The Life and Times and Amazing Adventures of DJ Bunny Ears.

Song of the day from my favorite (mini) album of the week.
Due out on Frenchkiss in the early fall.

Also, here's what our little spread from an impromptu party on a Friday afternoon for a hip bachelor on a rooftop of a music studio in Soho looks like.
Check out the tiny cassette player by the buns. It rocked out a serious booty mix.

http://frenchkissrecords.com/bands/profile/young_man/
http://pitchfork.com/news/39453-new-release-young-man-iboyi-ep/

Going to see Spiritualized tonight at Radio City.
I've been looking forward to this concert for a long time.

http://www.spiritualized.com/

Sometimes a band's name can be a detriment in me checking them out.
That was definitely the case with We Were Promised Jetpacks.
I kept hearing about them but envisioned them to be some twee-pop cutesy outfit.
That is until Bryan Ray kept telling me to check the album ("These Four Walls") out, which I eventually did.
It came out last year, I got into it last year and now I'm revisiting it again.
Felt like giving it some attention to those who might not know of it.
Have a listen:

http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/artist.php/we+were+promised+jetpacks?
http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/release.php?id=293

I absolutely love Here We Go Magic's last album, so it was with some disappointment that I found myself having a harder time getting into their most recent one called Pigeons.
What really happens though is that this one is trickier to reveal itself, so give it some time, as it'll pull through for you.
Now I absolutely love it.

Check out this track where they fall into a lovely Neu! hook:

http://www.secretlycanadian.com/artist.php?name=herewegomagic
http://westernvinyl.com/artists/HWGM.html

If you're in the need for some awesome washed-out electronic hip-hop-esque summer beats, Gold Panda will sort you out.

http://iamgoldpanda.com/

Stopped by Other Music the other day and picked up this newer release from Honest Jons.
I don't know much about it, but essentially it's a compilation and quite an interesting record.
It's called "New Wave Dance Music From South Africa", though nothing like any new wave I know of, as it has a super different aesthetic/style. Really digging it.
Check out this track:

http://www.honestjons.com/label.php?pid=36711&LabelID=14815

Lots of buzz/hype surrounding these guys as of late.
I'm always skeptical of this, so it took me some time to get into their music.
But I'm starting to.
For me, this was track that was the entryway to the album.

http://www.mumfordandsons.com/

First-off, I made a nice, albeit small vinyl haul at Other Music today at lunchtime.
Oldies and newies.

Plus I've been listening to a petty darn solid record this afternoon from Delta Spirit.
Seems to be aligned in many ways to Dr. Dog/Cold War Kids/Wilco.
Check this track out.

http://bit.ly/dw9h3C

Just starting to get into this album from Villagers on Domino Records.
Don't know too much about them yet but check out this track:

http://www.wearevillagers.com/
http://www.dominorecordco.com/artists/villagers/

Two great things already today.
1. I quickly hustled over to Sotheby's to catch the last glimpse of the Polaroid collection before it went to auction.
http://www.sothebys.com/minisite/polaroid/slide.html
Really interesting/historical work there.

2. E*Rock sent me this super awesome (& huge) print that now resides on my office wall (until I get it framed):

Plus, I'm finally getting more into Jason Collett's most recent solo album "Rat a Tat Tat".
Parts of it remind me of Joseph Arthur a bit.
Check this track:

http://www.arts-crafts.ca/jasoncollett
http://e--rock.com/