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M.I.A. has announced a one off show in Brixton and I am very very happy. Tickets go on sale Friday but I'm getting mine tomorrow providing I find a presale somewhere online.

www.miauk.com

XXXO

TREATZZXX

I thought I'd exhausted this record of its magic by rinsing it out daily. No lie. Walking to the station..."GOT MA A-MACHINES ON TABLE GOT MA B MACHINES IN DRAWER", on the train "SET, SET THAT CROWN ON THE GROUND" and before bed? "I SIP MAAA KOOL-AID, I FEEL BETTER NOW". I got to that point where I couldn't deal with it anymore and it dwindled down my 'Top 25 Most Played'. There's now been a sufficient amount of time for me to rekindle my love and I can safely say, I'm once again addicted.

'TREATS' by Sleigh Bells is timeless and I'm on it again. Its the same with anything you rinse out...you just gotta let it dry out before you put it back on.

(photos from www.infinitybells.com)

NO FUCKING AROUND

Rafter - No Fucking Around from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

YEASAYER - MADDER RED

I've just watched this and after recuperating from the rather poignant 'WTF' after-taste, I've concluded that the new Yeasayer video starring Kristen Bell is absurdly weird but fucking brilliant. Its directed by Andreas Nillsson who is based in Malmoe, Sweden and is also a practising artist. She is renowned for her finely crafted skill in all things sublimely strange and boasts a huge portfolio of clients from Moby to MGMT. I think you've achieved something as a director when you're consistently able to leave a recognisable residue on every piece of work without becoming repetitive and bland. The video is a must see and once you've digested the randomness of the truly hideous creature and the hilarity of Kristen Bell starring in it, your heart warms and you quietly mourn the death of this hairy ball of flesh.

BIG CLASSIC STUFF

You have to expect the unexpected...

All Kinds of Amazing

Robyn - Hang With Me official video from Robyn on Vimeo.

Robyn - my favourite Swede in the world has just premiered her latest video for "Hang With Me" which comes off her forthcoming E.P "BodyTalk PT. 2". The track attains the same synth-laden lace like "Handle Me" yet infuses the beat-drum melodics of "Dancing On My Own". Evidently a great follow-up, this one sounds less tragic and emotrodden but not any less beautiful. The song is actually a cover of Paola Bruna and you can hear original version right here and appreciate the contrast between the two styles. The video itself samples episodes of Robyn's life on tour (largely shot on her promo tour of the UK) - performing, singing, hanging out with her band, recording, playing, and eating a greasy breakfast. Naturally its subtle, playful yet eccentric and just nicely shot by Max Vitali who also directed "Dancing On My Own".

Body Talking

I'm fully addicted to Robyn's latest effort; 'BodyTalk pt. 1' - pretty much rinsed it out. I don't know if I'm simply obsessed with her because she's Scandinavian or that she's an independent artist or just for the fact she makes good pop music? Nevertheless, I'm happy and excited for 'BodyTalk pt. 2'

photo by Nik Hartley for i-D Online

This song isn't from 'BODYTALK pt. 1', its from her forthcoming E.P; 'BODYTALK pt. 2' but I couldn't resist. Its an obvious leak but my ears were curios...

Not gonna lie...I'm excited for M.I.A's new record

Summer Jam

#NowPlaying - Charlotte Gainsbourg

(Image from AnOther)

I bought IRM a while back but haven't really given it a whole lot of attention. So recently, in between my gruelling revision schedule (which is failing), I've found time to sit down and enjoy it for everything that it is - a beautiful haze of seasonal pleasures. I've felt myself reminiscing and playing with memories from a sun-soaked summer in Brooklyn to autumn blues in rainy London to the staunchly cold crispness of my winter trip to Copenhagen. Basically, it's a dream. Standard.

Uffie - MC's Can Kiss

Pop The Glock

She needs no introduction. Uffie, of course. This is the long awaited video for the classic; 'Pop The Glock'.

Uffie Pop The Glock from Uffie on Vimeo.

Her status as the 'Queen Bitch' of electropoop has been readily cemented for the past few years since spreading chaos accross the club scene with her infectious sounds but Uffie is finally back to Pop The Glock with the release of her 1st Album!!

It will be co-produced with some of the greatest electro giants of our times (Feadz, Mr Oizo, Sebastian, Mirwais) and the record; “Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans” is due out in early 2010.

Music Video Made With JUST Cardboard

Meeting of Important People - Brittney Lane Don't Care from Authentik Artists on Vimeo.

Something seemingly different from 'Meeting of Important People'. A killer video!

The steel-city trio who take the roots from the mid-west are a band who rode on the high of the hype machine last year as their EP took to MySpace but this year, the band have released their debut self entitled album; 'Meeting of Important Pepole'.

Brittney Lane Don't Care is a catchy enough song already with an acousticelectric beat and a rustypop vocals galore, but the cardboard-city concept for the video somehow gives the song a bit more edge! LOVE!