Sunshine & Dance-Offs

September is my favourite month by far, just when ive settled into that dark winter depression, the greyness gets replaced by sparkling blue skies, the cherry blossoms on my street suddently bloom, the melbourne "delayed easter" show begins and you can go out at night with just a cardigan - sans doona.
It seems the moment i peel off the layers and the first rays of warmth hit my shoulders, ace bands come out of hibernation and we are bombarded with album releases and tour dates.

Sometimes i daydream what it would be like to "be more than a listener" to my favourite bands. Foals new video makes you wish you were mates with them so you could get invited to their annual springbreak camping trip, lazing around in fields- getting high on helium, eatting bonfired octopus and swimming with fireworks.
And i would gladly jump in the boot of CSS's campervan so i can go roadtripping with them ,be on standby with the baby powder when lovefoxx changes her jumpsuit and warn them of the dangers of taking too many holiday snaps.




On the occasion when i flip through international music mags, i religously skip the ads in the middle due to the amazing festival lineups im missing out on. In between flicking the pages the bandname "white denim" kept popping up. Unless The Black Lips release another stella record in the warmer months these guys may just steal their crown.



This month Bloc Party chucked a 'radiohead' by announcing not only had they secretly made a new album they would be releasing it online in 3 days time (and are coming to oz in november!) but You Am I , The Drones and Snowman restored my faith in aussie rocknroll, Beck , The Cold War Kids and The Walkmen released offerings that distracted me from finishing major assignments and although its only been a week Kings of Leon's latest masterpiece is in worse condition than my badly scratched copy of youth & young manhood.
Sex On Fire



In this clip, Caleb rolls around on a bed all sweaty howling about the present a groupie left behind, the drummer shaves off his hobo beard and has a sensual shower, jared reads a book and "the cousin" chases around a chicken,then licks the southern fried goodness off his fingers.

Also looking buffer than i remembered is TV ON THE RADIO! they are currently triple j's feature album and their quirky new video was released 2 hours ago!
Looking like the barn yard version of the village people- their golden guitar has the power to make police officers dance like ballerinas and shoot rainbows from their chest!

NEWS TEAM ASSEMBLE!

The Kaiser Chief's new video reminds me of the episode of Skin's when Maxxie's dad (BILL BAILEY) tells off a group of young lads for teasing him then embarasses him further by line-dancing with a border collie. My mate in London tells me you shouldnt be afraid of walking the streets at night, its the mob of school children hanging out at the swingset who are more likely to put you in hospital. At least these deliquents raided grandmas dress up box before they wagged school.Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat



I think the moment you offically become an adult is when you have your first "when i was your age" moment. Although not very long ago my childhood was spent trading pokemon tazos, climbing trees, riding bikes and pretending to be power rangers!
While its obvious now the monsters in the tv show were stepping on carboard cities, i still cant get over how much emotion the actors showed from a simple headnod or triumphant fist pump!

Crystal Castles have finally gotten around to making a video and it features snipets of a !!!GAY ZOMBIE MOVIE!!!! called "otto or up with dead people" (The director Bruce Le Bruce makes Tarantino look like a carebear!)Crimewave


Personally i think Zombies are overatted. For one they always complain about hunger, they have bad skin and the stench of rotting flesh cant be easily covered with overzealous sprays of lynx. They are bad at conversation, might eat your friends when you go to the bar and with exception for MJ in thriller they arent very good at dancing up a storm(shuffling up a light wind at best)

I want to go dancing with the underpants gnome who lives in a dumpster outside 3rd class!


Yep if i could choose any creature, my new bff would be the pointy eared star of midnight madness. Sure he has a tail but he also has a mirrorball suit, can get into any club with his wall scaling abilitys,can "catch" a cab for you afterwards and those 360 head and leg roations will guarantee winning any dance off hands down.

Nick Littlemore (aka the man who must never wear a shirt)seems to have the golden touch, im not sure how talented he would be solo but once paired he creates an unstoppable force.

Before she was famous, ladyhawke was in a great electronic duo called Teenager with Nick and his main project Pnau are finally getting the sucess they deserve (elton john is rumoured to be building a studio in their honour)whilst the crowds were screaming out for wild strawberrys to be played for the 2nd time i was hoping luke steele would jump out of a fruit mascot costume and launch into my favourite song of the album "with you forever" (which has been added to the new kitsune compilation) You can imagine my excitement when i found out Nick & Luke enjoyed their duet so much they created a sideproject called Empire Of The Sun.



Visually, its like Ziggy Stardust crash landed in Shanghai then decided to do some sightseeing with the newly single Andrew Stockdale.

"Do you use your pointy nipples as telescopic antennae bowie?"