New DUCKTAILS Video - "Landrunner"

Ducktails is the side project of Matt Mondanile of Real Estate. The debut LP/CD is due next month via Not Not Fun. Check out this awesome video, directed by Alice Cohen.

WOODS, JEREMY JAY, NEON INDIAN

It's a slow week at The Sky Report due to an overwhelming amount of work elsewhere, but big things are in the pipeline for this summer. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, I'm currently obsessed with these tracks.

Woods are another lo-fi band from Brooklyn. On first listen it was a bit off-putting, but now I can't get this damn song out of my head.

Woods - The Dark (link)

*****

Also...

"Where Could We Go Tonight", the closing track from Jeremy Jay's new album Slow Dance...

Where Could We Go Tonight? - Jeremy Jay

*****

And...

"Should Have Taken Acid With You" by Neon Indian is pure sweetness to my ears.

Should have taken acid with you - Neon Indian

More Neon Indian...

Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer (link)

M.I.A. Plays Coachella 2009

M.I.A. - Paper Planes

Record Store Day

Support your local record store, tomorrow is Record Store Day! A series of exclusive releases will be available. See the full list here. Find a participating local shop near you.

DUM DUM GIRLS

It's blowing my mind how many new artists right now sound like The Primitives, one of my favorite late 80's shoegazer/pop bands who similarly kind of sounded like Jesus & Mary Chain. Dum Dum Girls are the latest to emerge from the pack (ie; Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Wavves, Vivian Girls, etc.)

With that said, this is some great stuff. Dum Dum Girls are actually one girl, a librarian from LA who clearly had a moment listening to Talk Talk. I should also mention the many comparisons that have been drawn to early 90's band Black Tambourine. Ironic that she has a forthcoming release on said band's label Slumberland. The debut CD is already sold out and the Catholicked 12" is nearly out of print as well. But check out tracks like "Don't Talk To Me", "Jail La La" and the heart melting cover of Sonny & Cher's "Baby Don't Go" here.

Catholicked - Dum Dum Girls

*****

And if you're not familiar with The Primitives or Black Tambourine, check out these videos...

The Primitives - Really Stupid (live 1986)


Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off the Bridge

BLACK DICE - "Glazin"

Black Dice recently released their 5th album REPO and it has been met with mixed to good reviews. I've never delved too deeply into the Black Dice catalog. To me their sound is like music for crazy people. But the new video for "Glazin" is too good to ignore. Here's a quote about the new album:

"REPO is the sound of a disciplined group of cosmic jokers setting out to reclaim the landscape popular culture would have us believe we cannot afford. The record irreverently mulches the sounds and images of radio, TV and internet into a fertile compost pile squirming with new, raw life."

If you're still with me, here's the mp3:

Black Dice - Glazin (mp3)

ABE VIGODA - "Don't Lie"

LA's Abe Vigoda have been a hard sell for me. After inadvertently catching their live show a number of times last year, their previous music left me, for the most part, unaffected. But the new single "Don't Lie" and its accompanying video suddenly have me hooked. Maybe it's the fact that the track is a bit more mature; a darker effort than that offered on the majority of last years highly praised Skeleton LP.

"Don't Lie" is taken from the new EP Reviver, out now on PPM.

AWESOME NEW REPUBLIC Rational Geographic Vol. I

Awesome New Republic first grabbed my attention last summer with their Prince meets Giorgio Moroder dancepop. Now the Miami duo have released the new EP Rational Geographic Volume I. Get the entire EP for free here or just the lead single "Birthday"...

Awesome New Republic - Birthday (mp3)

TELEPATHE - Dance Mother Out Today

Telepathe's awesome, Dave Sitek-produced debut LP was released physically today. I've been pretty obsessed with Dance Mother the last few months. Something about it just feels fresh and exciting to me. Get your copy at IAMSOUND. The Brooklyn duo are also doing a record release show tomorrow night at The Annex, Lower East Side.

Here's the video for "So Fine", wherein the girls do their best deadpan lip-synching, as well as an ironic, but charming dance routine.


Telepathe - So Fine from Paul Tao on Vimeo.

New MOBY - "Shot in the Back of the Head"

According to Moby's online journal, details will emerge today about his forthcoming album. In the meantime, we have the first video from the new LP for "Shot in the Back of the Head", directed by David Lynch. The clip is a sort of film noir, animated effort, which perfectly suits the moody and sinister instrumental track.

[Ed. - The new album is titled Wait for Me, due June 30 on Mute.]