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Fever Ray: "Keep the Streets Empty for Me" (Video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:07 -0500

Fever Ray's new video for "Keep the Streets Empty for Me" isn't as readily horrifying as her other videos have been, but it's still very much a Fever Ray video. Much like it's track, the clip is austere, mysterious, and vaguely unsettling as it follows two girls across some macabre urban nightscape; and still, these ladies should be lucky that they found themselves caught in the least of Fever Ray's nightmares. [Discobelle]

Jennifer Lopez: "Louboutins" (MP3)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:07:40 -0500

Jennifer Lopez has been hitless for a while now, and that's obviously something she's looking to remedy on her upcoming album, Love?. "Louboutins" is a bouncy number that uses the famous heels as a metaphor for female empowerment (oh JLo, you queen of irony), with the assistance of The-Dream and Tricky Stewart as producers. It doesn't really scream radio killer (except JLO sings The-Dream's trademark "Radiokilla" at the beginning), but who knows.

Download:

Jennifer Lopez – Louboutins (Produced by Tricky Stewart & The-Dream)

[OnSmash]

Mum: "If I Were a Fish"/"The Smell of Today Is Sweet Like Breastmilk in the Wind" (Live on the Takeaway Show) (Video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:07 -0500

They don't really have anything in common aesthetically or musically, but I feel like Mum is really spiritually akin to ABBA. Witnessing and listening to the outfit's carefree, sunny ways as they busk "If I Were a Fish" and "The Smell of Today Is Sweet Like Breastmilk in the Wind" on the streets of Paris, I feel like Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-Frid would really dig the style of their fellow Scandinavians. Just listen to all of those la's!

[La Blogotheque]

Curren$y: "Breakfast" Prod. Mos Def (MP3 - Download)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:23 -0500

According to his Twitter, Curren$y linked up with Mos Def last night to make this quick little number, "Breakfast." Although it is poorly mixed, Mos still brought some smooth and jazzy production to the table. And Curren$y, who many know for his guest verses on several Lil' Wayne mixtapes, flows over the horns-laden beat with ease. Perhaps this is just a teaser of what's to come from Mos and Curren$y in the future, as they plan on releasing music with Jay Electronica as the trio Center Edge Territory. And maybe this whole recording on the fly concept will catch on with Jay, who the hip-hop world definitely needs more music from.

Curren$y - "Breakfast"

[Nah Right]

Pixies, Tour Dates: Pixies 'Doolittle' Tour Winding Down, Performing Twitter-approved Tune On Jimmy Fallon (Vote Now)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:09:14 -0500

The Pixies are nearing the tail end of a tour playing their classic Doolittle LP live and are celebrating by performing "Debaser" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon next Tuesday, November 24. Additionally, the group will play a second song exclusively to stream on the Late Night website. This song will be chosen via Twitter - and you can vote by tweeting directly @jimmyfallon until 6 PM E.S.T. on Monday. Last of the Doolittle tour dates below:

11.20 Chicago, IL: Aragon Ballroom

11.21 Chicago, IL: Aragon Ballroom

11.23 New York, NY: Hammerstein Ballroom

11.24 New York, NY: Hammerstein Ballroom

11.25 New York, NY: Hammerstein Ballroom

11.27 Boston, MA: Wang Center

11.30 Washington, D.C.: Constitution Hall

The Big Pink: "Sweet Dreams" (Beyonce Cover) (MP3)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:07:51 -0500

Just when you thought you'd had enough of indie bands covering Beyonce, UK up-and-comers the Big Pink come along with this cover of "Sweet Dreams" to confirm that you've had enough of indie bands covering Beyonce. To be fair to Big Pink, this cover doesn't seem like some offensive ironic crap; the band's far too melodramatic for that kind of thing. The problem with this cover is that it's too faithful to the original, without maintaining any of Beyonce's sass. This should go without saying, but if bands want to do Beyonce, they need to do it big. [Stereogum]

Black Eyed Peas, Freeland: Black Eyed Peas Pay Off Freeland After Stealing His Music

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:10 -0500

The Black Eyed Peas have reached an out-of-court cash settlement with electronic producer Adam Freeland, whose "Mancry" was used without permission to make "Party All the Time." Will.i.am admitted the unfair jacking, and said a settlement would be coming, so this is that. The details of the settlement were not revelead, but Freeland announced via his Twitter that he'll buy anyone who recognizes him a beer if they say "Party All the Time." There are rumors of other out-of-court illegal sample settlements regarding The E.N.D. coming soon. [Daily Swarm]

Obits: "Fake Kinkade" (Live on Fallon) (Video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:45:23 -0500

Given that half of the band cut their teeth in '90s rock bands Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu and Edsel, of course Obits would straight crush when they get in front of a late night audience, like they did last night on Fallon. They performed "Fake Kinkade" and it feels like stepping through a portal into 1995. These dudes can rawk.

Obits' I Blame You is out now via Sub Pop.

The Antlers: "Shiva" and "Atrophy" (Acoustic for Laundormatinee) (Video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:36:54 -0500

The Antlers' first trip to My Old Kentucky Blog's Laundromatinee was full of loyal takes on their excellent Hospice. This time out, the fellas cut an acoustic session for the blog at this year's Monolith Festival at Red Rocks. Above is video of "Shiva" and below is "Atrophy." These songs are powerful in any format. [My Old Kentucky Blog]

Wyclef Jean: "Walk Away" (Video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:24:36 -0500

Wyclef is at his best when he's sermonizing like a preacher, and he's in fine form on the anti-violence "Walk Away," a song that compares the bullets that killed MLK Jr., Gandhi and JFK to the bullets that killed Big and Pac. The video is appropriately gritty, as Clef raps in a junkyard, presumably after hours and without permission, because dude is gully.

Wyclef's From the Hut to the Projects to the Mansion is out now.