“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…

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.

it’s been a while since we last heard or seen any major output from either Appaloosa or Glass Candy, but now the paris/London duo and the Portland duo, respectively, have come together for an stellar remix collaboration, which sounds as electro-disco-tastic as the image above looks.

{MP3} Appaloosa – “Intimate” (Glass Candy Remix)

The remix will appear on the forthcoming, highly anticipated Italians Do It Better AFTER DARK 2 compilation, but you can get the limited edition 12″ on opaque ivory vinyl now on the Italians Do It Better mail order page.

Here is a sickly sweet tune from new band Raindeer that mixes Elephant 6 and Flaming Lips whimsy with production quality so shiny, you can see yourself in it…smiling.

{MP3} Raindeer – “Juanita”

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)

Simple. Slow down “U Smile” by 800%. Ah, much better.

J. BIEBZ – U SMILE 800% SLOWER by Shamantis

Jason Pierce eat your heart out.

(via Gawker)

Congrats to Jon and Patrick of Sun Airway for landing a deal with the awesome label Dead Oceans (Bishop Allen, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band)! Their debut album, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, is a must-hear mix of ambient electronics and spacey psychedelia. Get a copy on 10/26 in the US and 1/11 in the UK.

Get a taste of the album with “Oh, Naoko” {MP3} and grab their recent remix of Here We Go Magic’s “Casual” {MP3} via PFork.

A quirky favorite of Animal Collective’s Avey Tare, this one is a spacey, analogue pop gem written by Italian electronic composer Roberto Cacciapaglia and sung by Ann Steel.

{MP3} Ann Steel – “My Time”

Read Avey Tare’s full post about the tune on Altered Zones.

For those of you who are not familiar with the Krautrock legends, NEU! was formed by Drummer Klaus Dinger and Guitarist Michael Rother in 1971, after they left an early, traditional instrument-based incarnation of Kraftwerk. Their spacey guitars and driving, machine-like rhythm, dubbed “the Motorik beat”, served as a blue-print for future generations of punks, space-rockers and electronic music producers.

Last Sunday, I headed to the Ibrahim Theater in West Philly for a rare night of live NEU! music presented by Hallogallo 2010 (surviving member Michael Rother on guitar and effects, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth on drums and Aaron Mullan of Tall Firs on bass), in anticipation of hearing that now-classic “Motorik” beat live. The set was a mesmerizing and thunderous blast of refreshed ’70s NEU! material and tributes to Krautrock legends of yore, some of which could have served as soundtracks to Olympic footage or Sci-fi Thriller films. Brilliant, as expected.

Set list:

Hallogallo 2010
Neutronics 98 (A Tribute to Conny Plank)
Aroma Club B3
Deluxe
Veteranissimo
Dino

You can see photos from the Philly gig here and listen to a stream from their recent NYC show below:

(via WNYC)

The NEU! Vinyl Box Set is available now on Gronland Records.

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.

If you like the minimal wave /  dark disco sound, you’ll like this new one from Cosmetics instantly.

{MP3} Cosmetics – “Sleepwalking”

(via Altered Zones)

One of the best bands to come out of New Zealand in a long time is finally offering up a full-length album this Fall. Surf City’s first single from the upcoming Kudos is a continuation of the catchy power-pop songwriting found on their EP.

{MP3} Surf City – “Crazy Rulers of the World”

Older Surf City mp3s are available for download after the jump.

And the world makes sense once again:

Warp Records has confirmed that it will release a new album by ambient godfather/mega producer/art-rock legend Brian Eno later this year. Without Eno, works by some of Warp’s biggest names like Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada probably would not exist as we know them, so the pairing seems cosmically just. Sign up for more info about the Eno album here.

The news comes after Exclaim reported a blog post from guitarist Leo Abrahams, who wrote, “There’s an album out soon by Brian Eno, with myself and Jon Hopkins… It contains the fruits of several years of jams between the three of us. I’ve not heard anything quite like it– it sounds ‘live’ and ‘alien’ at the same time. Some things have been permitted to survive, which only Brian would have had the courage to let go, and it’s so much the better for it.” (The text has since been deleted from Abrahams’ site.)

(via Pitchfork)

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.

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.