The Most Serene Republic - Heavens To Purgatory

Love this song! Such an amazing/creepy video!

Beck & Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait

Life is hard

What should you do when people all disapprove of your decision? How can you earn the trust from them when people don't believe in you? I'd say-- the ideal path would not be confortable one, the easy road would not be an interesting one. I chose the bumpy and crowded street because I know the right direction, and please, give me a chance to prove it.

The Most Serene Republic-Heavens To Purgatory
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down-Body
MIKA NAKASHIMA-流れ星

Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa

It's the funniest Dylna music video ever! His straight long hair is quite amazing!

Bishop Allen - True Or False

Brooklyn Sound

New York Magazine recently featured 40 bands that "defined" the Brooklyn sound which includes MGMT, Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors as the TOP 3. The entire list is as following:

40 Light Asylum - "Angel Tongue"
39 Oakley Hall - "All the Way Down"
38 Here We Go Magic - "Fangela"
37 Apache Beat - "Tropics"
36 Bishop Allen - "Click, Click, Click, Click"
35 White Rabbits - "Percussion Gun"
34 Japanther - "Challenge"
33 Class Actress - "All The Saints"
32 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - "The Debtor"
31 Ninjasonik - "Art School Girls"
30 Antibalas - "Beaten Metal"
29 Black Dice - "Glazin'"
28 The Antlers - "Kettering"
27 Panda Bear - "Comfy In Nautica"
26 The National - "Mistaken For Strangers"
25 Amazing Baby - "The Narwhal"
24 St. Vincent - "Actor Out Of Work"
23 Neon Indian - "Deadbeat Summer"
22 Matt & Kim - "Daylight"
21 Grizzly Bear - "Knife"
20 Suckers - "Beach Queen"
19 Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings - "100 Days, 100 Nights"
18 The Drums - "I Feel Stupid"
17 A Place To Bury Strangers - "To Fix The Gash In Your Head"
16 Chairlift - "Bruises"
15 Telepathe - "Chrome's On It"
14 Crystal Stilts - "Crippled Croon"
13 Das Racist - "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell"
12 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - "Young Adult Friction"
11 Hercules & Love Affair - "Blind"
10 Animal Collective - "My Girls"
09 Yeasayer - "2080"
08 Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
07 Vivian Girls - "Where Do You Run To"
06 Gang Gang Dance - "House Jam"
05 TV On The Radio - "Golden Age"
04 LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
03 MGMT- "Kids"
02 Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"
01 Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is The Move"

Yes, all of the bands are quite famous already.
I'm sure there are more than 40 Brooklyn bands that could define the Brooklyn sound but it's nice to see major media exposure :)

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able

The artwork is so pretty and amazing.

Muse - Undisclosed Desires

Some parts are quite funny. Muse can do anything weird and I'll like them whatsoever:D

Out of the Blue

Did you guys saw Julian Casablancas performed on Conan last week? I couldn't find a link of the video though..all taken down. He played a new song 'Out of the Blue' from his new solo album and it was damn good! Can't wait to listem to the entire album. Phrazes For The Young--out today!

Little Boots - Earthquake

Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Cool Yourself

Beatles to Bowie

Did you recognize the young David Bowie there? I so did not when I first saw the original photograph in London's National Portrait Gallery. The exhibition titled 'Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed' was indeed full of memories from the past that people in my generation might never truelly understanding. With the original photos starting from the year of 1960 to 1970, you can simply see the dramatic change in music, lifestyle and fashion in the swinging era.With every era there was an icon; and with the 60s, almost everyone in the music business can be an icon. Marianne Faithfull, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Cliff Richard...The Rolling Stone, The Who ,The Beatles--just name a few of the icons featured in the exhibition. Though I can see that I was the youngest people in the exhibition hall, but with those familiar-yet-totally-unfamiliar photographs staring right back at you, you would imagine yourself being an 60s child.

Arctic Monkeys- Cornerstone

I watched the premiere while I was in the UK. Quite shocked to be honest, never expected it to be so simple and funny. Love this video, totally adore Alex!!

An update

Hey guys, how are you all doing? I'm currently in Paris now, the final stop of my journey. The day i first arrived in London came the news of the dead of Steven Gately, such a huge shock in the british music circle. Eventhough Boyzone was not a very cool music group, their music can still be heard almost everytime you turn on the radio in the 90s. RIP Steven.
Anyway, I haven't really heard or saw anything interesting that's musically related to my blog. Hope Paris could surprise me.
Cheers!

adventure.

I'm off, again, to a little adventure in Europe. I'll be gone for a month, hopefully I'll be able to check in here with you guys once I've got internet connection. This trip is a huge deal for me, probably my last chance to spend such amount of time traveling for pleasure--like a month of escape. See you soon.

MP3:
Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning