I had to.

When you think of Arcade Fire you think of sweeping sounds and haunting lyrics. Some electrobitches think of life. It's deep. Certainly when you hear them you don't think "ah ha! this needs to be remixed." Well, think again, fine readers.With Arcade Fire's newest album, The Suburbs, taking on a more electronic feel, it's much more well-suited to the task. Some of you might say "sacrilege!," but please, just give 'em a listen below then shit on this post.

Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Thunderlust Remix)

Arcade Fire – We Used To Wait (Tronik Youth Patience Edit)

Arcade Fire – Black Mirror (team9 Remix)
(I realize that this song isn't from The Suburbs)

We run away but we don't know why

This post is technically about a really great song. But before I get to that, I want to get all philosophical and shit. Ha ha ha, you’re going to have to read (um, scroll through) all this crap before your ears are pleasured. We here at Electrobitches have never liked our readers. I intend to uphold this tradition.

oh Canada

After spending my Friday night with all these other kids from DC and Baltimore at Merriweather experiencing The Arcade Fire, I've been trying to find other aces that are new (for me) from Canada.

So far...um...I've found this video that I like.

Jaded Hipster Choir (terrible name for a band, but whatever) - Flood of Light



And I think this is fun slash the Canandian version of Dizzee Rascal. Try not to make it to the end of the song when they start shouting "And we all do acid". Thats weird.

Shout Out Out Out - Coming Home




Sorry I didnt mention Nickelback during my Canadian post even though we all know they are the best Canadian band out there.... AHAHA terrible Tuesday humour.

Sonic Beach Vacays on the "W-W-W"

(That's "World Wide Web" for all you scuttlebutts who don't get out much-
Ever heard of it)

I think there might be a secret "underground" cult of loosely-themed vintage beach getaway music blogs on the web.

via Get Off The Coast

I discovered a few early this morning, they seem to post new & old indie-ish dreamy pop that often sounds like it was recorded under the influence of warm weather & summer vacation.
Evidence:
No Resort (who here have posted a video of the 1994-(but-1960s-garage-rock-sounding) Folk Implosion gem 'Slap Me') - This blog is not in English. Don't let it stop you.

Get Off The Coast posted the song 'Baltimore' by the band Tennis.
Haunting, echoey female vocals & fuzzy guitar chords... I am a sucker for this kind of pop).

IN OTHER RELATED NEWS:

Clive Tanaka y su orquesta sent a tape to (friend of the EB blog) Laura (Of Miami) and she kinda geeked about it because
A) most people send her shit music on CDs
B) Beyond the aquamarine cassette tape itself, the packaging was apparently intricate & incredible.

"The whole thing kept getting better as I opened the box, the tape itself looked like something from 1987 and then the music...good stuff [...] the whole experience was fantastic." From one of Laura's blogs, Nightdrive

You can order the original tape from Clive's website, but some mp3s are floating around the web. This is my favorite. It's like I'm listening to a my 1992 family vacation on Sanibel Island.
Clive Tanaka y su orquesta - Neu Chicago

Finally, I leave you with a band that is new to me but perhaps not many others. Best Coast is catchy tunes and lyrics that sound like the love-lorn teenage hopelessness of 50s & 60s girl groups.



A very dear friend played me this fan-made video over the weekend. We decided it is one of the best fan-made music videos since Arcade Fire's My Body Is A Cage (which is, perhaps, the very best).

Until next time: get bent wait i meant "surf's up" or something retarded like that

How to brood/ Here is what is wrong with iPod shuffle:

Hullo.

This is the addition where we here at EB help you, the reader, with a music-related problem you may be having.

Here is the problem with iPod shuffle:

(You can hit the play button on the video after the jump & continue reading)