Bombay Bicycle Club (Acoustic)

I've posted about these guys before. They're already getting big in the UK and are going to get bigger. They look about 15 years old, as per the bass player snickering at the beginning but boy can they play guitar...

Say Yes to Twitter

Say yes to Twitter from Marcus Brown 

No monkeys this friday. Just rats...

Rats. They're here, they're there, they're everywhere. That's rats for you... 
The Hot Rats is Supergrass dudes covering classic hits under a Frank Zappa song name. Their cover of Gang of Four's Damaged Goods is,well good.

Yes, friday is supposed to be..

... monkey business. As much as I like my simian brothers, frog muppets really say it as it is. Kermit stars in this LCD Soundsystem video.

Cibelle: Lightworks

If Amy Winehouse came from Brazil and dropped acid instead of shooting up, she'd sound something like Cibelle. Or at least look like her.

Black Box Revelation

Belgium is not top of mind when you think hard-thumping rock. But Black Box Revelation hail from Brussels and keep their sound raw and heavy, with a healthy dose of blues. The Black Keys' distant belgian cousins in other words...

Music + Visuals

Cool visuals by Japanese outfit Bonsajo. More of their work on Vimeo.

Phoenix: Acoustic Set

Click for a great acoustic set from the Versailles band for German magazine musikexpress.

Mixtape

This is cute... For anyone who has ever sweated over a mixtape or who simply likes The Kinks.