If you can imagine the Weather Girls singing for The Fall then you are nearly there. The ski mask is obviously a touch of genius. I am off to interview these types soon. Until then, enjoy the video.
PS Why not look out for Rufus Wainwright’s baroque new album Release The Stars? The track Going To [...]

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In anticipation of a blistering single and album and tour in April, here’s an old clip of the Kings Of Leon. I saw them supporting The Strokes at the height of the “new rock boom” and they completely destroyed their tight-trousered peers. Perhaps they are a bit too studied for their own good, but the [...]

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Music as communal and transcendant experience? Oh yeah, I remember that…

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There’s never been a better time to be Scottish, it seems. Here’s chirpy Scots teens The View. (Top five in the UK).
And from Glasgow the band from the ipod commercial, Glasgow’s Fratellis. Strangely appealing video, is it not?

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Obviously not a rich visual feast, but this version of The Clash’s Guns Of Brixton by Arcade Fire is spine-tingling.

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… is a joy forever. Here’s a sparkling return to form from Air. If anyone has seen recent footage of Arcade’s current barnstorming tour I would love to get a hold of it.

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Here is the full video of this terrific song.

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