tuesday wake up call

"There Is No Other Time" by Klaxons, taken from the band's upcoming 3rd album, Love Frequency, out on June 2nd.

the stitches of space that slowly come and go

There is a new track up for download over at deerhunter/atlas sound/lot plaza's blog.
Check out this Bento lunches decorated as album covers... very cool!
I found a pretty good remix of Klaxons's "As Above, So Below" by Justice the other day, you can download it below.

Klaxons: As Above, So Below (Justice Remix)
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ruins, or relics, disciples and the young

Klaxons’ Myths Of The Near Future has won the 2007 Notionwide Mercury Music Prize! Congratulations boys!!! Klaxons beat out Bat For Lashes’ Fur And Gold, one of my favourites from last year, as well as Panic Prevention by Jamie T, which is probably the best record of 2007 so far!

Klaxons:
Golden Skans from Myths Of The Near Future [super-wicked-cool song]
The Bouncer from Xan Valley EP [super-wicked-cool song]

buy Myths Of The Near Future here





Jamie T:
Salvador from Panic Prevention [super-wicked-cool song]
Rawhide (featuring Lily Allen) from Sheila Single [wicked-cool song]

buy Panic Prevention here





Bat For Lashes:
Prescilla from Fur And Gold [wicked-cool song]
Sarah Reworked (Live in NY) from What's A Girl To Do? Single [wicked-cool song]

buy Fur And Gold here




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golden skans pt. ii

Klaxons/Saam Faramand collaborated once again to create yet another fascinating video for the song "It's Not Over Yet".

mama, I saw the stars tonight

Watch NYLON TV:MySpace special with The Klaxons and Patrick Wolf below.

when i first did the salmon all the people just laughed

In a strange way, The Chemical Brothers’ music is sort of nostalgic for me as Exit Planet Dust and Dig Your Own Hole both played a significant role during my early half of my teenager years. However, sometimes during Dig Your Own Hole and Surrender, I departed completely from electronic music; and as a result, We Are The Night, out on July 2 in the UK, is the first Chemical Brothers record I have heard in a decade! I had absolutely no idea what to expect with this new record. After listening to We Are The Night the first time, my love for The Chemical Brothers has been resurrected! There new album is full of classic Chemical Brothers styles: flawless timing in build-ups and deliveries can be heard immediately from the intro track and title track right till the very end of the record. Similar to so many past Chemical Brothers hits, We Are The Night features a handsome list of guest vocals as well. The Klaxons gets a lesson with the professors of techno dance music in "All Rights Reversed". Without a doubt, this is the highlight and my favourite track from the new record; and if there’s any justice in the music industry, "All Rights Reversed" should become of the biggest summer of 07’ songs! Likewise, soon after the release of We Are The Night, a new dance craze should be emerging in clubs around the world thanks to Fatlip’s brilliantly hilarious collaboration to "The Salmon Dance". While listening to We Are The Nights, it reminded me why I loved The Chemical Brothers so much during high school; the big beats, catchy rhythms, fairytale marriage with guest vocalists can all be heard on the new album. 2007 has seen the release of some great dance records, and without a doubt, We Are The Night is one of those records.

We Are The Night [wicked-cool song]
All Rights Reversed (featuring Klaxons) [super-wicked-cool song]
Saturate
Do It Again (featuring Ali Love)
The Salmon Dance (featuring Fatlip) [super-wicked-cool song]
A Modern Midnight Conversation
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We Are The Night comes out on July 2 in the UK and July 17 in North America, stay tuned for pre-order details

at club 18-30 i met julius caesar, lady diana and mother theresa.

Klaxons opened their first ever North American tour on Easter Sunday in Toronto at The Lee’s Palace. For those of you who are seeing Klaxons for the first time, you are in for a surprise! If you are expecting a disco dance rave show, you are also in for a surprise! When it comes to live performances, Klaxons are anything but ‘new rave’. The concert on Easter Sunday was loud and the audience was nearly as aggressive as those at hardcore punk shows. Despite the style departure from their studio recordings, Klaxons sounded absolutely amazing! The vocals as well as the instrumentations were perfect! This is one of those must-see bands... so make sure you try to catch Klaxons when they invade your city!

klaxons answered... with their first north american show in t.o.!!!

One week ago, I posted:

This album (Klaxons: Myths of the Near Future) is perfect! Klaxons need to bring new rave to North America!!!

04-08 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
04-10 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-11 Boston, MA - Great Scott
04-13 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B
04-14 Philadelphia, PA - Transit
04-16 Chicago, IL - Schubas
04-17 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
04-19 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
04-22 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
04-23 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café
04-24 Portland, OR - Dante's
04-26 San Francisco, CA - Popscene
04-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)

klaxons videography

To celebrate Klaxons’ release of Myths of the Near Future (out this week in the UK), I have compiled their super-wicked-cool videography from YouTube, enjoy.

out this week

Klaxons: Myths of the Near Future
This album is perfect! Klaxons need to bring new rave to North America!!!

Totem on the Timeline [wicked-cool song]
Gravity's Rainbow [super-wicked-cool song]

buy Myths of the Near Future here


Alkaline Trio: Remains
This is a nice collection of rare b-sides and live tracks that most huge A3 fans should already be familiar with.

Queen of Pain [wicked-cool song]
Old School Reasons [wicked-cool song]

buy Remains here


Little Man Tate: About What You Know
About What You Know is a Libertines sounding record that deserves some attention.

This Must Be Love [super-wicked-cool song]

buy About What You Know here


Jamie T: Panic Prevention
Panic Prevention is a very unique and fresh sounding record!!! This album, along with Klaxons’ Myths of the Near Future, are must-haves!

Salvador [wicked-cool song]
Ike & Tina [wicked-cool song]

buy Panic Prevention here


Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder
Not a huge fan of this band... haven’t really listened to this one yet...

Satan Said Dance

buy Some Loud Thunder here

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horses want to dance but find their wings are damaged

Do you want to hear the first perfect record of 2007? Well, the wait is almost over as Klaxons’s Myths of the Near Future will be out in less than a week in the UK. Myths of the Near Future is one of my most anticipated albums this year... seriously, it really feels like I’ve been waiting forever for this goddamn record!! No doubt, Klaxons fans will be familiar with many songs on the album as they have been featured on various singles and EP released by the band prior to the full length debut. Myths of the Near Future is filled the band's signature multi-layered-falsetto-chaotic-like vocal style along with mixtures of post new wave, house, dancepunk music. Ok, let me try to explain Klaxons’ musical style to those who are hearing about them for the first time: Klaxons create some sort of crazy disorder environment and psychedelic soothing atmosphere at the same time... and the two very different timbres contrast each other instrumentally and vocally throughout Myths of the Near Future. In other words, the band/the album is insane.... insanely good!!!!

Two Receivers [wicked-cool song]
Atlantis to Interzone [wicked-cool song]
Golden Skans [super-wicked-cool song]
As Above, So Below
Magick [super-wicked-cool song]
It's Not Over Yet
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Myths of the Near Future comes out on January 29 in the UK, you can per-order it here

eyes vomiting green crap out equals freaking awesome!

Klaxons’s video for "Magick" is probably the coolest and most memorable video I’ve seen since "Dog Problems" by The Format.



Magick [wicked-cool song]
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buy Magick Single here