Mumtaz Khan By Ratatat

I recently listened to Radio Lab's "Pop Music" episode (here), where I learned about Ahmad Zahir (a/k/a the Afghan Elvis) and his appropriation of Western culture. Is the reverse now happening with Ratatat?? Listen to the Eastern influences...

Downloadable: "Mumtaz Khan" (box.net mp3)

Now, I'm no ethnomusicologist, but that song makes me picture Ratatat playing a club just south of Kabul.

Myspace page is here.
XL Recordings page is here.
Youtube page is here.
Emusic page is here.
Preorder LP3 here or here.
Get The Ratatat Remixes, Volume 2... here.
And Ratatat is EAR FARM's band of the week... here.

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"Highway Robbery" (team clermont mp3)
"Hawaii" (team clermont mp3)

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Dead Kid Kicks By The Muggabears

GT faves, The Muggabears are gonna be playing with Besnard Lakes, The Jealous Girlfriends, Dappled Cities next week at The Mercury Lounge (tix here).

It should look something like this:


It should sound something this:
"Dead Kid Kicks" (mp3)
"The Goth Tarts" (mp3)
"I'm Coming True" (mp3)
"Married To The Moon" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Buy Night Choreography EP here.
Emusic page is here.



Meanwhile:
- Captain's Dead looks at Carla Bozulich, and posts a boot of The Geraldine Fibbers from 1996... here.
- Spinner has posted a Tom Waits track featuring Kronos Quartet... here. Plus *sixeyes has a Tom Waits heavy Tuesday mix... here.
- Two lips, two lungs & one tongue has posted two tracks by the blog-tasticCajun Dance Party... here.
- The Music Slut reports that the new Peej (read: PJ Harvey) is getting her new album together with Flood and John Parish... here.
- Find out about Enik's fascination with "One Things Lead To Another"-penners The Fixx over at TIMEDOOR... here.
- While Gorilla Vs. Bear admit they are not "big fans" of Matt & Kim they did post the video to the Flosstradamus remix of "Yea Yeah" (remix / original)... here.

The Ghost Of You Lingers By Spoon

It's the KEXP Song of Yesterday!

Download: "The Ghost Of You Lingers" (mp3) by Spoon

Probably not the song I would release to build pre-release hype.

But hey... not my call.

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Elsewhere:
- Downloading The Black Keys new Live EP was my most pleasant myspace downloading experience to date. Get it here.
- Idolator looks at Clint Mansell's The Fountain soundtrack (featuring Mogwai and Kronos Quartet... here.
- So Much Silence has posted a rather convincing [argument, durrr] for placing copyrighted materials on Youtube... here.