New Gorillaz

Gorillaz have a new album dropping on March 9 titled Plastic Beach. This is the follow up album to their very successful album Demon Days released way back in 2005. Here is one of the first leaked tracks off it "Superfast Jellyfish" and a Alex Metric remix of another track "Stylo".

Mp3: Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish
Mp3: Gorillaz - Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene announced that they will be releasing a new album this year and they leaked this track in anticipation. I look forward to hearing more...always been a big fan.

Mp3: Broken Social Scene - World Sick

PRAY FOR HAITI

So sad...pray for the people in Haiti.

Mp3: Arcade Fire - Haiti

Phoenix Acoustic Session

Love me some Phoenix! Back in December the quartet stopped by SPIN magazine's NYC office for an intimate four-song acoustic set.

Mp3: Phoenix - 1901 (Acoustic SPIN Session)
Mp3: Phoenix - Lisztomania (Acoustic SPIN Session)

Cudder...the king of indie samples

If he is not collaborating with them he is sampling them....LCD Soundsystem, Band of Horses, Ratatat, MGMT, and Little Boots, just to name a few. In this latest track floating around, "Cudderisback", dat kid named Cudi samples Vampire Weekend's song "Ottoman". Keep doing what you do Cudi cause I am a sucker for indie samples.

*Mp3: Kid Cudi - Cudderisback (Vampire Weekend Sample)
*Mp3: Kid Cudi - Can I Be (LCD Soundsystem Sample)
*Mp3: Kid Cudi - The Prayer (Band of Horses Sample)

Fyfe Dangerfield

Fyfe Dangerfield the front man for the UK’s Guillemots has an upcoming debut solo album, “Fly Yellow Moon” dropping this January, & the album’s new single "She Needs Me" is out. The first leaked single "When You Walk In The Room" caught my ear a while back but I didn't want to comment on it until I had a chance to hear another song from his solo project. Needless to say I think we'll be hearing a lot more buzz about this album as we head into the new year.

*Mp3: Fyfe Dangerfield - She Needs Me
*Mp3: Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room

Cold War Kids "Audience"

Long Beach’s Cold War Kids return with a soulful & firm-footed new and FREE song, “Audience,” off of their forthcoming EP, Behave Yourself, out digitally 12.21 & physically 01.19. Download exclusively from RCRD LBL's myspace or their webpage.

*Mp3: Cold War Kids - Audience

Mixtape Vol. 11

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing

what people say you cannot do"

Walter Bagehot

1. *Mp3: Kid Cudi - Pursuit Of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix)
2. *Mp3: Owl City - Fireflies (Tommie Sunshine Edit)
3. *Mp3: Jack Splash Ft Missy Elliot (BURNs Remix)
4. *Mp3: Gorillaz - 19/2000 (Soul Child Remix)
5. *Mp3: Oasis - Wonderwall (Conor Cutz & DJ Black Remix)

Hip Hop/Rap Covers For Ya Mutha

Hip Hop/Rap covers by indie artist are far from new and I am pretty certain Ben Folds started the tradition with his cover of Dr. Dre's song "Bitches Ain't Shit". And since then every year or so someone does one that catches, this time it is Anya Marina's cover of T.I.'s song "Whatever You Like". It is what it is so I doubt I will listen to it more than twice but enjoy. Also included are a couple of other popular covers.

*Mp3: Anya Marina - Whatever You Like (T.I. Cover)
*Mp3: Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre Cover)
*Mp3: The Gourds - Gin and Juice (Snoop Cover)
*Mp3: Dynamite Hack - Boyz N The Hood (NWA Cover)
*Mp3: Phish - California Love (2Pac Cover)

The Golden Filter - "Thunderbird" Video

This is the new video for "Thunderbird" by The Golden Filter. The song has been out for a while and has been getting a lot of buzz around the blog world. The video is good but it doesn't blow me away.

*Mp3: The Golden Filter - Thunderbird
*Mp3: The Golden Filter - Thunderbird (Villa Remix)
*Mp3: The Golden Filter - Solid Gold (Russ Chimes Remix)

Mixtape Vol. 10

"If you want respect for your past, it means

that you have a problem with your present

and even more with your future."

Karl Lagerfeld

1. *Mp3: Tiny Masters of Today - Hey, Mr.DJ (CSS Remix)
2. *Mp3: The Teenagers - Make It Happen (Dolby Anol Remix)
3. *Mp3: The Virgins - Rich Girl (RAC Remix)
4. *Mp3: Spoon - Don't You Evah (Diplo Remix)
5. *Mp3: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Retouch)

What's The Opposite Of Fork?

That's right...(see picture above)!!! This is a new song off of (see picture above)'s up coming album Transferance called "Mystery Zone". The album is set to be released sometime in January 2010. I have always been a (see picture above) fan and this song is awesome mellow classic (see picture above). Obviously I am trying to be somewhat incognito with this post because the web sheriff has been on patrol and is having it pulled from all the blogs quickly after it is posted. Enjoy while you can!

*Mp3: The Opposite of Fork - Mystery Zone

Chiddy Bang "The Swelly Express"

Chiddy Bang's new mixtape "The Swelly Express" is fire. I had honestly never heard of them but the name of one of the songs caught my eye "All Things Go", I recognized the line from the Sufjan Stevens song "Chicago" and thought it might be a cover. Without going into too much more detail I highly suggest you download the mixtape its free at Chiddy Bang's myspace or I provided the link below.

*Mp3: Chiddy Bang - All Things Go

*Mp3: Chiddy Bang - Never

Click--->Here to download the whole mixtape

Mixtape Vol. 8

"To be yourself in a world that is

constantly trying to change you

is the hardest thing of all."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1. *Mp3: Kid Cudi – Can I be
2. *Mp3: Cassettes Won’t Listen – Into the Hillside
3. *Mp3: Sigur Ros – Saeglopur (MMMathias Remix)
4. *Mp3: Yelle – Qui Est Cette Fille
5. *Mp3: Hercules and Love Affair – You Belong (Riton Remix)

Little Boots - "Earthquake" Video

This is the video for Little Boots' new song "Earthquake". The single is set to be released November 23. Below is a remix of Little Boots' last single she released "Remedy" and a remix of her song "Love Kills".

*Mp3: Little Boots - Remedy (Buffetlibre vs Sidechains Remix)
*Mp3: Little Boots - Love Kills (Buffetlibre vs Sidechains Remix)

New Moon Soundtrack

The Twilight: New Moon Soundtrack is out Oct 20th and the line up of artists that are on it is pretty good, wish i could say that about the movies (actually i haven't seen the movies).

*Mp3: Death Cab for Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox
*Mp3: The Killers - A White Demon Love Song

Pre-Order the soundtrack on

Mixtape Vol. 7

"Things are because we see them, and what we see,

and how we see it, depends on the arts that have influenced us.

To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing.

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty."

Oscar Wilde

1. *Mp3: M83 – We Own The Sky (Udachi Remix)
2. *Mp3: Kings of Leon – Use Somebody (Tenzin Remix)
3. *Mp3: Sigur Ros - Illegresi (Them Jeans Dance Remix)
4. *Mp3: The Blow – Hey Boy
5. *Mp3: Adele – Hometown Glory (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)

Miike Snow New Video and Remixes

MIIKE SNOW - Black & Blue from vincent haycock on Vimeo.

Miike Snow what can i say other than if you don't know who they are google it. The trio has cranked out a solid album of indie, electro, dance, pop, or however you would like to catagorize their music and everyone and their mother has remixed their stuff. The new video for Black & Blue is good but even better is the remix by Savage Skulls.

*Mp3: Miike Snow - Black & Blue (Savage Skulls Remix)
*Mp3: Miike Snow - Animal (Crookers Remix) **added xtra cause we like it

Gears of War + Good Music = FN Cool Commercials

Gears of War 1 Commercial

Gears of War 2 Commercial

Never played the video game Gears of War for the Xbox360, but they must be doing something right. They just released GOW 2 and it sold 2.1 million units on day one. They have always hooked me with those damn commercials. I almost bought the game and i don't even have an Xbox 360.

Song from GOW 1 commercial

*Mp3: Gary Jules - Mad World

(You might also remember this song from the movie Donnie Darko)

Song from GOW 2 commercial

*Mp3: DeVotchka - How it Ends

Mixtape Vol. 2

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct them to hold in

higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently”

Friedrich Nietzsche

1. *Mp3: MGMT – Kids (We don’t care EP version)
2. *Mp3: Metric – Help I’m Alive
3. *Mp3: Bon Iver – Skinny Love
4. *Mp3: Friendly Fires – Paris
5. *Mp3: Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire