Vice Records - MP3 Blog

Zonkeys (a donkey painted like a zebra), crazy Mexican teens, mariachi bands, Tecate 40s, fights, pig piles, crowd surfing. All in the average night with the Black Lips. When we sent the boys to Tijuana to record Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo we knew we would return with some amazing footage, some fist pumping rock songs and images, for better or for worse, that would live in our minds forever. We're putting out the record on February 20th but you can catch some of the madness now.

Black Lips "Stranger"

Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo trailer
Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo trailer download to your iPod

Paris. The city of love. The city of lights. The city of kissing. The city of Bangers. Ed Banger Records is the jewel of Paris and in 007 they are bringing their unique brand of dark pumping fists bobbing heads shaking asses continual propulsion sweaty elevated theory mindless churning brilliant bouncing smack up side the head in an ironworks factory blender to our shores.

Ed Banger is coming out strong to throw a spotlight on this new Parisian dance-punk movement that they've managed to bring together by releasing a slew of digital EPs, singles and a compilation, Ed Rec Vol. 1, on January 23.

DJ Mehdi feat. Chromeo - "I Am Somebody" MP3
DJ Medhi feat. Chromeo - "I Am Somebody" video

Chromeo have been hard at work on creating a follow up album to make all the pretty young things dance, and Pitchfork has distilled the receipe for their new track, "Tenderoni":

6 cups repetitive keyboard space bass
2 cups "Staying Alive" disco guitar
3 tbsp Zapp & Roger vocoder
1 tsp cowbell
2 small bags of keyboard handclaps
1 fake fadeout

Bring space bass to a boil. Stir in disco guitar, handclaps, and vocoder until an even mixture is achieved. Sprinkle cowbell into broth. Let cool. Pour into bowl, and carefully place fadeout on top. Serves two creeps.

Chromeo "Tenderoni"

This music isn't for everyone. When the Boredoms came to play our Intonation festival in Chicago this summer they brought their whole family and after their incendiary set had a big family dinner. We tried to remember what it felt like before our minds were blown. They've been plowing their way to the forefront of Japan's noise-music community since 1987 and VICE loves them so much, we're reissuing 6 Boredoms records in 007.

On January 23rd we're putting out Super Roots, Super Roots 3 and Super Roots 5 and on February 20 we're releasing Super Roots 6, Super Roots 7 and Super Roots 8 into the world. These albums, EPs, singles and remixes begin with the band at their most violent and absurdist and ends with them at their most magnificently tranced-out and blissful.

Boredoms "Jungle Taitei"