Happy Halloween from The Sky Report

Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You


Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon


The Ramones - Pet Sematary


Lou Gramm - Lost In the Shadows


The Cure - Lullaby


Sisters of Mercy - More


Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You (live) (be warned, this one's crazy!)

MGMT - "Oracular Spectacular"

MGMT first gained a following two years ago with their "Time To Pretend" EP, a raw excursion into electro-psych-pop. Now the duo has become a trio and have just released their first full-length "Oracular Spectacular", a solid debut of sweet, experimental, psychedelic electro-pop (even though they have said themselves they do not want to be described by many of those words). These are a pair of lads from Wesleyan University who relocated to Brooklyn, got discovered by some NYU students who distributed the EP, which led to a record deal with Columbia and an opening slot on Of Montreal's current tour. Not bad.

The new album is really infectious. From first listen I was immediately hooked and I can't stop repeating it on my iPod. Check out the opening track, 'Time To Pretend':

DOWNLOAD - MGMT - Time To Pretend (via Myspace)

SALLY SHAPIRO - 'Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me)'

The North American version of Sally Shapiro's "Disco Romance" is out today! And just in the nick of time, Sally has a brand new video for the new track 'Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me).

The soundtrack is set, let winter begin...

Sally Shapiro - Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me) (music video)

THE RAVEONETTES - "Lust Lust Lust" (update)

The Raveonettes new LP "Lust Lust Lust" has been given a tentative North American release date of March 4, 2008. Meanwhile, the album drops in Europe on November 12th, with the first single 'Blush' currently out to radio. 'Blush' is so damn good...you can stream it now...

STREAM - The Raveonettes - Blush

Lust Lust Lust tracklist:

01 Aly, Walk With Me
02 Hallucinations
03 Lust
04 Dead Sound
05 Black Satin
06 Blush
07 Expelled From Love
08 You Want The Candy
09 Blitzed
10 Sad Transmisson
11 With My Eyes Closed
12 The Best Dies

THE B-52'S - "Funplex"

The B-52's have signed to Astralwerks and will release their first album in 16 years on February 26th, 2008. The new disk "Funplex" was recorded in Athens, Georgia and produced by Steve Osborne (Doves, New Order, Happy Mondays).

Glenn Mendlinger, Astralwerks label manager says, "We are thrilled to be bringing The B-52's music to a new generation of intergalactic fans. Cindy, Fred, Kate, and Keith have made an album that is incredibly fresh, dynamic and perhaps most importantly, quintessentially The B-52's ... instantly recognizable, instantly fun."

Tomorrow night The B-52's share the stage with The Rapture for a special Halloween show at The Roseland Ballroom. Last I heard there are still tickets available.

Funplex tracklist:

1. Pump
2. Hot Corner
3. Ultraviolet
4. Juliet Of The Spirits
5. Funplex
6. Eyes Wide Open
7. Love In The Year 3000
8. Deviant Ingredient
9. Too Much To Think About
10. Dancing Now
11. Keep This Party Going

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - "Distortion"

The Magnetic Fields will release the new album "Distortion" on January 15th, 2008 via Nonesuch Records. Stephin Merritt has been a busy bee lately. In addition to the new album, he recently scored a pair of Volvo commercials - "Wheels" and "Showroom", one of which features the original new song 'I'm In A Lonely Way', available now on iTunes.

The Magnetic Fields have a brief tour planned for February and March of next year.

GOLDFRAPP - "Seventh Tree" (update)

Goldfrapp's fourth LP has been given the title of "Seventh Tree" and will be released through Mute Records on February 25th, 2008. More details as they come...February is just going to be an amazing month in electronic music...Cut Copy, Hot Chip, Goldfrapp...can't wait!

New OF MONTREAL Video

Of Montreal have made a trippy new video for 'Gronlandic Edit', possibly to remind us that "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer" remains one of the year's best albums.

Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit (music video)

LYKKE LI - 'Little Bit'

Thanks to Brooklyn Vegan for this one. Lykke Li is a 21 year-old pop singer from Sweden. In the vein of Robyn and Annie, her music is cute and catchy, with just a dash of edginess to make her cool. She has a new EP available in Sweden and you can buy it here. Her new video 'Little Bit' is below and I love it. She has a free show Monday at The Knitting Factory and a regular show Tuesday at Mercury Lounge. Bjorn (of Peter Bjorn & John) is producing her full length debut.

Lykke Li - Little Bit (music video)

PORTISHEAD - The Wait is Nearly Over

After ten long years, the third Portishead album is finally almost here. Geoff Barrow recently had this to say about the new album on the Portishead blog:

"we went to london for a fews days to finish up. we worked in molko 9 back in ~Bristol now working on some art work and getting the live stuff together. i think one more day messing about with it and it will be done. then into the wonderful world of mastering"

Portishead are also curating All Tomorrow's Parties in Britain December 7-9, with a line-up that includes Silver Apples, Aphex Twin, Boris, Autolux, Madlib, and Thurston Moore.

Portishead - All Mine (music video)