Its Mardi Gras!

Thanks for all the visits to the blog. I'm heading to Louisiana for a few days.

Assuming I survive, check back this weekend.

See y'all then!

Gnarls Barkley - 'Who's Gonna Save My Soul'

Rufus Wainwright - 'Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk'

I just posted an awesome clip on the other blog that started off with a snippet of this and it made me remember how much I freakin' love this old Rufus Wainwright song.

Pet Shop Boys at the Brits

The 80s pop idols collected the Brits Outstanding Contribution award at last night's award show in London. The performed a cross selection of many of their hits which featured some cool effects and an appearance by Lady GaGa and The Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers.

Kanye West ft. Kid Cudi - 'Welcome to Heartbreak'

I can't claim to be a fan of Kanye, but from the trippy compression artifacts to the Bill Cosby sweaters, this video kept my attention...

Autozamm - 'Drama Queen'

Check out the ultra-violent, ultra-awesome video the guys at Mukpuddy have created for the title track of Autozamm's latest album.

Mukpuddy are "4 dudes running animation studio in New Zealand" who also run a rather amusing blog.

Fever Ray - 'When I Grow Up'

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm loving Karin Dreijer Andersson's first solo project, Fever Ray. She's half of Swedish electronic duo 'The Knife'.

The second video, directed by Martin de Thurrah, is just as awesome as the first. I can't believe I have to wait until March 14th to get my hands on the CD.

Grizzly Bear - Knife (A cappella)

I've posted about Grizzly Bear before. I'm a huge fan. These kids, called The Carleton Singing Knights, from Carleton College in Northfield, MN definetly earned some indie cred with this awesome version.

Check out the original video and remix if you're not familiar with Knife.

Nirvana's 1st Live Performance of Teen Spirit

This clip claims to be the Nirvana's First Live Performance of Smells Like Teen Spirit on 04/17/91.

It may or may not be, but it'll still be the best thing you see all day...

How Girl Talk Creates a Mashup

The Prodigy - 'Omen'

Wow. They're still around!? This is off their forthcoming revival album Invaders Must Die, which drops 3/3. It's also already available on iTunes.

Little Boots - 'Time to Pretend' (MGMT Cover)

N.A.S.A - 'Hip-Hop' feat. KRS-One, Fatlip and Slim Kid Tre

Another video from N.A.S.A’s upcoming The Spirit of Apollo album coming out next week.

Johnny Rotton sells Butter

Just in case you didn't know - Johnny Rotton of U.K. punk pioneers The Sex Pistols is selling butter. And it's kinda OK...

Oaktown's 357 - 'Turn It Up'

Wow. That last post put me in a weird and booty shakin' magical place...

JJ Fad Set To Get 'Supersonic' All Over Again

The Los Angeles hip-hop trio JJ Fad got back into the studio for the first time since the Reagan administration over the weekend, apparently in preparation for the reissue of their 1988 album Supersonic and a tour with the almost-reunited Fat Boys. While I'm all for people maybe learning just where Fergie's "Fergalicious" acquired all of its halfway listenable aspects, I'm adopting a wait and see approach as far as new material goes—Supersonic co-producer Dr. Dre is quoted in the press announcement as saying that 50 Cent and Eminem would "bring some new school fire for these old school ladies" in the near future, and both of those dudes seem like the exactly wrong thing to add in this case. Stay strong, girls.

Via -Idolator

Wanda Jackson - 'Hard Headed Woman'

Wanda Jackson is going to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this April. See why in this clip from 1958.



Don'tcha let me catch you messing around that apple tree!

TV On The Radio - 'Golden Age'

TV on the Radio will be playing Saturday Night Live tonight. Dear Science, their newest album, has definitely monopolized most of the attention of my truck's cd player's the past month.

Animatronic Bears sing Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

I need a moment to compose myself as I attempt to express how freakin awesome this is.

Arcade Fire's fans'll agree. The rest? Well... they might just be jonesing to go to Chuck E Cheese's after watching.

TRON vs. Depeche Mode - 'Suffer Well'

Let's face it. Most fan mash-ups are NOT full of win.

But not since chocolate accidentally fell into an open jar of peanut butter have two things belonged together so much.

This clip wins at internet.



And just in case you haven't blown your nerdgasmic wad...

Have you seen the (poorly shot but ultimately awesome) swiped footage from last year's Comic-Con of the upcoming TR2N???

Beastie Boys Reissue Paul's Boutique

Check out the new Official Site for the remastered Paul's Boutique.

The Beastie Boys was already a rap phenomenon when the group's raunchy debut Licensed to Ill dropped in 1986. But the New York trio became a hip-hop legend after the brilliant, sample-based production of its 1989 follow-up, Paul's Boutique, put it over the top for good.

Now that 20 years have passed, the Boys are going back to the well with a remastering of that foundational effort.

Until Feb. 10, the trio is releasing limited-edition CD, vinyl and digital (including FLAC and Apple lossless) versions of Paul's Boutique, complete with videos, swag, posters, commentary and other treats from its official site. But that's all just repurposed ear and eye candy.

The true treats still lie within the recording itself. Two decades after the Dust Brothers-produced epic exploded the limits of sample-based hip-hop and musical production, it sounds as fresh as ever. Mostly because Paul's Boutique mined pop culture for all it was worth like few releases before or after.

Via - Scott Thill, Wired Blog

Fight Like Apes

Check out these very different, but very interesting, videos from the Irish band Fight Like Apes.

The Jake Summers one is filled with synth-rock-white-boot awesomeness!

Jake Summers


Tie Me Up With Jackets

Animal Collective - 'My Girls'

From the trippy album artwork above that leaked months ago to all the glowing reviews online, I was a little worried that all the hype surrounding Animal Collectives new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, wouldn't live up to it when I finally gave it a listen. Remarkably, it did.

Check out the video for My Girls.

Bonnaroo 2009 Lineup Preview

Little Joy - 'No One's Better Sake'

The Strokes' drummer Fabrizio Moretti has a cool little side project band called Little Joy. Their new video for the single No One's Better Sake makes me think fondly back to vintage K-tel commercials.

Find out more here.

Morrissey's 7 Inches

This is what's on the inner sleeve of the Mozzer's "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" single.

Img - gawker