Crystal Castles – Not In Love feat. Robert Smith

Oh go on then.

MP3: Crystal Castles – Not In Love feat. Robert Smith

Animal Collective To Curate All Tomorrow’s Parties

The first announcements chosen by Animal Collective for the line-up
are:

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

GANG GANG DANCE

LEE SCRATCH PERRY

ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI

BROADCAST

BLACK DICE

MEAT PUPPETS performing Up On The Sun

THE FROGS performing It’s Only Right & Natural

IUD

OMAR-S

PRINCE RAMA

SPECTRUM

DENT MAY

GROUP DOUEH

THE BROTHERS UNCONNECTED

SUBLIME FREQUENCIES DJs + Films

DERADOORIAN

ZOMBY

VLADISLAV DELAY

with far more to be announced!

And I’m broke.

MP3: Animal Collective – Leaf House
MP3: Dent May – Eastover Wives

Sex Beet – Sugar Water

Despite having one of the worst band names possible (beet what?), this is quite good if you’re into lo-fi, fuzz-wrapped rock a la Best Coast/Wavves.

They also happen to be supporting everyone’s favourites weed-addled chanteuse on her upcoming UK tour at the following dates:

November
29 Manchester Sound Control
30 Birmingham Glee Club

December
01 London The Scala

Fancy that.

MP3: Sex Beet – Sugar Water

Rye Rye – Sunshine feat. M.I.A

Slept on this when it came out earlier in the month. It’s nice to hear a non-confrontational M.I.A for a change.

MP3: Rye Rye – Sunshine feat. M.I.A

Kanye’s Runaway Film and Don’t Look Down

Well, it’s here. Even the most curmudgeonly critic can’t deny it looks stunning. As the enthusiastic guy over here points out, you see ‘so much great cinematography…so many colours, so much symbolism’. You see a lot of stuff, so much pretty stuff.

‘My single favourite scene, I think, is when the ballerinas just go still.’

What out for that part.

Still need more Kanye? There’s another G.O.O.D Friday track. It’s alright.

MP3: Kanye West – Don’t Look Down

Pharoahe Monch – Clap (One Day)

I was at the recording of this video. It wasn’t a great gig in all honesty, but I’m looking forward to W.A.R whenever it finally drops. Check it out here

And a studio performance of the same track.

MP3: Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says

The Savage Nomads – What the Angel Said

Zola Jesus – Tower

Valusia EP dropped yesterday.

MP3: Zola Jesus – Tower

Anika – Yang Yang

The discordant guitar whine, and the shambolic, accented vocals nearly push it over the edge and make it a little too confrontational, a little too cool for it’s own good. But all’s forgiven for that stuttering funk bass line and the Ironside-style siren synths

Edit: It’s a Yoko Ono cover – that explains a lot

MP3: Anika – Yang Yang

La Sera – Never Come Around

Ronnettes-type drum beat, shimmering wall-of-sound production and so on… Riffs on the 60s girl-group sound is probably a style more tired and typical than most types of music blogs try to peddle endlessly as the ‘next big thing’, but this is an earnest, well-executed attempt by someone – Vivian Girls’ Kickball Katy – who knows what they’re doing, and it’s worth listening to as a result.

MP3: La Sera – Never Come Around