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Bon Voyage Aileen! 

Hi there! Haven't been here in Bloggerland in a while as I've been working quite a bit lately, splitting myself between two really fun jobs in moderhn Art and Fashion. Shur I can't complain.

Oh and there was about a month long month of going away parties for my bessie mate, Aileen (pictured above as David Bowie!) who's away off to Toronto for year to become a hipster and join a travelling folk/death metal band or start writing that psycho horror novel that will get banned in 45 countries we all know is in her. You just never know with Aileen. I'll miss her crazy ways!

Anyways check out this awesome (that's awful American isn't it, what's the Irish equivalent? Feckin Brilliant? Bleedin' Deadly. Fucken class boy) January playlist by Dazed and Confused mag. With the exception of about two tunes it's quality...

The PJ Harvey single 'Let England Shake' (from the soon to be released-Feb 14th- album of the same name) is absolutely gorgeous. Her voice sounds so different. Can't wait for the album. Oh and the Sroeng Santi (whoever he is) track is deliciously eclectic and features a ridiculously riff-tastic sample from Black Sabbath. 

Get listening here: 

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/9315/1/dazed-january-2011-playlist

Nu Stuff Continued...

Warpaint are icy cool laydeez (and a drummer dude) from LA who like to shake their hair. A lot. Evoking grungy sounds of Sonic Youth, Nirvana and PJ Harvey at their finest.

Listen to 'Elephant' here:




www.myspace.com/worldwartour  

Shiny happy 'Magic Kids' from Tennessee. Echoes of The Beach Boys. Quality stuff. 


Single 'Hey Boy' is here:

Nu stuff!

Hey cat's. I'm busy listening to loads of random world music for an article I'm working on for AU's website this evening. I won't tell you what it's about yet, we all like surprises right? But it's gonna be an insightful lil nugget with an ace illustration from Stephen Maurice Graham over @ www.400facts.blogspot.com that you can expect to read by the enda next week. Check out AU here: http://iheartau.com/

In the meantime, here's wot I learnt bout music dis week:

There are some pristine sounds coming from electronica Godfather or 'art -pop production deity Brian Eno' as Pitchfork put it, Brian Eno.

Check out 'Horse' and '2 Forms of Anger' below from his recently released "Small Craft on a Milk Sea" album. Really dark, pulsating, electric stuff with sooooo much depth. The production is amazing. Yum!

Brian Eno - Horse (taken from Small Craft On A Milk Sea) by Warp Records

Brian Eno - 2 Forms Of Anger (taken from Small Craft On A Milk Sea) by Warp Records

If you're looking to delve into this genius' past check out Eno's 'Selected Ambient Works'. Stunning stuff.

The Go-Team will be releasing a new album on January 31st, whoop! 'Rolling Blackouts' will feature other 'super happy fun times bands' like Best Coast and Deerhoof.

Listen to the new track 'T.O.R.N.A.D.O' below. It's classic Go-Team stuff and I for one welcome them back with open arms!