Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill (video), CocoRosie (MP3), Air (MP3), more

• Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
  Introducing this year's "Technologic". Already #1 on the UK Cool Cuts Chart. Out 4/2 on iTunes. Check Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip's myspace
  
  The Beatles… Were just a band.
  Led Zeppelin… Just a band.
  The Beach Boys… Just a band.
  The Sex Pistols… Just a band.
  The Clash… Just a band.
  Crass… Just a band.
  Minor Threat… Just a band.
  The Cure… Just a band.
  The Smiths… Just a band.
  Nirvana… Just a band.
  The Pixies… Just a band.
  Oasis… Just a band.
  Radiohead… Just a band.
  Bloc Party… Just a band.
  The Arctic Monkeys… Just a band.
  The Next Big Thing… Just a band.
  
  
• CocoRosie - Rainbowarriors
  I've never really gotten into CocoRosie before, but I must admit that I absolutely love this tune. It's like Buffalo Daughter meets Animal Collective and This Mortal Coil. Beautiful.
  
  
• Air - Once Upon A Time
  If you embarked on a road trip to nowhere with an old lover, this song would provide the soundtrack. It's elegiac, mysterious electronic bliss.
  
  
• BeatBots are mini robots that dance and may even be useful in encouraging kids to dance too. Check out the first video; the bot dances to Spoon's "I Turn My Camera On". I can't wait to buy one!

Labels: electronic, indie rock, mp3, video

Dizzee Rascal - P*ssyhole, Lily Allen- Smile (mark ronson remix), El Perro Del Mar (video), more

Sorry for the extreme lull in posting. Deovting time to super-sick cancer patients superseded blogging activities. But I'm back now. It's not a coincidence that as the weather is starting to warm up, the concert schedule in Chicago is heating up as well. I am desperately trying to find tix for Neko Case and Matt Pond PA tonight. Time to scour craigslist.



• Fader seems to be the only legit place to hear Dizzee Rascal's tactfully titled " P*ssyhole". Everyone else has been hated on with a DMCA notice, so no, I'm not going there. The early refrain goes "Don't let me get old school"; I guess he means like pre-feminism. I am feelin' the re-worked Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock beat though. Hint: If you view the page source for the above link, you can figure out how to download the file. No luck with hype machine? You can try technorati.
  
  
• A laid-back, summery re-interpretation of Lily Allen's Smile: Lily Allen featuring Wale - Smile (mark ronson DC remix)
  
  
• El Perro Del Mar - I Found a Reason
  If you love the Velvet Underground as much I do, you might enjoy this lovely cover from El Perro Del Mar.
  
  
• New Deerhoof video! Deerhoof - The Perfect Me (video)
  
  
• My favorite Magnetic Fields song further solidifies its #1 position: I Guess I'm Floating has Arcade Fire's cover of Born on a Train. I very much prefer the original, but this isn't bad.
  
  
• The 10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World.
  Really, it's a lot more interesting than you'd think.
  
  
• Incubus
  The second feature-length film filmed in Esperanto, and starring William Shatner! Thought to be destroyed, a copy re-emerged (to the chagrin of all involved) and has now been re-released.
  
  
• Some 7 Elevens will change into real Kwik-E-Marts for the Simpsons movie. Pretty clever tie-in.
  
  
  
• Goldfish live in a deep fat fryer
  What will those wacky Japanese think of next?
  
  
• How do you get from NY to Dublin?
  Google Maps tells you to "Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi"

Labels: electronic, indie rock, mp3, video