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DAVID BYRNE & FAT BOY SLIMHere Lies Love

Here Lies Love is a 22 song double-disc song cycle (improbably poignant, decidedly surreal, surprisingly thought provoking) about the rise and fall of the Philippines’ notorious Imelda Marcos. It was conceived by David Byrne, composed by Byrne and British deejay/recording artist Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) and performed by a dream cast drawn from the worlds of indie rock, alt country, R&B and pop. Byrne’s taste in collaborators is as imaginative as it is impeccable, including Cyndi Lauper (who recounts, to lighthearted disco beats, Imelda’s courtship with Ferdinand Marcos), Steve Earle (as the power-hungry Ferdinand), Dap-Kings vocalist Sharon Jones (recalling Imelda’s introduction into New York society) and Natalie Merchant (as spurned Imelda confidante Estrella, anticipating the onset of martial law). Along with vocals turns from such stars as Tori Amos and the B-52‘s Kate Pierson, Byrne works with rising indie rockers St. Vincent and My Brightest Diamond, New York chanteuses Nellie McKay and Martha Wainwright and dance-music divas Roisin Murphy and Santigold. Byrne himself appears as the voice of imperialistic America on American Troglodyte a send-up that wouldn’t have seemed out of places in Talking Heads‘ True Stories.

ARTIST: David Byrne & Fat Boy Slim
TITLE: Here Lies Love
LABEL: Nonesuch
RELEASE DATE: April 04, 2010
TIME: 90:07 min.
WEB: http://www.davidbyrne.com/

01. Here Lies Love [05:51]
02. Every Drop of Rain [05:34]
03. You’ll Be Taken Care of [03:19]
04. The Rose of Tacloban [02:33]
05. How Are You? [02:43]
06. A Perfect Hand [04:57]
07. Eleven Days [02:43]
08. When She Passed By [03:49]
09. Walk Like A Woman [03:58]
10. Don’t You Agree? [03:19]
11. Pretty Face [03:23]
12. Ladies in Blue [04:20]

01. Dancing Together [03:53]
02. Men Will Do Anything [04:06]
03. The Whole Man [04:15]
04. Never So Big [04:00]
05. Please Don’t [03:58]
06. American Troglodyte [04:07]
07. Solano Avenue [03:55]
08. Order 1081 [05:47]
09. Seven Years [05:40]
10. Why Don’t You Love Me? [03:57]

David Byrne & Fat Boy Slim (feat. Santigold) - Please Don’t

NEW YOUNG PONY CLUBThe Optimist

Brand new album from the British band, released on the band’s own record label. On  The Optimist, New Young Pony Club has gone back to the ’80′s, influenced by the likes of Siouxsie & The Banhsees, The Pretenders and PJ Harvey. If 2007′s critically acclaimed, Mercury Music Prize nominated Fantastic Playroom was the culmination of the hybrid disco sound they pioneered, The Optimist heralds the beginning of a brave new future for the band. Self-produced and more importantly self-funded and self-released, The Optimist is the sound of a band taking full control of their present and future, circumnavigating their own way. With no four on the floor, no cowbell and no monotone sexy talk, the creative freedom enjoyed by the band has opened up a new experimental side.

ARTIST: New Young Pony Club
TITLE: The Optimist
LABEL: The Numbers
RELEASE DATE: March 30, 2010
TIME: 45:26 min.
WEB: http://newyoungponyclub.com/

01. It’s Working [04:07]
02. Song for Dan Treacy [04:09]
03. Someone’s Missing [02:30]
04. Flash Delirium [04:16]
05. I Found a Whistle [03:40]
06. Siberian Breaks [12:10]
07. Brian Eno [04:32]
08. Lady Dada’s Nightmare [04:31]
09. Congratulations [03:57]

New Young Pony Club – Chaos

MGMTCongratulations

The boys behind MGMT want to tell you something: it’s short and to the point, “thanks for listening, but fuck you”. For those who fell in love with the Connecticut melody makers through club-friendly hits like Kids, Time to Pretend, or Electric Feel, you can exit out the left and grab a mint on your way: it’s been a short ride, they hope you enjoyed it.
Congratulations is completely different: you can only choose if you like it or not.

ARTIST: MGMT
TITLE: Congratulations
LABEL: Columbia
RELEASE DATE: April 13, 2010
TIME: 43:52 min.
WEB: http://www.whoismgmt.com/

01. It’s Working [04:07]
02. Song for Dan Treacy [04:09]
03. Someone’s Missing [02:30]
04. Flash Delirium [04:16]
05. I Found a Whistle [03:40]
06. Siberian Breaks [12:10]
07. Brian Eno [04:32]
08. Lady Dada’s Nightmare [04:31]
09. Congratulations [03:57]

MGMT – Flash Delirium

GOLDFRAPPHead First

Ten years since Felt Mountain announced their arrival to the wider world, they’ve perfected the art of delivering the album we didn’t know we wanted them to make. Head First is no exception: it is Goldfrapp‘s most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010: fizzy with inspiration, the brand new single Rocket is a goose-bump brilliant tune destined to float out of radios across the land. The diversity, ambition and direction of the new album highlights Goldfrapp as true agenda-setters and modern British musical icons. Head First follows the critically acclaimed Seventh Tree, which saw the NME describe Goldfrapp as having done “the seemingly impossible and become even more fantasy fabulous” and as “sublime, anthemic pop” by The Independent. Head First is the latest in a brilliantly consistent body of work, from the captivating electronic balladry of Mercury nominated debut Felt Mountain and its distorted-dancefloor follow-up, Black Cherry to the glitterball glamour of Supernature which came out in summer 2005 and went on to sell more than a million copies worldwide.

ARTIST: Golfrapp 
TITLE: Head First
LABEL: Mute
RELEASE DATE: March 23, 2010
TIME: 36:10 min.
WEB: http://www.goldfrapp.com/

01. Rocket [03:51]
02. Believer [03:43]
03. Alive [03:28]
04. Dreaming [05:07]
05. Head First [04:30]
06. Hunt [04:35]
07. Shiny and Warm [03:58]
08. I Wanna Life [04:14]
09. Voicething [04:44]

Goldfrapp – Rocket (richard x one zero remix)

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