The White Stripes share 90-minute animated yule log video

THE WHITE STRIPES SHARE 90-MINUTE ANIMATED YULE LOG VIDEO FEATURING GREATEST HITS SONGS, ACOUSTIC TRACKS, RARE B-SIDES AND ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS SONG, “CANDY CANE CHILDREN” THE WHITE STRIPES GREATEST HITS OUT NOW

Still from The White Stripes Animated Yule Log Video

The White Stripes have put their own spin on the classic yule log video with a 90-minute looping illustrated clip directed by Noah Sterling. The video’s soundtrack consists of songs from The White Stripes Greatest Hits (out now via Third Man/Columbia), acoustic tracks, rare b-sides and the original Christmas song “Candy Cane Children.” WATCH THE WHITE STRIPES YULE LOG VIDEO The first-ever official anthology of recordings from the iconic rock duo, Jack and Meg White, The White Stripes Greatest Hits highlights 26 fan-favorite and classic songs including “Seven Nation Army,” “Fell In Love With A Girl,” “Hotel Yorba,” “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground,” “Hello Operator,” “Icky Thump,” “Apple Blossom,” and more (full track list below). The White Stripes Greatest Hits is available now digitally worldwide and on vinyl (2xLP black vinyl) and CD in the US, as well as on CD in Canada. Vinyl and CD for the rest of the world will be available on February 12, 2021. Praise for The White Stripes Greatest Hits: “Long live the greatest hits album… The White Stripes show the joy and the oddness of a collection of hit singles… The sequencing feels like yet another example of the band’s penchant for dualities… In between those poles is a comprehensive rundown of the band’s many feats.” --The New Yorker “[A] warranted and even necessary revisionism for one of the great (and misunderstood) bands of their era.” -UPROXX “These 26 songs are a reminder of just how potent they could be together, and that’s as compelling a reason as any to dig into their music all over again.” -Paste (9.0) “(The White Stripes Greatest Hits) neatly reflects the evolution of the band without ever becoming a predictable, chronologically ordered Singles Collection…the album makes space for everything, flowing neatly between vibes rather than eras.”  -CLASH (8/10) “The breadth and depth of how much they did while still keeping it (relatively) simple is so evident. It’s almost as if we’re primed to rediscover the band all over again. Which is no small joy.”  -DIY (5/5) “The phenomenal essence of the Stripes, as timeless and potent as ever.” -MOJO (4/5) “A rowdy gathering of rock, roll and everything in between… You’d be hard-pressed to imagine how two musicians could manage the feat of making music that delivered the fluidity of Jimi Hendrix, the vigour of Led Zeppelin and the compacted history of blues/country in one complete, combustible package.”  -The Irish Times (4/5)

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LATE NIGHT RADIO Final Edition 013 with Bee Gees, Daft Punk, White Stripes, Wire, Ladytron, James Brown, and more

LATE NIGHT RADIO Special Edition 013

FINAL SHOW DECEMBER 2020

Alexander Laurence (The Portable Infinite)

LINK: https://www.mixcloud.com/infinitealexander/late-night-radio-013-episode/

1. BEE GEES vs AD/DC "Staying In Black" (Wax Audio)
2. WHITE STRIPES vs BLONDIE "Mashup 2003" (23AD)
3. GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI "Christina"
4. WIRE vs ELASTICA "Three Girl Rhumba/Connection"
5. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE vs CCR "Killing In A Bad Moon"
6. TOMCRAFT vs LADYTRON "Seventeen"
7. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS "Space Age Love Song" (Razormaid Remix)
8. TINA TURNER + THE WHO "Acid Queen"
9. STEVIE WONDER vs THE CLASH "Uptight"
10. XTC "Nigel" mashup
11. SONIC YOUTH vs NIRVANA "Breed Kool Thing" (2ManyDJs remix)
12. DUA LIPA vs MADONNA "Don't Start Now + Hung Up"
13. RADIOHEAD "Everything" mashup
14. FLATTS & SCRUGGS "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" remix
15. HOMELAND "Alexander The Metal Worker"
16. PINK FLOYD vs BEE GEES "Staying Alive In The Wall" (wax audio)
17. LANA DEL REY vs MARINA "National Anthem/Bubblegum Bitch"
18. JAMES BROWN vs MOTORHEAD "Superkill"
19. TEMPTATIONS vs BLACK SABBATH "Get Ready For The Grave"
20. DAFT PUNK "Get Lucky" (DJ Erb) 

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RELAX BABY BE COOL THE ARTISTRY AND AUDACITY OF SERGE GAINSBOURG BY JEREMY ALLEN

RELAX BABY BE COOL THE ARTISTRY AND AUDACITY OF SERGE GAINSBOURG BY JEREMY ALLEN

Published in February 2021, ahead of the 30th anniversary of Gainsbourg’s death, Relax Baby Be Cool is a major new work that seeks to deconstruct the myth of France’s finest musical export. ‘Relax Baby Be Cool is a trip into unraveling the mind and genius of one of the greatest artists of all time. Although Gainsbourg’s music has been discovered by new generations, his life has rarely been illuminated and contextualized with such style and insight.’ BECK

Why has Serge Gainsbourg crossed over to the English-speaking world when so many of his contemporaries have remained largely confined to the Francosphere? What is it about this unshaven provocateur that so appeals to us? And who was the real Serge Gainsbourg anyway? Was he the sensitive seducer and songwriting colossus of the 60s and 70s? Was he Lucien Ginsburg, the son of Russian Jewish refugees who had to wear a yellow star during the Nazi Occupation of Paris? Or was he Gainsbarre, the deplorable, attention-seeking drunk who shamelessly propositioned Whitney Houston on live TV?   ‘My father could be bad mannered, and thank God that he was. He wasn’t a bad person—on the contrary, I’ve rarely met anyone so intelligent, so respectful, so deep. I want to believe that we could accommodate his provocations now.’ CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG   Gainsbourg’s cult has only grown since his death in 1991, and Histoire de Melody Nelson is now regarded as a classic in France and internationally. The 1971 album had only sold eighty thousand copies by 1986 when it finally went gold fifteen years after its release; its canonical elevation is a remarkable story, and there are many more remarkable stories attached to all of Gainsbourg’s genre-defying, transgressive long-players. In Relax Baby Be Cool, writer Jeremy Allen takes each studio album in turn while exploring themes pertinent to Gainsbourg’s life and music: jazz, performance, provocation, appropriation, postmodernism, aesthetics, metamorphosis, muses, fame, film and television, Surrealism, the Nazi occupation of Paris, and his eventual decline.   ‘Serge is a deep inspiration to me and my music: the combination of compositional eclecticism, his constant state of evolution, his wonderful sense of provocation, and of course—his otherworldly, penetrating, and intimate voice. A giant figure in my life, and a magical guiding light from an era I was born in—now, and forever.’ MIKE PATTON   French pop music is more popular than it’s been since the mid-90s, when the French touch was breaking. Gainsbourg’s influence has also been huge on alternative music: from Pulp to Massive Attack, De La Soul to Danger Mouse, Black Grape to Iggy Pop, Luke Vibert to Die Antwoord, Air to Kylie Minogue. This book is full of new interviews from people who knew him, as well as younger artists who’ve discovered him long after his death. Contributors include Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jacqueline Ginsburg (Gainsbourg’s sister), Anna Karina, Mike Patton, Etienne Daho, Sly Dunbar, Alan Hawkshaw, Alan Parker, Jean-Claude Vannier, Tony Frank, Tony Allen, Mick Harvey, Bertrand Burgalat, Acid Arab, Jehnny Beth, Alain Chamfort, Metronomy, David Holmes, Blonde Redhead, Air, Sparks, Will Oldham, Sebastien Tellier, and many more.

Neon Indian, Drugdealer, Black Marble, Sofie & many more share new Holiday music for charity in new video compilation

Neon Indian, Drugdealer, Black Marble, Sofie & many more share new Holiday music for charity in new video compilation

WATCH: SYNTHMAS: A Holiday Special



Presenting SYNTHMAS - hosted and produced by Jimmy Whispers & Maraschino

Watch it here:
https://youtu.be/y_F3s35uT_A

Also, streaming today at 8pm GMT on NTS Radio

Jimmy Whispers and Maraschino have teamed up with their friends to bring you SYNTHMAS - a one-hour Holiday Special / video collection with synth-based performances of Christmas classics and originals by Dam-Funk, The Space Lady, Neon Indian, Mac DeMarco, Cola Boyy, Black Marble, Geneva Jacuzzi, Sofie, Jimmy Whispers, Maraschino, Dent May, Drugdealer, Tim Koh, Jack Name, Superstar & Star, Toucan and Jamen. This Christmas special is a gift to you, the viewer. If you enjoy it, donations to Alexandria House and/or Save Our Stages are encouraged.



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NEW NOISE 2020 show 26: the best music of 2020

Coming this FRIDAY December 25th / 3pm PST

NEW NOISE w/ Alexander Laurence (The Portable Infinite) 

ONE HOUR ALL NEW MUSIC SHOW

The best of 2020: PART THREE

Cracking into the top thirty albums.

This coming Friday at 3pm Pacific Time, Alexander Laurence’s cutting edge 1-hour radio show, New Noise will broadcast on RadioKAJW on Live365.

December 25th, Friday at 3pm PST. All new music and some old favorites for a great electronic disco party.

Live Streaming: https://live365. com/station/RadioKAJW-a51134

Listen to previous shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/infinitealexander/

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New FRANK ZAPPA Tribute Beer, “Why Does It Hurt When IPA?” Set To Debut 12/21

NEW FRANK ZAPPA TRIBUTE BEER, “WHY DOES IT HURT WHEN IPA?” SET TO DEBUT ON ZAPPA’S BIRTHDAY, DECEMBER 21

The ZAPPA TRUST and San Diego-based Duckfoot Brewery Co have teamed up to launch a new FRANK ZAPPA tribute beer, Why Does It Hurt When IPA? It’s set to debut on ZAPPA’s birthday, December 21.  It’s a wild, improvisational jam of an IPA, brewed with ZAPPA hops, Simcoe and Cascade. The West Coast-style IPA has notes of passion fruit, spice and grapefruit (a favorite of FRANK ZAPPA’s) with a clean and dry finish. The can features never-before-published photos of Frank which pair nicely with the beer itself. In addition, the label explains more, “the Zappa hop, like the man, has a hugely eclectic style. Published flavor notes have ranged from passion fruit, mint, spicy, savory, fruity cereal, and uh...purple. (Try the beer, you’ll get it). Just like Frank, this hop is one of a kind and awesome.”

You can order Why Does It Hurt When IPA? by visiting ZappaBrew.com. The beer is offered solely in the U.S. as a 6-pack ONLY at 4.99 per beer, plus a flat rate of $25 shipping. There is a limit of two six packs per customer (with the shipping rate of $25). CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO The beer, which like many things ZAPPA, came about through a personal connection. Duckfoot co-founder, Matt DelVecchio, a ZAPPA fan from the age of six, is a longtime friend of Zappa Plays Zappa touring musician Pete Griffin who made the intro to the family. “Our new friends (but they feel like old friends) at Duck Foot Brewing Co are making a delicious new brew using the Zappa hop,” AHMET ZAPPA says. “Stay home, be safe and enjoy Why Does It Hurt When IPA? responsibly. All the Zappa Trust proceeds from this batch will go to support the music community in need. Music is the Best!” “We are so beyond thrilled to be making a beer for one of our favorite musicians of all time," Matt Delvecchio, Head Quack/Founder, Duck Foot Brewing Co adds. Look for AHMET and the Duck Foot Brewing Co team to do an online meeting in the new year to discuss everything about the beer and take questions from fans around the world. Why Does It Hurt When IPA? comes at the end of a busy year for ZAPPA. Beyond the releases of The Mothers 1970 and Halloween 81 earlier in the year, last month saw the debut of the long-awaited and highly-acclaimed Alex Winter documentary, “Zappa.” The film tells the story about the prolific genius composer, free speech activist, cultural ambassador to Czechoslovakia and legendary musician, Frank Zappa.  It was accompanied by the surprise digital release of the corresponding Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. A perfect complement to the film, the 68-track soundtrack is available to stream and download now via Zappa Records/UMe. “Zappa” is now available everywhere in the U.S. from Magnolia Pictures. www.zappa.com https://duckfootbeer.com/

KATY PERRY UNVEILS OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “NOT THE END OF THE WORLD”

KATY PERRY UNVEILS OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “NOT THE END OF THE WORLD,” STARRING ZOOEY DESCHANEL   Song Is From Katy’s New Album, SMILE

Watch HERE After years of being mistaken for one another by fans, Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel find that even extraterrestrials have trouble telling them apart in the official video for “Not the End of the World,” which premiered today on Vevo. While on maternity leave, Katy set the concept in motion, suggesting that the acclaimed actress-musician step in for her. Female directing duo Similar But Different (The Chainsmokers, Liam Payne) rose to the challenge, concocting a tale of mistaken identity with nods to sci-fi films and Katy’s “California Gurls” video. Acting on orders to abduct Katy, two aliens accidentally beam up Zooey instead. Can Zooey pull off a Katy Perry concert and save Planet Earth from self-destruction? Watch HERE to find out.   “Not the End of the World” is a track from Katy’s new album, SMILE, which has sold over 1.25 million adjusted albums, with nearly two billion combined streams to date. Download / stream SMILE HERE. Katy performed a medley of “Never Really Over,” ”Not the End of the World” and ”Roar” at the T Mall Double 11 Gala and teamed up with Darius Rucker for a soulful rendition of “Only Love” at the American Music Awards. She also appeared in “The Disney Holiday Singalong,” which aired on ABC. View her segment, which features “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Cozy Little Christmas,” HERE.   Katy recently came together with Coca-Cola to reimagine “Resilient” – a song from SMILE. Partnering with critically acclaimed DJ/producer Tiësto and introducing the vocal stylings of rising star Aitana, the remix is an uplifting, inclusive anthem for our times. Listen to “Resilient” feat. Aitana (Tiësto Remix) HERE. The accompanying visual – “Resilient” feat. Aitana (Tiësto Remix) - Open To Better Film – reflects the positivity and optimism of the Coca-Cola ‘Open’ platform. View HERE.   The Los Angeles Times hailed SMILE as “still quintessentially Perry: buoyant, playful, neon pop” in a recent Sunday Calendar cover story. Rolling Stone said, “Katy Perry gets back to basics” with Smile and, praising the title track, noted, “Over an upbeat, dance-driven groove to match the positive vibes of the lyrics, Perry extols the virtue of perseverance.” US Weekly said, “‘Only Love’ is a stunning, finger-snapping midtempo about moving on from mistakes.” USA Today observed, “Perry's newfound joy and contentment come through on much of ‘Smile,’ which contains some of her catchiest and most carefree songs since 2013's ‘Prism.’" RIFF Magazine declared, “Smile is the album that meets the moment of the age we live in. A fitting celebration of strength, pain and individuality under dire circumstances.”   About Katy Perry Since Katy Perry’s Capitol Records debut in 2008 with One of the Boys, she has racked up a cumulative 50 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 48 million adjusted albums and 135 million tracks with her albums One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, PRISM and Witness. Her summer 2019 single, “Never Really Over,” off her latest album SMILE, is certified GOLD and was the biggest streaming launch of Katy’s musical career. 2020’s SMILE release has sold over 1.25 million adjusted albums, with nearly 2 Billion combined streams to date. Views of her 2013 video “Roar” recently surpassed three billion views – making Katy the first female artist to reach this milestone, while “Dark Horse” is close behind with over 2.9 billion views. Katy was also the first female artist to have four videos surpass a billion views each. Her videos for “Firework” and “Last Friday Night” have over one billion views. Katy’s 2015 Super Bowl performance is the highest-rated in the event’s history. She is one of only five artists in history to have topped 100 million certified units with their digital singles – and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist to join the elite RIAA 100 Million Certified Songs club. Aside from being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador as a result of her commitment to improving the lives of children worldwide. Katy has used her powerful voice to advocate for children and support UNICEF’s mission to ensure every child’s right to health, education, equality, and protection. She was awarded with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award in 2016.   Katy has also been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Trevor Project's Hero Award in 2012, the Human Rights Campaign's National Equality Award in 2017, and amfAR’s Award of Courage in 2018. She has also performed at various events to raise funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS, including 2009's Life Ball and 2016's amfAR Cannes Gala.   About Zooey Deschanel Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy nominee and Critics’ Choice Award winner Zooey Deschanel has charmed big and small screen audiences through her nuanced leading performances in films like “(500) Days of Summer,” the Christmas classic “Elf,” “Yes Man,” “Almost Famous” and the hit television series,“New Girl”.  Her band, She & Him, has released six albums.

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