LAST YEAR'S MODEL

• WRITING LYRICS FOR THE NEW SONGS. http://bit.ly/91ksWD #

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• RELIVE YOUR BRIGHTEST MOMENT (SO FAR) http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=115076891868047&id=6029966444 #
• THE NEW WAVE OF BRITPOP?! http://bit.ly/946K2f #
• OUR VERY OWN VIZ SUPERSTARS PARIS + OUTPT HAVE A NIFTY WEBSITE. http://bit.ly/aVqwCa #

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Hey guys!!  I dunno how I missed this cuz I think it’s been around for a minute, but I wanted to share with you another fun band.  Taking their influences from the likes of Parklife era Blur and Pulp, Manchester’s Performance make some catchy, snarky pop music!  I have blogged about 2 of Performances members previously — their electro pop project, Kiss in Cities, is one of my favorite new bands.

While Kiss in Cities and Performance share electronic pop elements and the ability to craft great melodies, Performance is a more somber affair.  The tone is darker (maybe a bit more sneering) but more epic (arena rock!!!) without the dayglo club feel.  Performance has already released a passable album, but if their newer singles, Reptile and Living, are any indication, the band is only now hitting it’s stride.

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The record release party at The Tank was so much fun! Thank you for coming! And thanks Little, Big, Blush Response, Paris & Outpt for playing with us. And finally, thanks Damian Genuardi for making all those hot florescent CD covers & posters! (Did you get a copy? If not, you can see the CD cover [and listen to the album] on the music page.)

For a more comprehensive & intelligent overview of what went down on 04.30.10, check out KOTGB’s review of the show! ^_^

These fantastic photos were taken by Jackson Bailey! Any weird color issues is not his fault! I was p-shopping!

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• King of the Gigabitches reviews the record release party!!!! http://bit.ly/cDXDMc #
• Human Version 2.0 http://bit.ly/apBV55 #
• CHIP TUNES RAVE POP!! KILL FOR YOUR POP! KILL FOR YOUR POP! KILL FOR YOUR POP! KILL FOR YOUR POP! KILL FOR… http://bit.ly/dBLJJK #
• PLEASE TO ENJOY THE JUST DROPPED RECORD. http://bit.ly/bR6K8L #
• CUTE AND DISTURBING, JUNKO MIZUNO'S COMICS ARE REALLY REALLY NINJA! http://bit.ly/cJGHd9 #

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San Francisco based artist, Junko Mizuno resides in a magical world populated by curvy women, odd circular men, cute fluffy creatures and lots of sex and drugs.  Coupling the cute with the obscene is nothing new, but Mizuno has a way of combining charming and grotesque imagery that is all her own.

My first exposure to Mizuno’s unique brand of story telling happened when I found Pure Trance at a comic book story in North Carolina while I was on tour.  I picked it up for my girlfriend at the time, but ended up reading it and had to snag my own copy.  The story she told was so dark and so full superficial and evil characters that I found it impossible not to love.  And of course, Mizuno’s art is nothing short of perfect.

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At first listen, you may think you’ve heard this before.  Superficially,  UK based techno pop band You Love Her Coz She’s Dead has a lot in common with other 2 person electro punk acts like Crystal Castles and Kap Bambino; fast electronic beats, yelled female vox, 8 bit chirps (yeah yeah, Kap Bambino doesn’t do this…) and plenty of vocoder.  However, YLHCSD is more than another disco clone.

It is the way in which YLHCSD uses the previously mentioned elements that sets them apart.  Where Crystal Castles used chip tunes primarily as a way to make noise, YLHCSD uses their 8 bit to make great pop melodies, quickly moving from glitched out noise to rave hooks inside the same 8 bars.  And the vocals are great.  What starts out as a no tune yell will transition into a vocoder layered harmony fill melody.  YLHCSD is a pop band.  Constantly changing keeps the songs from sinking into repetition.  And while the feel is dark, the songs are ultimately catchy and fun.  I guess it’s easier to hear it than describe it.  Here’s the video for their new single, Young Tender Hearts Beat Fast  Enjoy the unicorn fetus.

So far, the band has released one 4 song ep and two singles.  According to their myspace, they are currently working on a full length, which I cannot wait for.  In the meantime, I have been listening to all of their releases on shuffle–there isn’t a bad song in the lot.  I’ll leave you with a video from their debut ep, the song is called Dead End.

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• IS FINISHED MIXING. GET YOURSELF A COPY http://bit.ly/bS4eB9 #
• IS MASTERING THE NEW RECORD TODAY! http://bit.ly/aMarOY #
• HEY MAYBE YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT THE FIRST TIME BUT HERE IT IS AGAIN. GET STOKED FOR THE RELEASE PARTY BY READING OUR… http://bit.ly/bw9sfu #
• Record is out tomorrow. See u at the party!! http://bit.ly/bvF79b #
• Thanks everyone!!! http://bit.ly/a5SxVs #

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