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By: kidnappedculture
14-12-2012
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Holiness and Glory

TRUST NEW VIDEO HEAVEN
These two artist made my Best Track of 2012 lists (for other tracks) and both dropped new videos this week. First is TRUST- “Heaven.” The bands entire album TRST is one that I kept on heavy rotation for its nostalgic dark synth pop. The video is giving me angst, frustration and dark youth. I love it. I’m especially fond of (easy on the eyes) singer Robert Alfons’ angelic moments. Where’s the X?

Second is MDNR–”Feed Me Diamonds” which features Raven of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Drag U and All Stars Drag Race getting painted for the gods, goddesses, the children and the stage. I find it amazing how much Drag Race has filtered into the indie music scene and pop culture– super fascinating. What’s the Raven and MDNR connection? It’s not totally out of nowhere. Raven has performed one of MNDR’s songs–“#1 in Heaven” during her club appearances and MNDR came across the YouTube video. They have been collaborating ever since. Love that. Even though I love Chad Michaels, I do think Raven should have snatched that All-Stars crown. You are #1 in my book, Raven. Werk!

[Noisey]

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By: kidnappedculture
12-12-2012
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Icon, Indie Music, Legendary, Music, Otherworldly, Pop culture, Typography

12/21/12


So my list is in! As we are about to die today – 12/21/12 according to the Mayan Calendar which means we have a little over a week lest. Below are my fav tracks of 2012 according to the number of plays. It looks as if I had a pretty optimistic year as my tastes swayed more toward feel-good tracks. It’s a good thing because I want my last days of earth to be happy ones. Any fucking way, check out the list below while enjoy your last days on earth! Do something scandalous and/or stupid before the 21st.

  1. Solange- Losing You
  2. Icona Pop- I Love It (Featuring Charli XCX)
  3. Trust- Sulk
  4. Tanlines- All Of Me
  5. Sky Ferreira- Everything is Embarrassing
  6. The Big Pink- Hit The Ground (Superman)
  7. Tanlines- Brothers
  8. Chairlift- I Belong In Your Arms
  9. Mykki Blanco- WAVVY
  10. Haim- Forever
  11. Zebra Katz- Ima Read (Featuring Njena Reddd Foxxx)
  12. Djano Djano- Default
  13. Alabama Shakes- Hold On
  14. Scissor Sisters – Let’s Have A Kiki
  15. IO Echo- When the Lillies Die
  16. Lemonade- Neptune
  17. TEEN- Better
  18. Savages- Husbands
  19. Cold Showers- BC
  20. Grimes- Genesis
  21. Cassie- King Of Hearts
  22. The xx- Angles
  23. DiiV- Doused
  24. Cold Cave- Believe In My Blood
  25. Vår- In Your Arms (Final Fantasy)
  26. Angle Haze- Werkin’ Girls
  27. Ice Choir- Teletrips
  28. MNDR- Faster Horses
  29. Twin Shadow- Five Seconds
  30. Nicki Minaj- The Boys (Featuring Cassie)
  31. Crystal Fighters – Plage
  32. Azealia Banks- Liquorice
  33. Friends- Home
  34. Santigold- Disparate Youth
  35. Diane Birch- Speak A Little Louder
  36. jj- Beautiful Life
  37. Phèdre- In Decay
  38. Die Antwoord- I Fink U Freeky
  39. Alt–J- Breezblocks
  40. Nicki Minaj- Starships
  41. MS MR- Hurricane
  42. Daughn Gibson- Tiffany Lou
  43. Bear In Heaven- Sinful Nature
  44. Sleigh Bells- Comeback Kid
  45. Tame Impala- Feels Like Going Backwards
  46. Blood Diamonds- Phone Sex (Featuring Grimes)
  47. Beach House- Irene
  48. M.I.A.- Bad Girls
  49. Heavenly Beat- Faithless
  50. Bluebell- Cinderella
  51. Beach House- Myth
  52. Future Islands- Cotton Flower
  53. Spiritualized- Hey Jane
  54. Nicki Minaj- Beez In The Trap (Featuring 2 Chains)
  55. Friends- Mind Control
  56. DiiV- How Long Have You Known
  57. Poliça- Wandering Star
  58. Lemonade- Neptune
  59. Dum Dum Girls- Lord Knows
  60. Matthew Dear- Her Fantasy
  61. Ice Choir- I Want You Now and Always
  62. Friends- Stay Dreaming
  63. Of Monsters And Men- Little Talks
  64. Cold Showers- Double Life
  65. Angle Haze- New York
  66. Moon Duo- Sleepwalker
  67. Wild Nothing- Paradise
  68. Crystal Castles- Wrath of God
  69. D E N A- Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools
  70. Golddroom- Fifteen (featuring Chela)
  71. Haim- Don’t Save Me
  72. Rihanna- Diamonds (Erol Sabadosh Mix)
  73. Cold Showers- Violent Cries
  74. TEEN- Better (Dan Deacon Remix)
  75. Night Panther- Fever
  76. Le1f- Wut
  77. Perro Del Mar- Innocence Is Sense
  78. TOY- Lose My Way
  79. Charli XCX- I’ll Never Know
  80. Nurses- Fever Dreams

✖●✖● – KC

*PS: Never trust a Tweet– even from a reliable source. I was convinced the Mayan Death Date was today 12/12/12. It’s definitely not the case. I check with my good friend Google. Correction made and lesson learned!

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By: kidnappedculture
11-12-2012
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Fashion, Icon, Indie Music, Music, Pop culture

Vintage Vibe


Can’t enough of this track. Even though it’s months old it always sounds fresh. That and I have a girl crush on Solange. She’s visually stunning, stylish, and talented. Check out her performing “Losing You” on Jimmy Fallon. I especially love the little choreographed with Dev Hynes (aka Lightspeed Champion and Blood Orange). The performance gives a Diana Ross vibe. Daddylikes.

Check out Diana Ross and The Supremes with The Temptations:

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By: kidnappedculture
09-12-2012
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Cult, Icon, Indie Music, Legendary, Music, Otherworldly

Nipples Cutting Glass


Are you going through it? Are you going through some kind of psychological change in your life? Yes, Winter is here bitch and it’s time to unleash your inner Santa slut– let’s call her Veronica. Here is a mix of trax (listing below) to get you hot, bothered, warm, and wet for the month of December. Remember that Santa only bring gifts to those that give him what he wants first. You know pervy Santa just wants to see you naked and happy– “He sees you when you’re sleeping, He knows when you’re awake.” Don’t deprive him. Download the mix here. Get naked. It’s December!

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Note: All these tracks were kidnapped from various on-line sources; willingly posted by the artist, bloggers, music sites, and/or the record company. In short, not doing anything shady here, just sharing what was already shared. 

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By: kidnappedculture
07-12-2012
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I Guess That Cunt Getting A Eaten


I think it’s safe to say that “212″ from Azealia Banks can be mashed-up and remixed until the end of time and it’ll be good. I just stubbled upon this gem by The Hood Internet– “212 Pardise” (Azealia Banks x YACHT). Check it out. It’s giving me what I need on a dreiry Friday lunch break. Best of all it’s free. So all free-mp3 hoarding MF’s download this quick before the track exceeds it’s downloadable-ness. Enjoy it here!

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By: kidnappedculture
07-12-2012
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Japan Is Burning

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Legends in every sense of the word. Vogueing pioneers Jose and Luis Xtravaganza (among others) are featured in How to Vogue For VOGUE in the latest issue of VOGUE Japan (tongue twister). Joan Smalls is joined by some of the Ball scene’s most prized Vogueing Queens for the story photogged by Terry Richardson and styled by George Cortina. Unfortunately, I don’t think their body manipulation powers were maximized to make interesting shapes in this editorial. I’m not totally gagging but I appreciate the use of true originals. I wish the story was more kick-ass than it is. A missed opportunity really. The legendary crew was just used to as glorified chairs and props– a shame! If you are on old crusty fuck, you’ll recall Jose & Luis of the House of Xtravaganza were Madonna’s go-to Vouge experts from the Blonde Ambition era.

[TheFashionPost_JP]

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By: kidnappedculture
06-12-2012
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Sippin’ On Jesus Juice


Saint Nicolas but be sipping Jesus Juice because Christmas has come early this week! And it’s only Thursday. Two weeks worth of new videos in one. Take a look at Santa’s handouts. Daddylikes!

Autre Ne Veut– “Counting” featuring Mykki Blanco:

Y∆CT– “Second Summer”:

M83– “Wait”:

Friends– “Va Fan Gor Du”:

Cold Showers– “BC”:

Tanlines– “Not The Same”:


Tanlines also made their television debut this week on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Performing “All Of Me.”  Pretty amazing! Daddyloves. Check it here.

Io Echo– “Outsiders”:

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By: kidnappedculture
30-11-2012
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3-on-3


Infectious, poppy and lovely. HAIM has dropped a video for their “Don’t Save Me” track. I can’t say that I’m a fan of the clip but I do appreciate the Fleetwood Mac meets ABBA meets ’90s B-Boy for a 3-on-3 basketball game approach– overertly pop cheese is avoided at all costs. The ladies look cute and ready for an Urban Outfitters collaboration, which I guess is what they are gunning for. I’m fascinated, especially when they casually bust into synchronized dance moves. It seems wrong, yet it’s so right. It works.

[HAIM]

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By: kidnappedculture
28-11-2012
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Cinema, Cult, Fashion, Indie Music, Legendary, Music, Otherworldly, Pop culture

Black, White and Surveillance All Over It


I don’t quite get Charli XCX. Other than her “I’ll Never Know“ track – which is already in my top tracks of 2012 list – there’s been little to no interest, until now. She has teamed up with my newest hero-goddess in training– Brooke Candy for “Cloud Aura” from Charli XCX’s Super Ultra mixtape. The clip has black and white surveillance style footage of Brooke Candy – sporting her signature cyber-goth extravaganza – and Charli walking the city street with splices of footage from The Hills, Crazy, Sexy, Love, Casablanca, Brian De Palma’s Carrie, and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. The clip definitely echos the post-internet-Tumblr approach that both ladies have to their image and styling. Daddylikes.

Speaking of surveillance, The Drums’ Jonny Pierce dropped and equally voyeuristic solo video– “I Didn’t Realise.”  Jonny will release his first solo album early 2013. I don’t think the sound is that drastically  different from The Drums, but I like it nonetheless. Hope the full album offers up some major surprises. I’m crossing my fingers for no gay disco backbeats, though.

 

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By: kidnappedculture
23-11-2012
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Out For Oxblood


London’s Torches have been on my radar since I first heard their “Someone Needs A Ritual” single in early October. Now they have dropped a pretty fucking cool video for the track. Director Hassan Alsea manages to merge ‘70s British Skinheads fashion with a dash of Bruce LaBruce’s ”No Skin Off My Ass“ and Wes Anderson’s “The Royal Tenenbaums.” The nuances of the video: the set- down to the Oxblood Doc Martens colored backdrop, the sound design, the casting, and graphics are perfection. It lets the viewer fill in the blanks a bit. Hassan took what could’ve been a relatively boring video with a minimal story line and created something powerful and memorable. The track definitely conjures up Ian Curtis vibes, but in a modern way. Not literal or copied. Just influenced and inspired. Now, what’s the deal with the Duke Ellington record? Perhaps to let the view know we’re not looking at racists? Daddylikes.

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