Holy Ghost!: Tour / New Single / Remix

We all love Holy Ghost, yes we do! We all love them even more today! Why? ..... because they have released their new single "Hold My Breath" on DFA Records today, and decided to give us some extra goodies! For starters, they are streaming a Tiger & Woods remix and giving away a Cosmic Kids remix of their single! Awesome! You can find both of them Here

Second - they are going on tour - with a new show, 6 members now, and all kinds of new fun for our listening pleasure! Rad! I will not get to catch them this time around, in San Francisco or Los Angeles - kinda bummed about that one, but this is not a show to be missed.....

10-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10-30 Orono, ME - University of Maine
10-31 Montreal, Quebec - Belmont on the Boulevard
11-01 Toronto, Ontario - 69 Bathurst
11-03 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
11-04 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
11-05 Chicago, IL - Double Door
11-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Fortune Sound Club
11-09 Portland, OR - Holocene
11-10 San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
11-11 Los Angeles, CA - Music Box
11-13 San Diego, CA - Voyeur Night Club
11-16 Dallas, TX - Prophet Bar
11-17 Austin, TX - The Parish
11-18 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s
11-19 New Orleans, LA - Parish at House of Blues
11-21 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
11-23 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11-25 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
11-26 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg

Wait...there is more! There is a video too!! I love this!!

Holy Ghost! - Hold My Breath (Tiger & Woods Remix) by DFA Records

Hold My Breath - Holy Ghost! from DFA Records on Vimeo.

New Music: Penguin Prison - Don't Fuck With My Money

This is my jam of the week!  Penguin Prison most recent single "Don't Fuck With My Money" is delicious! It's like a mixture of dance pop and 80's WHAM pop - I fuckin love it!

This is what Paper Mag had to say - "Penguin Prison (aka Chris Glover) is a near-perfect project for lovers of innovative pop -- elements of infectious nu-disco, sleek electronica and Scissor Sisters-style spunk help to make PP one of pop's most exciting new players. Plus, Glover can actually sing, giving him an edge that a handful of his blogger-beloved contemporaries can't touch."

Enjoy!

Penguin Prison - Don't Fuck With My Money by isaidahip

New Video: Ed Sheeran - Lego House

This is way off the kind of music I usually talk about on this blog - but I just could not resist! Ed Sheeran - singer / songwriter from London - has just released his new video for pop ballad "Lego House" - and it stars my most favorite Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley). I have never actually heard of Ed Sheeran, but it seems he is popular amongst the tweens of the UK!

I am posting this video because I think it is really funny. When I hear the lyrics its even funnier....it's almost like it is part of the joke, especially when he is talking about putting a paint by number picture of his love on the wall. I am so glad I am not lyrically based when it comes to music - because look what I would have to deal with!! Really? Give me Battles, Russian Curcles, and Holy Fuck any day over this shwill!!

Red heads are so cute!!

New Music: Deleted Scenes

A buddy of mine just turned me on to this band, and I like them a lot!! Deleted Scenes is a 4 piece indie band from Washington, DC. They have been playing together for a few years, but also have the pleasure of growing up together as friends - which always puts a smile on my face when I hear this about a band - to me it means they are more of a family than a band - drama and all! They just released their new full length album last month called "Young Peoples Church of the Air" - and here is what their facebook says about it.

"Young People’s Church of the Air is fuzzy and warped, inspired by the cassette warble of Southeast Asian psych-pop. Its lyrics are darkly hopeful, exploring family, religion, death and joy. The songs are disparate, but unified, deriving their rhythmic feels from 80s pop, R&B, surf rock, dark funk, and Go-Go. They began as fruity loops-based bedroom jams, which were then introduced into the band environment, taking on a live energy and band identity. The album contains a mixture of studio sounds and home-recorded lo-fi noise."

They have a few free downloads, very nice! Enjoy!

Deleted Scenes "Bedbedbedbedbed" from Stephanie Wuertz on Vimeo.

Gotye @ The Satellite w/ Kimbra!! 10/18/11

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing the first Gotye show in the US! Wow! All I can say is that me and about 300 other people knew we were taking part in something very special. I have been waiting for a VERY long time to see Gotye live - his manager called me a "proper fan" - and at this point you could call me a super fan!

Just when I though it could not get any better, I find out that Kimbra has come along to sing on their hit single. "Somebody I Used To Know". I suddendly became 12 years old again, and got that same feeling in my chest that I did when I went to see New Kids On The Block for the first time in 1989!! Apparently she is in the states promoting the US release of her "Settle Down EP"! Doubble wow!!

The show was as expected - AMAZING!! There were a few little technical difficulties - including major feedback when Kimbra sang so you could barily hear her - but I blame their sound guy for fucking that up! I mean, how is it that you have a 2 hour soundcheck and then get the levels wrong?? Should have used the venues sound guy! Ha! What I loved the most was the crowds enthusiasm - it is rare to hear a crowd sing along so loudly in a small club like The Satellite! Sometimes we here on the east side of LA feel above sing-a-longs....but not last night!! and the music...the music....just AMAZING!

Wally De Backer is a sweet and gracious man. I expected him to be much taller, but he is just a little guy who is kind of shy and a little nerdy, but was always smiling and looked you in the eye when he spoke - very genuine, very cool! I am so glad I got to meet him, and I can't wait for him to blow up in America! Well done!!

Mash Up: Art Vs Science

All week I have been working on finalizing the last details for my upcoming tour with The Hundred Days. It's a short east coast / Canada run, but two of the shows we are meeting back up with our Aussie BFF's Art Vs Science!

Ironically, today I stumbled upon this Art Vs Science mash up, so I decided if I could find more....and I did! There are actually quite a few so I just picked a few for your listening pleasure! Check out their tour dates below - they are in the states now, and wont be back until next year so get out to a show!

10/15     Utopia Fest                  Utopia, TX
10/16     The Knitting Factory     Brooklyn, NY w/ Yip Deceiver
10/16     Beacon Theater           New York, NY w/ Yo Gabba Gabba
10/19     TammanyHall               New York, NY w/ Penguin Prison
10/20     (le) poisson rouge       New York, NY w/ Geographer
10/22     Cameo                         Brooklyn, NY w/ Is Tropical
10/26     The Ale House             Kingston, ON w/ The Hundred Days
10/27     Club Lambi                   Montreal, QB
10/29     The Sett                       Madsion, WI w/ Hey Champ
10/30     The Beauty Bar            Chicago, IL w/ Class Actress
10/31     2720 Cherokee            St. Louis, MO w/ The Hundred Days
11/02     The Pyrmaid                 Winnipeg, MB
11/03     Saits The Gateway      Calgary, AB

Hello Art vs Science Mashup (working title) by It'sOk

Angger Dimas/Art vs Science. Are you ready? (New_Noize Mash) by New Noize

GaGa Vs Art Vs Science by womprat

Parlez Vous Francais, UFO? (ft. Crystal Castles, Snoop Dogg, Art vs Science and Gwen Stefani) by patmycatalan

New Music: 8th Grader

I am telling you - San Francisco is bursting with jams!! It almost feels like my own private paradise because I find all these little gems and get to spend time in the scene - and scene is all I really know living in LA.....and LA is on a quite phase these days!! So I have San Francisco awesomeness - and that's just what 8th Grader is - awesomeness!

8th Grader is Jayson Martinovich, front man from bay area favorites Music For Animals. You can really hear the lighter side of the 80's in this track as he channels the likes of George Michael and Phil Colins, with a modern spin!

It's a jam - and you can download it got free right here, so get your groove on!

New Music: YesYou

I am going through a major dance pop phase - hardcore! Once upon a time I was just a litte hippie girl from the midwest listening to doodle rock and following jam bands around the counrty. I often think - how did I grow to love dance pop so much?? But fuck....I love it man!! More great stuff out of Australia - I have just been turned onto YesYou who come from Brisbane, and are currently working on a LP to come out sometime in the near future!

Love Love Love!

Their single "Half Of It" came out earlier this year and you can get it as a free download below along with a Mitzi Remix!

Half Of It (Mitzi remix) by YesYou

Remix: Get People - Rain Tears (Peaces Remix)

These guys are getting a bit more notoriety in the US since the last time I blogged about them (New Music: Get People). In the last few months I have seen them pop up here and there - I also see they they are now with The Windish Agency in the US - my most favorite booking agency ever - and for good reason.....Get People are great!

Get People have been described as "eminently danceable electro-tropical acid-pop" which I think is brilliant. They have released a few EPs that are both streaming HERE, and I am looking forward to seeing them live! 100% on my SXSW wish list! Enjoy!

Rain Tears (Peaces - Murder In The Jungle Mix) by GET PEOPLE