NEW CANADA VIDEO FOR OH LAND'S "WHITE NIGHTS"

have a look at the stunningly conceived et executed music video for Danish indie-pop songstress Nanna Øland Fabricius aka Oh Land's new single White Nights, directed/produced by CANADA, liberally-laced with fragmented illusions to iconic female pop videos.

Oh Land - White Nights

236. PERHAPS ...

236.

Perhaps I am in error.

{Anton Chekhov, His Letters 1882-1904}

235. HIGH PLACES "YEAR OFF"

here's a cool blast of minimal wave-inflected spoken-word vocals infused with wispy, yearning harmonies, blippy, pulsating synths, et throbbing, tranced-out beats, Year Off  is the lead single from Brooklyn-based electro/avant pop duo High Places, off their eagerly anticipated forthcoming album "Original Colors" (2011).


MP3: Year Off

the "Original Colors" album is set for release October 11th on Thrill Jockey, 

you can find High Places here: myspace | facebook | hellohighplaces

NEW CANADA MUSIC VIDEO FOR WHITE LIES "HOLY GHOST"

check out the biblically epic new clip for White Lies latest single Holy Ghost, directed/produced by CANADA.

White Lies - Holy Ghost

235. WE ...

235.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

{Joan Didion, The White Album}

234. KURT VILE "IN/OUT BLUES"

take a listen to the devastating new stripped back, introspective, twangy, thrumming acoustic-driven, Dylan-intoning, melancholy-addled lament IN/OUT Blues from Philadelphia-based pysch-folk crooner Kurt Vile off the split "Woods/Kurt Vile Summer Tour" 7" (2011).

"Whose side, are you on?

I'd ask you now, 

but you just stepped out."

MP3: IN/OUT Blues

the "Woods/Kurt Vile Summer Tour" 7" is currently only available from live shows.

you can find Kurt Vile here: myspace | facebook | matadorrecords

234. I ...

234.

"I no longer have inspiration,

I have only memories."

{Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano & Tonino Guerra, La Notte Screenplay}

233. DANI SHIVERS "UP"

here's an endearingly, wonky, glitched-out, pulsating, repetitious, childlike incantation, Up from Tijuana BC, Mexico-based 'spooky/toy-pop' artist You Schaffner aka Dani Shivers off the "Fonogramáticos Vol.13: Sebastián" compilation (2011).

"I wish I, knew what to say ..."

Up is a cross between a soundtrack to an 80s Italian horror film et an aerobics workout video, enjoy!!!

"... and up, and up, and up, and down, down, down ..."

MP3: Up 

check out the grungy, vhs-chewed, b-grade, psycho-drama music video for Dani Shivers' latest spook pop single Witch, directed by Aaron Soto & Dani Shivers.

Up may possibly be included on the the forthcoming "Jinx" EP, no details or release date has been set yet, but the EP will be out on Mexican label LALALA4e Records, will keep you posted.

meanwhile you can listen to some more great tracks on Dani Shivers' soundcloud.

you can find Dani Shivers here: myspace | facebook | danishivers

233. BUT ...

233.

But until then, 
I'll sit and eat a buttercup sandwhich

and wait till the shower is over.

{Bridget St. John, To B Without A Hitch}

232. SØLYST "MALSTRØM"

this next track is a sublimely entrancing fusion of analog et electronic percussion patterns pulsing, thumping, looping, meticulously et ingeniously mixing tribal et krautrock {poly}rhythms to produce the utterly hypnotic aural experience that is Malstrøm, from the gifted mind et body of Düsseldorf-based experimental percussionist Thomas Klein aka Sølyst {of Kreidler} off his outstanding debut solo self-titled album "Sølyst" (2011).


MP3: Malstrøm

i'd highly recommend getting yourself a copy of the remarkable "Sølyst" album, it is out now on Bureau B, you can purchase it from Tapete Records or Boomkat on cd or lp {with free digital download}, or you can get it as a digital download from itunes.


you can find Sølyst here: myspace | bureau-b

NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR STILL CORNERS "CUCKOO"

take a look at the wonderfully hypnotic & ghostly, Lynch-esque, blurry, strobe-laden visuals for Still Corners' gorgeously dreamy single Cuckoo, directed by Lucy Dyson.

232. TODAY ...

232.

Today I have been thinking about weeping.

{Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Weeping On An Autumn Morning}

231. SÓLEY "I'LL DROWN"

if you've been hanging out for a slice of sublime Scandinavian pop then look no further than the breathtakingly beautiful & disquieting, intricate, plinky-plonky, percussion-textured tale of woe I'll Drown, from Icelandic avant folk multi-instrumentalist Sóley Stefánsdóttir aka Sóley {of Seabear & Sin Fang} off her forthcoming debut long-player "We Sink" (2011).


MP3: I'll Drown

the "We Sink" album will be released spetember 2nd on Morr Music, available on cd & lp! also will be available digitally from itunes as of september 6th.

if you haven't already i'd recommend getting hold of Sóley's brilliant "Theater Island" EP (2010), available from ANOST on cd or 10" vinyl! or digitally from itunes.

you can find Sóley here: myspace | facebook 

AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO FOR FRED LORCA'S "ANIMAL BUENO"!!!

take a look at the fantastically, colourful, stream-of-consciousness, hand-drawn animation video for Fred Lorca's infectiously fuzzed-out lead track Animal Bueno off his forthcoming album "Cuchita Club",  animated & conceived by the uber-talented Nico Casavecchia. it feels like an animated CANADA video, amazing stuff!!!

Animal Bueno, Fred Lorca