Ripping Off Julian Opie

When did Kate Nash join the Cribs?

If you’ve ever wondered that you should watch the brilliantly done trailer below.

Well, they could probably be doing better things with their time but when you are stuck in a foreign land during the middle of a conflict you have to try to take the weight of the world on your shoulders somehow. See how some Lady Gaga fans in the US Army decide to remake her ‘Telephone’ video. You can watch the video below (Thanks to NY Mag’s The Vulture

After touring together both acts will come back to New York by playing a show at Brooklyn’s Bell House in May 5. Both acts will also be touring together at the end of May in the UK. Tickets for the Bell House show are available here. Their upcoming tour dates are below. Washed Out & Small Black Upcoming Tour Dates:
05/05 Brookyn, NY - Bell House
05/27 Leeds, England - Nation of Shopkeepers 05/28 - Stereo w/ Small Black Glasgow May 29 - Dot to Dot w/ Small Black Bristol May 30 - Dot to Dot w/ Small Black Nottingham May 31 - Dot to Dot w/ Small Black Manchester Jun 1 - Cargo w/ Small Black London Jun 2 - Freebutt w/ Small Black Brighton Jun 3 - Trouw w/ Small Black Amsterdam Jun 4 - Indra w/ Small Black Hamburg Jun 5 - Charlatan w/ Small Black Gent

For some reason indie rock and fashion go together hand in hand because Joanna Newsom was modeling for Armani and Vampire Weekend, Beirut, The Horrors and others appeared in Vogue, now The National, St. Vincent, The Drums and The Walkmen have dressed up for GQ. You can see the full set of pictures here.

Los Angeles’ Flying Lotus has reacted to the leak of his new album, “Cosmogramma”, by posting it on his Myspace. The album is set to be released on May 3 in the UK and May 4 in the US. The song also features a certain Thom Yorke. You can hear the album here. (You can hear Flying Lotus’ remix of Kanye West’s ‘Love Lockdown’ here.)

The Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma tracklisting:
01. Clock Catcher
02. Pickled!
03. Nose Art
04. Intro//A Cosmic Drama
05. Zodiac Shit
06. Computer Face//Pure Being
07. …And the World Laughs With You [ft. Thom Yorke]
08. Arkestry
09. Mmmhmm [ft.Thundercat]
10. Do the Astral Plane
11. Satelllliiiiiteee
12. German Haircut
13. Recoiled
14. Dance Of the Pseudo Nymph
15. Drips//Auntie’s Harp
16. Table Tennis [ft. Laura Darlington]
17. Galaxy in Janaki

Department of Eagles emerged with their new sound in 2008 and released “In Ear Park”. When that came out it was the best thing that I had heard, Rossen’s voice, guitar work and lush arrangements helped it secure the spot as my favorite album of the year. After listening to the new song ‘Brightest Minds’ last week, I relistened to the album over the weekend and saw how fresh the songs still were in mind. After that I started listening to all the songs that they didn’t release with the album, some of the highlights were their performance of ‘1997’ and ‘You’ll Never Know’ on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic. The one that seemed to stand out most was this versoin of ‘No One Does It Like You’, why would the band take the catchiest song on the entire record and slow it down? The result is the track staying as amazing original but without any of the lush arrangements. You can watch their peformance of the song below. (If you want the song below, you can download it here.