Mates of State cover Belle & Sebastian, and more movies!

Sleep The Clock Around

Here's a track from Mates of State's new covers album titled "Crushes". "Sleep The Clock Around" is a Belle & Sebastian cover, which I think is done quite nicely.

"Crushes (The Covers Mixtape)" will be released on June 15th, and available for pre-order HERE. They also cover Mars Volta, Daniel Johnston, and Death Cab For Cutie tracks. Visit the official Mates of State site.

"Sleep the Clock Around (Belle & Sebastian) by Mates of State

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Here's a few more trailers for some forthcoming Summer releases that has our interests piqued.

CYRUS
John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, and Catherine Keener star in this dark comedy for all of you kids who grew up with multiple sets of parents.




PREDATORS
Somehow this movie has been green lit, despite all the incarnations of Predators duking it out with Aliens. After Predators invading the Bay Area Rapid Transit system against Danny Glover, I guess the cast still hasn't figured out that Predators will leave you alone if you're not carrying a weapon? The good news is Robert Rodriguez directs Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo, and Laurence Fishburne in "Predators".



INCEPTION
And finally, Christopher Nolan directs Leonard DiCaprio, Ellen Page, and Cilian Murphy in the mindbending, and seemingly too difficult concept for me to comprehend, "Inception".



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"Champ" & Movies you should anticipate...

First off, here's a track from the new Tokyo Police Club album, titled "Champ". The album is due out on June 8th, via Mom + Pop Records. Tokyo Police Club is currently touring as a support act for Passion Pit. My first listen of "Champ" has me quite impressed of the Club's well crafted collection of pop songs on their fifth release. Check out the wonderful melodies from "Hands Reversed" below. Pre-order the album from Amazon.

"Hands Reversed" by Tokyo Police Club

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"That'll be $18.50, please..."


In an ongoing installment, we're gonna highlight some films set to be released this Summer, that has piqued our interest. Here's a few to get that proverbial itch in your pants going...


"Get Low" has a July 30th release date, and stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, and Sissy Spacek. An old timey styled movie, with an interesting plot...check out the trailer below.

"Get Low"



My old college roommate was constantly teased for his love of such terrible excuses of entertainment, such as The Highlander TV series...however, he was unapologetic about it, as he himself knew how terrible it was, but would simply say, "It's so bad, that it's actually good...". Enter, "The Expendables". A film starring Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone, Steve Austin, Jet Li, and Dolph Lundgren! You gotta see it for yourself. Sadly, you gotta wait til August 13th to get your testosterone hopped up.

"The Expendables"



And the last to be released film we wanna talk about today, is "The Kids are All Right", starring same sex movie partners Julianne Moore and Annette Benning, who meet their sperm donor from years ago, played by Mark Ruffalo. We love Julianne Moore as one of Alec Baldwin's "Bahh-stan" love interests on 30 Rock. Our favorite Julianne Moore quote from the last episode? (To Alec Baldwin) "You look like a gay mortician in that suit...". "The Kids are All Right" drew rave reviews at Sundance earlier this year, and releases on July 7th.

"The Kids are All Right"




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The Sweetest Thing...

Here's a track from Camera Obscura's "Nights Are Cold" single. "The Sweetest Thing", originally released on 2009's "My Maudlin Career", gets a re-working and remix from suave, British crooner Richard Hawley. The single also contains a cover of a Richard Hawley song, "The Nights are Cold".

You can purchase the single from Amazon. Visit Glasgow's, Camera Obscura's official site, HERE. Also, single music nerds are still drawn to this Camera Obscura album cover from yester year...

"The Sweetest Thing" by Camera Obscura
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Vancouver '86

(A parade of the leisure kind)

Here's a track from the forthcoming Wolf Parade album, titled "Expo 86". A reference to the World Fair held in Vancouver that year. When I was a wee lad, I wore the shit out of a t-shirt my uncle brought back from that event, as if the more I wore it, somehow I was magically curing AIDS, which was also big in the 80's.

I digress, check "Yulia" below. "Expo '86" will be released on June 29th, via the always wonderful, prolific, and still relevant Sub Pop Records. You can preorder the album HERE.

"Yulia" by Wolf Parade

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Visit the Sub Pop Megamart.

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Rock The Bells

How fun is this album? Check out "Kids" by the highly buzzed, Sleigh Bells. This Brooklyn duo brings the goods on their debut recording "Treats". The duo consists of Derek Miller, formerly of Poison The Well, and singer Allison Krauss who was formerly in a teenage pop act called Rubyblue. I'm gonna give these guys a pass on these youthful blunders, as "Treats" is just that good.

While we're not even at the end of May in '10, I'm gonna tap "Treats" for album release of the year. Enjoy "Kids", kids.

"Kids" by Sleigh Bells

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Purchase "Treats" at the iTunes Store.

Visit the official Sleigh Bells SITE.

Pre-order a physical copy of "Treats" from Amazon.

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Brothers...not the movie with Tobey Maguire.

Here's a really amazing new track, from a highly anticipated new album, from The Black Keys. "Brothers" is the third release on Nonseuch Records, and will be released on May 18th. A first listen of this record gives me a little bit more of the feeling I got listening to the initial release of "The Big Come Up" and "Thickfreakness" in the early 2000's, than some of the more recent Auerbach and Carney releases. The recording of this album took place in Alabama, which seems to factor in for the gritty and trademark bluesy sound on "Brothers".

Check out "Ten Cent Pistol" below. Pre-order "Brothers" from Amazon. Visit the Akron, Ohio duo's official site HERE.

"Ten Cent Pistol" by The Black Keys

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Record Store Day!

Here's a track from The Thermals, in lieu of this year's Record Store Day, which happens to coincide with the second day of Coachella. Thank you, to all the Indio Valley goers who have vacated Los Angeles for the weekend. It will be nice to actually go places without insane traffic.

Give a listen to "Separate" below. It appears on a split 7" with The Cribs. A pleasant little pop driven ditty, The Thermals have been so good for, all these years. This is their second split 7" for Record Store Day, as last year they released a pressing with Thao With The Get Down Stay Down.

As I mentioned, Angelenos who wish to take advantage of the new found space to roam this weekend, can purchase this and many other great releases at our city's great record shops. For a list of participating stores, check HERE. Happy Record Store Day to all...and to all, a good night.

UPDATED INFO: Lou Barlow, The Dum Dum Girls, One AM Radio, and many others will be playing for free at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park tomorrow, between 2-7pm. More info HERE.

"Separate" by The Thermals

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