Video from the abyss......

Sofia Coppola?!

Kate Moss?!

The White Stripes?!

How did I not know about this video?

THE WHITE STRIPES: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

It's been said before, but I'll say it again...

...Why hasn't something like this been done before? (unless it has)

The concept behind Shitdisco's video for "OK" (directed by Price James) is so simple, yet so well executed that you're left wondering, "Where can I get one of those, because that was amazing".



I could watch this over and over...
(I have)

Shitdisco Official Site

Let's help the girl that helped me.

So today I met a neat girl named Sarah. (She sold me her extra tickets to see The Cribs on Thursday (wooo!)).

Sarah is going to study in Glasgow next semester.

Jealousy aside, she is need of assistance. The Modern Age has the full details here.

Long story short, you just have to click the radio button that says '10'. It takes like 10 seconds, and you'll feel good cause you're helping someone get the experience of a lifetime. I'm going to vote more than once.

Here's the direct link to the page you vote at. Just click '10'. Thanks!

I hope this works...for all our sakes.

So, we've all heard enough about failing record sales to make our heads implode. However, the big news today is that London band The Crimea have decided to do something about it.
After being dropped from Warner, despite respectable record sales, the band decided to take matters into their own hands and released their latest record "Secrets of the Witching Hour" on their own dime.

Bold move.

They plan to stay off the dole on merchandise and touring revenues. Majors everywhere are watching to see how this all pans out. So am I.

In the meantime, I downloaded the album and hope its filled with wonderful music to distract me from my scratchy throat...

Download the Album for FREE here.

Story (courtesy The Guardian Unlimited) here

KLAXONS ARE EVERYWHERE

Not that I mind.

Why was I not in this shop when they were? I live like right around the corner (aka. 12 blocks away)

If you follow the links to the 'urban outfitters BLOG' (does everything have a blog now? Apparently, yes) you'll find a brilliant video featuring their views on fashion and bus furniture.

UrbanOutfitters.com

Screw it, I'll save you the trouble:



Klaxons = Love

I don't know if I should laugh, or get jealous.

I think I'll laugh at Lohan for the fact that James had enough self-respect to turn down her down. Then I'll get extremely jealous at the fact that I could never have been at that afterparty...

"Lohan decides she wants to hook up with James Klaxons and after she gets kicked out for being underage, she sends her security guard back to find James who tells him “Lindsay wants to say goodbye”... He said no. She sent him a billion text messages. Everyone laughed."

Full Text here.

Technology is the love of my life.

Can't make it Coachella this year?

(like me.)

Well don't cry about it too hard, just thank your lucky stars that the internet, Wi-Fi, and digital recording exists.

head to:

http://blueroom.att.com/mainstage/

to watch the live stream.

(I'm still bitter at missing the Arctic Monkeys every single frickin time they're in town for this new album...Anyone want to take pity on me?)

It's the Coolest day of the year!

Cause it's Arctic Monday.

Get it?

Cause "Favourite Worst Nightmare" came out today!

(None of those jokes were mine.)

So, in honor of my favorite Sheffield foursome, (and because I am waiting till the album comes out in the US tomorrow to lighten the load on my already tight budget) Here are some free audio bits courtesy the BBC!

I don't really see broadway covered in webs.

-A Spiderman Musical? U2 signed on for the music? I have no words...(NME.com does)

I really hope the costumes look like that one though.

Where'd all my pictures go?

no clue...

If nothing else, I want to dance like Jack.

Everyone's been talking about the new music coming out of the more obscure regions of the UK. Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Staines... (Alright, not that obscure..) But what's been going on in London?

Good music.

Taking the lead: Jamie T (Said to be a mix of The Streets and Bob Dylan (no comment, good or bad, on that one); winner of the Best Solo Artist at the NME awards 2007 (bravo!))

Here's the new video for "Sheila"



If you want something more under the radar (but that won't last long. Trust me on that one) How about Jake Penate? Catchy tunes and a kooky dancer. I'm hooked.



If you like Jack Penate, he just did a set on Zane Lowe's show tonight. It'll be up for a week on the bbc radio 1 website. I'm checking out. Anyone with me?

Media EXPLOSION

Alright, it's more like a media jumble.

This is basically going to be a bunch of 'stuff' that I'm too lazy to make individual posts for.

But don't get me wrong, they're all worthy.

Also, it's free Ben and Jerry's ice cream day. Go get your ice cream on while I curse you from my window. (I am lactose intolerant)

1) Why look, the Arctic Monkeys have done another cover in the Live Lounge. Will it stand up to their amazing Girls Aloud cover for "Love Machine"? I think it gets pretty close. (They like pop songs originally done by women don't they?)

Arctic Monkeys - "You Know I'm No Good".mp3 (yousendit)

2) The Cribs are back! (thank god) I am extremely satisfied with the Jarman brothers/Alex Kapranos pairing for this new single. Mr. Kapranos helps to refresh the Cribs' signature sound, while still keeping true to all that makes us love those three crazy boys.



Go to the NME.com media-player for the uncut version of the video. (it's basically the same thing minus the large black bars on her unmentionables)

3) So I was searching through Hedi Slimane's Diary (no particular reason for that...I like the photography.) and stumbled upon some fantastic shots of my 'it' boys the Klaxons. (Like the one above, and the one below)



(No shots of Jamie...how sad.)

Alright, 3 seems like a good amount for today. Maybe I'll do more tomorrow...or later this week.

Who's excited for the new Voxtrot LP?

I am!

I think I'm still somewhere in the interzone.

Its taken 2 days, but I think I've finally recovered enough to recount the events of the past week.

Alright, I'll be realistic. I've recovered enough to remember Friday night.



Trekking out to Brooklyn is a feat in itself. Trekking to Studio B in Brooklyn is a whole separate matter. But for the Klaxons, I'd do nearly anything.

(Alright, that is a bit excessive)

(but mostly true)

(Also, we got on the guest list (as mentioned previously) so we just HAD to go)

The show was, in a word, manic. Between the weeks of hype on the show, the months of hype from abroad, and the nature of the band that is the Klaxons, insanity was bound to occur from the moment everyone burst frostbitten through the doors.

Openers Bonde Do Role did a great job of both warming up the crowd, and proving that Brazilians really have far less shame than New Yorkers. However, as soon as their set ended, the crowds packed in, and the heat really started to turn up (literally).



I have never seen a New York crowd so enthusiastic for a gig. It was magickal (pun). Brooklyn shall now be my new concert home. The Klaxons were everything they promised, and so much more. The music was filled with so much energy that no one really bothered to determine if they were really that amazing live, and I'm sure that's the way the band likes it. (I say they were) Anyone who attended both the Bowery show, and the Studio B show noticed an immediate difference in the way the Klaxons acted on stage. While at the Bowery it was energetic, yet polite, at Studio B, all bets were off and we were all covered in much more than sweat by the end of the night (I know I was showered by beer and saliva from Simon on 3 different occasions).

Highlights of the night include (but are not exclusive to..): Hall of Records (my favorite Klaxon tune to dance to), Magick (the crowd went mental at this one), Atlantis to Interzone, Totem on the Timeline, Two Receivers, etc. (I'll just go on to list the whole setlist)

All in all, fantastic night, I wish I could do it again, I'll be obsessing over the Klaxons for a good 3 weeks or so, and I'm officially adding them to the boys I'm in love with (right up there with Pete, Carl, Noel, and Alex).

For now, I'll keep telling myself that it was me that Simon was staring at all night (no one else was looking in his direction...)(wishful thinking, I know) and take full advantage of the singular week of peace before jumping right back in with The Fratellis.



Klaxons - Hall of Records.mp3 (you only have 7 days for this one)

Not even my uncertain living situation can bring me down today.

I don't think I can put into words how excited I am right now. Sure, I was excited on tuesday when I met the Klaxons. True Lily Allen was fantastic in concert on Wenesday. And of course the Kaiser Chiefs were more spectacular than I could have ever imagined. But what happened last night even surpasses the fact that James Klaxon put me on thier guestlist for thier show tonight (twice in one week? I know, It's magnificent).

How do I put this best.

Last night, after 3 torturing years of separation, The Libertines reunited for a triumphant full set.

I hope you can understand the gravity of the event, because I am having trouble just getting past my elation and forming coherent thoughts.

I don't really know why I'm bothering seeing as everyone proably knows.

If not, here is the play by play blog of the night...

"The Good Old Days"


"Tell The King/Don't Look Back Into The Sun"


I sense good things on the horizon.

Post number 100

Alright kids, the big day is coming up.

Your 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'.

The Arctic Monkeys' Sophmore album.

It's time to make or break their careers.

But untill then, It's finally leaked online (I was hoping they would magically keep up the mystery). Googleit.

Jetlag.

Just returned from London town. Lots of stories to tell, but that'll be for you to find out yourself.

I did get to see the premiere for the new Arctic Monkeys video. The song is fantastic, the video is..well I'll just say it deviates from their previous repertoire.

"Brianstorm"

Don't be fooled by the intro like I was!

Frickin new Klaxons video by Saam.

It's a remake of "Gravity's Rainbow".

I am still buzzing from the excitement:



Oh Saam, if I could worship one video director it might be you.

I am still a bit more partial to the original simply because I've known it longer, but I'm a sucker for Klaxon boys, dark suits, glowing eyes, and static imagery.

I do miss that fantastic blue sequins vest, but at least they kept the babies.

Sweet. Now I won't have to slum it uptown at 4 am.

Two things for you today:

1) It was just announced that the annual CMJ music marathon will be moved from it's long time residency at Lincoln Center, to NYU(!). The October festival which showcases some of the newest and best music on the scene (seeing the likes of The Horrors, The Knife, ¡Forward Russia!, The Thermals, (Klaxons, if they didn't have stupid visa issues), and Noel Gallagher this year) will be held now at the Puck Building, with acts playing on the NYU campus, and (as custom) in pretty much every venue in New York City.

Bittersweet news for me, because now I can't use the distance excuse (as justification to myself) to miss any good shows.

2) Drunken Arctic Monkeys are fun. To explain:



To explain the "fancy dress" bit:



I love the Arctic Monkeys.

NME - News - "Arctic Monkeys and Girls Aloud to team-up?"
NME - News - "CMJ announces dates for 2007"

Better than pancakes for sure.

Today I woke up and guess who was there to greet me from behind my television screen?

No, not Katie Couric. (she's not even on in the mornings anymore. duh)

KLAXONS - "Golden Skans"
THE FRATELLIS - "Flathead"
KAISER CHIEFS - "Ruby"

all apparently just added to the mtvU playlist.

I can think of no better surprise in the morning than a big helping of mind blowingly good music.