New video from Editors

Today, British band Editors shared their new single and released a video for the song, "Life is a Fear." It's an artsy, film noir-style video in which they did a lot of cool things with light and glass. And the song is classic Editors - dark but totally danceable. Check it out!


The album, In Dream, is due out October 2nd.

In Dream Tracklisting

1.     No Harm

2.     Ocean of Night

3.     Forgiveness

4.     Salvation

5.     Life is A Fear

6.     The Law

7.     Our Love

8.     All The Kings

9.     At All Cost

10. Marching Orders

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Editors announce tour dates

Editors have announced North American tour dates starting Feb. 2010.

Feb 05 || Seattle, WA || Showbox at the Market
Feb 06 || Vancouver, BC || Commodore Ballroom
Feb 08 || San Francisco, CA || The Warfield Theatre
Feb 09 || San Diego, CA || House of Blues
Feb 11 || Los Angeles, CA || The Wiltern
Feb 13 || Denver, CO || Ogden Theatre
Feb 15 || Chicago, IL || Victoria Theatre
Feb 16 || Toronto, ON || Phoenix Concert Theatre
Feb 18 || Boston, MA || House of Blues
Feb 19 || New York, NY || Terminal 5
Feb 20 || Philadelphia, PA || Trocadero
Feb 21 || Washington, DC || 9:30 Club

new Elvis Perkins in Dearland album

The new (self-titled) Elvis Perkins in Dearland album came out this week, but I think only on Amie Street (at least until next week). Some of the tracks contain everything I love about the spotlight-stealing band: the rumbling bass drum, the bouncy bass line, the slightly country-style guitar and occasional harmonica. Beyond their well-honed style, they span a good variety of different sounds, proving that they remain a versatile band. Yet another quality album from a very talented band. Definitely give it a listen. And then a couple more listens. And then you probably won't want to stop listening to it.

Shampoo [mp3] (Purchase on Amie Street)

On a random note, their album art for some reason made me think of this Editors' album (yeah, I know, they're not really similar. I guess it's just my crazy brain...?). Coincidentally, Editors also came out with a new album this week but I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. Hopefully I'll have a chance to do that soon, but I'm sure it's good.

Lists lists lists

This is the time of year when music bloggers compile lists - best albums, best songs, best new artists, etc of 2007. But I'm not going to compile these lists because I didn't start doing this until July. So next year I will compile more extensive lists, but this year I will just rattle off a few albums from 2007 that I really liked in no particular order.

Awesome Albums from 2007
"Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge" - The Pierces (iTunes)
"The Reminder" - Feist (iTunes)
"Balance Between" - Ippazzi (iTunes)
"Marry Me" - St. Vincent (iTunes)
"im on to you - EP" - Ian Axel (iTunes)
"Baby 81" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (iTunes)
"Kala" - MIA (iTunes)
"Don't Make Me Wait" - Locksley (iTunes)
"Random Spirit Lover" - Sunset Rubdown (iTunes)
"And End Has A Start" - Editors (iTunes)
"Get On With It - EP" - Shoot the Messenger (iTunes)

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Dance Party - 8.17.07

Thank goodness it's Friday! This week was the first week since May that I worked (almost) full time, and besides that I've been rather busy. I had forgotten how tiring working full time and maintaining a social life can be. So now to kick off the weekend with some dance tunes. These are mostly kind of laid back dance tunes because that's what kind of mood I'm in, but hopefully that's ok.

Hot Girls in Good Moods [mp3] - Butch Walker - "The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Lets-Go-Out-Tonites" (iTunes). As I've said before, I seem to be on a rock kick lately. This is another song that makes me want to hop on a motorcycle and go play pool at some seedy dive bar. It's also probably the closest to country music I usually get. You could line dance to this one.

Starz In Their Eyes [mp3] - Just Jack - "Starz In Their Eyes - Single" (iTunes). I'd like to dedicate this song to one Ms. Lindsay Lohan and one Ms. Britney Spears. 'nuff said.

Shadows [mp3] - Honeycut - "The Day I Turned to Glass" (iTunes). I wrote about Honeycut in my entry about funk. I didn't include this song though because it has more of a disco sound to it. Definitely still funky too, but it didn't quite fit with the other songs I had posted. This song makes me want to don bell-bottoms and disco. It's also a great song to listen to if you're walking somewhere.

Bones [mp3] - Editors - "An End Has a Start" (iTunes). This is a great upbeat rock song, but it still maintain a kind of "pretty" quality, which some rock songs lack. It has a bit of an 80s quality to it too. It's not the ideal dance song necessarily, but I think it's dance-able so I threw it in.

Ok, tata dahlings.