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Sufjan sings The Lakes Of Canada on a roof in France.

Feist sings I Feel It All on Jimmy Kimmel's bus.

Grizzly Bear sing Deep Blue Sea on the beach at ATP.

For more live action visit the excellent Nialler9 who has full concerts from Battles, Joanna Newsom, Animal Collective, Girl Talk, Matt & Kim, Metric and many more.

Posted by: Scott 28/05/07

Green Dancer

With the spring bank holiday season well and truly upon us, the 4-day week reigns supreme, Saturday nights segue harmlessly into Sunday and we’ve nearly found our Joseph.

Here at Pinglewood, there’s nothing we enjoy more than inviting round some pals, baking a batch of fairy cakes, mixing a pitcher of Green Dancer, listening to old Mark Ronson radio shows… and getting our swerve on.

And if you want to take it to the next level, we suggest you break out the dressing up box and the hand claps.

Trust us, once the absinthe and vodka-saturated cucumber take effect, even the most dunderheaded of your mates will be whirling round the room like Jill Ha’penny and Darren Bennett.

Nappy Roots - Rewind [mp3] [More...]

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes [mp3] [Buy]

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money (Ft. Kelis) [mp3] [Buy]

The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World [mp3] [Buy]

Posted by: Alice 25/05/07

The Final Frontier

"Girl I promise this will be painless, painless/We'll take a trip to planet Uranus, Uranus."

The lyrics above come from Sex Planet, the latest example of R Kelly’s raging insanity. Elsewhere he sings of his desire to "enter into your black hole." It’s probably impossible to top a line like “the midget say ‘God, I think I just shitted on myself’”, but it's nice to see him try.

R Kelly - Sex Planet [mp3] [Buy]

Posted by: Scott 25/05/07

Stop Breaking Down

It seems the influx of awesome new female MCs has taken its toll on some of the old guard. Poor S.O.V.

Here are a few more of the new breed. Lil' Mama may well have a summer anthem on her well-manicured hands.

Lil Mama - Lip Gloss [mp3] [Buy]

Roxy Cottontail - You Don't See NYC [mp3] [More...]

Lil' Wayne - Don't Stop, Won't Stop (ft. Nikki Minaj) [mp3] [Download the whole album here...]

Posted by: Scott 23/05/07

I Break The Law I Will Never Change

Dizzee - Sirens, live for Radio 1 in Preston over the weekend.

Loads more videos of Dizzee, MIA, Klaxons and Mark Ronson (playing the OC theme!) after the jump...

Posted by: Scott 23/05/07

The Way You Move Is A Mystery

Alfonso Ribeiro, we salute you.

Posted by: Scott 21/05/07

When The Routine Bites Hard

Thus far, it seems the big story from this year's Cannes Film Festival is not that a film starring Norah Jones and Jude Law would turn out to be completely shit , but that Anton Corbijn's Control which chronicles the relationships of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, who killed himself in 1980, would turn out to be so very good.

Corbijn , who directed several of the bands videos, discusses the film here:

In an odd twist, Sam Riley, whose performance as Curtis is being praised to the heavens, was last seen on screen playing Mark E Smith in 24 Hour Party People. Lets hope MC Tunes: The Movie is next.

Here are three of our favourite Joy Divison covers: Galaxie 500's majestic 1989 version of Ceremony; LCD's muscular take on No Love Lost; and a solemn version of The Eternal from Skog, the band that became Kings Of Convenience.

Galaxie 500 - Ceremony [mp3] [Buy]

LCD Soundsystem - No Love Lost [mp3] [More...]

Skog - The Eternal [mp3] [Skog] [More...]

Posted by: Scott 21/05/07

Forget Our Future Plans

What with the demented mob of raving zealots, explosive light show and endless shower of glo-sticks raining down on stage like disco anti-aircraft fire the Klaxons gig on Friday night sometimes resembled a busy night in Baghdad. The kuntz, fresh from fending off Princess Sideboob at Coachella, kicked off with their cover of The Bouncer and it seems Kicks Like A Mule, the superannuated ravers behind the original, are determined to capitalise on their unlikely Indian summer. In a move of horrifying postmodernity KLAM have reformed and recorded a cover of Gravity’s Rainbow. They’ve also remixed MIA’s paean to old breakbeats, XR2 (Where were you in ’92?) and will tour throughout the summer. Incidentally, in 1992 we were at school annoying our teachers with constant Das EFX impressions. Bum stiggity bum stiggity bum, hun. I’ve got the old pa-rup-a-pum-pum!

Kicks Like A Mule - Gravity's Rainbow [mp3] [BUY]

Klaxons - The Bouncer [mp3] [BUY]

Mark Ronson - Golden Skans (ft. Daniel Merriweather) [mp3] [More...]

Klaxons - Golden Skans (Switch remix) [mp3] [More...]

Posted by: Scott 20/05/07

My Daddy Thinks I'm Fine

Do you want to listen to Rehab again for the 10,000th time? No, No, No? You're funny. Last week on Authentic Shit Mark Ronson excitedly talked up a Jay-Z Rehab guest verse. Today it leaked all over the internets. Don't be surprised if Jigga pops up here soon in an adlib-crammed guest post that gives you the nagging feeling he's past his best.

Amy Winehouse - Rehab (Remix ft. Jay-Z) [mp3]

We also have the low-key new track from fashion guru Kanye West. He's on the cover of the new issue of Complex and it sound like a must: "Check out our April/May Issue on Newsstands now to see what Kanye thinks of Lil Wayne, Nas, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn’s fashion choices." Who can resist that?

Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 17/05/07

These Are The Breaks

Sorry we've been a bit quiet. Normal service will resume tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy these...

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Beggin' (Pilooski Edit) [mp3] [More...]

!!! - Must Be The Moon (Emperor Machine Remix) [mp3] [More...]

Caps & Jones' Professor Murder Mixtape [mp3] [More...]

Adventures Close To Home's really excellent mixtape for Fact Magazine [mp3] [Tracklisting...]

Posted by: Scott 16/05/07

Strictly For The Ladies (No Ifs Ands Or Maybes)

Suddenly the world is full of awesome female rappers.

Josie Stingray - Doin' My Thang (ft. Jack Davey) [mp3] [More...]

Amanda Blank - Get It Now [mp3] [More...]

Amanda Blank - Take It Easy (ft. M.I.A.) [mp3]

M.I.A. - Hit That [mp3] [More...]

Bonde Do Role - Geremia [mp3] [More...]

Justice - The Party (ft. Uffie) [mp3] [More...]

Kid Sister - Damn Girl (DJ Gant Man Juke Remix) [mp3] [More...]

Yo Majesty - Club Action [mp3] [More...]

Posted by: Scott 10/05/07

Nutcrackers

We spent yesterday tutu-clad, on points and pirouetting because ballet is back, bitches. Last year the kids of North Haven Community School staged a ballet based on Deerhoof’s 2004 album, Milk Man and their tiny trendsetting ways have spread across the globe. The Berlin Staatballet has collaborated with Âme, Luke Slater and Luciano to create a techno ballet called Shut Up And Dance [Germans are awesome]; Twinkle-toed Joni Mitchell is pulling on her pumps; even Big Boi - the besuited, bulldog-breeding half of Outkast- is going to demonstrate his light, springing quality.

Âme - Fiori [mp3] [Buy]

It has nothing to do with ballet and it's unlikely to keep you quiet, but this beautifully structured remix from Hot Chip will certainly get you dancing.

Junior Boys - In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix) [mp3] [Buy]

And here's are some Prince-sampling proto-breaks from 1991. The Ragga Twins (The excellently named Flinty Badman and Deman Rocker) were signed to one of our favourite ever labels, the pioneering Shut Up & Dance Records. We'll post more from them soon.

The Ragga Twins - Hooligan 69 [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 09/05/07

Round The Outside, Round The Outside...

The indie-rock formation dancing craze continues...

Beirut - Elephant Gun

Great moustaches! Great song!

Lavender Diamond - Open Your Heart

We hoped one of those Final Destination buses would mow these twee fuckers down. Alas, no.

Tomorrow: Ame's ballet song! YEAH!

Posted by: Scott 07/05/07

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