i know i get excited easily, but i think i am fully justified in my excitement for the forthcoming metronomy album. the english riviera is out on 11th april on cd, download and limited edition vinyl. ‘the look’ is the second track to precede it and sounds great. joseph’s patented vocal drawl is there in abundance with the simple electronic accompaniment for which they have become known. the video is perfect for the track. basic but beautifully arranged. it also has a inquisitive pigeon (i think it’s a pigeon) in a dodgem. obviously.

alexis taylor’s distraction from hot chip, about group, are all set to release their second album. here’s the video from the lead single ‘you’re no good’. it’s a re-working of the work terry riley did for what is often cited as the first ever remix. in the black and white video we see alexis on a street looking like he’s had a good going over by the blur tool on photoshop. you also getting a girl using a ridiculous amount of hula hoops. definitely worth seeing for that. it helps that the track is a little bit awesome as well.

yeah so lykke li has recorded three live performances on the moon. like you do. she’s fucking great isn’t she? to see the other two you’re meant to travel the world with her, which you can do by clicking just here. above is ‘i know places’. it’s one of the most beautiful songs on the album, so enjoy. quick disclaimer… you might not even be able to see the video. it is unlisted apparently and you can’t search for it. i don’t know whether i can see it because i’m on her special list already but you won’t be able to if you’re not on the list. i don’t now basically. if you can see it and you’re not on the list, the majority of these words have been a waste. shit.

it seems like an age since i’ve mentioned mystery jets. considering that i used to talk about them constantly this is strange. i’m not sure why it’s happened, but let’s address that before they move to america and forget about us. the video for ‘serotonin’ is out and looking nice. very simple, but nice. basically it is the band and a load of hipsters sitting down, looking like their serotonin levels are increasing throughout the video. i see what they’ve done there. it was directed by good shoes frontman rhys jones, which is surely just another reason to watch it because good shoes are ace. notice blaine’s t-shirt as well. you don’t really need to suck up to the director when you’re the lead singer of the band, but nice work all the same. i’ve used the word ‘nice’ a lot here. goodnight.

it may have been out for longer than beethoven’s symphony no. 1, but wavves have finally premiered the video for the brilliant ‘king of the beach’. it features fifa (possibly pro evo. i’m no longer an expert i’m afraid), tattoos and bling on the beach. and cats obviously. the perfect antidote to the shit weather outside? i think so.

by the way. this is another scheduled post while i’m working at an exhibition. apologies if the video has been taken down or any shit like that. tomorrow’s post of also scheduled, but it has some great within so make sure you read it.

update: daft punk have denied that they have anything to do with the third twin. bugger.

madrid, january 10, 2011.–the third twin is a french electronic music duo which is getting very popular around the business in the recent months. the reason is simple: they are directly related to the famous daft punk. they are in the second edition of the festival which takes place from august 4-7 at the playa el arenal from burriana, castellón, spain. the show up of this mysterious group opens the arenal sound line up 2011.

the stage name of the third twin emerged supposedly with the aim of publishing the issues proposed by daft punk to disney´s movie “tron”: legacy. the company initially considered the material too oriented to electronic sounds because of that they refused it. the company ordered a new batch of compositions more orchestral and traditional which finally took part of the soundtrack of the film which was recently released with great success.

daft punk could not sign with their original name, music themes nor use any clear reference to the film for legal reasons. that is the reason why the well-known french electronic tandem had to use allegedly that pseudonym.

the result was the third twin or ttt, a music project which contain the songs published that is part of that band sound rejected. it was compiled together in an album entitled “homemade” where you can find those tracks such as “evil minds” “technolers” or “the time is over”. the third twin has their own profile on myspace where they have an extensive music material and songs that made “homemade” and reached a great amount of visits on youtube.

arenal sound becomes one of the many international festivals on this category to bring significant dj’s highly praised at the time, the third twin. just wait and see their performance at the festival to discover if the mystery is revealed.

the organization also confirms in the coming days the start of the selling of tickets for the arenal sound 2011 with a limited quantity of tickets from 25 euros.

tl;dr

daft punk are appearing at a spanish festival that sounds a little bit too much like a football team i hate under the name the third twin. they won’t be playing any of the tron soundtrack, and possibly not even any of their old stuff. this doesn’t really matter though because it is daft fucking punk and will therefore be amazing

for those of you who haven’t had the glorious opportunity of hearing it, elbow have released their first song from forthcoming album – ‘build a rocket boys.’

it’s brilliant. listen. laugh. cry. do some press ups. have some food. stay healthy.

-words by christopher dodds-

i’ll admit to be being as surprised as anybody that i like this.

i don’t know if you’ve read the story, but basically nick park was on desert island discs and chose this track as one of his eight. it is by joe rose, the son of some friends of his. he’s unsigned and people have said that it is just nick park plugging a mate. the thing is, the song is actually very good. it could be one of those tracks that i go off and get very bored of before long, but at the moment i bloody ruddy love it! i’m not sure i necessarily agree with the arcade fire comparisons, but i can definitely hear a bit of sigur ros and what have you in there. it’ll be interesting to see what we all think about it come march when we’ve been bombarded with it for two months.

basically i’m well busy and hungover. this is my excuse for a lack of posts recently. that and i’m putting together my ‘best albums of the year’ list thing. i didn’t want to go another day without posting anything though, so i checked wikipedia to see who has a birthday today. one of boyz ii men. good. you’re getting a video from them then. enjoy.

now i know why theophilus london kept mentioning lindsay lohan on twitter. this is the video to his take (i don’t like to call his work covers) on tweet’s hit (?… was it? i can’t remember, but i think so) from a few years ago. not the first time mr london has elected to use a promo with a girl in a bedroom being all sexual and shit.