This is Empire of the Sun, a side project by Luke Steele from Perth Australia, where my gal is from! This freaking song is nearly perfect in every way - and the video is stunningly beautiful and well-shot in various locales in Mexico. Check it out - it's called "We Are The People" and I'm listening to it all day long as I do my writing exercises ( Read more... )

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Well I really feel as if I need to go to that new jeans store on Hayes Street, Duke et Dutchess, to make a feeble complaint that the button covers on the rear pockets fall off when they catch on shit! They're both gone now, and the un-covered buttons now catch on everything! Not very important in the grand scheme of things, I know, but come on ( Read more... )

I'm really thinking that two-sided tape was involved in the making of this video! xoxox

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... AND, here's the live version -- featuring a sample from "Blue Monday" by New Order! Works quite well, I believe ...

by Kylie Minogue, live in Sydney! Easily my favorite song of hers, and my personal favorite song at the moment, period! Listened to this quite a bit in Paris; it reminds me of Cathy, somewhat. What an awesome song!

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Here's the new track from the upcoming Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds record, "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!". Quite brilliant, I might say. Album comes out on Tuesday, the 4th of March! Check it out!

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Yet another gem I picked up whilst in Reykjavik -- an absolute avalanche of moxie, pluck, and hard-driving electro (with 80's sensibilities, to boot!). What do you get with this equation: PORTISHEAD + LADYTRON + SCISSOR SISTERS + BLONDIE?

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ANSWER: SOMETIME! I'm tellin' ya ... they're absolutely fucking amazing!

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Oh, I'm over the moon about these guys! GHOSTIGITAL is one of the bands I picked up in Reykjavik. Essentially made up of two people, Einar Orn (better known as Bjork's right-hand man in the Sugarcubes) and Curver, it's another randy mash-up of just about everything and anything (up to, and including, the kitchen sink!). Equal parts dub, hip-hop ( Read more... )

Went around town a bit the last couple of days, and visited a couple of record shops. Picked me up some Icelandic schtufff! Here's my haul:

#01, ghostigital }} in cod we trust
#02, wulfgang }} wulfgang (apparently some pretty rough Icelandic death metal)
#03, puppy }} toggi
#04, valgeir sigursson }} ekvilibrium
#05, various artists }} iceland ( Read more... )

This song touches my soul like no other - and I can't help but think about it every waking moment in the back of my mind out here. Enjoy!

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