Just for tonight we can pretend

My Fun Fun Fun wristbands arrived yesterday, which motivated me to start thinking about who I was going to see. Aside from the big four on Blue - Rakim, Public Enemy, Odd Future, and Major Lazer (order is important for that list) here's who I'm excited about (this time in particular order)-

Del, Big Freedia, Frankie Chan, Budos Band, Brandt Brauer Frick, Grimes (or Grimey as Homer would call her), Architecture in Helsinki, Clap your hands (at least I think I am), M83, Lykke Li, We were promised jetpacks, Diplo. For the record I am not excited about: This festival being moved to Auditorium shores, receiving three wrist bands instead of a single 3 day pass, Spoon, Ted, I play too many shows in Austin, Leo and his Pharmacists, Wugazi, Gambino, Spoon again, the white and yellow stages, and Neon, I was just freaking here, Indian.

So now for some music. Grimey has a new single and is gearing up for an album in Janurary. She was recently interviewed by the Jay Leno to our Letterman, Pitchfork. Hopefully LC will score an interview with her during FFF and you can be sure we'll blow those losers out of the water.

Grimes - Oblivion by Hypetrak



Brandt Brauer Frick is from Germany, their website even ends in .de, this video is the first, I think, single from their upcoming album. I really liked this video and also thought it fits in well with our oft revisited weird food video theme.

The wave finally broke and rolled back

New video from Samo Sound Boy to support his EP which is out today. You can listen to the EP and/or buy it here. The animation, in the style of Das Racist, was done by Mykola Dosenko . I can best rationalize his music by calling it sort of a kim chi esque house-dub, in that it smells funky but is spicy and good with rice. I'm also fairly sure that the end of the video is a fear and loathing metaphor, so that's a win. Enjoy.

"...So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark — that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."

Samo Sound Boy - Shuffle Code from Trouble & Bass on Vimeo.

Keep the weird times (videos) rolling

Esperanza is an Italian trio, Gomma is a German label but that doesn't help their new video make any more sense. I think I like the song, but it's leagues away from a high-constanza summer hit. Depression aside, it is a refreshing blend of genres that I think by and large pulls off something beautiful. Plus that dove trick has also worked for me on a number of occasions. My first axiom of life: Always carry a handkerchief and be capable of using it to conjure up a white dove. Their first EP is out now with an album due towards the close of 2011 - see here. Also, I couldn't in good conscious post the new T. London video (in part because every other blog already has and in part because it goes to a level of weird I'm not ready to take responsibility for) nevertheless watch at your own risk





Esperanza - Sirena EP by Gomma