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Wednesday, 30 April 2008

run for your life ! (part.2)

I've already shared you a nike+ track some time ago (here), made by LCD Soundsystem. This track, "45:33", is excellent, it really helps you to do that extra mile.

Nike asked 4 artists, including Goose - a belgian electropop dance band, to make one new track, called Passo4. For now, it's only available on the Italian itunes store, but thanks to me, you can have it here !

enjoy your jogging !

Who made who - Passo4 - part1
Alex Neri - Passo4 - part2
Stylophonic - Passo4 - part3
Goose - Passo4 - part4

info :
nike running
nike +

Tuesday, 29 April 2008

viva la vida !

Some of you probably know, but coldplay's new album will be called 'viva la vida'...

right, i had the same reaction when i heared it the first time.

here's the album art :

+ 'Viva la Vida' Tracklist:

1. Life in Technicolor
2. Cemeteries of London
3. Lost!
4. 42
5. Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love
6. Yes
7. Viva la Vida
8. Violet Hill
9. Strawberry Swing
10. Death and All His Friends

AND a new song ! (free to download on their site, coldplay.com, during one week)

coldplay - violet hill

the song is good, but nothing revolutionary (unlike their cover art...)

ting different

The Ting Tings, a great band, features in the new ipod ad.

mp3 : The Ting Tings - Great DJ

Monday, 28 April 2008

Istanbul

a friend in Istanbul sends me some tracks from time to time.
Here's a selection :

Tilly and the Wall - Fell Down the Stairs

Rilo Kiley - with arms outstretched

Fujiya & Miyagi - Anle injuries

Architecture in Helsinki - heart in races

Mogwai - 2 rights make 1 wrong

Amon Tobin - at the end of the day

Mice Parade - Night Wave

Mùm - We All Have a Map of the Piano

(and i'm going to visit him in june !)

les nuits botaniques

les nuits botaniques are a special festival. Every night, between may 7 and may 18, you have a few concerts at le botanique, in Brussels. Le botanique are old greenhouses, a really special place in the city centre.

a few of the concerts :
7th : jamie lidell, tunng, ...
8th : Xiu Xiu
9th : I'm from barcelona, We are scientists, of montreal, two gallants,...
10th : Tom McRae, Balkan Beat Box, ...
11th : Explosions in the Sky, dirty projectors, ...
12th : morcheeba, an pierlé, ...
13th : Yelle, Sébastien Tellier, rogue wave, ...
14th : Yael Naim, The Do, Tim Vanhamel, Hollywood porn stars, Syd Matters
15th : CocoRosie & Orchestra, SoKo, Brisa Roché, Noah & the Whale, Girls in Hawaii, ...
16th : Audio Bullys, Camille, ...
17th : Vampire Weekend, The Teenagers, ...

Yelle - A cause des garçons

We are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt

Dirty Projectors - No More

The Do - On my shoulders

Tim Vanhamel - Until I Find You (acoustic)

Girls in Hawaii - This Farm Will End Up In Fire

The Teenagers - French Kiss

Friday, 25 April 2008

vic de wolf

Victoria de Wolf is young belgian artist, with a lot of talent.

Born in 1984, she studied illustration at St-Luc, a famous art school in Brussels, and still studies graphic communication.

Besides being a graphic designer and an illustrator, she paints, but not enough if you ask me...

brooklyn

the subject of this post is not new, but i have some bands I'd like to share !

New York is the coolest place on earth, and one of the 5 boroughs has the hottest music scene right now ... Brooklyn !

New York Times article

the pioneers : TV on the Radio - Staring at the sun

the new scene :
MGMT - Destrokk
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
White Rabbits - The Plot
Dirty Projectors - No More
Grizzly Bear - Alligator (Choir version)

don't forget Vampire Weekend, battles or dragons of zynth !

but brooklyn is fashion too :

Thursday, 24 April 2008

the tuymans experiment

Klara.be (belgian cultural channel) did an experiment with Belgian painter Luc Tuymans (who's paintings go for millions). What if you take art out of its usual context and expose it in the street? Would people even notice it?
96% of passers-by ignore the painting...