The wonderful ladies and gentlemen of Ed Banger Records are touring north america now. I got the chance to interview the crew when they brought Uffie to town last year (search “uffie” on mtv.ca to see the interview). They will be in Toronto on Friday, and I will be missing the show :( but there in spirit.
As long as the tour is going on, read about it on the Fader blog. Here’sd some of the photos Pedro and Mehdi have posted already:
This past saturday the tour hit San Francisco, and here’s a video from that show. Enjoy the new Justice song on there.
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Unfortunately i will not be able to make it out to the MOTU art show in toronto this thursday. I will be away at the Juno awards. But this is going to be the coolest show! Check it out.
Also, the afterparty is Pay What You Can:
Also, Montreal’s DJ Seez just dropped this mix.
There is something about France that appeals to me. I camped out at the Paris wikipedia page this past weekend. I like a place where temperatures float pleasantly between 10 and 25 degrees C all year. Also, ever since Charlamagne in the 9th Century, education’s been pretty readily available. Can I come over and get some education, France?
Something I enjoy about Parisian music is not simply that it’s great and unique, but it gets made in beautiful old apartment buildings above beautiful boulevards in Paris. I know, that’s supposed to be obvious, but I tend to picture myself listening to Daft Punk on Canadian hiways. Driving my ferrari.
As for french music, Daft Punk just announced a summer tour of North America, along with SebastiAn and Kavinsky. Non-frog dance maniacs The Rapture are coming with them.
For a taste of some great french music, try this song on for size:
I love technology, i hate technology. I lost my camera charger, again. Now many photos are stuck on my camera. I’m thinking maybe this is a sign. Take less photos. I don’t need to enjoy everything twice. Shouldn’t the first time around be good enough?
I used to listen to bands like The Sick Lipstick and Black Cat #13 and Swing Kids and Crimson Curse and really really love how fresh and new it sounded to me. Something in this band Battles hits the same notes. I also really like the idea of large glass cubes. Could I live in one?
battles’ myspace, battles’ site.
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I love these new ads I’m seeing: “Ready To Die Lives On, In Your Mobile Phone!”
This is the Rakes new single “We Danced Together.”
the rakes website
the rakes myspace
the rakes youtube channel
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This is the video for The Arctic Monkeys’ new single, Brianstorm. Their new album Favourite Worst Nightmare comes out April 24th (23rd internationally).
Here’s my favorite part of the Arctic Monkeys’ wikipedia entry:
The cover sleeve of Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, showing Chris McClure, a friend of the band, smoking a cigarette, was criticised by the head of the NHS in Scotland for “reinforcing the idea that smoking is OK”. The cover of the CD itself is a shot of an ashtray full of cigarettes. The band’s product manager denied the accusation, and in fact suggested the opposite — “You can see from the image smoking is not doing him the world of good”.
the arctic monkeys’ official site
the arctic monkeys’ myspace
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Earlier this week i posted the new beyonce video, and something about it didnt feel so fresh. ENTER KELLz. this is r n b video feeling kind of fresh. how does this man do it?! i think this is one of my fave jams at the moment.
brought to you by the fader blog. also their post about this video is tres on point
these guys are on fire, rep those hot baltimore sounds, everybody. apparently we heard it first, bcz this news report isnt even official yet. for more on mr lacrate and the place i got this video, read his blog
lady sovereign’s new video those were the days. the beat sounds a touch like the spinners “could it be im falling in love”, non? kind of shows off how she has real flow.
theres one or two things in this video that look a little fresh, but this look was around 2.5 years ago. cmon rnb! i miss you being hot. that said, i love beyonce
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this week i bought a “jughead and friends” issue of archie comics. jughead is my favorite. he is stylish, aloof, and can eat hundreds of burgers without gaining weight. to top it off, he has a frown crown.
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