News & Vidoes grabs

◎ Hilarious news(or not) about Lily Allen and Our Kid
◎ Arctic Monkeys performed 5 new songs, producer Josh Homme reveals why he wanted to work with them and their new album Humbug which leaked all over the internet today
◎ Octopus Project - Wet Gold
◎ Lissy Trullie - Ready for The Floor
◎ U2 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight(Live)

News & Vidoes grabs

◎ Be sure to tune in(or check your internet connection in this case) to Arctic Monkeys' Web Transmission in which they will play the new songs from the new album Humbug ◎
◎ Radiohead's Thom Yorke will featured one song on the soundtrack of New Moon
◎ Something more exciting, Coldplay will be playing in The Simpsons!
◎ Fitz & the tantrums - Winds of Change
◎ Motel Motel - Coffee
◎ SPIN magazine published their Best Album of 2009...so far

Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lighting

Mercury Prize 2009

The shortlist for the 2009 Mercury Prize was out!

Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Florence & The Machine - Lungs
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
La Roux - La Roux
Led Bib - Sensible Shoes
Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew
Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Twice Born Men
The Horrors - Primary Colours
The Invisible - The Invisible

The winner will be announced September 8th.
[http://mercuryprize.com]

Amazing Baby

The first time I saw a profile on the Brooklyn band Amazing Baby was a few months ago on NME, since then they've release their debut LP Rewild. It's not a particularly great album, but the sound is interesting enough to be compare to the likes of MGMT, Kasabian and even Bowie. The psychedelic Rewind is actually a mixture of many types of indie tunes that can bang your head in the kitchen sink, makes your ear hum or even the pop songs that makes you dance. The combination is less hype-worthy then what I thought it would be, nevertheless, Amazing Baby would still be a band that we should expact more in the future. Don't think too much, and enjoy them.

MP3:
Amazing Baby - Bayonets

News & Vidoes grabs

◎ Muse launched the Ununitedeurasia.muse.mu website, you should take some time exploring the spy-act happening there
◎ Brian Wilson announced his US tour dates
◎ Amazing Baby - Headdress
◎ EELS - In My Dreams
◎ Passion Pit - To Kingdom Come
◎ I don't get Keane these days, hope the Kanye West collaboration might make some sense

Going solo

Seems like the new Strokes album could keep up waiting for a long long while. The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas is releasing a full-length album PHRAZES FOR THE YOUNG. The preview footage on the official website didn't show too much of how the album might be like, but I hope it won't be so movie-trailer like.....

[juliancasablancas.com]

McCartney@Ed Sullivan Theater

Paul McCarteny was back promoting his recent US tour(which I don't think there's any need to promote) He performed almost the entire Letterman show, even on the entrance roof of the legendary Ed Sullivan Theater! Beatles fan must take a look at the interview, Macca talked about the Beatles when they first came to the US and the famous Ed Sullivan show, it's hilarious!

Excuses

So I've found a job, not related to music in any way and it's not a full-time job. Just an intern I am, a part-time one. Though the days of my "wanting to be part of the music world" was so far gone, there is no way that I could be astray from the things that I love the most. I know you can't find your dream job for just one try and you might have never find one,ever; but I'll have to learn how to turn the lemon into lemonade, which is to do my very best--all the time. Of course I'll keep on posting the music I care about, and I hope you'll like them as much. Cheers.

MP3:
Discovery-Osaka Loop Line

Crying Lightning

Crying Lightning is the first single from Arctic Monkeys' new album Humbug. I was totally amazed by their new sound, well, not exactly new but it's a bit different. Crying Lightning played out to be a dark song, with singer Alex's voice almost too posh to be him! Then the constant drum beat brought up to the enchanting lines :

"Your past times, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that little game you had called
Crying Lightning"

I expect to see the crowd chanting like mad when it's perform live.
The part I love the most is the guitar solo in the later part of the song which is really a killer riff, how I hope the solo could be longer!

News & Vidoes grabs

◎ It's sad, to be watching Michael Jackson's last rehearsal film.
◎ The White Stripes is premiering a documentary film this fall, recording their 2007 tours.
◎ Bloc Party - One More Chance
◎ Regina Spektor - Man Of A Thousand Faces
◎ Graham Coxon - In The Morning
◎ Franz Ferdinand - Can't Stop Feeling

The Resistance

Muse announced the tracklist of their up-coming album The Resistance, it contained 11 songs in which there is a three-part symphony under the name of Exogenesis. Wonder what has Matt been exploring this time, can't wait to be blown away!

tracklist:
1. Uprising
2. Resistance
3. Undisclosed Desires
4. United States of Eurasia + Collateral Damage
5. Guiding Light
6. Unnatural Selection
7. Mk. Ultra
8. I Belong to You + Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix
9. Exogenesis : Symphony Part I (Overture)
10. Exogenesis : Symphony Part II (Cross Pollination)
11. Exogenesis: Symphony Part III (Redemption)

The Resistance is due out on September 14.

Arctic Monkeys @ Open'er festival

Arctic Monkeys was at Poland for Open'er festival yesterday, though there was a technical problem but all I can think of is the exciting new songs they played! Upon the 4 songs they played from the new album Humbug, my favorite is Secret Door. It makes me believe that the Monkeys still "got it," the almost-magical melodies and Alex's deep dramatic voice was so intriguing. The overall feeling of the new songs were a bit different from those of the older albums, is it darker? Or just more "grown-up"? I couldn't be sure until hearing the entire album, but I trust them. Whole-heartedly.

Arctic Monkeys - Secret Door (LIVE at Heineken Open'er Festival POLAND 2009!)