HAVE YOU HEARD?: TOKYO POLICE CLUB "SWEETNESS" (JIMMY EAT WORLD COVER)

Tokyo Police Club returned to Red Bull Studios Los Angeles yesterday for the second of 10, 10 hour long sessions to rehearse and record their cover of 2002's "Sweetness" by Jimmy Eat World.

Their cover is 100% perfection. It reminds me of why I love this song so much... "Sweetness" is really kind of effortlessly perfect.

Sweetness (Featuring Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit) by TokyoPoliceClub

The band is back in the studio today from 12pm-10pm PST to record 2003's "Under Control" by The Strokes, which will premiere tomorrow at 1pm EST/10am on AltPress.com.

As a reminder, fans can get a glimpse into the studio daily from 7pm-8pm PST at Livestream.com/tokyopoliceclub.

A QUICK CONSPIRACY BITE

i've got shit to do so i'm not going to be able to get into all the HAARP-filled conspiracies at this moment. but here's some quickies:

1. according to conspiracy theorists, the earthquake felt here was a "fore-shock"... as in a pre-courser to something bigger that is on it's way.

2. some dude from bank of american told Rick Perry that they'll be supporting him (but apparently, BofA is meant to be going down the shit hole soon: http://youtu.be/40K7p3kZO9c ... what's that have to do with the earthquake and hurricane? HAARP. By bringing disaster to American soil, the USA can finally ask for foreign aid from our friends in China. blah blah blah.

3. AND not to worry you tooooo much, but the Yellowstone Caldera has been gurgling a lot lately... and the earthquake in Colorado was fairly close to it. is it getting ready to burp?

keep this in mind re: the earthquake locations in Colorado and Virginia:

Colorado Quake Location:
37.070°N, 104.700°W

Virginia Quake Location:
37.881°N, 77.952°W

OK.... so that's just some stuff i pulled from around the web. they're not necessarily my feelings or concerns, but i'm just sharing them with you all...

JUST SO YOU KNOW

HAVE YOU SEEN?: SKRILLEX "FIRST OF THE YEAR (EQUINOX)"

Skrillex - the Patron Saint of Dubstep - just released his latest video for the track "First of the Year (Equinox)," which features a kid FUCKING SHIT UP. Fucking shit up in the vain of Dexter Morgan, that is.

We challenge you to not want to punch the air, punch your computer, or tighten your fist when the little girl yells "CALL 9-1-1!!!!!"

Justice is served:


And in the spirit of watching little kids fuck shit up, one of our favorite videos: Yeah Yeah Yeah's - "Y-Control":


The YYY's clip kind of reminds me of the London rioters.

HAVE YOU HEARD?: KAISER CHIEFS "I PREDICT A RIOT"

Well, I suppose The Kaiser Chiefs must be feeling pretty smug right now.



Watching the people get lairy
Is not very pretty I tell thee
Walking through town is quite scary
And not very sensible either

A friend of a friend he got beaten
He looked the wrong way at a policeman
Would never have happened to Smeaton
An old Leodensian

La-ah-ah, lalala la la la
Ah-ah-ah, lalala la la la

I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot

I tried to get to my taxi
A man in a tracksuit attacked me
He said that he saw it before me
Wants to get things a bit gory

Girls scrabble around with no clothes on
To borrow a pound for a condom
If it wasn't for chip fat, they'd be frozen
They're not very sensible

La-ah-ah, lalala la la la
Ah-ah-ah, lalala la la la

I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot

And if there's anybody left in here
That doesn't want to be out there

Watching the people get lairy
Is not very pretty I tell thee
Walking through town is quite scary
And not very sensible

La-ah-ah, lalala la la la
Ah-ah-ah, lalala la la la

I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot

And if there's anybody left in here
That doesn't want to be out there

I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot

ARE YOU IN A BAND?

I recently joined the judging panel of YouBloom (along with BOB GELDOF, Rupert Hine, Nigel Grainge, and Conor McNicholas)- a site/community with the purpose of finding and helping talent.

Artists upload their songs to the site and then people vote. The 10 artists with the most amount of votes move on to a judging round where 5 judges pick a winner. This happens a few times a year and the winner of each round gets about $2800. The grand prize winner at the end of the year gets about $14,000 and a bunch of other things.

I can't urge UNSIGNED musician enough: SUBMIT YOUR SONG TO THIS!

Seriously. YouBloom wont own your music. They will just help you out. That's it. You have nothing to lose.

HAVE YOU SEEN?: THE HORRORS LIVE FROM MY APT

Once upon a time, the Horrors played a show in my tiny Lower East Side apartment. Well... they played one song before the cops and fire dept showed up because someone decided to use a smoke machine and so people thought the building was on fire.

IT WAS EPIC.

Watch them performing "Jack The Ripper" right here: