Converse Music

So beloved shoe company Converse have made another foray into music collaborations. This time with Kid Kudi, Rostam from Vampire Weekend and Best Coast. This NYC combination have come together to make an anthem for the summer, check out the video:



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The Runaways

Watched the The Runaways movie last night featuring K-Stew and D-Fann. K-Stew taking on the role of Joan Jett in the manner of a grizzled dockyard worker from Queens. Seriously the scene where she's in the murky tub and starts shouting is bizarre. Oh and there's a bit where D-Fann attempts a Sharon Stone style breakdown in a phone booth and literally falls flat on her jailbait ass. So yeah essentially what we are saying is don't pay to see this film.



Oh the end is quite funny when they try and cram all the Joan Jett songs that people know into the last ten minutes without any real reason or explanation.

The Runaways - Cherry Bomb

Private

If fringes could kill...this Dior clad Danish threesome are coming up with some absolute gems and have already got a #1 in the land of Lego. That first single out earlier this month "My Secret Lover" is full of glorious bubblegum synth pop melodies and licks with a memorable "on the phone" vocoder segment straight from Chromeo's playbook. Guaranteed to put a smile on that face of yours.




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Private - My Secret Lover

Peaches in the chair

So for the benefit of those who weren't there. Peaches came on stage at Lovebox on Sunday in a wheelchair with a busted up foot and still managed a stellar performance. Inspired it would seem by Andrew WK which we really love. That guy doesn't get nearly as much credit as he should. Anyway here's a teaser of the upcoming film of Peaches wheelchair show:

Sensual Sports

Here's a new band to get your teeth into. No tracks for you yet but we're working on that. This London twosome channel some exquisite Kitsune/Tellier vibes into some seriously smooth summer listening. Sensual Sports.

Crystal Castles / Midnight Conspiracy

Midnight Conspiracy have achieved success before with our favourite Toronto terrible twosome with an excellent crimewaves remix. This Italo disco re-imagining of one of the darkest tracks from the record makes for a synthtacular time.

Crystal Castles - Vietnam (Midnight Conspiracy Remix)

Mercury Prize

So it's that time again. Who is going to win the gong of death? For exactly 24 hours the winner will be shrouded in glory before being plunged into ultimate obscurity and ruin. More importantly for gamblers amongst us who are you going to bet on? Here's the list with some odds:

Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N' Cheek (4/1)
The xx – xx (4/1)
Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation (6/1)
Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea (6/1)
Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More (6/1)
Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can (6/1)
Foals – Total Life Forever (8/1)
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers (8/1)
Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions (8/1)
Villagers – Becoming a Jackal (10/1)
Kit Downes Trio – Golden (10/1)
I Am Kloot – Sky at Night (10/1)

Hold on! Dizzee you can't win again. Especially not with the disgustingly obvious sell out album that has has been raping the airwaves for the last year. Surely the Mercury's are about celebrating truly great albums that are well put together by brilliant musicians. Hold on! Biffy Clyro. We didn't realize the judges accepted whiny post-emo sweaty overly melodramatic noise. And finally...Mumford and Sons...laaame.

Dream Scenario #1:

The xx win...because however many billion times we listen to that album it will never get old, even though it is the sync-guy's go-to-record.

Dream Scenario #2:

Wild Beasts win on the strength of an amazing album containing an utterly glorious song:



Dream Scenario #3:

Laura Marling wins, marries Marcus Mumford, uses the prize money to go on a honeymoon in Alaska where he is eaten by a bear in an unfortunate picnic accident.

Oh...Courtney

So Courtney's gone and done a fashion blog. Except shes not doing it, some poor assistant/intern/best-mate-turned-assistant-friendship-ruined-drug-mule is actually the one translating her garbled messages into fashion-y posts for her.

Oh and apparently CLC stands for Courtney Loves Cobain [shakes hand wildly in masturbatory manner]. We're pretty sure that girl in Shoreditch was there first...you can judge which one is worse.

Foster The People

Yet another song to stick on your Summer playlist. It seems bands are queuing up with that MGMT sound to try and steal the spotlight that they so willingly relinquished. Fact is this is a true lo-fi indie anthem and if that's what bands are pushing to make these days that's fine with us. Oh and its about kids and dope trainers + whistling...you can sing along


Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

The Naked And Famous

Massive props to an ex-housemate for making us aware of this one, what a track it is. Sounds oddly familiar to so many songs you've heard before but not in a boring way. It's like if James Ford, Does It Offend You Yeah?! Passion Pit, Karen O, MGMT, Phoenix and Filthy Dukes all got together to make some amazing hipster charity single, the cause being dancing your ass off at parties all summer long.

The Naked And Famous - Young Blood

Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

Bret Easton Ellis has been in town this week and we are going to hear him talk about perhaps his most celebrated and surely his most infamous book 'American Psycho'. As well as all the glorious violence, greed and darkest of the dark humour the book contains an insight into protagonist Patrick Bateman's fave records. Here are some of the stand outs on Patrick's mixtape:

"The Eurotrash girl tells me she likes my gazelleskin wallet. I tell her I would like to tit-fuck her and then maybe cut her arms off, but the music, George Michael singing 'Faith' is too loud and she can't hear me."



"My favourite track is 'Man On The Corner' which is the only song credited solely to Collins, a moving ballad with a pretty synthesized melody plus a riveting drum machine solo in the background."



"The dance single 'How Will I Know? (my vote for the best song of the 1980s) is a joyus ode to a girls nervousness about whether another guy is interested in her."



"Huey Lewis, a vocalist, musician and writer who just can't be topped."

Kamp!

Coming over here! Stealing our airwaves! Barging onto our playlists! If you are a fan of the Polish then why not check out Kamp! It's a super bit of shimmery electro from our friends from Lodz.

Kamp! Distance Of The Modern Hearts

Mystery Jets

We cannot get over how good the new Mystery Jets album is. Not sure why it seems like a surprise they have improved with every release. Musically 'Serotonin' sits snugly somewhere between the original straight up earnest indie album and the sophomore 80's pop hits affair.

Apparently the dad got involved again and it seems like he has had a most positive effect. This is definitely one to put on the record player we get the feeling it would just 'sound better'.

The Teenagers

Finally our favourite Parisian juvenile delinquents are back after what seems like an age waiting. Currently taking over the twittersphere with an innovative "Tweet us and we'll give you a free song" initiative.

Their return doesn't disappoint, "Made Of" has the feel of some of their more melodic tracks from the first album but comes with some serious rhyming in the verse straight outta 89'.

The Teenagers - Made Of