A Friday Catchup Mashup

My brain can only handle small bits of information this afternoon so it’s roundup time:…

Video: Friendly Fires – Kiss of Life

Their Wham!tastic! new single. I love Friendly Fires but I’m not sure about this.. At…

Jamie Vex’d – Saturn’s Reply

It was 2005 when Vex’d released Degenerate, one of the first dubstep albums to get…

Madlib & Guilty Simpson = OJ Simpson

Madlib and Guilty Simpson have teamed up to release ‘Coroner’s Music’, a 12 inch single…

Introducing: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

My vote for band name of the year. In their own words: “A time machine…

Video: First Aid Kit – Universal Soldier

First Aid Kit, those two cute Swedish girls who covered Fleet Foxes last year are…

Koko Von Napoo – Polly (Chateau Marmont remix)

I’m not sure I could find anything more French sounding today if I tried. This…

Video: Harlem Shakes – Strictly Game

WATCH CLOSELY…. All is not what it appears.. Attention spans FTW!. The band’s album Technicolor…

Video: Girls – Hellhole Ratrace

If Glasvegas were from San Francisco rather than Glasgow, they might sound like the proceeding…

MP3: Fulgeance – Ann Arbor

It may be a couple of months overdue due to vinyl pressing issues but Fulgeance’s…

The Mercury Music Prize – place your bets

Tomorrow (Tuesday) sees the announcement of the shortlist for the 2009 Mercury Music Prize and…

As if we needed a reminder…

Just stunning. ‘Ready Able’ performed with the ACME quartet on Letterman. Win Veckatimest here.

Video: Passion Pit – To Kingdom Come

The Single is out August 24th. http://www.myspace.com/passionpitjams

Introducing: Son Green

I’ve a soft spot for tunes which can’t easily be categorised and this is one…

The Power of MAP

The Holy Roman Army got in touch within 24 hours of the last MAP post…

Win a copy of Veckatimest

Where else in Dublin but Tower Records would you see a bunch of lads lepping…

What will the Julian Casablancas solo album be like?

If we’re judging by this preview (and I am), The Strokes frontman has been listening…

Why? – The Blackest Purse

Well well. A taster from Why?’s forthcoming album Eskimo Snow appeared today and as Pitchfork…

Florence and the Machine’s London album launch

On the day that Florence and the Machine’s debut album Lungs is officially launched, it is number one in…

Win Florence and the Machine’s Chest..

It’s Florence and the Machine week after her album launch gig in London and this…