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JanuaryJan 29 Thursday 09
News: The Sound Of Arrows spread some M.A.G.I.C.
Uncanny catchiness and great great great twee pop sensibilities soak the new single from Swedish duo The Sound Of Arrows, called, of course, M.A.G.I.C.
News: White Lies have UK's #1 album + pics from new video shoot
(from the "To Lose My Life" video shoot, photo by Jack Brown)
Working again with "Death" and "To Lose My Life" visionary director Andreas Nilsson, White Lies took a trip to Northern Russia to film the video for their next single, "Farewell To The Fairground" recently.
Download: Abe Vigoda - "Don't Lie"
(photo by Sarah Cass)
The new EP from California's indie-teenage-riot-tropicalia-punk band Abe Vigoda, Reviver, will be out in stores February 17.
Getting Sassy with...Bell X1
We here around THE CULTURE OF ME were once obsessed with all things relating to Sassy and Dirt
magazines.
News: Lady Sovereign reschedules canceled "secret" shows
Well, maybe they weren't so secret to us here, but Louie Harmon aka Lady Sovereign has had a bit of poor luck in the visa department and canceled the US dates she had scheduled to pop up this week.
Live: Evil Nine DJing in NYC Friday
Taking their love of all things Thriller to the max, the new record from the UK's electro pop outfit Evil Nine is a return after a long three-year wait since their debut.
Download: Hockey - "3am Spanish"
We really needn't remind you of how much we love disco-infused pop music with heavy leanings towards the "we're-totally-descendants-of-Entertainment" tag, right?
Live: Brazilian indie rock group Nancy come to the US
Brazilian band Nancy sound an extraordinary amount like the finer moments of pop embraced by PJ Harvey, exuding the charisma, charm, sex appeal and fire of the UK singer with a few notions of "rock" that could only be delivered by the South American band.
Emerging: The Phantom Band
If Cake were to somehow become relevant again, start recording records where they're trying to cover They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top (not to mention moving an entire recording studio into the bottom of a damp mineshaft), the guys in The …
Download: Santogold - "Shove It (Trouble Andrew remix)"
Aw, shucks, it's totally boyfriend-girlfriend action up in this piece.
JanuaryJan 27 Tuesday 09
News: The Bird and The Bee release Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future today + tour dates
The LA-based dancey pop duo The Bird And The Bee (Inara George and Greg Kurstin) are releasing their second full-length record today, and it's called Ray Guns Are not Just The Future.
Learning to pull 10s with Pete Doherty
(photo by Dylan Martinez)
Proving yet again that there's nothing the drug-addled, near-death, eccentric-heroic-romantic-lazy-about-to-die-singer-songwriter can't do, Pete Doherty, lead of Babyshambles and owner of our full-on attention at any mention of his name, told
Download: Britney Spears - Trash Circus (Ruben X mash-up with The Whip)
DJ Ruben X has leaked his own version of the title track to Britney's latest record, Circus.
Download: Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train (DOT COM remix)"
Taking on the Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne in any sort of battle (whether legal or otherwise) always seemed to us to be too daunting a task when considered.
Emerging: Flashguns
One of the more shocking things for us to realize these days has been the fact that kids are growing up right now born into a world where their entire lives have been hardwired and oversaturated to such a degree it's almost disgusting.
Download: Afrikan Boy - "Lagos Town (Konrad Old Money remix)"
Remember when little miss M.I.A was touting Afrikan Boy (dude was all over Kala) like he was on the blow-up and rearing to take over the world-music-cum-hip-hop terrain?
News: The Jesus Lizard to play worldwide dates
(photo by Kris Mestdag)
It was really quite awesome when news broke in November that seminal noise-rock band The Jesus Lizard would be getting back together for a "fleeting reunion".