Video: Gorillaz Feat. Snoop - Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach

The mighty Snoop teamed up with Gorillaz earlier this year for the intro song on Plastic Beach, with Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach and they have just released the video to it. Snoop is on Plastic Beach and looks quite dapper in this top hat and embellished tail coat but I don't think you could expect anything less.

Halves - Growing & Glow Featuring Jennifer Evans Live On The View

It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever) from Halves is one of my favourite releases of 2010. The intricacy on each track is simply quite stunning and the one track in particular that I have taken to listening to the most from the album is Growing & Glow. Last night they performed a gorgeous version on RTE's The View with Jennifer Evans on vocals. The album version features Metric front woman and Broken Social Scene member Amy Milan but this recording with Jennifer is equally as wonderful.

Video: Shit Robot - Take 'Em Up featuring Nancy Whang

Shit Robot has released one of my favourite dance albums of 2010 with From The Cradle To The Grave. A real treat for dance fans this year. Take 'Em Up featuring Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem fame on vocals in particular, is an electro disco anthem in it's itself with it's breezy vocal and synth-tastic rhythms. The video has just premiered over at Pitchfork and it was directed by fellow Irish man Eoghan Kidney who has in the past been responsible for some gorgeous video's from Somadrone and Valerie Francis and this is as equally masterful.

Video: Shobaleader One - Megazine

Squarepusher has joined a band or at least created one with "a bunch of people you may or not have heard of from other bands and projects" called Shobaleader One. In and interview over on the Warp Records site, Tom Jenkins reveals the aim of Shobaleader One "The overall aim is to articulate my music through the medium of a band. I always thought that a band would be a limiting thing. I've got very used to being able to make music by programming or playing without having to explain anything to anyone, and I assumed it would slow everything down if I had to. Actually it has made it quicker because I'm not trying to be four people simultaneously any more".

The first track to get some airing from the their first full length LP d'Demonstrator, is Megazine. A little like Daft Punk if they combined some heavy metal riffs with their electro disco madness - which I like. 
d'Demonstrator is out now on Warp Records.

Video: Abe Vigoda - Throwing Shade

To coincide with the release of their third studio album Crush,  Abe Vigoda have dropped the video to album track Throwing Shade upon us. The song and album itself sees a departure of the tropical punk stylings of 2008's release Skeleton, inviting in a more danceable sound. Crush can take the nu wave route at times and Throwing Shade is a fine example of that, but the album as a whole is still stamped with the clamorous guitars and fast paced rhythm Abe Vigoda are famous for, just this time alongside more synths and sequencers. 
Throwing Shade was directed by Vice Cooler and Crush is out now on Bella Union

Video: Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love

A lovely new video from my favourite Scottish band Belle & Sebastian called Write About Love. I would advise making a cuppa and sitting back to watch, as this is a nice 29 minute catch up with the band with a humorous twist!

Listen to the brand new Belle an Sebastian song "I Didn't See It Coming" NOW!

My favourite Scottish band Belle and Sebastian debuted a brand new song at a gig in Helsinki earlier this week. Taken from their first studio album in 5 whole years I Didn't See It Coming is a radiant indie pop song that will have you humming or singing along after one play (that's what happened to this listener anyway).
One can only hope that the rest of their new material is as compelling but it's Belle and Sebastian and in my opinion they have never made a bad album.

Have a listen below.

Video: !!! - AM/FM and free download.

The innovative !!! (Chk Chk Chk) return with a taster from album number 4 with AM/FM, a track which you can acquire free over at chkchkchk.net. The video was directed by Black Dice and is taken from the album Strange Weather, isn't it? released on August 20th 2010 on Warp Records.

The dance punk kings are back with a bang as AM/FM is also available as a cool, ultra clear 12" single, you need to be quick however as the 12" is limited to 800 copies worldwide. Head over to the bands site if you fancy owning a copy.

Video: The Mystery Jets - Dreaming Of Another World & Gorillaz cover version.

Ahead of the release of their third studio album Serotonin out in a couple of weeks, Mystery Jets have dropped the first official single from the album Dreaming Of Another World.
It's accompanying video was filmed in a French mansion on the outskirts of Paris, embracing a wistful 60's sentiment and directional duties is courtesy of Yoann Lemoine.

William Rees takes on the lead vocal on this shiny, summery pop number and I bet anyone who gives this a listen will be humming/singing along to Dreaming Of Another World in no time.

Serotonin is released on Rough Trade Records on July 2nd (Irl) and 5th (UK).




Also check out the Mystery Jets cover version of Gorillaz' On Melancholy Hill. Apart from being huge fans of the band, it was Blaine Harrison's love of zoo animals, particularly gorillas, that inspired this cover for Pocket TV. At 2.40 is where the cover version begins.

Listen to Japanese Popstars live album "We Just Are".

Fresh from signing with Virgin Records the excellent Japanese Popstars have dropped their live album on us and you can listen to it here and now!
The tracklisting is as follows and if you like what you hear you can head straight here to own your own copy.


1. We Just Are (Intro) 2. Sample Whore 3. Rushed Jabb 4. Total Distorted Mayhem 5. F19b Droppin Dirty Beats 6. Benni Benassi 'Electro 16' (The Japanese Popstars Remix) 7. Facemelter 8. Catapult (Live Edit) 9. Kid Roppongi 10. B.C.T.T 11. Rise Of Ulysses (Live Edit)
Released 21 September 2009.

Video: Foals "Miami"

The singles are coming out thick and fast from Foals second record Total Life Forever, with Miami being the third track to be released. It's a funky one with a fantastic video directed by Dave Ma, that slightly reminds me of Aphex Twin's Windowlicker and all it's weirdness. Miami is certainly a step away from Foals video's gone past and features transsexuals and body builders having a bit of a scrap! I don't need to say much more than have a look.

A serious contender for album of 2010, Total Life Forever is out now!

Foals - Miami

FOALS | MySpace Music Videos

Video: The Fall "Bury! PTS 2+4"

From their 28th studio album Your Future Our Clutter is the brand new video to The Fall's Bury! PTS 2+4. It's pretty safe to say that this is a cracking tune and the video is as equally slick.
It was directed by ThirtyTwo who previous duties have included videos from Elbow and Franz Ferdinand.

Video Liars "The Overachievers".

This is easily one of my favourite tracks on Sisterworld and keeping with tradition of Liars videos gone past, The Overachievers is no less menacing and eerie. Crazed man on a treadmill, check. A bag hanging from the ceiling dripping of blood, check. It keeps in with the sinister theme and the video was directed by the bands own Aaron Hemphill.

Sisterworld is out now on Mute Records and The Overachievers is released on 12" vinyl on May 23rd.

Video: Holy Fuck "Latin America".

Freshly squeezed from the bands second album Latin, due on the shelves this Friday (May 7th), Holy Fuck return with Latin America as their first hint of what to expect from their new material.
The video to accompany lends a nostalgic note and also becomes some sort of video blog of the bands live shows, mish mashed together with random scenery and general everyday moments.

It works however and it was directed beautifully by Yoonha Park who has previously worked with Holy Fuck and has directed for A Place To Bury Strangers on their track The Falling Sun.

Holy Fuck: Latin America from Yoonha Park on Vimeo.

LCD Soundsystem 'Drunk Girls' video

LCD Soundsystem return next month with their third studio album This Is Happening and in a nutshell it's awesome. The first official single to be taken from the album is the tumultuous and brazen Drunk Girls, an all out sing-a-long from start to finish. The video is as equally raucous as the song and quite funny too.

It's safe to say James Murphy and co have come back with a bang leaving few disappointed.
You can have a listen to This Is Happening now on lcdsounsdystem.com/thisishappening



This Is Happening is out on May 14th (17th UK)on DFA Records.

New Mystery Jets song "Flash A Hungry Smile".

Mystery Jets return with some brand new music for you to salivate over with Flash A Hungry Smile. This is the first track taken from their third studio album Serotonin due out on July 2nd in Ireland and 5th in the UK on Rough Trade Records. The more I listen, the more I love Flash A Hungry Smile, it's wonderfully happy with a nice vintage pop sound.

Serotonin was produced by Chris Thomas whose works include Different Class from Pulp and Anarchy In The UK from the Sex Pistols.

Listen & download your free copy of to Flash A Hungry Smile HERE.

Listen to the NEW Sage Francis track 'Best Of Times'.

Sage Francis returns with a new track taken from his new studio album Li(f)e, called The Best Of Times.
It's a welcome and wonderful return from the poetic rapper and storyteller and you can hear it over on the Zane Lowe website.

Li(f)e is released on Anti- in Ireland on May 7th and features music written and/or performed by Calexico, Buck 65, Yann Tiersen, DeVotchKa, Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy and Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie to name just a few.

Li(f)e tracklisting is as follows:
1. Little Houdini
2. Three Sheets To The Wind
3. I Was Zero
4. Slow Man
5. Diamonds & Pearls
6. Polterzeitgeist
7. The Baby Stays
8. 16 Years
9. Worry Not
10. London Bridge
11. Love The Lie
12. The Best Of Times

Photo's: You Me At Six live @ The Olympia, March 28th 2010

You Me At Six played a blistering sold out show in Dublin's Olympia Theatre on Sunday night.
Despite suffering from laryngitis, front man Josh Franceschi and the rest of the band brought it full throttle to an ecstatic crowd. Their setlist was made up of some old favourites from Take Off Your Colours but mostly consisted of tracks from their new album Hold Me Down with Safer To Hate Her, Liquid Confidence and the bodacious Underdog receiving ear splitting reactions.
Here are some photo's of the show.

Josh Franceschi

Matt Barnes

Max Helyer

Josh Franceschi

You can view more HERE

Video: Hot Chip - I Feel Better

Hot Chip always bring a quirky quality to their video's, but their video to I feel Better takes quirky to the next level (in a good way). Directed by friend and comedian Peter Serafinowicz, the video to I feel Better highlights the ridiculousness of reality TV shows such as the X Factor in a fantastical story of a boy band as Hot Chip.
Humorous, strange and slightly insane at times but marvellously entertaining and worth 3 and half minutes of your time.

Video: Gorillaz - Stylo Feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def

The video for Gorillaz Stylo has finally surfaced and in a word it's slick. Not only is it a treat for the eyes but Die Hard hero Bruce Willis also features which is very cool indeed!
The incredible Plastic Beach is out in Ireland this Friday March 5th (8th UK).