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Coldplay return with their Brian Eno-produced album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. Make up your minds.
Coldplay – Violet Hill

Video from Van She for the new single ‘Strangers’ from the Album V. Directed by Lorin Askill from Collider and taken from the forthcoming album “V” on Modular People the same label that brought us Cut Copy.

Along with the new Santogold album that was released yesterday, The Roots dropped ‘Rising Down’ and it is pretty awesome. Much harder, tighter and stripped down than previous albums ‘Rising Down’ has the band delivering some angry and scorching lyrics – everyone in this camp is pissed apparently…
Watch the Ric Cordero directed video of 75 [...]

Nemo Design presents Furry Kama Sutra, a photography/Video exhibition by New York based photographer Michael Cogliantry, opening on May 02, 2008. The show will run through Tuesday, June 01, 2008 at Nemo Design: 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR.
Furry Kama Sutra is the title for a new project by New York based [...]

Cut Copy Live at Doug Fir April 28 2008 from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
‘Out There On The Ice’ live at Doug Fir.
I just spent about 7 hours in the company of Cut Copy who hit up Portland on their current tour with a gig at the Doug Fir. Touring can be a test for sure [...]

Santogold is in stores today. One of the few artists that I’ve actually been waiting for a full-length album from.
Santogold – Shove It feat Spank Rock (Switch remix)

Vanilla Swingers sent in a few tracks. Here’s a quote from the band about their new album, “The album was recorded with Ian Catt (St Etienne, Stars) and mastered by Kramer (Galaxie 500, Low, Jeffrey Lewis). It tells the story of two people who run away to London together, go back in time, then [...]

I became a fan of Australia’s Cut Copy through their online mix tapes which have been made available here and there. Their album Bright Like Neon Love came out in 2004 and this March you can now get Lights and Music which is a remix ep by the look of it. Visit the Cut Copy [...]