Let's say goodbye.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Everyone - Get into the DATAROCK fad.
I've been listening to Datarock a lot lately, and I have got to say, they are candy, that is if music could be in the form of candy. I'd chew on this band's music all day if I could.
Above, is Datarock's video for "Fa-Fa-Fa," but "Computer Camp Love" is just as good, these being the pair's two main hits. I'll take the background information about Datarock from Wikipedia, the world's darling and reliable source*.
Datarock is a Norwegian band. The band describes their sound as "a mixture of musical styles [they] like." A trio of friends, Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien, conceived the group while at a festival in Bergen, and soon hired Tom Mæland. O'Brien and Mæland later left the band, but the duo of Saroea and Mosnes continued the project. The Datarockers list their major artistic influences as Devo, Talking Heads and the Happy Mondays. The band has released three EPs and their debut album, Datarock Datarock, was released in 2005 in 10 countries on the band's own label, YAP (Young Aspiring Professionals), receiving favourable reviews, especially in the UK. They made an appearance in Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 with the single "Computer Camp Love" in 2005, placing at #12.
Their song "Fa, fa, fa" will be featured in a new Coca Cola advert.
Fredrik Saroea also has solo aspirations and has recorded several individual tracks, including a duet with fellow Norwegian pop-star Annie.
WELL, ANNIE is just as sugar-coated as Datarock is, but she isn't quite as funny. The teasing of Grease in "Computer Camp Love" is some of the best incorporating of another source in a song ever. The EP and Datarock Datarock are not only exceedingly touted, but are, in my opinion, so awesome.
mp3:
Datarock - Computer Camp Love
Datarock - I Used to Dance with My Daddy
Datarock - Maybelline
Datarock - Nightflight
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / ISIS EP
It came out on July 24th, but hell, I'm a delayed kinda guy.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs came out with their new EP, IS IS, and I've got to say that I am very fond of it. It's raw, freaky rock n' roll. I'm lovin' this.
I wish I could express myself more fluently.
mp3:
This Happened Last Night
You all missed a great show.
Art Video of Frankpollis:
Death By Audio is a very interesting venue to have a CD release party at with live music, meaning it's extraordinarily uncomfortable in the summer heat, yet it maintains its cool with two rooms to hang out it. Normally I would say "chill" in, but that certainly wasn't the case. Inside, it felt like the ninth circle of hell-heat level. Get some central air, Death By Audio!
mp3: Le Rug - Buffalo From Le Rug's new album C.R.E.E.P.
Friday, July 27, 2007
I Should Be
I should be writing my college essay, and looking at more schools, and preparing for senior year, and doing SAT Prep for an October re-take to redeem myself from an embarrassing score, and reading On Beauty by Zadie Smith, and getting my lines memorized for City of Angels, and looking for monologues (Equus?Much Ado?,) and not slacking off at my office job writing in this blog...
But instead, I'm just listening to music.
You don't have to go to college...
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