Kanye West – Champion In which a puppet Yeezy battles for Olympic gold (topical!). In other Kanye news, our favourite furniture blogger is said to be producing every track on Blueprint 3. He’s even leaked the lead single, a bare bones banger that sees ‘Ye and Jay ransacking Run’s house. Jay-Z – Jockin’ Jay-Z (Dope [...]
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Fan Death – Veronica’s Veil In which Dandi and Marta have a veil-based tug-o-war in Mexico before swimming in silver clothes.
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Metronomy – A Thing For Me In which the unseen dangers of karaoke are laid bare.
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Poney Poney – Cross The Fader In which the French rockers’ song is transcribed and described.
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If you haven’t heard Jape‘s I Was A Man you will not know he “popped [his] cherry to November Rain.” Now you do! Here is his confession, jerked and twerked by a brooding Tapedeck. Jape – I Was A Man (Tapedeck remix) [mp3]
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Photo credit: FADERWhen he’s not talking about Lanvin trainers or his girlfriend leaving or the Muppets or his mother’s death or autotune or Patrick Bateman or the paparazzi or Connect 4 or Princess Diana, Kanye is turning zeitgeist girls into rap hooks. On this leaked song from the Notorious soundtrack it’s Santogold‘s turn, but who’s [...]
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Aeroplane are two magnificent men with a disco machine. We spoke to one of them, the awesome Stephen Fasano, for our new NME blog, and made sure he answered our three little questions. After the jump he tells about epic synths, the Beach Boys and missing calls from Grace Jones. Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane [...]
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JammerHow To Turn Two Dancefloor Anthems Into Arsenal Propaganda, Part 9. Starring Debonair Samir, DJ Mujava, Mumdance, Jammer and C. Gritz. Mumdance ft. Jammer & C. Gritz – Samir’s Township [mp3]
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Nathan Williams AKA Wavves is hitting the road. “I will be touring around the world from February until the end of May. I will be basically everywhere,” he says. If you like any of these things: shredding/pop/dirt/melody/hats/stuff that is awesome/sunshine/life, then you should go and see him. After the jump he tells us about Cops, [...]
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Hopefully writing about Teengirl Fantasy will get us lots of traffic from sweaty dudes with laptops resting on their chests. Sorry, onanists! Teengirl Fantasy make starry electronic dreamscapes not badly lit homemade vids. After the jump Logan and Nick from the band answer our three questions. Teengirl Fantasy – Now That’s What I Call Volume [...]
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