Exciting collabs and side projects!

Nicolas Jaar.

I'm so epic shit at digging up new stuff these days, it really bugs me! I've got all other kinds of things in the air, which is really nice, but it sorta makes being on the fore of new exciting music difficult.


Anyway, Nicolas Jaar wagged his always cool little tail today, with a new EP called Darkside, a collab with Dave Harrington. Jaar does very little wrong, and this is pretty cool, with a wee guitarre... Sounds very much like something Trentemøller could have made, which, remember, isn't the worst thing in the world. Listen to it over here at Gorilla vs. Bear!


In the non-collab zone, can't help thinking how Heavenly Beats remind me of Jens Lekman. Just check out 'Faithless'. In case it reminds you of Beach Fossils too, don't wonder - it is one of the dudes from Beach Fossils...


Oh, and how about this for a potentially mind-blowing, trans-atlantic collab? Hot Chip haven't exactly been buzz band of the year for some time, but here, a few of the Chips team up with Pat Mahoney, drummer of now-defunct kings of NY, LCD Soundsystem, on their new project New Build. On 'Misery Loves Company', both the Chip and the LCD influence are very obvious, and if they cut it right, their debut EP, due 2012, could be a real slam dunk.


Mahoney isn't the only one of the LCD posse on the radar right now. Nancy Whang, along with The Juan MacLean is featuring on this epic Holy Ghost! cover of Ministry's 'I Wanted To Tell Her', themselves part of the DFA crew. Jus' one big, happy family...


Also, I bought tix for darling Leslie Feist's show in Copenhagen in March, which is gonna be epic! Also, new Sigur Rós album coming up, what an effing treat, especially if that means they're coming our way soon too (Roskilde, perhaps!).