SecretCast

(Via NME.com.)

Celebrating this year’s Mercury Prize noms…

1. Muse, “Map of the Problematique”
2. Arctic Monkeys, “Dancing Shoes”
3. Editors, “Open Your Arms”
4. Franz Ferdinand, “The Dark of the Matinee” (2004 winner)

Cover art: Muse, Black Holes and Revelations LP

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(Via Pitchfork: News.)

Documentary on their reunion, which premiered at this year’s SxSW, due to hit store shelves on November 7th.

The Mercury Prize shortlist has been released and two SC faves, Arctic Monkeys and Editors, made the cut.

• Arctic Monkeys — “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”
• Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan — “Ballad of the Broken Seas”
• Editors — “The Back Room”
• Guillemots — “Through the Windowpane”
• Richard Hawley — “Coles Corner”
• Hot Chip — “The Warning”
• Muse — “Black Holes & Revelations”
• Zoe Rahman — “Melting Pot”
• Lou Rhodes — “Beloved One”
• Scritti Politti — “White Bread Black Beer” [aren’t they an old school new wave band?]
• Sway — “This is My Demo”
• Thom Yorke — “The Eraser”

My new favorite band, MSTRKRFT, can be found on AOL’s streaming listening party feature. Requires an AOL ID, which you already have if you’re an AIM user.

Order MSTRKRFT’s The Looks

Inspired by the recent reconnecting with a number of old friends from back in the day, and unable to sleep, I created this flashback podcast with tracks from my youth in the mid-80’s as a new wave scenester:

1. Depeche Mode, “Black Celebration”
2. New Order, “The Perfect Kiss”
3. The Cure, “Close To Me”
4. OMD, “If You Leave”

Picture of me from the last page of the high school yearbook, 1989, with big new wave hair… Michael Hutchence inspired, thankyouverymuch

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Absofreakinglutely, but you’re not gonna find better here: our motto is from bad to worse and back again dancing your way run run run little piggies!

1. M.I.A., “Amazon”
2. MSTRKRFT,” The Looks”
3. Madonna, “How High”
4. Bjork, “Violently Happy”

cover art: Spider Jerusalem of Transmet fame

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