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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Because Indie Rock just doesn't get enough respect...

*ahem* What know you of People in Planes?



"If You Talk Too Much, My Head Will Explode", directed by Joaquin Phoenix



The indie quintet hails from Wales [+5 GFN Points for pointless rhyming]. Initallly being compared to Radiohead [not always in a good way], they offer a mellow, alternative sound, at times bordering on the progressive. Their first album, As Far As the Eye Can See, dropped back in '06, featuring the above video as their first single. Two years later, they return to the scene. Peep the cover art:



Album drops September 9th. That would be...today.

New singles? Of course. Here's the video they dropped for "Pretty Buildings":




Like? Good, for I bring more. I give thee the first official single from the new album, "Mayday (M'aidez)". It's a pretty nice track, not quite uptempo, and a little edgier than their earlier work. Bone apple teat.


Hope you enjoy. That's all, bipeds.


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New Metallica...




Metallica - "The Day That Never Comes"

It's a decent song. My only complaint is with the abundance of war-themed music videos. And it's a little long, but...still decent. Their album, Death Magnetic, drops September 12th, produced by one of rock's finest, Rick Rubin.

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Because there's two sides to every story...

Who's the real menace? You be the judge...




A semi-decent attempt at thriller/dramedy.

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Noel Gallagher has a lot of enemies...



Apparently at a show in Toronto, one of the evening's concert-goers jumped on stage unnoticed and pushed the Oasis frontman into the Monitors on stage. Gallagher suffered from a rib fracture and a torn ligament, but went on stage after a slight hiatus to finish the evening's show.

The 47 year old man involved in the assault has been detained and is expected to face charges for assault.


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NEW M.I.A.

This is obviously a demo/uncompleted version of the song. I do however like the direction where the song is going.




This song is courtesy of this gentleman




Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit. Think about what would happen if Indie Rock had a baby with African Music, but the baby was hit by a L.E.S. bus while it was being born. Yup.


Anywho, the beloved Blow-Us item. A song by Esau Mwamwaya featuring M.I.A. and Santogold, entitled Get It Up. Click on the image above to download it.


Werd.

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