via The Guardian and The Daily Swarm:

“Radiohead have thrown their support behind a fan-made live DVD, providing the hi-fi soundtrack to Czech film-makers’ amateur shots. The British band provided audio masters to the makers of Prague DVD, a DIY concert film shot on 23 August 2009…

“It’s a strangely communal document, collecting the viewpoints of more than 50 camera-people – each with a cheap handheld Flip camera. A group of Radiohead fans descended on the Výstaviště Holešovice exhibition hall in Prague to capture the band perform, using as many different angles as possible,” explain the film-makers.

“Radiohead reportedly love it, giving film-makers the soundboard recordings that would make or break the movie. If you manage to access the Prague DVD website, you can download the entire set for free, including a version for the iPhone. Czech Radiohead fans can even obtain a free CD. ‘Strictly not for sale,’ reads the site. ‘By the fans, for the fans. Please share and enjoy.’

Check out the trailer and a clip below. Pretty amazing stuff!

Crash Course in Science was a Philly band formed in 1979 by art school classmates Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago and Michael Zodorozny. After releasing a few experimental electronic 7″s through Rough Trade in the UK, the band shifted into full-on synth-pop mode in 1981 with the release of Signals From Pier Thirteen, which has been regarded as “influential to the techno industrial genres and an early inception of what is now known as the ‘electro’ sound. This record is still highly sought after by collectors and fans today.”

“Flying Turns”, which you can stream below, was recently included on the Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 1 compilation.

Crash Course in Science – “Flying Turns” (1981)

Also, check out this video they made in 1981 for the single “Cardboard Lamb”, which features the band hanging around Philly doing New Wave-y, artsy stuff:

“Fold Up Like A Piece of Paper” from unsigned Brooklyn band ArpLine is a noise-pop anthem hopped-up on cocaine and channels the less goofy elements of ’80s bands like Wall of Voodoo and Split Enz with a dose of Industrial. Works for me.

“The best stuff is usually an unexpected twist” says José González in the trailer for his equally unexpected biopic The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González.

As stated on the film’s website, “The film revolves around the life and mind of musician José González. Using congenial methods; video diary, surveillance camera, concert footage, tour documentation and animation, directors Mikel Cee Karlsson and Fredrik Egerstrand give form to something as elusive as the creative process of one of Sweden’s finest – and most secretive – musicians.”

The film is currently touring the festival circuit and cities in Scandinavian. See the full list here. No word on international release dates yet.

Personally, I’m a big fan of his work, so consider I am intrigued to gain more insights into his process. Does it pique your interest? If you are unfmailiar with his music, visit his MySpace page for sound clips or follow the links after the jump…

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I am a little late on this rad Cee-Lo (one half of Gnarls Barkley) video featuring beautifully animated type and tons of the F-bomb, but damn it is too good not to post! No wonder it got 1.5 million views in 4 days!

The new album The Ladykiller is out Oct. 4th.

Check out these awesome animated visuals for a recent Bat For Lashes live performance. They are part of a 20 minute video collaboration for TreatStudios, directed by Robin Bushell and Julia Pott. There needs to be more of this kind of stuff at live shows.

(via Kitsune Noir)

Seattle psych rock band The Night Beats will be making their Philly debut tonight inside the Sailor Jerry Store. Think ’60s psych a la 13th Floors Elevators with Link Wray sitting in on guitar. Here are the deets:

Night Beats @ Sailor Jerry
116-118 S. 13th Street
8pm
FREE
21+ over

For more info, visit the Sailor Jerry blog.

I am still enamored by this song, and even more so after seeing the video, which is made up of scenes from the 1969 short film “Clown” by Richard Balducci.

Grab a free mp3 of “Chinatown” here and pick up the band’s debut album Gemini, available on Captured Tracks.

This new band on Warp Records recently caught my attention, and I am guessing will catch yours as well. The kinetic, junkyard style funk meshes well with the frantic video editing. I feel nauseous, but you know, like in a good way.

Cool video for a song that might make you cooler than you already are (if that’s even possible).

Pop-culture tid-bit: It was recently featured in the show Entourage during the ending credits.

From the band’s 2008 EP, available here.

Islands recently stopped by Art in the Age (makers of organic liquors ROOT and SNAP) in Philly for an awesome 3-song acoustic set featuring the debut of two new songs: “Shotgun Vision” and “Lonely Love”. The former is one that I have personally been enjoying lately. Check out the videos:

visit the Art in the Age blog to catch an additional video where they perform the older, but no less awesome song “Don’t Call Me Whitney, Bobby”. The band’s newest album Vapours is available now.

One of the UK’s most talented young musicians Mica Levi, of Micachu and the Shapes, was profiled in a recent documentary presented by 4Play. The mini-doc highlights the band’s recent collaboration with the London Sinfionetta and features Mica discussing new music and her process.

Embedding has been disabled (People still do this?), but you can watch it on YouTube.

More Micachu posts on The Walrus, after the jump…

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