Our friends over at Hypeful posted this yesterday and we instantly fell in love with it. By now we’ve all watched Bill O’Reilly flip out a few hundred times, right? Well now you can dance to Bill O’Reilly flipping out. The best thing about this video is you know he hates it. Is anyone else hoping for a Ludacris cover? What a dick!!

Have to have this on your I-Pod?  Head over to Hypeful for an MP3 version. 

Watch the original after the jump…

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You may remember us posting some information regarding the new BuffetLibre 80’s Rewind Project a couple of weeks ago. Well Kellen, one of the contributors, has sent us over some pretty good stuff he’s been working on. You may have heard of him before. He gigs in the states as Kid Danger, and Black Dominoes is his nomme de remix. His first remix was Vampire Weekend’s “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” and it somehow found its way onto the airwaves of NPR and the BBC.

Only a year in the business and he’s already shared live bills with the Black Lips, DJ Klever, Flosstradamus, Explosions in the Sky, KRS-One, the Toxic Avenger, Man Man, and the Black Kids to name a few.

He records with a busted old Toshiba laptop he bought with student-loan money. Everything gets fed through an old Gemini mixer and an old head amp that has some interesting effects on it, he also borrows sounds from the internet, rips stuff off of old vinyl, and use some old looping and effects pedals he and his roommates have lying around to help create sounds.

Check out a few things he’s been working and a short explanation of each after the jump…

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Husband and wife duo, Mates of State, are back with their 5th full-length album. The album is titled Re-Arrange Us, and it’s set for a May 20th release date via Barsuk. Re-Arrange us still has plenty of that traditional Mates of State  sound, built on beautiful harmonies, distinctive drumming, and conversationesque choruses.

Re-Arrange Us isn’t all the same though. The duo is exploring a lot of new territory, and it seems to be working. Kori, for this first time, has replaced her distinctive organ with a traditional piano and other synths. The band has also added lust strings, guitars, and horns to their sound. This new sound was a bit surprising upon first listen, but ultimately it make the album very enjoyable.

Make sure you check out the album’s first single, “My Only Offer” below.

Mates of State - My Only Offer (mp3)

Links for more information and tour dates after the jump…

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Well it’s Tuesday and that means new release day. Here are a few that we at SDM recommend. The best release of the week is probably Death Cab for Cutie’s Narrow Stairs. It’s much better than P4K leads you to believe. Give it a listen, and as always let us know if we’ve left anything worth mentioning off the list.

New Releases, Album Art, and MP3’s After the Jump…

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Biography of Ferns is comprised of three friends from Seattle, all equally moved by a love of late 70’s British punk/art rock and wave. Perhaps they are naive but they believe that music is a form of communication that can transcend political/social boundaries. The all ages music community is something they are very supportive of, trying to help young people have a sense of belonging and a worthwhile place to hang out, which they feel contemporary mainstream society severely lacks. Biography of Ferns is political and plays shows which support arts organizations, women’s Issues, animal rights and literacy as often as possible. Its members strive not to be typical “rock and roll egomaniacs” and instead see community activity and integration, volunteering and DIY education events as being a core for a healthy society. Being a punk is not about how many nihilistic tattoos you can cram onto your arm or money you can squander on drugs, but about speaking up when you see an injustice and sticking up for the underdogs.

More Information,  a video, and a couple MP3’s after the jump…

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It seems as if at least once every couple of weeks Logan and I find ourselves doing a “band to watch” post over some new Swedish band. Most often they  have a sound so infectious one can’t help but be instantly hoodked. So in keeping with that theme I would like to introduce  The Sweet Serenades. The Sweet Serenades are Martin and Mathias who have known each other since 1991 when they stumbled upon each other wearing the same CCCP-cap (apparently this was a hip thing among pre-teens in Northern Sweden) and riding similar BMX Bicycles. According to the biography on their website they have been inseparable ever since. I’m guessing this is the kind of relationship that makes for great pop music.

In September the Sweet Serenades will release their debut album on Leon Records, but if you want to check out some of their earlier stuff you can always turn to their EP entitled First Taste. Martin and Mathias refer to their style of music as Jungle Rock or Testosterone Pop which is probably a fitting title. Don’t take our word for it, judge for yourself.  They were gracious enough to allow us to post a couple of MP3’s so take a couple of minutes and check them out.

The Sweet Serenades - I Can Never Die (mp3)

The Sweet Serenades - First Taste Of Trouble (mp3)

For more information head over to their MySpace page or their Website.

Pretty profound is right “PEHDTSCKJMBA” or “People Envy Happiness, Dogs Though, Sense Courage Knowing Jubilation Means Better Assets” is speaking to my heart right now.

I’m sure this is old news by now, but just in case you haven’t heard the legendry bourbon drenched singer-songwriter, Tom Waits, has held a press conference announcing his “Glitter and Doom” Tour.  Catch some highlights from the press conference in the video below:

I can honestly say this is something I’ve been waiting to hear for a very long time. The tour kicks off June 17th in Phoenix and ends July 5th in Atlanta. Make sure you score some tickets and be prepared for an experience of a lifetime.

Tom Waits – Road to Peace (mp3)

Full List of Tour Dates After The Jump…

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It’s another fine week of new releases with No Age’s Nouns leading the pack. If you only buy one album this week, hell this month for all its worth, make sure it’s this one. It is an absolutely amazing album and for the record we thought that pre P4K Review. If Nouns isn’t quite your cup of tea you can’t go wrong with Elvis Costello or Animal Collective either. If we’ve left anything off the list feel free to let us know in the comments section.

New Releases, Album Art, and MP3’s After the Jump…

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Here is a cool video/remix of MGMT’s “Time to Pretend” and Daft Punk’s “One More Time.”  Thanks to Alfredo at UnlimitedEdited for sending this our way.  You can check our some more of his work at his MySpace Page.

MGMT - Time To Pretend (mp3)

As many of you are well aware this last Saturday played host to the First Annual Norman Music Festival, and for a first time festival I think things went extremely well. The lineup was great and the price was right. Really where else are you going to see some seriously kick ass bands for Free? Nowhere! There were 3 stages all within walking distance of each other, but far enough away there wasn’t any sound bleed over. Well one of the stages was inside the Sooner Theater so there wasn’t any real threat of bleed over there to begin with, but the appropriately named East and West stages were located just the right distance apart. Actually the location of the festival was pretty cool. They shut down a large section of Main Street and had a stage at each end. The spacious gap from sidewalk to sidewalk created a unique alley type venue that was kind of interesting. A lot of the Main Street merchants were open and serving food/beer which provided a nice little break from the Oklahoma sun. Guestroom records were also open and provided a scene right out of High Fidelity. There were tons of people all hanging out, talking music, drinking beer and flipping though old vinyl. Truthfully the scene reminded me why I love music so much.

Read More, Check Out Some Pictures, and Grab Some NMF MP3’s After the Jump… 

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