Ellen Allien Suns the Rain
Ellen Allien Suns the Rain
LOTP + Soulwax = freaky
LOTP + Soulwax = freaky
Besty Coasty Mixy Tapey
Besty Coasty Mixy Tapey
Chilly Gonzales is Bittersuite
Chilly Gonzales is Bittersuite
BEFORE TODAY by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
It doesn’t take much to make me feel stupid. Trying to find the words to describe the debut album of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at 4AD is just one of many examples I could give you. To me, ‘Before Today’ sounds like an album that Kevin Barnes could be recording if he loved goth bands more than funk ones. Or like the cold wave genre entering a multicoloured psychedelic stage instead of glazing at it's own depression. Don’t mind my threadbare examples; this is the album that will make it onto every interesting top 10 of the year and you don’t wanna miss it.
Nathan Smith
I can't resist (probably overpriced) basics-with-a-twist. My wardrobe, full of T by Wang, Oak, Bassike and yes, American Apparel is proof of this; and since in Australia, a new favourite has emerged in the form of Nathan Smith. His selection of supersoft tees, tanks and dresses have sucked me into buying multiples of a number of styles in different colourways. You just can't go wrong with these though! Addictively and endlessly wearable - and not in actual fact, overpriced in the slightlest - Nathan Smith is the way forward for your wardrobe.
Freaks and Geeks
I don’t think any series will treat teenagers the same way that Freaks and Geeks did almost 10 years ago. Although relying on every teen American cliché they could, this series was the closest thing to reality you could get whilst still being something fun and interesting to watch – cause, you know, life is boring. With bands like The Who, The Clash and XTC being either part of episodes or the soundtrack, this 80’s based cult show was short-lived (only 18 episodes), but long enough to enrich the careers of some young actors (i.e. James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Busy Philipps and, erm, Linda Cardellini) and is greatly missed. Can we have a movie about them meeting again in the 00’s?
Rong He
Once, a friend of mine wanted to take me to this 'cheap Chinese restaurant', situated in the heart of Liberdade, a Japanese neighborhood in São Paulo. When we got there the place was packed, but because it looked cheesy and kinda poor, I didn't want to wait it out. It took another friend for me to go back there and fall in love with it. Now, every time the mood for some freshly made noodles (you can watch the chief making the noodle dough through a window) framed in some horribly painted pink walls takes me, I go for Rong He. Did I mention the food is also incredibly generous and cheap?
The Selby Is In Your Place
The ultimate in peeping tom into other, cooler, more fashionable, richer, quirkier and more-hipster-than-thou lives is Todd Selby's The Selby. Having previously been an internet only voyeur's dream, Todd has just last month released The Selby Is In Your Place, a coffee table tome full of twee drawings, colourful interiors and people showering. Half of the images in the books are favourites from the website and the other is stuff he hasn't published online yet. So go check it out, maybe buy it if you can to make your crappy coffee table in your crappy apartment that little bit cooler with pictures of someone else's cool stuff.
Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth

Crystal-Fighters

 

The best new band in Kitsuné's catalog since La Roux circa 08, Crystal Fighters are finally releasing their amazing debut single, 'Xtatic Truth'. Think of an electro song created to be listened at the night, a song that was born to be a rave anthem - if they played good songs at raves that is. Strong fuming synths, a hypnotic chorus spiced with a delicious Spanish accent, classic Basque instruments and the girls contributing with delicate vocals - basically a song that everybody needs to start playing at the clubs as soon as possible.

 

Auspiciously, a track with such strong personality got an equally stunning  video as unique as the song. It's not something to describe, just turn off the lights, put the player on full screen, turn the volume up to the max and enjoy. You shouldn't ignore the lyrics on this one either: "Standing on the world alone, learning how to stand alone, and always to be alone, we'll be alone forever."

 

Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth

 

You know it wouldn't be Kitsuné if the single didn't come with loads of remixes. Even though all the five of them (Xtra loud , Maybb, Magistrates, Renaissance Man and Micromattic) are good reinterpretations of the original, none have as much impact as the original - although I do like the Magistrates one. We also heard that the single will be released in the USA via Steve Aoki's Dim Mak and will feature another remix, this time by L-Vis 1990.

 

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Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth (Magistrates Remix) [mp3]

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