Here's the first song by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from The Social Network

Here is the very dark first track from Trent Reznor's score to David Fincher's Facebook movie The Social Network. I must admit I was not interested in a movie about facebook until I heard that Fincher (Fight Club, Zodiac) was directing, now this is the movie I think I have been the most excited about all year. Check out the trailer below as well.

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Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "Hand Covers Bruise" (No Piano) by Some Kind of Awesome

This is one of the best trailers that I have ever scene:

Ever want to know what Band of Horses would sound like if they were Swedish?

Ever want to know what Band of Horses would sound like if they were Swedish? No me neither, but the band Shout Out Louds have given us just that. Here is their cover of Band of Horses "Is There a Ghost" from the 2007 album Cease to Begin.

Shout Out Louds - Spöken from Ted Malmros on Vimeo.

Great Day for new songs!

First up the new song from Cee-lo is amazing. Fuck You, yes that is it's name and basically it's chorus is a fantastic song. I think think this song will be a huge hit even with the repeated cursing. We're supposed to get a proper video in the next week or too, but I kinda like this one:



Next up is a very funny video from Ted Leo and The Pharmacists for their song Bottle in the Cork. Great band great song, awesome video:

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And finally is the first video from the up coming Roots and John Legend collaboration which will consist of all 60's and 70's political R&B covers. If this song is any indication it will be a great album. The video also features Common, check it out below:

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New Jenny (Lewis) and Johnny (Rice)

I think I like the player as much if not more than the songs. Cool and creative stuff!

Band of Horses vs. Cee-Lo Green

I love this song. Here is the original Band of Horses version -



And here is the Cee-Lo sexy hipster version:

Pop Montreal Rock Lottery @ Il Motore

I attended the 2nd annual Rock Lottery on Friday night and it turned out to be a lot more and better than I was ever expecting it to be.
For those who do not know the concept of Rock Lotteries it is as follows: They get together a bunch of musicians and and randomly put them together to form new bands. Each band are given only one week to write 2 songs. At the end of the week they perform their compositions to an audience.
So right of the bat I think everyone was caught off guard by the quality of the first act, the even incorporated vocal harmonies in their 2 tunes. I think that bands name was Posh Rebel Cowboys...interesting choice. I believe that was also the name of their 2nd tune.
Next up was a two piece that was made up of a friend of mine Mr. Andy Murphy from the local band Lakemaker and a drummer. This was probably the first time that I have ever seen Andy perform on stage with an electric guitar and it really worked. They played simple punky garage rock tunes but it sounded great. This is what make this Rock Lottery concept so interesting I guess, it pulls the musicians out of their comfort zone and pushes them into more unknown (to them) territory.
After that were a slew of more typically Montreal indie sounding acts. But I must admit the guy who performed in a speedo, or bikini breifs had people talking.
The act that ended up winning...not that this was really about winning, The Couch Tards, were surprising in that they were about of kids probably 18-20 and they sounded like Pavement meets Sonic Youth. Is the 90's lo-fi sound really coming back?
This was a great event and I look forward to seeing another one of these events.
Hopefully, I will be back to Il Motore next Saturday for Titus Andronicus.

http://popmontreal.com/en/puces/events/rock-lotto-2010

Surprise, Surprise, Imagine Festival canceled.

Toronto's Imagine Festival, which was supposed to be the largest concert in that cities history has been "postponed" until next year. This is after multiple delays and setbacks for the festival that was supposed to channel the "spirit of Woodstock '69." Originally set to take place over Canada Day weekend it was pushed back until Labour Day weekend and is now off completely. The cancellation probably has to do with the lack of any large known bands on the lineup, it's a tough draw to your festival when no-one knows who the hell any of the bands are...even when tickets are free.

New M.I.A. Video for XXXO

Not sure how I feel about the video yet, but I do really enjoy the song. Definitely the most catchy tune off her new album but certainly not the best.

August 2010

Hmmm, maybe I'll try updating this thing.... it's only been 2 years.