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Are you in the mood for time travel speed (I hope you get that reference, if not watch this)? Try Canadian-based band, Women, and experience instantaneous teleportation to the 1960s. Their first album is slated for a July 8 release.

Listen to “Black Rice” here.

Here’s a catchy joint from Phantom Planet. Their new album, Raise the Dead, is out now. Listen below.

Click here: “Dropped”

I enjoy this song and video so much it pains me. You should watch it for the slow-mo, synchronized dance moves alone — oh, and do it before Columbia records disables the video link on YouTube. Cheers!

Music journalists have been announcing the expiration of hip-hop since Notorious B.I.G. released Life After Death, and I’ve mostly agreed. If there was any remaining question in my mind, the following video has negated all hope I might have had for the salvation of hip-hop. Hip-hop is deader than dead; hip-hop is, in fact, a re-animated zombie corpse of its former, once-vibrant self (and this zombie is not “Thriller-cool,” trust me). See for yourself:

I really appreciate how these guys stick it to the man by not bowing down to corporate sponsorships. Instead, they take it into their own hands and provide the advertising for FREE!

P.S. Do you think these fools could help me find the R.C. Cola sticker wrap for an ‘89 Toyota Camry that I’ve been searching for?

Click below the pic for the first single off  Ladytron’s latest album, Velocifero. Boston-based? See them live on June 30, 2008 at The Paradise.

Ladytron street mural, Bogota

Listen to Ghosts: here.

When I first discovered these objects, I wasn’t quite sure what they were. Obviously they look like cd’s, but I found myself wondering, why on earth would anyone take the time to screenprint intricate designs on cd’s and sell them? I wondered if they contained music, a film, anything at all. Turns out, they don’t. They’re just blank cd’s that Chicago-based 5inch, individually screenprinted, so that you(?) could burn music or video, or anything at all onto them. I’m baffled.

I thought about the concept for a minute, would I buy them? They are pretty cool to look at, and I guess it’s an interesting, although totally unpractical concept. I suppose you could use them to burn mixed-discs for your friends . . . or something. Then I checked the price and quantity — 10 discs for 12.25 — and decided, I wouldn’t buy them but instead share their idealistic charm with you.

I’m really digging “Geto Boys” by Glass Candy. Click the link below the picture to groove.

Listen to the tuneage here.

Listen to this snappy tune by The Ting Tings, and try to deny yourself the urge to dance (or at least tap your foot). I’m going to see this UK-based band in June at Great Scott and cannot wait! Anyway, stay ahead of the game, and start listening, too!

Listen: That’s Not My Name

Amazing. The memories of lip-syncing my heart out in the back of my parent’s car while they dragged me around looking for dining room furniture sets come flooding back when I hear this song . . . was anyone else obsessed with Sophie B. Hawkins in the ’90s? When I saw that Black Kids have a cover of her hit tune, “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover,” I knew I had to share it with you! So, two for the price of one — Black Kids cover and Sophie B.’s original . . . Damn is right.

Listen: Black Kids

Listen: Sophie B. Hawkins

Hot damn this song is catchy!