Ah, Male Bonding. Bros hanging out, drinking beer, playing basketball, chopping wood, arm wrestling, making out.
Wait, what?
A fun little video to a fun little energetic indie track. You can download it for free here. (right click / save link as)
I love Burns.
In case you forgot that fact, you can see my love here, here and here. Oh, and here. And after all those posts and all of that great music, Burns just keeps putting out killer EPs (So Many Nights is the fourth) with killer videos. Like I said before, I’ll stop posting these videos when they stop being awesome.
So Many Nights is unique in that so far it’s the first video that I’m aware of that doesn’t use footage from a famous movie in it. Instead we’re treated to a Burns US Tour diary, complete with Burns locked out of his own show, trying to explain who he is to the doorman so he can get in. This track has a really nice sexy funk groove that wouldn’t feel out of place in a swamp bar out of True Blood.
Burns – So Many Nights
If you miss the movie videos though, I’ve got another bonus treat in the fourth song off of the fourth EP, Fourteen. This song is a little more chill and mind bendy than his other ones, and because of that it gets the 2001: A Space Odyssey treatment. It’ll make sense by the end, trust me.
Burns – Fourteen
First Beyoncé , now Robyn? Who is this guy that’s turning down all of our pop divas? Can’t a diva get a lil’ love?
There’s something really powerful about this song. Basically Robyn’s just gone through a bad breakup and then hears that her guy is already with another girl. So she goes to the club to see if what she’s heard is really true, that he could actually like someone more than her. That doesn’t even seem to matter to her though. She just wants him to come back to her.
Of course he doesn’t, but she keeps her head held high anyways. I love this lyric:
I’m right over here / Why can’t you see me? / I’m giving it my all but I’m not the girl you’re taking home / I keep dancing on my own.
It’s a really sad song but its propulsive beat gets under you skin and makes you want to dance proudly with her. I can see a lot of lonely clubgoers getting their groove on to this song, with a single tear running down their cheek.
Dancing On My Own is the first single off of Body Talk Pt. 1, the first of three (!) new albums coming from Robyn this year. Body Talk Pt. 1 comes out June 15th. I’ve already gotten my grubby little hands on the mp3’s and I can tell you that it’s pretty sweet.
(80’s Goth/Metal video x 80’s workout video) + Alison Goldfrapp channeling Olivia Newton John = The new video for Goldfrapp’s Alive.
If you haven’t picked up their new album, Head First, yet then at least you probably remember from the last Goldfrapp video I posted, Rocket, that they’re really channeling the 80’s with this album. And this new video to their second single doesn’t disappoint. I’m really enjoying the vibe they’re pulling off right now.
Anyone noticing a theme though? Both Alive and Rocket are amusingly cute and quirky, but with a disturbingly dark undercurrent to them. Do you think Alison’s got a body in the trunk of her car or something?
BTW, is it just me, or is she hotter than usual in this video?
And I just couldn’t post this video without including the hottest 80’s workout video ever made, Eric Prydz – Call On Me. Enjoy!
Things aren’t always fun and games here at C’est Non Un Blog. No Sir. Sometimes we have to get a little serious for a moment. You know, for the children and whatnot.
I know ya’ll are probably rolling your eyes right now, wanting a fun music video to watch instead of something educational, but this is important! What if you saw someone who stopped breathing? What would you do? This video could help you save someone’s life!
…or get laid….
Either way, it’s a win-win.
Super Sexy CPR from Super Sexy CPR on Vimeo.
The More You Know. Duhn dun Dun DUHN! And knowing’s half the battle. G I JOE!
It’s getting close to summertime and that can only mean one thing…Side Projects!
Wait, summertime doesn’t mean side projects? Well, you’re going to get some anyway, so get ready, ’cause they’re coming.
Now who doesn’t love Bloc Party? People who don’t like to have fun, that’s who! I mean, seriously, party is right there in the name. They’ve got that addictive dance punk beat going for them and an amazing vocalist by the name of Kele Okereke, who just so happens to be releasing a solo album this summer. Kele ditches the punk and ups the dance quotient with some crazy, glitchy techno beats in his new single, Tenderoni.
(This also seems to be the same direction Kelis went with her new album (not a side project!), which I’ve listened to already and totally recommend you pick up when it comes out.)
I’ve also got news of a side project from another one of my all-time favorite artists, Trent Reznor, otherwise known as the man behind Nine Inch Nails. This time he’s working under the name How To Destroy Angels with his wife, Mariqueen Maandig on vocals. The song’s called The Space In Between and the EP is out this summer.
Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap….
Underworld has a new single out. Which is news enough in my mind. I LOVE Underworld. And I love new Underworld.
But this new single, Scribble, is an absolute BANGER.
Anthem of the summer. I’m calling it right now.
You know what’s even better? You can get this song for free at UnderworldLive.com
Am I excited for the new album coming out later this year? Hell yeah, I am! ❤ ❤ ❤
OK, so I took a brief detour into the realm of mainstream pop music for a little while, which seems to have not gone over all that well with my regular readers. There is a place in this world for the Beyoncés and the Ke$has, just not apparently on this blog. You guys like it when I pull out the obscure, indie, electronic stuff, and guess what? I hear ya. And I’m back to deliver.
Rainbow Arabia is a new favorite band of mine. If you like The Knife, Gang Gang Dance, Crystal Castles, M.I.A. and/or We Are The World (and let’s face it, why wouldn’t you?) then you’ll like Rainbow Arabia. They combine tribal beats and world music with electronica and distorted female vocals to make really pretty and unique dance music.
Let’s start with their newest video that just made it’s way onto the interwebs today:
Holiday In Congo
Next we have the humorous, if very dark Omar K:
That little kid cracks me up.
If, by now, you’ve caught the Rainbow Arabia fever, then I give you one more killer track, Let Them Dance:
I love Beyoncé. You love Beyoncé. Jay-Z loves Beyoncé. Hell, I’ve got to imagine that even the Klan gets down to Beyoncé’s powerful voice when the hoods are off.
So who is this moron that doesn’t love Beyoncé? We’ll have to assume that Beyoncé is just channeling the spirit of B.B. Homemaker in this one.
But come on, guys. Any woman that dresses up in lingerie, looking like Bettie Paige, just to do housework? She’s a keeper. Seriously.
OK, Pop Culture guilty pleasure confession time–I kind of love Ke$sha’s new album. Love it or hate it, you’ve got to admit it’s filled with catchy pop songs. Of all the new albums that have come out in 2010 I’ve probably listened to Animal the most, even though it’s one of the few albums I haven’t actually bought yet. I’m kind of afraid that if I were to bring the CD up to the counter at Easy Street, Patrick will revoke my man card (or worse, my random 10% discounts!)
If you don’t still watch The Simpsons (Why not? It’s still funny!) you probably missed one of their best opening credit sequences ever. For the first time, I believe ever, they reanimated the whole opening credit sequence as if it were a music video to Ke$ha’s Tik Tok. It’s pretty clever and hilarious. Check it out:
Tik Tok Simpsons Intro
[BTW – I have no idea why everything is backwards in this video, but it’s the best quality version I could find on YouTube, so we’ll have to live with it. Get a mirror and hold it up to your computer if it’s bothering you, I guess.]
Just released this week was Ke$ha’s video for the first song on her album, Your Love Is My Drug. This is probably my favorite video of her’s so far (not including the Simpsons clip), what with its LSD-like, Yellow Submarine-esq, love-induced hallucinogenic trip in the middle of the desert. It’s kind of a cute and innocent little video. I like it.
Your Love Is My Drug
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