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[Watch] The Flaming Lips - "Look...The Sun Is Rising" Live on Letterman
Last night if you follow us here at SKoA closely, you may have been aware that Kibbe was at the Ed Sullivan Theater helping Wayne Coyne with his Reddit AMA prior to the band hitting up Letterman. You can check out the interesting AMA over here if you missed it. Chances are if you missed that, you may have also missed their performance on Late Show with David Letterman so why not hit play on the video above to see Wayne and co perform "Look... The Sun Is Rising" which is taken from their forthcoming album The Terror. It comes complete with Wayne cradling a toy baby throughout the performance... yeah. Standard Flaming Lips, really.
That's not all the Flaming Lips goodness this week. Some of you may remember Coyne and co. teamed up with Bon Iver on a track for last year's The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends. The collaboration, titled "Ashes In The Air", now has a video and it's as weird as you would expect. Check it out below.
[Listen] Rudimental - "Hell Could Freeze" Feat. Angel Haze (Skream Remix)
The talented Oliver Jones, better known as Skream, has reworked the great sounding track from Rudimental which we heard back in November last year, "Hell Could Freeze". Taking the original Angel Haze featuring track, Oli transforms the already laidback original into a track that will go well in the coming months once the evenings get a bit warmer and we enjoy our time outside with friends and beers. Just as the sun begins to set, you now the vibe. Angel's verses remain intact too and fit in nicely around the rework. Premiered on Annie Mac's show, you can stream it below via Hypetrak.
Rudimental's debut album Home is set for release later this month on the 29th of April.
[Watch] Phoenix - "Entertainment" (Homemade Performance Video)
Phoenix may have already let loose the official video for "Entertainment" but they must of been feeling generous as today they've offered up a live performance homemade clip as well. Isn't that nice? Seen above, it shows the band sat in front of a green screen blasting out a nice acoustic performance of the track which for me has been a true grower. When I first heard it in February I was not feeling it at all. Fast forward to April and I love it. Time heals all I guess.
If you enjoy the video, including a cameo from a dog, maybe you'd like to pick up their forthcoming album Bankrupt! which comes out on April 23rd?
[Listen] James Blake - "Take a Fall For Me" Feat. RZA x "Every Day I Ran"
Just yesterday we got to enjoy the animated video from James Blake for the track "Voyeur", which helped to build some more anticipation ahead of his new album Overgrown dropping next week on the 8th of April. Today the man himself takes to Tumblr to let loose not one but two brand new cuts from the record. Below you can stream "Take a Fall For Me" which features the lyrical finesse of RZA, a stand out for me personally when first hearing the album. Secondly there's the Big Boi sampling "Every Day I Ran". See what you make of the new tracks, and let us know if you think the second long player from Blake is going to live up to his stunning debut.
"Take a Fall For Me" Feat. RZA
"Every Day I Ran"
[Listen] The Dillinger Escape Plan - 'One Of Us Is The Killer' (Album Sampler)
I'll be honest, I'm not usually into album samplers. I'm also not usually as excited to hear a new album as I am for The Dillinger Escape Plan's follow up to 2010's Option Paralysis though. Titled One Of Us The Killer, it's set for release on the 14th of May via the band's own Party Smasher Inc., in partnership with Sumerian Records. So I thought you guys might be just as interested to hear what the band have in store for us. We've already got to hear the face shredding "Prancer" in full and now you can sample all 11 tracks from the album in a 6 minute and 26 second beast of a YouTube video above.
Mark your calendars and prepare your eardrums guys. This sounds like one hell of a good record.
[Watch] Findlay - "Off & On" (Official Video)
We've mentioned Findlay a few times here on SKoA. And by a few, I literally mean twice. She comes from the city I live (Manchester) and makes damn good blues infused, energetic, foot stomping tunes that make you want to get up and have a dance along to. It grabbed my attention immediately when I heard it in the back half of 2012 and I've eagerly awaited more songs arriving in the mail.
Today was that day and a new track titled "Off & On" can now be enjoyed following up last year's tasters. It's set to appear on a brand new EP released later this month on the 29th via Manchester label Joyeux Anniversaire. Along with that, you can check out some live dates after the jump. Treat yourself. We'll be keeping a very close eye on Findlay in the coming month(s).
We've mentioned Findlay a few times here on SKoA. And by a few, I literally mean twice. She comes from the city I live (Manchester) and makes damn good blues infused, energetic, foot stomping tunes that make you want to get up and have a dance along to. It grabbed my attention immediately when I heard it in the back half of 2012 and I've eagerly awaited more songs arriving in the mail.
Today was that day and a new track titled "Off & On" can now be enjoyed following up last year's tasters. It's set to appear on a brand new EP released later this month on the 29th via Manchester label Joyeux Anniversaire. Along with that, you can check out some live dates after the jump. Treat yourself. We'll be keeping a very close eye on Findlay in the coming month(s).
Findlay Tour Dates 2013:
18/04 - London Electrowerkz (Tickets)
19/04 - Manchester Ruby Lounge
02/05 - Liverpool Sound City
03/05 - Stockton KU Bar
04/05 - Leeds Live at Leeds
16/05 - The Great Escape
24/05 – Dot to Dot Festival – Manchester
24/05 – Dot to Dot Festival – Bristol
26/05 – Dot to Dot Festival – Nottingham
26/07 - Secret Garden Party
[Watch] James Blake - "Voyeur" (Official Video)
James Blake is preparing to release his stunning second album Overgrown next week on the 8th of April via Atlas and to get us all a little more hyped, he's released the video accompaniment for "Voyeur". The video is actually an animated clip created by Ferry Gouw and you can watch it above along with taking in all the cowbell goodness of the track. They do always say: "more cowbell", but how much is too much? Judge for yourselves as the tension builds throughout the track in a way James seems to have mastered so, so well.
Be sure to pick up a copy of the album when it drops next week. It's a good'un and it's also a growth from the young artist.
[Watch] Blacklisters - "Clubfoot by Kasabian" (Official Video)
I saw Blacklisters post a still from this video late last year, in fact it was back in November, nearly 5 whole months ago! Ever since I saw that I've been creepily stalking their Facebook page in hope of seeing the clip that still came from. Well the wait is over, the band have finally unleashed the video and it's one hell of a weird trip through their track "Clubfoot by Kasabian". The video appears to start as a work training day in which you see Billy hit play on a tape for his staff. It gets extremely weird, extremely quickly after that.
The band's debut album BLKLSTRS is out now on Brew Records and you can pick up a copy of it over here.