The Bullitts – Close Your Eyes (feat. Jay Electronica and Lucy Liu)
A simple but mesmerising two-scene video for The Bullitts new single, ‘Close Your Eyes’, which features street dancer and contortionist Storyboard P. The Bullitts is the creation of writer, producer and musician Jeymes Samuel, who has previously worked with Jay-Z, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Estelle, Passion Pit, Mos Def and Roisin Murphy. This debut single introduces Jay Electronica, world famous [...]
Nostalgia 77 – Simmerdown (Tru Thoughts)
‘Simmerdown’ is the first taste of Ben Lamdin’s forthcoming Nostalgia 77 LP ‘The Sleepwalking Society’. Featuring the luscious vocals of Rosa Peit throughout, the album will apparently be more bluesy and folksy than the usual jazz vibe we have come to expect from Ben. We’ll have a full review of the album soon. The ‘Simmerdown’ [...]
Pierre Anckaert / Monkey Robot – 74 Miles Away Rehearsal
Just to give you more evidence (if it was ever needed) of the quality of the ’74 Miles Away’ album from Pierre Anckaert and Monkey Robot, here is a short video of a rehearsal session with Pierre, Louis Van De Leest and Eric Paquet. The LP is available digitally now, and physically on March 4th, [...]
Dag För Dag – I Am The Assassin (Free Download)
This is quite interesting: an American pair who have set up home in Sweden, producing fresh, layered indie pop. Dag För Dag‘s debut album, ‘Boo’, is available in Europe now, and will be released in April in the US (on Ceremony Recordings). The first single, ‘I Am The Assassin’ is available as a free download. [...]
Bilal – Levels (Plug Research)
Once you get past the sponsorship, this is a visually exciting video from Bilal that was directed by Flying Lotus and features Erakah Badu and Shafiq Husayn (who also produced the track). The EP is released on Plug Research and is available now on iTunes.
James Blake – Limit To Your Love (Atlas)
This single and video was relased back in October, but we’ve had privileged access to the forthcoming eponymous LP from James Blake and, until we are allowed to tell you more about it, we wanted to give you enough hints that the album is going to be as good as you hope it to be. [...]
Flying Lotus – Zodiac Shit
Another psychedelic feast from Flying Lotus‘s ground-breaking 2010 LP, Cosmogramma, on Warp Records, courtesy of Pitchfork.
Nero – Me and You
Continuing our (very) occasional series of videos featuring arcade games (and really good music, of course), we present to you the forthcoming single from en vogue remixers (of La Roux, N*E*R*D and Deadmau5 to name a few), Nero. With ‘Me and You’, the dubstep and drum and bass producers turn their hand to creating some fresh [...]
Mr Fogg – Answerphone
A very original video from the slightly bizarre Mr Fogg. Taken from his debut LP ‘Moving Parts‘, the video for ‘Answerphone’ is a completely DIY effort but is already getting plenty of attention for the single. ‘Answerphone’ is available now on Mr Fogg’s own label, Kicking Ink Recordings.
Wildcookie – Heroine (Video)
Wildcookie are Freddie Cruger (aka Red Astaire) and Anthony Mills, and are one of the recent set of signings to Tru Thoughts (although Freddie previously released music on the label back in 2006). They will have a new LP out 21st February (called Cookie Dough), and the first single, Heroine, will be released as a [...]
Space Invadas – Done It Again
Straight from their new EP, ‘Done It Again’ on BBE Records, comes this excellent video from Space Invadas of the title track. You can hear another song from the EP, ‘Imaginist’, which will also be included on the forthcoming LP, Soul-Fi’, here.
Egyptrixx – Start from the Beginning
Another deep electronica track, this time from new boy on the block, Egytrixx. From the upcoming LP, Bible Eyes, comes ‘Start From The Beginning’, the video is based on the relief sculptures of A.N. Fischer, and the song provides plenty of creative tension through its droning layers interspersed with piano stabs. ‘Bible Eyes’ will be [...]
Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers
Whilst we wouldn’t necessarily recommend following the instructions of the song’s title, we would recommend watching the video and buying this mesmerising EP. You can also listen to another track on Soundcloud right here and even download the paper cut-outs to make your own video. ‘Pattern+Grid World’ is available now (at Bleep) on Warp Records.
Love Or Prison – Blonde Redhead (4AD)
Blonde Redhead recently released their LP, ‘Penny Sparkle’, on one of our all-time favourite labels, 4AD. We can definitely hear influences of ex-label mates, Cocteau Twins, in the music which has lead singer Kazu Makino’s dreamy vocals layered over the brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace’s perfect electronic melodies and beats. This video of ‘Love Or [...]
Belleruche – Fuzz Face
The video for second single from Belleruche’s ‘270 Stories‘ LP on Tru Thoughts Records, was, apparently, made using 4,500 photocopies of the band’s faces, with all the copying being done on ageing machines in newsagents and call centres on the Bethnal Green Road. The result is pretty scary, but is actually the ideal accompaniment to [...]
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – If You Call
Hopefully Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings should need no introduction from me. But you may want me to point out this new video of ‘If You Call’, one of the stand out tracks from the recent LP ‘I Learned The Hard Way‘, and the fact that Sharon and the full band (who are currently moonlighting [...]
Xu Xu Fang – China Girl
We picked up on this track because it is a cover of David Bowie’s China Girl (and part of Manimal Vinyls‘s trubute compilation ‘We Were So Turned On’) but also because of the excellent, but rather disturbing, video (directed by Keith Musil). Xu Xu Fang are trip-hop, shoe-gazing masters but manage not to be too [...]
Galt MacDermot – Coffee Cold
How to make chess sexy: Take a beautiful jazz track from Galt MacDermot (he who created the musical Hair) and soundtrack it to a scene from (the original) Thomas Crown Affair featuring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Many thanks to our friends at Laid Back Radio for finding this.
The Heavy – ‘How You Like Me Now’
You may have heard this song before; it was featured on the Letterman Show and stands out as the only time the eponymous host has aksed for an encore on the show (see the whole performance here), and it was also featured as the soundtrack to an ad for the KIA Sorento. The track is [...]
Speedometer – ‘Lover and a Friend’
About as funky as you can get – this is Speedometer‘s version of Eddie Bo‘s ‘Lover and a Friend’ featuring Ria Currie and Myles Sanko. This is the first single to be released from their forthcoming LP, ‘The Shakedown’, on Freestyle Records. Also look out for the 12″ of ‘Again and Again‘ from the band.
Röyksopp – The Drug
I know we’re banging on a bit about the new Röyksopp LP ‘Senior’, but we do love it and want you to love it too. The latest offering we have is the rather sinister video for ‘The Drug’: turns the lights down low, close all the doors and click Play…
Free The Robots and Ableton
You’ll remember our glowing review of beat-master Free The Robot’s LP ‘CTRL ALT Delete’ from a while back. If you want to know how he put it together (clue: Ableton Live) then have a butcher’s at this short video featuring the man himself. I just soooo wish I could do that kinda stuff with some [...]
Röyksopp – Adventures In Barbieland
‘Bloody weird’, is the best way to describe this video that accompanies the forthcoming LP from Röyksopp. It features a selection of music from the album (which we recently awarded four stars in our review) plus Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland playing an old man and a hobo staying in a home inhabitated by a Barbie-obsessed [...]
Alice Russell – Let Us Be Loving – Union Chapel
This was filmed, we presume, before the gig at Union Chapel in Islington back in May. We were fortunate enough to be at the gig and can confirm that it was just as good as it looks in this video. In fact, Ms. Russell got a bit emotional during the live rendition of this song [...]
