tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63168060942345701492011-07-30T17:15:45.642-07:00A thought and a word about pop culture's art.Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-20803930306045908102008-12-31T17:24:00.001-08:002009-01-04T07:48:31.489-08:00

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Christmas is over (finally), so now everyone's going to go about their merry way once again, until New Years that is. Meanwhile, I'll be traveling up to Vermont for a couple of days, so I won't be posting for a while. I made a mixtape for the roadtrip up there, and thought I'd post it here for you to listen to in the meantime. It's more mellow and less electronic than my first two mixtapes, but

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The much hyped about eighth studio album from Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavillion, is officially going to be released January 20th, 2009. However, Josh Jodoin the ultimate leak source), has done something we've all longed to happen. On Christmas day he leaked Merriweather, and the whole album's still up for free download here. He's a regular santa. I haven't listened to the whole thing

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Found one last Christmas vid I just had to share with you. The song's A Fifth Beethoven by Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band, remixed by Soulwax. What could be better you say? Another Soulwax remix? Well, it's made by the guys over at Klip Collective. I don't know if you know them, but they're pretty awesome.Kudos to WeLikeIt.Indie.

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This is the latest ad from the great guys over at the Reality Coalition. Pretty funny, but true. 

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Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-60616425296732970622008-12-24T11:42:00.000-08:002008-12-24T11:55:44.174-08:00

This is a little stocking stuffer I thought I'd post from DJ Muranao of the electro unit, I'm So Looking You. It's a cover of WHAM's Last Christmas and a truly great gift from the gal DJ all the way over in Nagoya, Japan. A beautifully woven mass of Christmas bells, techno kits, and radiating synthesizers, the track's enough to wham the Christmas spirit into any robot's heart. Hope you enjoy it,

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Once again, Banjo Or Freakout creates another haunting, atmospheric masterpiece, with his inter-dimensional rendition of Silent Night, a Christmas favorite. If you want more Banjo, you can preorder the Mr No/Someone Great 7" here. However, if you're looking for any more Christmas-oriented tunes, just check out my indie Xmas playlist here, and I'll be posting if I find any more Christmas tracks to

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Well my friends, it's that time of year again - Christmas is only three days away! Yes, pretty soon the big guy in the red suit will be climbing down our chimneys and placing gifts under our pink, aluminum Christmas tree. Pretty soon our relatives, and maybe even you, will be chugging down egg nog and hot cocoa by the gallon. Pretty soon you'll be sitting in the living room, watching the yule log

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That's right folks! I'm always looking for new music, so whether it's your mix, your remix, your mixtape, or your very own music, just send it to me at DANISHPOET@YAHOO.COM. I'll listen to it and if I like it (which I'm sure I will), I'll do a post on it. I'd love it if you sent me your stuff, and if I really really really love it, I'll keep an eye on you and post any other new music you come up

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This is the music video for zZz's Running with the Beast, the title track off their latest album. Directed and concepted by Roel Wouters, this is one of those artistic music vids that only come around once in a while, with a track by another one of those obscure (and in this case dutch), indie rock bands. Well, this is one to be remembered - two colored cocks printing their fight on a sheet of

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Well who saw this one coming? If you've ever heard of the Vampire Weekend song Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, you'll probably remember the lyrics "feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel..." and then there's a guitar segment and some more conga drums. Now that Banjo Or Freakout's already covered the track, what could be more perfect the a cover of the tune done by the person it's singing about - Peter Gabriel

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I just made a new mixtape - more of a minimix actually, only 10 minutes long - centered around that awesome Hercules & Love Affair song, Blind. I think it's my best one yet - it's full of mashes and beats and twists and tunes - that are guaranteed to get your heart pumping. Download the mixtape, check out the track list, you know the deal. DOWNLOADIan France - The Herculean MixtapeTrack List:1

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Chalky from over at Terrible Love Songs interviewed me as part of his Music Lives On the Internet project. Check it out!

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Don't have much time to post today, so just thought I'd share this with you. I always fined Dan Meth funny, and every time I watch this I crack up. Great stuff.Bob Meets The Beatles from Dan Meth on Vimeo.

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Well, if I were to list the many bands I've posted about this year, one of them would definitely be Animal Collective. Why? Well, first of all, their long awaited 8th studio album Merriweather Post Pavillion (you know, the one with the weird artwork) is going to be released in January of '09. Originally expected on the 20th, AC's due to start selling a delux 2xLP 180 gram gatefold vinyl and a

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This is the latest vid floating around the internet - the sing-along style music video for Metronomy's Thing For Me. They take the sing-along bouncing ball to a whole new level, and you can't listen to the song without watching the video. It's perfect.

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-18844119829257990452008-12-14T06:55:00.000-08:002008-12-14T14:02:07.496-08:00

Finally decided to start a DP podcast, or what I like to call "blogcast" that'll be available for free download every Sunday on this website. It'll wrap up the week's best remixes and beats I posted about for 30 minutes or less (depending on how much I posted, and how good it was). Well, here it is, my first DP Blogcast.DOWNLOADDP Blogcast - 12/14/08Track List:1 Cut Copy - So Haunted (

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If you recall a couple of posts ago, I was talking about how Danish Poet Blog wasn't listed as one of the blogs on The Hype Machine's music blog list. Hypem, an MP3 music blog resource, is one of the more popular blogging networks, that not only helps popularize blogs with MP3 links, but also shares fantastic tracks over the internet. Well, I had asked all of my faithful readers to please enter

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UK electro duo South Central just released a remake of the Josh Wink classic, Higher State of Consciousness. I've got the download after the jump, along with the music video, a mixture of ominous shadows and lights cast onto a montage of newspapers. Sound weird? Well, the music fits it perfectly. Take a look!DOWNLOADSouth Central - Higher State

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I got three pretty wicked remixes for some Kings of Leon tracks I thought I'd put up for Cool Tunes Tuesday. The first track's the Kings' biggest hit, Sex On Fire (Tenzin Remix) (someone was bound to come out with a dance remix to that one). The second track's CSS's edit of The Bucket, and the third track is a remix of another Kings of Leon hit, Knocked Up (my personal favorite). Only this time,

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In case you don't remember, a while back I posted about Hercules & Love Affair's fantastic disco remix of a Cut Copy track, Far Away. As I mentioned in that post, other artists including The Golden Filter, would be remixing the track. Well, I never lie. Here's the remix along with a Solid Gold video teaser.DOWNLOADCut Copy - Far Away (The Golden Filter Remix)

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-15511825397182117552008-12-08T06:50:00.001-08:002008-12-13T12:56:13.169-08:00

The Hype Machine, or "Hypem", is a fantastic website that skillfully categorizes and lists all free music downloads posted on almost every music blog there is. It creates widgets, organizes posts by most popular and recent, and gives links to the downloadable track, EP, or album. However, I was scrolling through Hypem's list of music blogs the other day on their website, and found that not only

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Andrew Bird just released the cover art for his 5th studio album Noble Beasts. It'll be jumping off the shelves January 20, the same date as Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion, yay! Anywho, I've got the album art below, thanks to Stereogum. The first pic (the one with the sunny field and the tree) is the standard edition, while the second cover (the one with Aesop fable style

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Quite the interesting vid for Tommy Sparks' I'm A rope. Check out some awesome remixes of the track after the jump.Tommy Sparks - I'm A RopeDOWNLOADTommy Sparks - I'm A RopeTommy Sparks - I'm A Rope (Drums of Death Remix)Tommy Sparks - I'm A Rope (Yuksek Remix)

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Tom Martin from over at AAM emailed me recently about a Boston sextet called Eksi Ekso. I'd never heard of them before, but when I listened to some of their tracks I was pretty surprised. I didn't know bands like this still existed. Bands with total instrumental and lyrical passion, are few at best, and Eksi Ekso is one of them. The newly formed brainchild of The Burning Paris and On Fire, Eksi

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The track's called New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, and it's arguably LCD Soundsystem's best song lyrically. Looks like James Murphy's into Kermit as much as you and I are. 

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The Killers have just released their third Christmas song in three years, titled Joseph, Better You Than Me. They worked with Elton John and Neil Tennant (of Pet Shop Boys) on the track, and made the music video out of clips from some old religious film. MP3 after the jump.DOWNLOADThe Killers, Elton John & Neil Tennant - Joseph, Better You Than Me

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Remix The BPA's track Toe Jam to get a shot at the chance to win a pair of Technics RP-DH1200 Headphones, Fatboy Slim's catalog on vinyl and the chance to have your remix released as a digital EP along with an official remix of Toe Jam. You can remix the song in any way you like, either by adding your own beats and instrumentation, or just remixing the original parts. Don't just sit there, start

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In case you haven't heard, there's a new Cate Blanchett/Brad Pitt flick coming out on Christmas day entitled The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It's about a man (Brad) living his life backwards, as he grows younger and younger with each passing day. I'm just looking forward to seeing how it'll end. Anywho, I found this trailer for the movie with Arcade Fire's Neon Bible hit, My Body Is A Cage.

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-14860129803221602582008-12-03T14:17:00.000-08:002008-12-03T16:17:40.192-08:00

VDRK's a New York club/house disco band that likes to party with Famous Friends and blog (like me). I've got a few of VDRK mixtapes I found and put them up for free download. The first one's called At The Beach, and even though it feels like dead winter, hopefully this will help brighten the mood. The second one's called Subdrive Selektor, with artwork by Raymond Santos (below). Check out the

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The australian club group The Bumblebeez, are going to (attempt) to write and release 30 tracks in the next 30 days. Has something like this ever been done before? Is it even possible? Well, probably not, but for a group as crazy as The Bumblebeez, they might just pull it off. From this day forth, for the rest of December, The Bumblebeez will be posting a new track every day on their website. I

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I've been finding a lot of awesome tracks lately that I thought might be kind of cool to share with you. Every Tuesday's cool tunes Tuesday, which means I'll be putting up some remixes, covers, mash-ups, or what have you, up for free download. Every new tuesday means a new artist, so for this tuesday, I've got four tracks by The Ting Tings. The first track's from when the Ting Tings played Happy

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The San-Jos based duo, Sikki Kidz, just released their new mixtape. The 45 minute track's got a couple of big names, and a couple of latin ones in their too. Check it out:DOWNLOADSikki Kidz - Dumb KIDZ MixtapeTrack List:01 Moulinex - Come on Closer (Pineapples)02 Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix)03 La Prohibida - Flash04 Thunderheist - Jerk It (Jokers on the Scene remix)05

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This is the totally awesome tilt-shift/timelapse vid created by Keith Loutit for My Robot Friend's new single, Robot High School (In Digital Form Remix). Check out some of Robot Friend's other stuff at their Youtube channel, or download the original track for free on their website.My Robot Friend - Robot High School (In Digital Form Remix)

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-37634819812569545492008-11-30T10:30:00.000-08:002008-11-30T11:03:43.877-08:00

Soul group Jazzanova are doing a remix contest for their latest extravagant single, I Can See, on SoundCloud. You can download 18 stems from the track including vocals, guitar, bass, and strings, for free on the website. Once you've made the remix, just send it to their DropBox by December 15th, and check out the Jazzanova or SoundCloud website to see who the winner is. In the mean time, check

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-16353741907938229542008-11-30T09:01:00.000-08:002008-11-30T11:00:41.468-08:00

OK, so I know I said I wouldn't be posting for the rest of the week in honor of turkey day, but I've been finding too much cool stuff not to post about. This is the trailer for an art documentary called Beautiful Losers, I found over at the Mod Blog. It looks really cool, and I'm hoping to see it on the big screen. If you want to catch it, you can request a screening in your local city. Just

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That's it for Danish Poet for the rest of the week. Enjoy the turkey!DOWNLOADDM Stith - Thanksgiving Moon

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The New York indie pop band Matt Pond PA, just released a free EP, titled The Freeep, via their website. For a free download, it's actually really good. It's got some catchy beats and melodies that really keep it going.The EP's also been titled: The Dawn before the Dark Leaves or Water off a Black Dog’s Back or Amazing Life or Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons or May we never go go

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This isn't the official music video for Sigur Ros's masterpiece Gong, but it should be. Eric Lerner, the mastermind behind the vid describes it as a "Short film/unofficial music video for a track I love." Sigur Ros's unique vocals give the film an epic quality, and though it may take you a while to get the whole idea of the film, once you do, it's fantastic. Sigur Ros - GongIn case you haven't

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-46802351865153770452008-11-26T14:44:00.000-08:002008-11-26T14:57:56.476-08:00

Franz Ferdinand are set to release their third album January 26, with a 1930's crime scene styled cover shot and a the first single titled Ulysses. The album's titled Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, and the track's already been leaked along with the cover art (above). So here it is, in all its Franz Ferdinandy glory. DOWNLOADFranz Ferdinand - UlyssesPreorder the whole album here. Until then, here's the

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The Simian Mobile Disco team just released their edit of Deerhunter's Octet, off of the '07 release Cryptograms. Here's the download, found it over at WLI.DOWNLOADDeerhunter - Octet (Simian Mobile Remix)

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-24375970972166220382008-11-24T15:15:00.001-08:002008-11-26T14:58:55.714-08:00

The buzzing, glowing masterpiece Archangel, by the UK dubstep band Burial, has been remixed by a couple of notable artists. Of course, the song itself is fantastic, but there are a couple of remixes I want to share with you. The first one's Boy 8-Bit's unofficial remix, which leaked onto the internet in December of last year. The second is Banjo Or Freakout's take on the track as part of

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-49739505157087112212008-11-23T16:44:00.000-08:002008-11-23T19:47:10.612-08:00

I'm sure many Coldplay fans felt jipped when they didn't get to hear Chris Martin's voice in Life In Technicolour, one of the many hits off of their latest album, Viva La Vida. However, Coldplay doesn't dissapoint - they've made a sequel to the track with lyrics and all. Download Life In Technicolour II for free below, along with the title track off of their yet-to-be-released EP, Prospekt's

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Winter's coming. It's getting cold, it's getting dark. What better for another rainy day in England, than Lambchop's Kurt Wagner covering Dylan's Your A Big Girl Now, in a black cab? You should really check these guys out. Black Cab Sessions has gotten some familiar, and unfamiliar indie faces in their taxi, some of which include Death Cab for Cutie and Peter and the Wolf.

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Canadian alternative/rock band Metric hasn't come out with a hit since Monster Hospital in 2005. However, they've recorded their next album, set to release in January of '09, and the first single's already been leaked via their website. The track's titled Help I'm Alive, and we have it for free download.DOWNLOADMetric - Help I'm AliveMetric's going on their "Help I'm Alive" tour in conjunction

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The Killers' new album, Day & Age, is up for free stream before its official release on November 25th, via their MySpace. Check it out now! Are we human, or are we dancer...

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After another In Rainbows contest, Radiohead's announced the winner for their Weird Fishes music video competition. Radiohead's released some pretty original music videos in the past, but none of them amounts to this one's creativity. Created by artist, musician, and Fleet Foxes fan Tobias Stretch, the video, (a short film in its own right) tells a tripped-out story conveyed through fantastic

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Kristofer Strom is both an artistic and musical genius. There is little known about him, other than that he is a Swedish artist who not only makes fantastic videos, but creates all the music for them himself, under the name of Ljubilden & Piloten. Of course, the above image is one of his paintings. You may be more impressed when you find out that he created that painting with Facebook Graffiti.

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Well, there's been a music video floating around the blogosphere lately, titled See The Light, by The Hours. I've never heard of them before, and I don't think I'm the only one, but apparently they've worked with  legends Joe Strummer, Shaun Ryder and Jarvis Cocker. After releasing their debut album in '06, they've now been playing off their latest single, See The Light, with a remix by Calvin

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Fight Bite just released their music vid for Swissex Lovers. Made by layering archival film commercials and news reel footage, Fight Bite's put together one of the most ingenious, creepy, yet beautiful music videos I've seen in a while. To some it might just be a cheap mish-mosh of layered videos, fading in and out of each other like some music video a low-budget 80's band would come up with. To

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Last Wednesday at MTV U's Woodie Awards, Chromeo took on the stage with Vampire Weekend, and put together The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (Chromeo Remix). Chromeo won an award, and you can check out some photos of electronic duo with Vampire Weekend on the website. The Remix is kinda sorta like the original, except with beats instead of strings. It's also featured on their The Kids Don't Stand A

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Fact Magazine's got some excerpts from Animal Collective's new album, Merriweather Post Pavillion, due January 20th via Domino. Listen to them here, and quickly! They're only up for a limited time. Animal Collective's also playing at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom, the day of the album release. Go here for tickets.

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The electronica band hipsters Cut Copy are about to release their new single, Far Away, featuring remixes by Hercules & Love Affair, Damn Arms, The Golden Filter, Aeroplane and Knightlife, and the new track Sands of Time. Everyone's been looking forward to Cut Copy's sophomore album since In Ghost Colours, but while your waiting, here's Hercules & Love Affair's disco twist for you. DOWNLOADCut

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Tame Impala just came out with the music video for their jammin' track Half Full Glass Of Wine. The video's directed by Special Problems, the creative minds behind this psychedelic The Shock Of The Lightning-esque trip that includes monkey heads, colorful doves, and a whole mess of trippy, psyched-out collages. Tame Impala's on their world tour - check out dates via their MySpace. 

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For a fairly popular band in indie rock, interviews can get boring sometimes, especially when you've done a lot of them. Fortunately, creative bands like Okkervil River keep it interesting. Singing their responses to an MTV interview, they could make a whole new album just with interview responses. Here are two of the couple I found over at Stereogum. 

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Just DJ'd some songs together for a 13 minute autumn mix. Thought it might be kind of cool, incase you're throwing a party and need a soundtrack. It has a lot of little snippets from a couple of different tracks, all of which came out this year. The two main themes are from Aer Obama and The Human Touch, both totally epic songs. DOWNLOADIan France - Danish Poet Autumn MixAutumn Mix Tracklisting1

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I don't know about you, but just recently I've been noticing a serge of freaky videos that make you want to say WTF? Between Final Fantasy's new vid, and another Deerhoof's attempt, I'm beginning to wander if there's something I'm missing. Watch the videos below, and you'll get what I'm talking about. Final Fantasy - Blue ImeldaThe Bloody Beetroots (ft. Congorock) - RomboDeerhoof - Basket Ball

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Clash The Disco Kids (CTDK), just released their remix album We Love Disco. The album includes remixes of CSS’s Alala, SebastiAn’s Motor and even has little Adam Freeland mixed in their, along with plenty fantastic DJing. Download the whole album below.DOWNLOADClash The Disco Kids - We Love DiscoWe Love Techno Tracklisting:01 Patrice Baumel - Roar02 Citizen Kain - Get Fat03 Wippenberg -

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I just recently had the pleasure of interviewing Nicholaus Sparding of Love Is All. For those of you not familiar, Love Is All is a fantastic indie/punk rock group made up of singer/keyboardist Josephine Olausson, singer/guitarist Nicholaus Sparding, saxophonist James Ausfahrt, drummer Markus Görsch, and bassist Johan Lindwall. They originally rose from the ashes of Swedish rock band Girlfrendo,

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This is the latest music video from The Kills for the track Tape Song. It's on their latest (and probably their best) album, Midnight Boom, which was released earlier this year. There's no other way to describe it except as another ingeniously, yet beautifully warped Kills video. It even features footage from when they went on tour with The Raconteurs. That explains why Alison Mosshart is playing

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Refinery 29 just released their Autumn Passing seasonal playlist, including Deerhunter, Air France and Department of Eagles. It's got some familiar, and unfamiliar names on the list, but here are my two favorites:DOWNLOADFinal Fantasy - The ButcherDepartment of Eagles - No One Does It Like YouDownload all of the sixteen tracks on the Refinery 29 website, now. (Pic)

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Ozzy Osbourne just did a commercial recently for Samsung Mobile which shows a very quiet Ozzy Osbourne, mumbling to much to be heard, and as a result texting what he has to say. Quite a funny contrast to the Black Sabbath Ozzy we all know and love who bit off a bat's head. Either way, it makes for a good ad campaign. 

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The Human Touch is the latest single by the space-disco, pop/club, Daft Punk-influenced techno band, Heads We Dance. It'll be released November 24th via Gold City Records, but I've got the five minute single here for free download. At five minutes, the average dance song would normally become repetitive, but Heads We Dance keeps the track grooving between quick electronic stabs and contrasting

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La Blogothèque threw a party at the end of May and invited the Dodos, Vandaveer, Essie Jaine, Noah And The Whale, and lastly, Fleet Foxes to play. The day after their shadowy Winter Hymnal celebration, Vincent Moon led the crew out into the Grand Palais to film them doing Sun Giant in a field, and Blue Ridge Mountain, in an abandoned wing of the Palais. What was born from this was pure, beautiful

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-54047903561497509402008-11-11T15:55:00.000-08:002008-11-11T16:34:28.698-08:00

Cut Copy are going on their final run through North America in support of their album In Ghost Colours. After this, they'll be back in the studio, recording some more genius. However, they're not going out without a bang. Brooklyn's happy couple Matt and Kim will be joining them on this 17 date trek, as well as an awesome light show, and a surprise DJ.All dates go sale this week:03.06 AUSTIN, TX

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-89479376294257733612008-11-11T15:36:00.000-08:002008-11-11T15:48:23.672-08:00

The Hood Internet, one of the greatest mash artists out there, has done an unholy thing: mixing Department Of Eagles's No One Does it Like You, and Britney Spears's Womanizer into a strangely perfect mash-up. Play the stream below to experience it, and while you're at it, check out The Hood Internet's music playlist on imeem too.No One Womanizes Like You (Britney Spears vs Department Of Eagles) -

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Cadbury Chocolate has just released an ad featuring Broken Social Scene's Stars and Sons track. The commercial below, like many ads, is based off the idea of one thing leading to another. Not unlike Jack White's Coca Cola commercial (no, not the James Bond one), the below vid's definitely enjoyable and cute. But how on earth did they get that guy out of the cooler?

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-75076370630643644252008-11-10T14:38:00.001-08:002008-11-11T15:20:16.634-08:00

After already covering Nirvana, Of Montreal performed Saturday night at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, and covered Franz Ferdinand's biggest hit, Take Me Out. The below vid is pretty long, so you might want to fast forward through the guy flailing his arms about to watch Kevin Burnes play "one more song". What I love most about the video is how the crowd sings along at some points. Overall I think oM

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I know the posts have been kind of slow - been working on my music. Just finished a new song, you can download it over at the website. I'll be updating from now whenever I make a new song.

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This Sunday's free download of the week is Dying Is Fine, the hit track off of Ra Ra Riot's latest album, The Rhumb Line.SUNDAY'S SONG DOWNLOADRa Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-53168510677800689232008-11-09T16:43:00.000-08:002008-11-11T16:53:24.687-08:00

After accomplishing his mission to record 20 covers, Banjo Or Freakout's released 150 exclusive cover CD's, with 11 of the 20 covers he's made, including All I Need, Archangel and Cape Cod. Every CD is "handmade spraypainted freakout artwork", priced at £5 each. If you want to order one (like me), just email him at banjoorfreakout@gmail.com. 

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-47083505569822790442008-11-08T13:48:00.001-08:002008-11-08T13:52:53.714-08:00

I've finally made my first song, Recital. My band, Ian France, has it up for free download on their website. I'm hoping to come out with some new tracks soon. As soon as I'm finished with them they'll be posted on the site. 

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This is the official vid for Gnarls Barkley's new single, Mystery Man, which will appear on the Who's Gonna Save My Soul EP coming out November 11th. The simply drawn animation matches the song's lo-fi, b-side feel, and evidently, Superman sucks. Gnarls Barkley - Mystery Man

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London's Radioclit, of The Very Best, has been pretty busy lately. Architecture In Helinski released Radioclit's remix of their new single, That Beep, on AIH's website. You'll be able to buy the official single on Australian iTunes, November 22. Radioclit's also been doing work with Sweden's Teddybears, and remixed their hit track Cobrastyle, featuring Mad Cobra. The song actually uses riffs and

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-84915565603777505382008-11-06T08:00:00.000-08:002009-11-07T11:06:28.475-08:00

In honor of Barack Obama's political victory, I've decided to post two Obama dance songs. The first track is a remix of Harrodown Hill by Thom Yorke I found over at Gorilla Vs. Bear. The second track is Adam Freeland's pro-Obama edit of Aerodynamic, by Daft Punk. Obama Bowie design (above) from Design By Humans.DOWNLOADThom Yorke - Tchk Harrowdown Jump RemixDaft Punk - Aer Obama (Adam Freeland

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American pianist Dustin O'Halloran has worked with Sara Lov for Devics, had two scores featured on the soundtrack to Marie Antoinette, and has also worked on the score for the movie Boy of Pigs, which premiered at the Zurich Film Festival in September. Even though he was american born, he currently resides somewhere near Bologna, Italy, after discovering the "love of his life, a tall, dark, piano

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A new conceptual clip by Oasis follows the psychedelic trip on The Shock Of The Lightning music video. This is the I'm Outta Time music video I found out about via Stereogum. Really original - only Oasis could pull this off. Oasis - I'm Outta Time

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-66069822325771899742008-11-03T18:34:00.001-08:002008-11-07T20:19:16.212-08:00

Found this over at Barack Obama's fan website. Remind you of something? Apparently, Shepard Fairey got something started when he made his famous, screen-print Obama posters. Heck, he got something huge started. Thanks to Shepard Fairey and hundreds of other designers and artists alike, Barack Obama's political campaign has become one of the most "visually successful" presidential campaigns of all

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Circular Painting is a timelapse, artistic, masterpiece, painted on a circular piece of canvas and made for the Discovery Channel in South Africa. The theme was the environment and the artist's responses to it, or, "the fate of the earth". Various artists, musicians and animators contributed over a non-stop twelve hour period to make this two minute film. What I personally find amazing about this

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I've decided to do something every sunday called Sunday's Song, in which I'll post a hit track off of a contemporary artist's latest album for free download. This Sunday's Song will be Sex On Fire, the major hit off of Kings of Leon's latest album, Only By The Night.SUNDAY'S SONG DOWNLOADKings of Leon - Sex On Fire

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The Morrison Hotel Gallery in Soho has released an exhibition entitled Autumn and Jerry de Wilde: Two Generations of Counterculture Photography, featuring the work of only Autumn de Wilde and Jerry de Wilde, two of the greatest band photographers from two different generations. Autumn de Wilde is better known for her photography of modern artists like The White Stripes, Beck, and Death Cab for

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Love Is All, the swedish indie rock band, has made one of the least scary (and slightly comical) videos for the standout song on their new LP, Give It Back. The video features the band members playing in the living room with daddy's camera, all dressed as ghosts, gouls, and goblins in a futile attempt to be scary. In reality, the ghost on bass turns out to be the funniest part. Love Is All - Give

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You could easily pass it on the street and not even notice. You could be staring right at it and consider it another piece of graffiti. However, this isn't the restless teenager, trying to take out his angers on the world through a can of spray paint. This is a man who's developed from that stage, and successfully made a business out of making some of the most rebellious, detailed, intricate

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As you probably already know, halloween's just around the corner. In case you're throwing a halloween party, !tashed is offering two, free halloween mixes featuring the Gorillaz, Eagles of Death Metal, The Kills and Metallica. The Rock Halloween mix and the Rave Halloween mix are both available on the blog, here. The artwork for the mix cover (above) is by digital artist and animator Meats Meier.

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This is the music video for Another John Doe, Thenewno2's first track released on their latest album, You Are Here. Thenewno2 is an indie rock band started by George Harrison's son, Dhani Harrison. The vid itself a fun little project done stop-motion style. Nonetheless, it obviously took a long time to make. Thenewno2 - Another John Doe

Ian Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396659369888449438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316806094234570149.post-61512572621836400102008-10-29T15:10:00.001-07:002008-11-07T20:26:17.282-08:00

Gnarls Barkley and Danger Mouse are set to release their latest EP based around The Odd Couple's track "Who's Gonna Save My Soul", on November 11th, via Atlantic. So far, they've already "leaked" the comically violent music video for it via Youtube, and performed the song on MTV. The album version, the demo version, and the MTV live version will all be available on the EP. DOWNLOADGnarls Barkley

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Found this ad over at Music for Robots. If you happen to be free this Friday (Halloween) and in the Brooklyn area, you can stop by at the Working The Knobs party at 106 N. 6th Street, and dance to some spooky disco DJ'd by the People Don't Dance No More. "Just like a normal Friday Night 1979... Get your costumes on and get ready to do the zombie!"

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Activision has aired their commercial for Guitar Hero: World Tour. Their approach was "interesting" because they used athletes to be the stars of the advertisement. Yes, believe it or not, somebody actually got Michael Phelps, Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez and Tony Hawk, to do a Guitar Hero commercial Risky Business style.

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If Andrew Bird and Yo-Yo Ma were to make a classical album, that's what it would sound like.

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Atlas Sound is a musical solo project started by Bradford Cox, the lead singer of Deerhunter. Just in time for halloween, Atlas Sound's released a halloween themed single, Coffin Trick, and followed it up with two so-called "Halloween Dances", on their Deerhunter blog. The first one, Danse Infernale, is comfortingly reminiscent of It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, while the second, Danse

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When you first go onto Animal Collective's website, it's just the Animal Collective logo with some weird video of a fish on it. After clicking around however, the special invite above will appear on the screen. You can hear Animal Collective's upcoming album Merriweather Post Pavillion this Tuesday at the River Room of Harlem, NYC. If you're free that night, go, and tell me about it. Experiment

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This is the new music video for Honey Honey, by Feist. When you think of a Feist video, you think mostly of elegant, close-up shots of her, dancing or singing her heart out for a good three minutes. However, this video is as far away from that as you can possibly get. Honey Honey is a very elegant, dreamy song, and the video portrays the feel very well. Opening up with the lighting of a candle,

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After the disco backlash of 1979, many people believed that disco as a genre had died. However, Politician Rock put it perfectly, "When disco seemingly died in the 80's, it actually just split itself into two factions; house and hip-hop." Over time, house and hip-hop branched out into rap and pop. Electronica was even born from disco, when in the mid-90's, artists like Moby, Daft Punk, and The

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If you haven't noticed by now that the image above almost makes you feel dizzy, take another look. This is the cover for Animal Collective's upcoming album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Of course, knowing Animal Collective, an illusion on the cover of their eighth studio album isn't much of a shocker. 

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In the world of street art, one of the most unknown and yet most talented graffiti artist must be Blu. Based in Bologna, Italy, Blu takes graffiti to a whole new level on the massive scale. His artwork is reminiscent of cartoon doodles, except extremely detailed and usually depicting scenes of barbarity, or characters from Greek mythology. When he first has an idea for a painting, he'll often

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Matt and Kim are the happy, go-lucky, smiley couple that live together and play music together, and just want you to smile too. This music video basically tells what they're all about, with the smiling, and the music playing, and the living together. I found it to be a pretty much adorable film. Not too sugary, not too sweet, but cute and creative. Plus, there's a high budget flying scene at the

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I found some cool Banksy art at the Glastonbury Music Festival. Every year, people from around the world gather to see great bands ranging from Interpol, to Amy Winehouse. I hope to go there someday, but apparently Banksy already has. The picture below is of a Banksy "sculpture" made of graffitied portable toilets arranged in a circle not unlike that of Stonehenge.You can check out some more of

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Once again, Banjo or Freakout covers a popular band, and this time it's Radiohead. In my last post on Banjo or Freakout, Alessio made an eerie cover of Kape Cod Kwassa Kwassa. Now, he's covered Radiohead's All I Need. As with most of Banjo or Freakout covers, the song is the same as the original only in lyrics. Otherwise, it's is filled with constant echoes and repeating drum beats, almost

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