I went to see Hot Chip at the Electric Ballroom in Camden last week, where they were due to preview a loada new stuff from their forthcoming album 'Made in the Dark'. To be honest, first impressions weren't quite as dazzling as hearing tracks from 'The Warning' for the first time. I'd heard a few new tracks the last couple of times I saw them, which sounded like the foundations to an
Just saw over at Brooklyn Vegan that the Mystery Jets have posted a video for a new song called "Flakes" over at YouTube. From what I can tell, it seems as if it's only a partial video (see the whole awkward fade-out at the end). It turns out that this isn't the only new, partial video floating around on the net. The band's website links to a second, unnamed song clip which is about a minute
I stumbled across Jens Lekman's latest album, Night Falls Over Kortedala , last week. I'm not really sure why I ordered it, but I did anyway. I think it's important to sometimes make random stabs in the dark because you might come across something really fucking good. Jens Lekman, a 26-year old from Sweden , sings in a style that is reminiscent of 1960's crooners. The music which supports his voice has a similar sheen, in a more overblown 80's pop sense, which is almost sickly. However, this proves to be [...]