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Datarock - True Stories

Song Of The Day

Datarock - True Stories

One of my favorite records of 2009 is Datarock's Red. It is a sublime set of '80s dance rock that hits absolutely all of the right notes with me. One of my favorite songs on it is True Stories. The lyrics are all Talking Heads song titles. Sounds like a cliched joke, but it actually works out fantastically well - really! Musically it is also a pretty good facsimile of the Talking Heads style - plenty of groove and chikka-chikka guitars. I really like this song. The album is out digitally, and gets a physical release later this year. Buy it!
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Born Under Punches
Crosseyed And painless
Slippery People
I’m Not In Love

Houses In Motion
A Road To Nowhere
Once In A Lifetime
I’m Not In Love

Don’t Worry About The Government
The Democratic Circus
Cause Mommy Daddy You and I
Are Burning Down The House

Psycho Killer
Radiohead
Television Man
I’m Not In Love

Puzzling Evidence
Seen And Not Seen
This Must Be The Place
I’m Not In Love

Don’t Worry 'Bout The Government
The Democratic Circus
Cause Mommy Daddy You and I
Are Burning Down The House

I Get wild
Wild Gravity
Wild Wild Life
The Big Country

Don’t Worry 'Bout The Government
The Democratic Circus
Cause Mommy Daddy You and I
Are Burning Down The House

I Get Wild
Wild Gravity
Wild Wild Life
The Big Country

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MIIKE SNOW - BURIAL


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Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Shine

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SIART Says...

LISTEN UP.

Radioclit + Esau Mwamwaya = The Very Best.
Listen to "Ntende Uli" from their forthcoming album WARM HEART OF AFRICA. A very satisfying blend of electronic trickery and Afro pop.
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SIART has been listening to a bunch of great music lately. Here are some details...

The Gossip are back with a new album called Music For Men and it is the shit. It is by no means a stylistic reinvention, just a fine tuning of the post-punk+disco formula for maximum pop impact. In other words, it is a lot shinier and slicker than the last one, and it is good. Lots of huge catchy riffs and choruses and loads of disco bass. Beth Ditto has one of the most soulful voices out there, and it is put to very good use here. The album will be avialable digitally on June 23rd but for some absurd reason won't hit stores in the US until October 6th. What the hell? I mean really - the record is done. Why not just put it out already?

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Norwegian duo Datarock's new album Red is a shoo in for one of my favorite records of the year. They take all of the best that the '80s had to offer and mix it into a highly addictive and danceable set of indie dance pop rock tunes. The album is streaming on the band's mehspace. I recommend several tunes; True Stories has lyrics made up almost entirely of Talking Heads song titles and musically is pretty close too. Molly is an ode to Molly Ringwald, forever pretty in pink. Dance! cheekily incorporates a bit of Dire Straits' Money For Nothing. And the first song is The Blog, so you know I'm feeling that! All in all a really fun listen, and my kids love it. Watch Datarock's Fredrik explain RED track by track and read the lyrics here. The album is out now digitally and will be released physically September 1st. Once again, why not just put it out already?

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• Dangermouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
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• Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
• Discovery - LP
• The Emperor Machine - Space Beyond The Egg
• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
• Little Boots - Hands
• Mos Def - Ecstatic
• Sonic Youth - The Eternal

Funky Friday Is Datarocking

Norwegian duo Datarock released their debut LP Datarock Datarock to European audiences in 2005 after wowing critics, bloggers and music fans with their dance rock disco confections. Now, two years later, US audiences get a chance to enjoy this fine album. It has been reconfigured, with a few songs removed and 3 new ones added. Musically these guys do a great job of mixing slick electronics and disco sophistication with rock riffs. They also have a great sense of humor, with lyrics and pop culture references (Grease and Close Encounters of The Third Kind stand out) that bring a smile to my face. Today I offer a couple of the new tracks, which are definitely slicker than the rest of the album. They appear to have dropped the rocking in favor of an '80s approach. The crooning on Ganguro Girls reminds me of any one of those British blue eyed soul singers of that decade, and is a mid tempo groover about love in Tokyo that has some nice strummy guitar and synth strings. Fellow Bergen, Norway native Annie brings the fab guest vocals on the big disco duet of I Will Always Remember You, with its cheesy synths and roller rink action - great fun. A very entertaining album. I'm glad that this finally got a US release, and heartily recommend it.