Punk'd

It's a mere three weeks away. Daft Punk begins their audio-visual assault on aussie shores in Perth on the 16th of december, and yours truly will be there.
It'll be hard to avoid the Punk till then, what with the tons of youtube concert footage, flickr fan photo's and now album 'Alive 2007'.
I'll try and capture as much media as I can of the event, but I have a feeling I might be better served searching youtube the next day for classier footage.
The album is a killer, and it's tough to avoid listening to it, fearing overexposure might dampen the live experience.
Anyway, I hope y'all got a ticket, cause I don't think this is gonna happen again sometime soon.

BITCH POST

Three fucking weeks without internet, and I'm paying for it. WTF?!
It turns out I had a faulty phone line. Hey, not my problem, it's not my house! The losers take three weeks to sort out their in-house bitching and do something about it.
But, let's calm down and look on the bright side, I am back and I still have my health.
What's that you say? I owe like gazillion SUNDAY MIXTAPES? Well, screw you. I will grant you these jewels though, so enjoy.

Saigon feat. Jay-Z - Come on Baby Remix

Jay-Z - Roc Boys

Radiohead and the boulevard of Download Dreams

In case you've been living under a rock (or in the real world) for the last couple weeks, Radiohead have 'released' their new album 'In Rainbows'. It was released as an internet download only album, and you could pay as much for it as you wanted. Yes, you heard that right, if you wanted to pay 1cent for it, it was yours. It still is. Go here to purchase, but before you do, think about how much you actually want to pay...

You can read the Pitchfork breakdown of the 'In Rainbows' phenomenom here.

Blog Ogling: Kanye West

Kanye West has a blog. And he updates it every day. Now when he 'spazzes out at his shows', you can be the first to shake your head and say 'oh ye, you so stupid'. Some cool vids and pics on there.

Link Here

FRESH MEAT: Jens Lekman

Jens Lekman is a Swedish singer-songwriter whose debut 'Oh, your so silent jens' captured the hearts of indie kids worldwide. His deep Sinatra-like crooning cascaded over swirling samples and 60's bedroom sonic's, whilst his lyrics remembered killer cab-drivers and Warren G's 'Regulate'.
He has now released his new album 'Night falls over Kortadela', and it too is crammed full of orchestral bliss, downtrodden lyrics and his ever present tenor. To freshen up, i've posted some links to inteviews with the man over at Pitchfork.
Here's a musical primer:
The opposite of Hallelujah

Night at the Drive-In Bingo

Black Cab

Purchase the album here: Secretly Canadian Records

Kanye West feat. T-Pain - Good Life

Kanye comes full circle after storming the MTV Europe awards last year like Derek Zoolander and taking the spotlight from the actual winner 'So Me', who directed Justice's 'We are your friends'.
Ever the apologist (he has a lot to apologise for), Kanye enlisted So Me for his latest clip. The resulting rainbow of colour is now here in all its glory.

Kanye West Feat. T-Pain - Good Life

SUNDAY MIXTAPE

Yes, it is fucking Saturday, and this is the Sunday mixtape. If you can get past that, then we can get on with another weekly round-up of kick-ass new tunes. If not, then you probably haven't read this far anyway...

Caribou - She's the one - Caribou was formerly Manitoba, the IDM/Electronica one man band who crafted romatic soundscapes and crooned about picking up phones. He's back with this new single, from the album Andorra, and it's another dreamy, ambient piece of idyllic pop that revolves around that one realisation - she is the one. And so is this.

Kanye West - Everything I am - The album is everywhere, so I shouldn't even need to advertise Kanye's Graduation. Go buy the album, if only to sink 50 Cent's career. This is a piece of minimalist Kanye, and yes, that is possible. uber-producer Jon Brion supplies the keys, DJ Premier does what he does best (scratches), and Kanye muses over that which he's not, because that's what makes him what he is.

Ryan Adams - I taught myself to grow old (LIVE) - Crumble with the lyrics, fold under the weight of the music, redeem yourself now.

Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Kiss Kiss - I've been bangin the new Yeah Yeah's EP Iris for a couple weeks now, and yeah, it rocks. It rocks like if the grand canyon was filled with cement and then jackhammered with the worlds biggest jackhammer. Karen O is a rock star, start listening to her music. Or she will kick your ass.

Common feat. Lily Allen - Drivin me wild

How hard is it to make a kick-ass video? Not very, if you use Common's new single as a template. I break it down dot-point style.

1. Show Common walking down a street in a dinner suit.

2. Put Lily Allen in a Spacesuit with sunglasses on.

3. Have Jeremy Piven wave a finger at all the fake thugs and gold-digga's.

4. Blow up Common's Car at the end.

There you have it, now go knock yourself out.

Flip Murray dunks in the 07 playoffs

I almost love this one as much as the Baron Davis dunk, but this one is more graceful. And the call the is spectacularrrrrr! Im serial!

Bush vs. Zombies (dubya hates zombies)

Superbad - Cop Car Confessions

SUNDAY MIXTAPE
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Alan Braxe remix) - Remixed by the great Braxe, who was in Australia recently. Braxe is known most for his massic 90's hit 'Music sounds better with you' which he performed under the name Stardust, but has recently been known for producing superlative remixes. This is no different.
Wale - WaleDance - Another artist to make use of the Justice hit is Wale (pronounced Wah-lay), a chicago rapper, who blasts all over the original instrumental with nary a sweat broken.
Daft Punk - Da Funk (Casino Inc Remix) - Continuing with the french disco theme today, French remixers Casino Inc take on the relatively ancient Daft Punk classic. Next up for the is Beethoven's 5th.
Mr J Medeiros - Silent Earth - Mr. J. Medeiros of the Procussions is set to release his album Of Gods and Girls July 24th. Featuring production from Omega Watts, 20Syl of Hocus Pocus and featuring Strange Fruit and Pigeon John. Check out his new track.

....Gets fired from Knocked Up
So here's the deal. Judd Apatow, the director of Knocked Up, invited some of his acting buddies along to do a series of Promo Clips for his new flick 'Knocked Up'. The amusing clips feature apatow faves such James Franco and Michael Cera getting 'fired' from the lead in Knocked Up, all set up of course. Anybody that's seen Freaks and Geeks will appreciate Franco's speech about the state of his career ('Who's Sam Raimi').

Good Cop Bad Cop
Guess what? Baby Pearl is back. Not content ripping Will Ferrell a new one as the beer willing landlord on funnyordie.com, she returns as the Bad Cop to Will's unco-operative. Think Pearl can co-opt a confession out of Ricky Bobby? You bet your sweet ass.

SUNDAY MIXTAPE

Stars - The Night Starts Here

It's been three years since the canadian group set hearts pounding with 'Reunion' and 'Ageless Beauty. The orchestral swelling that abounds on the first track from their forthcoming album blends well with the band's dual vocalist's and distortion-filled backdrop.

Cloetta Paris -I miss you someone

Cloetta Paris is a new Swedish duo that reminds me a lot of last year’s sensation Sally Shapiro. “I Miss You Someone” has some of the same Italo Disco influences and similar icy vocals.

Misha - Crystal in Love

Crystal In Love” starts off sounding similar to a John Lennon song with Chao repeating “If I love you today / there are no promises / cause baby should I love you tomorrow,” until the song bridges into swirling electro as Chao pitches his voice up to a Marc Bolan falsetto and well beyond. It’s an amazing song to say the very least.

Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Alan Braxe Remix)

If you're anything like me, you're sick to death of this song. Almost more sickening is the dearth of Remixes it has spawned. However, this latest mix by the recently departed (from Aussie Shore's) Braxe is the greatest. Braxe sprinkled his remix mojo on Kelis's 'Bossy' last year to tremendous effect, and here again he is back on point. It just makes me feel worse that I did not see him live.