Hope you all had a great Christmas! Here is Part 2 of our Favorite Videos of 2009! Hope you like them as much as I do! Pet Shop Boys came out strong in 09' with their amazing first single off of 10th studio album Yes , called 'Love, Etc'. It was accompanied by this amazing animated video. One of my favorite videos of the year! Young Swedish artists Sound of Arrows made a splash in [...]

click here to watch WIDESCREEN POP – The Sound of Arrows By Neale Lytollis The rise of „real", some-might-say-intellectual electronic music in recent years (see Justice, Hot Chip and Digitalism) and bands moving away from traditional indie rock and venturing into more experimental territory (Telepathe, Crystal Stilts, Health being perhaps three of the main contendors), has all contributed to the word „pop" being more or less on par with „cunt" or „fuck" in terms its offensiveness. Pop is shallow and disposable; pop doesn't topple [...]
Who doesn't want to hear a stylish, synthetic slice of, er, synth-lead Swedish pop on a Thursday? Exactly. Here's 'Into The Clouds' by The Sound Of Arrows . The duo produce their own songs AND direct their own videos AND do all their artwork. We called their office and yes, they do answer their own phone calls too. For more songs like this one we suggest you visit the rather wonderful Neon Gold Records blog. The Penguin Prison remix of Golden Silvers' 'True Romance' [...]

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Today's Quick Mention: There's no doubt that I'm heading to Pluckers for trivia tonight, but I won't deny that's there is an urge to either be super hip and catch Bat For Lashes at the Parish or be old school and nostalgic with Incubus at the Austin Music Hall. One of my favorite songs this year is the rather cheesy, but really fun M.A.G.I.C. from The Sound Of Arrows, so it kind of pained me yesterday when I realized that I [...]