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[hot off the press] Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Having spent most of the summer roaming across the globe destroying everything in his path, the creature that goes by the name of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs has returned to the US after great showings at this year’s SXSW. The UK-based producer (nee Orlando Higginbottom) has announced the US release of the single “Trouble,” which will be coming out on October 18th. His tunes will definitely appeal to fans of Hot Chip, as much as it appeals to Hot Chip themselves. Hot Chip-er Joe Goddard released the first EP and tracks from the young Mr. Higginbottom last year on his Greco-Roman label.

Sure to be another highlight in TEED’s rapidly expanding catalogue, “Trouble” finds him completely immersed in the role of vocalist, singing throughout, providing the story with a genuine heartfelt quality. Of course this is paired with his trademark sub-bass, electro bounciness and washed-out synths that combine to create a stunning piece of modern dancefloor pop. You can watch the video for “Trouble” below…which takes place at the weirdest party you’ve never been to.

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs swings between overt musicality and scarily on-point dance floor intuition, tearing up gigs around the globe with his live show of bizarre instruments, glitter cannons and of course… dancing dinosaurs. He’s also been quite busy as of late, having recently traveled to the Congo with Damon Albarn to be one of the producers for his DRC Music project, which sees a release via Warp on October 4th.

After releasing his previous three EP’s through Greco-Roman, TEED has now signed to Polydor Records and is busy putting the finishing touches to his eagerly anticipated debut album. Joining label-mates such as Jamie Woon, La Roux, Klaxons and many more, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs is in good company! [source: girlie action]

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Upcoming Tour Dates:
10/20 – New York, NY – DROM (CMJ)
10/21 – New York, NY – Santos Party House (Neon Gold CMJ show)
10/22 – Brooklyn, NY – Cameo Gallery (PopGun Booking CMJ show)
10/26 – Vancouver, BC – Venue TBD
10/28 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
10/29 – Los Angeles, CA – HARD Haunted Mansion
11/2 – Chicago, IL – Beauty Bar
11/3 – Miami, FL – Bardot
11/4 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
11/5 – Montreal, QC – Club Lambi

Big Black Delta @ The Satellite

 

If you live in LA and you’re at least 21 years old, go check out Big Black Delta at The Satellite tonight (9/19, along with War Widow, Kristeen Young, & The M.I.D.S).  The show’s free, so no excuses.  Be there.

Set times:
9 p.m. – War Widow
10 p.m. – Kristeen Young
11 p.m. – Big Black Delta
12 a.m. – The M.I.D.S.

If you need a bit more reassurance, the video below gives you an idea of what’s in store.

♫ Big Black Delta – Capsize ♫

(For those of you with legitimate excuses for missing tonight’s show, you have one more chance next Monday.  More about that here.)

[hot off the press] Sigur Rós//INNI

Not exactly sure what this video clip is all about…and I don’t really care.  Sigur Rós is obviously up to something and I’m intrigued.  My guess is a new live DVD, some super duper box set, or maybe both.  Stay tuned for more.

Watch the clip here.

[UPDATE]:

Sigur Rós recently announced that their double-live album, Inni, will be released on Nov. 15 on XL Recordings. The album and film will be released on several different formats, including CD and DVD or Blu-Ray versions that include four extra songs, a triple-LP version, a digital edition and a deluxe edition. The album is available for pre-order on Amazon.com, XL Recording’s website, and Sigur Rós’ website.

The film was shot over two nights at London’s Alexandra Palace and includes their last show before they went on an indefinite hiatus in 2008. It was directed by Vincent Morisset, who directed Arcade Fire’s Miroir Noir, and made its debut at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 3.

NPR released an excerpt of the film, which can be seen here and a free mp3 download of “Festival” is also available on the band’s website.  You can also see the track list below. [source: paste magazine]

Film:
ny batterí
svefn-g-englar
fljótavík
inní mér syngur vitleysingur
sæglópur
festival
e-bow
popplagid
lúppulagid
Bonus Tracks:
glósóli
vid spilum endalaust
hafsól
all alright

Album: 
Disc One
svefn-g-englar
glósóli
ny batterí
fljótavík
vid spilum endalaust
hoppípolla
med blódnasir
inní mér syngur vitleysingur
e-bow

Disc Two
sæglópur
festival
hafsól
all alright
popplagid
lúppulagid

[watch] Y Luv//All Night

You’ve heard of “going down the rabbit hole” à la Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, but have you heard of “going down the panda hole”?  The video for All Night is an evolution of the inspiration for the song and takes the this idea and runs with it.

“The song’s about trying to find something, but you’re not quite sure what,” says Y Luv’s frontman Freddy Janny. “Once we had the panda idea, it was perfect. We’ve gone down the panda hole.”


The video was filmed at Venice Beach, California, a spot known as much for its cinematic beaches as for its strange mix of characters. “What better location to bend reality in?” poses Janny. The scenes of the band playing were filmed on a rooftop near the band’s almuni campus, University of Southern California. The band wrote the video along with director Jane O’Neill and and Sanjiv Solanki contributed the cinematography. [source: planetary group]

♫ Y Luv – All Night ♫ 

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[watch] The Jezabels//Endless Summer

Endless Summer is an ideal, a fantasy, the kind you can impose onto another person when you are lonely or when reality is dark and cold, like the boy in the film clip,” says Hayley Mary, the front woman of the  Australian moody-pop quartet The Jezabels.

The video for Endless Summer, premiered this morning by the international culture outlet PopMatters.com, was directed by Mikey Hamer and appears as if straight out of a period-piece film, complete with beautiful cinematography and costumes. The band’s penchant for the dramatic shines through, re-asserting their self-described genre “intense-indie,” called  “emotional intensity and grace” by Canada’s Chart Attack. The video is for the single Endless Summer which will be released on their debut LP Prisoner, for which the U.S. release date is yet to be set.  [source: planetary group]

And if you have a hankering for some live music, The Jezabels will be returning to the U.S. and Canada in November to tour with the Canadian indie rock band Hey Rosetta!

♫ The Jezabels – Endless Summer ♫