Be the signal » music http://bethesignal.org where we're going, we don't need roads... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:52:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Naked and Famous http://bethesignal.org/blog/2010/08/31/the-naked-and-famous/ http://bethesignal.org/blog/2010/08/31/the-naked-and-famous/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:46:12 +0000 Jeff Waugh http://bethesignal.org/?p=1807 Continue reading →]]> If your eclectic tastes include legendary modern music-as-art heroes such as Radiohead, MGMT, Florence and the Machine, Nine Inch Nails and How to Destroy Angels, you simply must check out upcoming New Zealand band The Naked and Famous.

Their debut album will be released in early September, but they’ve put out some mind-blowingly good singles already… here’s Young Blood:

Update: Okay, I can’t just link the one. Here are my other favourites so far…

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No. No musicals. I loathe musicals. I never did have a plan for doing one. My cousin made me sit through some fucking musical twice. I just hate them. They bore me stiff. I think they’re just horrible. Even Hair. And they’re always lousy music.

– John Lennon, from The Lost Interviews by Ray Connolly

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]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/01/31/music-is-better-with-robots/feed/ 0 Recommended election listening http://bethesignal.org/blog/2007/11/20/recommended-election-listening/ http://bethesignal.org/blog/2007/11/20/recommended-election-listening/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:03:13 +0000 Jeff Waugh http://perkypants.org/blog/2007/11/20/recommended-election-listening/ Continue reading →]]> Here’s a listening suggestion for Saturday, November 24th, 2007: Powderfinger’s 1998 platinum release, Internationalist. Put the album on, open the windows, and crank it up!

Vision is rejected, the peoples choice is tested
So ignorance has won
Children are infected, remedy suggested
Dont drink from poison cup
Overpopulation, media sensations
The damage has been done

Powderfinger: Internationalist

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