Yes yes yes. Halcyon Digest is less than a month away and the glourious Deerhunter have leaked some further goodness from the upcoming album. Take in the video for ‘Helicopter’ here. (click on the heading on the page of text to load the video). Halcyon Digest will be out by the end of September.

As well as a new EP (All the Delighted People) dropping, Sufjan reports this week that his first album in five years will be out this October. From Stereogum: Despite the strong narrative and biography mentioned in the press release, Asthmatic Kitty also says that the new album will have fewer biographies, historical bits, place [...]

Are Interactive videos the new step forward (don’t Record Companies know that Video didn’t kill the Radio star (the iPod did)?). The new Arcade Fire video for “We Used To Wait” showcases the interaction between Google Maps and HTML 5 serviced imagery. thewildernessdowntown.com definitely does it’s best to conjure up some emotions (depending on how [...]

Cee-Lo Green’s forthcoming album ‘The Ladykiller’ was always destined to be successful. Green’s current profile (thanks mostly in part, to the Gnarls Barkley project) has seen him supersede the reputation he built with Goodie Mob to be a fully fledged modern Soul icon. On it’s own feet, ‘Fuck You’ is a wonderful track. It drips [...]

Features ‘Wavves’ Post Acid. Cool.

Early leaks from Nathan Williams’ Wavves project (‘Mickey Mouse’ and ‘Post Acid’) had me frothing at the mouth. His DIY ethos, Lo-Fi slacker approach and crazy concert antics had me intrigued. Kicking off 2010′s studio effort with stereo-typical-proto-punk tune ‘King of the Beach’ gives the listener a hint to what ‘Wavves’ is all about; 60′s-by-way-of-90′s [...]

Mark Ronson is probably most famous for his work with Amy Winehouse, but he has done stuff with almost everyone. Nas? Check. Ghostface? Check. Robbie Williams? Check. This track is about as catchy as anything you will ever hear. Q-Tip still sounds as slick as he did when he was brand new – and Amanda [...]

My love for Flying Lotus is well documented, and this years ‘Cosmogramma’ might just be the best thing since…Los Angeles. The video for ‘MmmHmm’ provides the perfect visual imagery to FlyLo’s audial effort. A dreamy soundscape on complimented with dreamy visuals so to speak. And the coolest thing? Directed by Special Problems! from NZ (who [...]