Of MIDI samples, sea urchins, cats in space and STDs

New signees for Thrill Jockey. Avenue D much? In fact, it might the girls singing. At least they sound spiteful enough for it. Or is it Casiotone on happy pills? Subdued Crystal Castles/HEARTSREVOLUTION? Check their myspace bag of goodies... seriously awesome stuff!

Javelin - Soda Popinski


Javelin - STD Fury

Javelin - Education

web dollarbinsofthefuture.com
emospace hotjamzofjavelin
label Thrill Jockey

4 degrees of Ghostly desire // The Dark Arts

Life isn't exclusively about music. One should always consider the other extension of oneself: tshirts!

Earlier this year, The Ghostly Store introduced custom artist t-shirts, working with West Coast designer Ryan Stephens (aka Electric Seaweed). This fall, The Ghostly Store is expanding its curatorial t-shirt line with Dark Arts, a new collection of extremely limited-edition tees showcasing work by a small group of New York artists, curated by Brooklyn’s Philistine DSGN.

The Dark Arts line, whose imagery tends toward the shadowy end of the aesthetic spectrum, features work by fine artists and graphic designers Lauren Bahr, Andy Gilmore, and Danny Scales. The line’s initial roster will continue to grow, as new shirts will be added periodically throughout the coming year.

Of solace and salvation

can i come over, i need to restlay down for a while
disconnect
the night was so long
the day even longer
lay down for a while
recollect

Photo by unknown via squidfarm; words by Karin Dreijer Andersson.

É pre requesito para esta malta Folk uma barba farta. E ninguém me convence o contrário!

freebie Bless This Mess

buy Curse Your Branches (CD) // Achilles Heel (CD)
web davidbazan.com // pedrothelion.com
emospace davidbazan // pedrothelion
label Barsuk Records // Jade Tree

dying is fine)but Death

?o
baby
i

wouldn't like

Death if Death
were
good:for

when(instead of stopping to think)you

begin to feel of it,dying
's miraculous
why?be

cause dying is

perfectly natural;perfectly
putting
it mildly lively(but

Death

is strictly
scientific
& artificial &

evil & legal)

we thank thee
god
almighty for dying
(forgive us,o life!the sin of Death

Penned by EE Cummings & adapted to music form by...

Ra Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine
buy The Rhumb Line (CD) // The Rhumb Line (MP3)
web rarariot.com
emospace rarariot
label V2 Music (UK) // Cooperative Music (EU) // Barsuk Records (US)

Awesome shit that happened recently but went unnoticed because everybody was too busy listening to hard techno

Dead Man's Bones - In The Room Where You Sleep
buy Dead Man's Bones (CD) // Dead Man's Bones (MP3)
web deadmansbones.net
emospace deadmansbones
label Anti-

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Noah And The Whale - Blue Skies

video charlie fink
buy The First Days Of Spring (CD) // The First Days Of Spring (MP3)
web noahandthewhale.com
emospace noahandthewhale
label Mercury Records (UK)

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stranger Than Kindness (Fever Ray cover)
pre-order Fever Ray: Special Edition (CD & DVD)
web feverray
emospace feverray
label Rabid Records // Cooperative Music

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Kraftwerk - The Catalogue (release promo)
pre-order The Catalogue (Boxset)
web kraftwerk.com
emospace kraftwerk
label Kling Klang // Mute

Sell the Vatican // Feed the World

Fuck yeah, Nintendo Core! // HORSE the Band

Closely monitored since the release of the Shapeshift single early this year - which featured an excellent remix by Skrillex - HORSE the Band are finally putting it all out there with Desperate Living. At times metal, at times hard core, at times main theme songs for old NES games, but always always free for all fun. Out now via Vagrant.

It's friday, so rock on!

HORSE the Band - Shapeshift

HORSE the Band - Shapeshift VS Skrillex

buy Desperate Living (CD) // Desperate Living (MP3)
web asssnake.com
emospace horsetheband // skrillex
label Vagrant Records

Something Old x Something New x Something Borrowed x Something Blue #1

The Fashion - Like Knives
buy The Fashion (CD) // The Fashion (MP3)
web thefashion.dk
emospace thefashiondk
label Sony Music (DK)

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The Bravery - Hatefuck
web thebravery.com
emospace thebravery
label Universal Music

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Headless Heroes - Just Like Honey
buy The Silence of Love (CD) // The Silence of Love (MP3)
emospace denofheroes
label Names Records (UK) // Fargo Records (FR)

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Eels - That Look You Give That Guy
buy Hombre Lobo (CD) // Hombre Lobo (MP3)
web eelstheband.com
emospace eels
label Vagrant Records (US/FR) // Polydor (UK)

The exes and the pluses // Florence + XX

Some bands are slanted to turn everything that they touch into pure gold and that seems to be the case for the XX. Either due to some extreme hyping from musical behemoths such NME & Pitchfork or just because, you know, they actually sound good, the XX have been one of this blog's favorites for 2009. Point in case: Florence + The Machine remix, or the bland innocuous garden variety British teen soul songstress flavour of the year 2009 getting turned on it's head and sounding a million times that much more refreshing.

XX: Believe the hype! Download this track here, listen to it over and over, put it as your ring tone, share it with your friends and say you're doing it because you love them, share it with your enemies and say you're doing it because their musical taste needs an intervention, just pass the word.

Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love (The XX Remix)

web florenceandthemachine.net // thexx.info
emospace florenceandthemachinemusic // thexx
label Island Records // Young Turks

Splitting the atom // Massive Attack

New EP out now via Virgin Records and available in digital format only. (so far) You can preview the album on their official website, here. And yes, that's the guy from Tv On The Radio singing on track #2 which is an excellent song although, in my humble opinion, Martina steals the show on track #3... as per usual.

01. Splitting The Atom (feat. 3D, Daddy G, and Horace Andy)
02. Pray For Rain (feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
03. Psyche (Van Rivers / The Subliminal Kid Remix) (feat. Martina Topley Bird)
04. Bulletproof Love (Christoff Berg Remix) (feat. Guy Garvey)

Massive Attack - Splitting The Atom (feat. 3D, Daddy G, and Horace Andy)
buy Splitting The Atom (MP3)
web massiveattack.com
emospace massiveattack
label Virgin Records

Thom Yorke via Modeselektor // #rmxmoday

Well well, we meet again, Mr Yorke. Found while browsing through Burial's new double cd compilation for Hyperdub Records, 5: Five Years of Hyperdub, on Beatport. Don't ask me how these things happen, they just do and it's usually a long and boring story.

buy The Eraser Rmxs (CD)
web theeraser.net
emospace thomyorkemusic
label XL Recordings

A menina dança? #X

Well, I'm back from a small trip up north to check out this party that celebrated social and cultural diversity. (yes, it was a gay bar... seesh)

Kudos to Gazpar for the company and for providing an awesome soundtrack for our road trip!

Kaskade & deadmau5 - Move For Me

web deadmau5.com
emospace kaskademusic // deadmau5
label Ultra Records

Strange & Stranger: Liars via Crystal Castles // #rmxmonday

Just below, a strange and mesmerizing vid + song followed by a stranger and visceral vid + song.

Freebie remix via Spinner available here.

Liars - It Fit When I Was A Kid


Liars - It Fit When I Was A Kid (Crystal Castles Remix)

buy CD // MP3
web liarsliarsliars

emospace liarsliarsliars // crystalcastles
label Mute Records

September spawned a monster // Rain Machine

Breaking radio silence to share the debut album of Kyp Malone's (of Tv On The Radio fame, you know, the dude with the big beard) side project, Rain Machine... No official video for the first single Give Blood as of yet, just something totally illegal straight out of Youtube. Full album preview via the Spinner website here.

Released on the 22nd of September via ANTI-Records.

Oh, and at some point I turned 30. Big wank...

Rain Machine - Give Blood

buy CD // MP3
web N/A
emospace rainmachinemusic
label ANTI-

View Code + Copy paste is... great success // Le Castle Vania

There is more electro goodness here than you can shake a stick at. Personally, the Fukkk Offf remix really does it for me... on a physiological level, ya'know?

Check Le Castle Vania's myspace for some free downloads, seriously good karma, audio hard-ons and psychadelic punk disco banners.

web lecastlevania.com
emospace lecastlevaniadisco // fukkkofff
label So Sweet Records // Coco Machete Records

I predict a (gay indie) riot // Vampire Weekend

Grab hold of your joysticks (or crucifixes) because everyones favorite English lads are about to return on the 11th of Jan 2010 in the UK and on the 12th in the US with a new album, "Contra". No songs as of yet, only the tracklist (which can be misleading in order to curb illegal file sharing) and a photo album (which, again, can be a rouse).

Of course, this is not the first time they resurfaced since the self-titled debut. I'm talking about Ezra's specifically with his participation on The Very Best project... which did not actually cut it for me. But hey, that's just me... complicated & biased! Also known to spread vicious rumours abouts the sexual orientation of the young lead singers from very recent and known bands.

PS: I just used Ezra's name plus the terms vampire weekend & gay. Again. This is going to score so many visitors that it is not even funny...

01. horchata
02. white sky
03. holiday
04. california english
05. taxi cab
06. run
07. cousins
08. giving up the gun
09. diplomat's son
10. i think ur a contra

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

web vampireweekend.com

emospace vampireweekend

label XL Recordings

Nurse fetish anyone? // Gus Gus

New album "24/7" out today via Kompakt and new vid just below in full blown electronica swing. Also, be sure to stop by the myspace of Trentemøller's minimal ambient protégés Klovn for their remix of "Add This Song".

Gus Gus - Add This Song

buy CD // MP3 (24/7)

buy 12'' (Add This Song)

web gusgus
emospace gusgus // klovndk
label Kompakt

Britney Spears (kissed Madonna)

Madonna however did not kiss Britney Spears. I think that might constitute tongue rape. Elton John? Really Gay?! WHAT???? Oh, and George Micheal was born in London, Texas. Click on the picture for a full accurate and honest to gawd listing of really gay bands, y'alls!

(via full is not heavy as empty)

#rmxmonday // Sneaky Sound System via Van She

web sneakysoundsystem.com
emospace sneakysoundsystem // vanshe
labels 14th Floor Records (UK) // Whack Recordings (AUS)