Above is a really cool fan video for my car off the Things I’ll miss Ep by Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox’s side project from Deerhunter). The Ep is available on the Deerhunter/Atlas Sound blog here. Talked about by Graveyard shift Shane here.

Darragh went along to the recent Foggy Notions Deerhunter gig in Whelans and got a chance to have a chat with Bradford and from what I’ve heard it was a pretty interesting interview. So check back later in the week for that. Loreana has a taster of the photos she took up on her photoblog.

Via the Boombox.

Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson perform Superman together on stage in Amsterdam…

I’m really getting sick of the references and comparisons to My Bloody Valentine when reading about new bands. Most of these references are completely unfounded. I’ve thought about this before but it really struck me this morning as I was reading a press release about a new release on Half Machine records by a band called Psychedelic Horseshit from Columbus, Ohio. Now I know that the two following quotes don’t directly compare Psychedelic Horseshit to MBV but could the writers not have used a little more imagination when describing their sound…

They’ve been chased off stage in more states than seem possible in their short existence, but all the tour stories wouldn’t be worth an eighth of a sh*t if the music wasn’t the most heart-poundingly great racket since that My Bloody Valentine covers record Comets On Fire never made.

– Vice Magazine

White, discordant noise that makes My Bloody Valentine look as ear-friendly as Girls Aloud.

– The Fly

To me Psychedelic Horseshit sound more like deliberately out of tune Strokes guitar rock meets Lou Reed Velvet underground era vocals. I think it’s actually growing on me and I don’t find them to be half as much of a racket as Vice and The Fly make out. Although I’d like to see them live and see how my argument holds up. Above all, having listened to a few of their tracks nothing about them would lead me to draw any kind of My Bloody Valentine comparison or use any reference to them in an attempt to describe their sound.

Anyway so what I’m really wondering is when did My Bloody Valentine become the definitive referencing point for most music critics? I’m not trying to imply that MBV are bad, they’re one of my favourite bands. I just think that a lot of the comparisons between new bands and them are completely unfounded and lazy. And I haven’t been the only one to notice this in recent years.

Psychedelic horseshit release ‘New Wave Hippies’ as a 7″ in July on Half Machine Records.

Analogue has been nominated for Best Magazine, People’s Choice, Best Layout & Design and Best Website in this years National Student Media Awards. The results will be announced at a glitzy awards ceremony in Tripod on Tuesday night. Win or lose it’s quite an achievement to make it down to the last 5 in each category considering that none of us study any media related courses and that Analogue has only been in existence since October.

Analogue is up for the People’s Choice Award in the 2008 Student Media Awards. This award is won by whoever gets the most votes on the Oxygen website. You need to be a member on the website to vote, it only takes two minutes to sign up

To vote please go to this link and follow the instructions. We’d really appreciate the support!

So as the tickets go on sale on wednesday, you may be wondering who is actually playing the Ball this year?

As far as I’m aware, the line up goes something like this:

Mark Ronson, Vitalic, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Lightspeed Champion, Boys noize, the Metros, Kavinsky, Reprazent, the Mighty Stef, the Coronas, Something happens, the Whip, Jamie Scott, the Spikes, Crazy P and Royworld.

According to his myspace, Boys Noize is also playing a set in Spy after playing at the Ball so I’m guessing he’s playing relatively early…

Asthmatic Kitty records released the Encyclcopedia Asthmatica DVD earlier this month. It’s a collection of visuals set to the music from the various artists on their roster; Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond, Castanets, Rafter, the Curtains, Shapes and Sizes, Bunky, Half-Handed Cloud, and Liz Janes.

In this clip, artist Deborah Johnson matches some intense animation to Sufjan Stevens’ song, ‘Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake.’

Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

This next video has some quality ass shaking going on. ‘Baba’ by Bunky.

I haven’t seen the rest of the DVD but judging by this, it’s definitely worth a look. You can pick up the DVD here.

Muxtape lets you choose 12 songs to upload as a mix. It also lets you pick someone else’s mix and listen to it. It’s a nice change from last fm’s random same genre buzz. My only one negative point is that maybe people should be a bit more creative with the names of their mixes… It’s only a new site so I’m guessing the guys who developed it are still working on a few things to improve user interface etc. Still I think it’s a nice idea.

…Vampire Weekend. Yep these guys are class. The name nearly put me off at first but the album is so addictive I soon got over that. Apparently the band is named after a film they once made together. I don’t think there’s any Dublin gigs on the cards yet but who knows, maybe they’ll pop along to a festival during the summer.

APunk

And The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance live on the Paris streets from la blogotheque…

I love the way the drummer,Chris Tomson is playing a wheelie bin!

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