Blog: heartbreak tango

So, as we Twittered at some point last week, Letters To Cleo have reunited, or cashed in on the one-off reunion tour thing, it's still too soon to tell. Immediately, 3 things come to mind: Heath Ledger (via 10 Thing I Hate About You , in which Kay Hanley, the LTC lead singer, sang atop the school's roof), the totally 90's indie-rock video "Here And Now" (which we've kindly included below, so that you can re-spend time trying to figure out the lyrics during the bridge), and, of course, Josie & The Pussycats , where Hanley [...]

• Josie and The Pussycats - Three Small Words

As we Twittered this morning, Kanye West has given us another song from the crazy-anticipated 808's & Heartbreak , due November 25, and likely to avoid all references to turkey in its critical reviews. Kanye hosted a listening party in LA on Monday, where it was revealed that Kanye digs on naked girls (No, really, he even blogs about them!) and is not kidding about Autotune. The guy sings (?) on every track, and now we've got an unmastered version of "Heartless", which he performed at T.I.'s album release party at Key Club not so long ago. [...]

We hate it when our friends become successful, cos then they can buy expensive box sets, and sit around listening to records as if it's Sunday (everyday). That over there is the cover for Rhino UK's upcoming release, The Smiths: Singles Box . Whether Moz has graced this one with his tear of approval or not is a rather moot point, considering the contents of the set, due out December 03: A clamshell card box containing the first ten uk-issued singles in their original picture sleeves two singles which are exclusive [...]

Venerable Italian brand Brionvega is set to release their upgrade of the 60's classic Radiofonografio. Now featuring both CD and DVD players along with the original record player (45s and 33s), the design encourages reconfiguration based on the listening environment and what is being heard. the speaker units are fully adjustable, as seen in the pictures after the jump. It even looks like this still has a FM/AM tuner in it, and they've kept the form factor as close to the original as possible. Originally designed in 1965, the new model, dubbed "RR2263, models itself after [...]