Hey, Robyn, want to trade lives?

I love this song, even if I’m getting a bit sick of it due to repeat plays (hence the silly mash-up by DJ Schmolli below to switch things up a bit).

Here’s the video for “The Chiller”, starring Sarasota himself and what I think is supposed to be an evil scoop of ice cream:

“Die Young” is available on The Sweet Serenades debut album Balcony Cigarettes (a previously posted track from said album can still be found here).

I haven’t been sure whether or not to feature Chew Lips here, as I got over their album Unicorn pretty fast. It has all the element for me to enjoy it: electro pop with female vocals, good hooks and so on, but I found a lot of the songs to sound too similar to one another, leaving me with a rather blurred impression of the album as a whole. I do still enjoy the song “Seven” though, and since they have a pretty cool video for it plus are offering the mp3 for free, I figured why not share it:

~ “Seven” ~

I don’t claim to stay on top of what O’Spada are up to, but I do think they’re pretty good and I gotta support my fellow Swedes, right?

This time it’s a remix of the track “Ten Strikes” done by French producer DAZE, as well as a video of the original version of the song done by “two Englishmen using old stock footage and stop motion animation to create a very surrealistic experience.” Yeah, you be the judge of that.

Personally I think the DAZE remix is much sharper than the original. O’Spada in general seem to go for a sort of late 80′s dance sound that sounded old even back then, but it still has a nostalgic value.

O’Spada’s next single “Pay Off” is due in February and the album (with the same name) will be out sometime before summer.

Taken from their new album We Come From The Bright Side, the video for 60 Watt Kid’s “Virtual Plastic Surgery” is as kooky and awesome as the song itself.

Some upcoming tour dates:

September
21 – Lexington, London
October
09 – The Bodega Social Club, Nottingham
10 – Korova, Liverpool
11 – Night and day Cafe, Manchester
13 – Captains Rest, Glasgow
14 – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
15 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
16 – Bristol, The Cooler
17 – Academy 3, Birmingham
19 – The Albert, Brighton
20 – Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, London
21 – Forum, Tunbridge Wells
23 – SWN Festival, Cardiff

Two video posts in a row? What on earth is going on? Well how was I supposed to resist The Octopus Projects‘ new video when I saw the above screen caption? Two green, um, things standing by the sea in front of a lady in a pretty dress who just happens to be waving flags (actually, she’s spelling out “Wet Gold” using semaphore) that are in my favorite color – brilliant! And when you actually watch the video you’ll discover that it also has a singing water raft and funny looking sea creatures:

The song is from the band’s current EP Golden Beds and the video is featured on the enhanced version which also has an additional five tracks and seven videos. The band is currently touring North America in support of the Golden Beds EP on the following dates:

08/04 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
08/05 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
08/06 – Atlanta, GA @ Starbar
08/07 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s
08/08 – Houston, TX @ Free Press Summer Fest
08/13 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
08/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
08/15 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
08/17 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
08/18 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
08/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
08/22 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge