Check out this rad new Serena Maneesh video directed by friends Neon & Sons + Rockadee. Beautifully done.

I caught this on Dangerous Minds this weekend and wasted no time in watching it. It’s an interesting, and sometimes hard to understand (heavy heavy accents) peek into this Northern British music subculture in the ’70s, known as Northern Soul, which centered around obscure American Soul. For those in Philly who attend the ongoing Turnaround/Immediate/Ten Commandments parties, this was where it all started.

Read about it from first hand experience on In Dangerous Rhythm.

Cheers to the legendary frontman! 53 and still “totally wired”!

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New Orleans band Generationals performed two songs at the Philly store — including this gem of a pop song. Snag a free mp3 of the studio version below.

{MP3} Generationals – “When They Fight, They Fight”

Catch another video from the session on the Art in the Age blog. The band’s debut, Con Law, is available now.

American figure skater Scott Williams doesn’t go for the gold…he goes for the grunge…as he figure skates to Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. In the immortal words of the brilliant and beautiful Atousa Farahani…this is “Punk as fuck.”

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I am a huge fan of music documentaries and this one looks like it’s going to be a great one! Not only is the music of Sly Stone inspiring but so is his attitude (then and now). One of the highlights of the above trailer comes at 1:35 when Sly shares his thoughts on sampling. Love it!

No official release date has been set for the film, but hopefully it will be this year…

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Check out this exclusive video from Wired where “The Knife’s Olof and Karin Dreijer conduct an illuminating round-table discussion with Rostron and Sims (who are more famously known as Planningtorock and Mt. Sims, respectively) on the making of Tomorrow, In a Year — A challenging 90-minute epic based on Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.

Goddamn, I love this band!

Read more about it on Wired. The album is out 3/9.

Are Talk Normal a female version of Liars? Nevertheless, this song is badass and look at them muscles…

While watching The Early Show this morning, I caught an interview with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, where the two discuss their upcoming Alice in Wonderland, The film looks pretty rad/scary…but doesn’t come close to something like, say, Malice in Wonderland (scariest shit you will EVER see!)

The interview featured questions about Burton and Depp’s creative history, their children and themes of alienation. However, the most interesting segment involved Depp talking about the music that inspired his Mad Hatter character creation — specifically Sunset Rubdown. When hearing their music set to some clips of the film, it totally makes sense. Perhaps The Knife was another influence? Watch the video as he discusses the band’s influence on the character (at approx 3:20)

Oh, and what’s this…the band has just debuted a new video from their album Dragonslayer directed by “Throneboogie”, which “follows a young female warrior who is not a widow. Yet.” Will it inspire Depp’s next character? Regardless if it does or doesn’t, it’s pretty awesome. Check it out:

Watch this mysterious video for Liars‘ evil new single “Scissor”. The record, Sisterworld, is out 3/9 on Mute.

Check out The Spinto Band’s rad take on the Ary Barroso classic — filmed by myself and D. Dunn. Wish it was summer goddammit! Catch another clip from the band’s session on the Art in the Age blog.

Watch Prince rehearsing “When Doves Cry.” Something tells me we may be hearing more from this garage band…

Watch more HERE.

(warning: these may not stay up long.)