EVERY DAY WE FUSS AND FIGHT

Lovely things... Happy Sunday.

MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME

A constant favorite from Sainthood gets it's very own video treatment courtesy of director Angela Kendall. Those uncomfortable with eye contact, look away now.
For behind the scenes footage of the making of both On Directing and the future video for Northshore (premiering on August 10th) head over to the always entertaining teganandsara.com.

NO HISSY FITS, MIND MY MANNERS

Tegan and Sara - Alligator (Toro Y Moi remix)

17 versions of the same song in one handy package. Tegan and Sara released the Alligator EP on Tuesday which along with Sara's original demo, includes remixes by Passion Pit, Four Tet, Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, and the above from Toro Y Moi, among others. Enough excitement on it's own without their recent announcement of more European dates. If you've already got your ticket we can start the countdown to June together.

WON'T MAKE A SCENE

I LOOSE MY GRIP I LOOSE MY FOCUS

Tegan and Sara complete their Spinner takeover with a stint on the Interface available for download as of right now and highly recommended. And if you haven't bought Sainthood yet you really really should.

THESE WORDS GET OVER USED

New Tegan and Sara video for Hell, the first single off of Sainthood, released tomorrow or in 11 minutes time depending on where you are. Be sure to head over to spinner.com where Tegan and Sara have taken over or to their website for a behind the scenes look at the making of the video.

I KNOW YOU FEEL IT TOO

There has been alot of good albums out this year but there are a few I'm still waiting on. Most will probably be edging in on 2010 for a release date (LCD Soundsystem, New Young Pony Club) but there is some brightness in our near futures. Tegan and Sara's follow up to 2007's The Con, Sainthood is due for release on the 27th of October and even nearer than that, first single Hell has just been released on iTunes.


Tegan and Sara - Hell

For more on Tegan and Sara you can check out their well updated and often highly amusing website or follow them on twitter. And if you're still hankering for more they feature on a track on Tiesto's new album Kaleidoscope, released today, called Feel it in my bones. Tiesto's a bit too trance nation-y for me personally but it's a pretty nifty song - Kaleidoscope also features Jonsi Birgisson of Sigur Ros and Emily Haines... worth checking out for those names alone.

I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO ENJOY THIS

24th July

i'm a bit late, but yesterday was a day of exceptional circumstance... three releases on the one day that spun my world a little faster.



First off, there's the debut EP from UH HUH HER, 'I See Red'. UHH is the new band from Leisha Hailey, formerly of the Murmurs and Gush, and Camila Grey of the band Mellowdrone. The EP is pretty cool, I have different favorites on any given day, but i'd recommend 'say so' and 'explode' (my current favorite). I think Uh Huh Her is a band to follow, they'll no doubt already have a loyal fan base through Hailey's role on The L Word, but I think the music speaks for itself, Uh Huh Her are a band to throw yourself into, so go to it. Check out their myspace were 'I See Red' is currently streaming, or buy the EP on iTunes and get an exclusive track.
UHH


Secondly is Tegan and Sara's new album 'The Con'. It took me a while to get into Tegan and Sara, I initially only liked a grand total of two of their songs around the time so jealous was released, a year later a friend gave me copies of 'If It Was You' and 'So Jealous', and now i'm not sure what i was thinking of at the start. But I digress... 'The Con' is rocking, and I could end up recommending half the record... but I wont, check out the title track 'the con', 'nineteen' and 'back in your head' here . 'Back in Your Head' also seems to be the song they've gone with as the first single, check that out below.





and finally.... the Yeah Yeah Yeahs released their EP 'ISIS'. If anybody bought the 'Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow' DVD, the EP has a couple of songs from that which didn't make 'Show Your Bones' which is craziness because 'Down Boy' easily tops anything that went onto the album. Worth picking up just for that. Also have a look at the video, filmed live and in night vision by Lance Bangs.