This is what we like to call good news. Two of our favorite bands are releasing a split single covering each other. From one side, the amazing Brooklyn duo Holy Ghost! and on the other the threesome from St. Albans, Friendly Fires.

The idea came when the boys met backstage at a festival that both bands played in the middle of '09. This release has been delayed by tours, album recordings and even death, but now it's finally seeing the light of day.

The first cover was delivered by Friendly Fires. The band chose the incredible debut single 'Hold On' and gave it a stronger bass line, more cowbell and also used the great original synth line. Although the result is quite good, I'm having some problems with the vocal (which I'm almost sure is the original one) as it seems out of sync - or just in a very weird position to be.

On other hand, Holy Ghost chose 'On Board' and gave it a DFA touch. Actually, the DFA Celestial Choir touch. Angelical synths and vocals that emanate with a calm disco vibration on this cover. And yet some people doubt that Holy Ghost! can do no wrong.

The single will be released on March 8th as download and 12" vinyl.

Remember when Holy Ghost! said that the video for the amazing song 'I Will Come Back' was in homage to New Order who inspired their video of 'Confusion'? (If you answer is no, you might want to click here) So, yeah, the boys weren't joking. The freshly released video is exactly like the original, with the same colors, scenarios and happenings. The only difference, of course, is some of the cast.

Instead of the blonde American girl, one of our favorites ching chongs, the cool as fuck Nancy Whang (The Juan Maclean/LCD Soundsystem), and instead of New Order, Holy Ghost! (duh). The only person reprising his role is the producer Arthur Baker (who, by the way, aged really well).

Check the homage video below and the original after the break. We suggest you to press play at exactly the same time to compare both. Yes, WE//R\\PICKY!

Don't forget you can download the track for free at Green Label Sound.

There are few labels around the world like DFA. If they get a new act you might not know (and it’s almost 100% of chance you haven’t heard of them before), you surely will be loving them some months later. And trusting them as I do, I downloaded a song from this new band called Holy Ghost! a couple of years ago. The song was ‘Hold On’ and you probably know it’s one of the best songs of this decade.

And as I waited for their next single, the duo became one of the hottest remixers around lending their disco lines to the likes of MGMT, Cut Copy, Phoenix just to name a few, helped record Juan Maclean’s latest album and DJ'd around the world. But now they finally have a new single, and it's really good.

The song is called ’I Will Come Back’ and it’s an homage to New Order! According to the press release, “the drum fill is a nod to New Order's hit ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’”. If you are worrying you will hear a cheap version of one of the most played out club songs ever, you better download the song below and be proved wrong.

The video, which hasn't been released yet, is going to be a remake of New Order’s ‘Confusion’.  "We were going to have James Murphy play the Arthur Baker character," says Millhiser, "but one night we were out at a bar and we ran into Baker. Alex told him about the video, and James said, 'I want to play myself.' We couldn't really say no!" I really can’t wait to see that! Welcome back, Holy Ghost!

Aaaaand as well as the above mp3, you can go cop some more cool shit from GreenLabelSound.

Some bands are destined to play in huge stadiums and become what I like to call "epic shit music", and others still will simply make music for sunny days. I will always stick with the second if Phoenix keep on making warm pop hits like the ones that are crafted on their latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. It's not the kind of music that one would say is life-changing, but it's an album that you'll always turn to for many different reasons - all of them being in the feel-good section.

'Lisztomania', for example, owns all the classier pop sounds without getting all aristocratic. Bright, melancholic, tormented music - characteristics already common to Phoenix's career but better put together in Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.

The union of old looking images and high definition cameras in 'Lisztomania's' video gives the band a timeless feel, that is only overcome by the multifaceted remixes that are going to be released as b-sides. From the disco lines of Holy Ghost! (finally back in the remix business), to the French electro feel of Yuksek; the synthpop interpretation of Classixx to the English electropop of Alex Metric, they all work brilliantly.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix will be released on the May 25^th.

The Juan Maclean project

To be honest, I'm not a real fan of the video, but boy, isn't the music great? I think with The Future Will Come, Juan MacLean releases his best album to date, not to mention the best in 2009. It's a groovy mix of disco and new wave that will find a place in your MP3 player and in your favorites clubs as well. Think Human League through the disco vision of DFA.

The Human League inspiration also bleeds into the video; with lots of cheesy 80's digital effects. Even Juan MacLean admits to the homage, as mentioned in his blog: "It is a troubling tale of unrequited love, evocative of 80's synth pop.  There is also an animated video in which Juan wears quite a bit of makeup a la Phil Oakey."

'One Day' also features Nancy Whang from LCD Soundsystem and a falsetto by Alex Frankel from Holy Ghost!. Mark Romboy, The Emperor Machine, Surkin, James Curd and Lazaro Casanova contributed with remixes for the single. Check the Surkin and James Curd's versions in the bottom of the post.

The crazy invitation that Michell Zappa did for his bday 

I'm going to DJ tonight at Funhell - a weekly, cozily intimate party that happens at Funhouse (SP/Brazil). Tonight, Boss in Drama is going to play live to celebrate the birthday of one of the owners of the party: Fubah (Funhell 's producer) and Michell Zappa (the owner of the wicked Radiohead pics in our webby. He's agreed to be our official photographer at IM // A \\PARTY #2).

So in order to celebrate, I'm posting 5 tracks that I'm most definitely gonna drop tonight, so if you like them you better show up!

Vamos?