OK - Lego...

Just found a promo mail for new track Lego by Welsh quartet OK and since Lego is our nation’s pride (sort of - don't forget Carlsberg), I (sort of) felt obliged to check it out. The track itself is a (sort of) The Smiths inspired guitar pop thing, which I'm afraid left me somewhat unimpressed. But the video is absolutely hilarious (though it doesn’t feature one single block of Lego) and I expect those puppets to soon appear on t-shirts, mugs, posters, stamps, stickers, you name it!

On the radio this morning...

Humor is an individual thing I know, but to me this is one of the funniest music videos ever...



Every morning when the girls and I are having breakfast the radio is on, and from time to time it does happen that some really fine stuff is aired, thus helping to make the start of the day a good one. The “On the radio this morning” posts are my humble attempt to make your start a good one as well!

Sunday music...

Another batch of (really nice) songs found Friday evening.
+ overlord - Keep It from the Baby
+ Calm Paradox - Boots
+ Rose Elinor Dougall - Start Stop Synchro (Dark Dark Horse Remix)
+ Return To Mono - Framebraker
+ Sunshine Factory - Lower Away
+ Moving Units - Until She Says

Saturday sixpack...

So last night I spent yet another Friday evening cleaning the mailbox and once again 200+ mails ended up biting the dust. Some bands (and their music) avoided the broom and deserve a little exposure. Here are six of the better ones unearthed last night...
+ overlord - Oh, My Mechanical Heart!
+ Novel Ideas - On Fire
+ Acid House Kings - Would you say stop?
+ Chateau Marmont - One Hundred Realities
+ Team Me - Dear Sister
+ Sleeping In Airports - If The Bombs Start Dropping

Lotus flower...

Since everyone else is posting it...not overly interesting...is it?

Need you now...

Of course I’ve heard of Cut Copy, but so very typically me I never pay much attention to bands that are being (over-?) hyped. So yes; I’ve ignored them and the many promo mails (though I did in fact listen to Where I'm Going back in July last year). But this morning I received yet another promo mail and for some (completely unknown) reason it lured me to check out brand new video for Need You Know…and I was blown away (by the song and not so much by the video, which is somewhat “over the top”)! Because I just can't help being a sucker for catchy up-tempo electro pop tunes and that’s exactly what you’re getting here. Hell; it even reminds me somewhat of OMD, when they were at their best in the mid-80’s and music has probably never sounded better than it did back then. The version featured in the video is just 4 minutes long, so once you’ve watched the video I strongly recommend that you head over to MFKWCRG and download the massive album version of the track, which runs for a little more than 6 minutes! It's a stunner...


Cut Copy - Need You Now from Cut Copy on Vimeo.

On the radio this morning...

No words needed, really! Still the best band in the world...by far...

 
Every morning when the girls and I are having breakfast the radio is on, and from time to time it does happen that some really fine stuff is aired, thus helping to make the start of the day a good one. The “On the radio this morning” posts are my humble attempt to make your start a good one as well!

History of modern...

OMD has picked this as the winning video of the History of Modern (Pt 1) competition. Well-made and fun to watch, plus I really enjoyed the "cameo" of several older OMD releases. And the quick homage to Barry White and Love Unlimited (see if you can spot it) clearly shows that the videomakers know their OMD history. Check the somewhat New Order inspired, but really fine Selebrities remix of the same song below.



OMD - History of Modern (part I) (Selebrities Remix)

Breathe and forget...

The Raveonettes are back and will release new album (their fifth) Raven in the Grave on April 5. When I heard first promo track off the album, the gorgeous Forget That you’re Young, I immediately thought “man, this is so vintage Sharin and Sune”. Then when I received the first promo mail (of probably a dozen), I learned that I was all wrong because “…the familiar bombastic beats and squalls of guitar-noise take a backseat…”. Damn! I never get these things right; do I?
+ Forget That You're Young

So maybe I’ve pigeonholed The Raveonettes, but I doubt I’ll ever make the same mistake with fellow Danish band The William Blakes. Give new single The Light (Plane to Spain) below a listen and then compare it to the title track of forthcoming album Music Wants To Be Free (Breathe), and you’ll probably agree they don’t sound anything alike. But the band has always made a virtue out of doing exactly what they please, which seems to ring true more than ever!
+ Music Wants To Be Free (Breathe)

The Light (Plane To Spain) by TheWilliamBlakes

Tag mig i nat...

For the second day in a row I won’t be anywhere near a computer. So enjoy this catchy new track by Danish dance/synth pop act Chadore, while I’m taking yet another day off!

Chadore - Tag Mig i Nat