Elite atists are part of Beck’s new online music club

Beck has enlisted a group of friends to form the ‘Beck & Friends Music Club’, with which they will re-record entire albums in one-day sessions and post a track a week on Beck.com.The Record Club will be a regular meeting of various musicians to record an entire album in one day. A single album will [...]

Why 2009 is gonna be a good year in music

10 definitely  exciting records we are looking forward to hear in the new year (you should too)
Franz Ferdinand -Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (Jan. 26)
The Rifles – The Great Escape (Jan. 26)
Lily Allen – It’s Not My, It’s You (Feb. 10)
M. Ward – Hold Me (Feb. 17)
Morrissey – Year Of The Refusal (Feb. 17)
Black Lips – 200 [...]

The ultimate essential Best Of 2008 by the one and only Popscene blog (you should already have these records in your collection!)

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Top 25 Singles of the year

01. MGMT – Time To Pretend

02. Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire

03. The Gaslight Anthem – The ‘59 Sound

04. Oasis – The Shock Of The Lightning

05. The Streets – The Escapist

06. Vampire Weekend – Walcott

07. MGMT – Kids

08. Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To [...]

in the papers… januar 2009

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Another year-end list… 2008 Pitchfork Readers Poll

Album of the Year
01. TV on the Radio: Dear Science
02. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes / Sun Giant EP
03. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
04. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
05. Deerhunter: Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
06. Portishead: Third
07. MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
08. Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours
09. M83: Saturdays=Youth
10. No Age: Nouns
11. Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
12. Sigur [...]

NME’s Top 50 Albums of 2008

MGMT have claimed a rare double, topping both NME’s Albums and Tracks Of 2008 lists. The Brooklyn-based duo are at Number One with their debut LP ‘Oracular Spectacular’, while the song ‘Kids’ tops the tracks countdown. The list was voted for by NME’s writers and staff
1   MGMT ~ Oracular Spectacular
2   TV on the Radio ~ [...]

new videos… ac/dc, mgmt, jack white & alicia keys

AC/DC – Rock ‘N Roll Train
the official music video for “Rock ‘N Roll Train”. Black Ice is in stores October 20th.
MGMT – The Youth
MGMT’s has released the latest indie-fab video for ’The Youth’
Jack White & Alicia Keys – Another Way To Die
written for the new [...]

the daily one ~ the killers, richard wright, mgmt, the cure, jack white und der bond song

The Killers veröffentlichen ihr 3. Album am 24. November. Als Vorgeschmack auf “Day And Age” wird zuvor die Single “Human erscheinen. Man darf gespannt sein ob die hochgehandelte Band aus Las Vegas die Erwartungen erfüllen kann.
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Richard Wright, Keyboarder und Mitbegründer von Pink Floyd ist am gestrigen Montag im Alter von 65 Jahren einem Krebsleiden erlegen. [...]

new sounds [special] feat. MGMT&Soulwax + Bloc Party

What we all have been waiting for… MGMT + Soulwax =
MP3: MGMT – Kids (Soulwax Nite Version) cheers to LA Friendly

Following the “hot off the press” release of their latest album Intimacy, Bloc Party announce details of their brand new single ‘Talons’ to be released through Wichita Recordings on 20 October’08.  ‘Talons’, produced [...]

mgmt – kids [by various artists]

The not so great Kooks have done a nice cover (to be fairly enough) on a radio show. The acoustic styles sounds a bit untypical on that song but we like it.
MP3: The Kooks – Kids (MGMT Cover)
There is still no official release of the eagerly awaited Soulwax Nite Version, but we got a proper [...]