tokyo Trailer!




This is an excellent little trailer for Tokyo!, which until yesterday I had not even heard about. The film will include three shorts from the likes of Michel Gondry (we all know him, yes?), South Korean filmmaker Joon-ho Bong (The Host) and French director Leos Carax. I’ve never seen any films from Carax (apparently, his last film was 1999’s Pola X), but just the involvement of Gondry getting back to flexing his creative muscles has set my excitement for this at an extremely high level. Early word from the film had it pegged as a “nastier Eastern sibling to Paris, Je T’aime,” and called Gondry’s short, “arguably the best.” The trailer looks visually stunning, and anything that uses the city of Tokyo as its backdrop has me sold from the beginning. Also, the use of Tokyo Police Club during the trailer was a nice touch as well.

The Yellow Stereo.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Sunday, January 11, 2009

My Girls remix by Dave Wrangler. That song can do no wrong for me..


Mp3: Animal Collective - My Girls ( Dave Wrangler Remix )

Hi Morten, Thank you very much for the compliment! It's an amazing song on it's own!

It will be featured on an exclusive mix at Byte. FM tomorrow at midnite in Germany!

Dave Wrangler.

New Peter Bjorn & John




Mp3: Peter Björn & John - Nothing To Worry About

Friday, January 9, 2009

Fever Ray

Birdy Nam Nam


This track is produced by Justice, It Rock´s.

Mp3: Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Animal Collective


This song is amazing, and has to through off some great remix´s.


Mp3: Animal Collective - My Girls

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

My admiration for Brian Eno just grew.



"The Israelis are a gifted and resourceful people who fully deserve the right to live in peace, but who seem intent on squandering every chance to allow that to happen. It's difficult to avoid the conclusion that this conflict serves the political and economic purposes of Israel so well that they have every interest in maintaining it. While there is fighting they can continue to build illegal settlements. While there is fighting they continue to receive huge quantities of military aid from the United States. And while there is fighting they can avoid looking candidly at themselves and the ruthlessness into which they are descending.

"Gaza is now an experiment in provocation. Stuff one and a half million people into a tiny space, stifle their access to water, electricity, food and medical treatment, destroy their livelihoods, and humiliate them regularly...and, surprise, surprise - they turn hostile. Now why would you want to make that experiment?"

Brian Eno
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