Mystery Jets + The Count & Sinden = After Dark
Mystery Jets + The Count & Sinden = After Dark
Klaxons' comeback // a breakdown
Klaxons' comeback // a breakdown
FAJ + Danny Sangra
FAJ + Danny Sangra
Maximum (balloons) Theophilus (LDN)
Maximum (balloons) Theophilus (LDN)
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 book  the 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.
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Birdy Nam Nam's Epic Electro Sci-fi Journey

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Have you heard the story behind Birdy Nam Nam's 'The Parachute Ending'? The French DJ crew was playing at a party with Justice in the crowd; then after the set was over, Xavier went to talk to them and showed some interest in two of their tracks for a remix. But apparently those were the tracks that Birdy Nam Nam liked the least and weren't even going to be included on their album. Xavier thought this was a waste and decided to produce the track. And guess what? It became the best track of the album!

 

Although very Justice-like, as the track is built on the same epic synths and drums as the ones used in †, the song still manages to fit in some of the hard electro sounds of Birdy Nam Nam. But better than the actual song is the video produced by Will Sweeney in collaboration with Steve Scott.

 

The animation is like a colorful trip through the '70s (psychedelic) sci-fi world, and according to the release, the story takes place on a planet invaded by strange 'aliens' where the main character, a UFO pilot, has to find help in an ancient and mysterious temple which will provide him the power to defend his territory.

 

Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending

 

And being the best track on the album, the single comes with two spectacular remixes from two of the most important electronic French artists: the electro master Vitalic and the electro-punk couple Kap Bambino. You know these names, you know how good they are and you know what to do with the two links below, innit.

 

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Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending (Vitalic Remix) [mp3]

 

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Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending (Kap Bambino Maton Remix) [mp3]

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