In Other News . . . FIDLAR collaborate with Funny or Die on new video

Los Angeles garage-punk group FIDLAR have released what is possibly the most controversial and very NSFW video of the year for their single “Cocaine” if you thought Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" was bad brace yourself. The video is a collaboration with Will Ferrell's “Funny or Die” website which features a variety of content from many famous faces (James Franco, Ryan Gosling, Mila Kunis etc.). The video opens with “Parks and Recreation” actor Nick Offerman, who plays Ronald Ulysses “Ron” Swanson head of the Pawnee Parks department, in a wood workshop, typical of Offerman's character. Offerman then receives word that he is fired, goes out for beers and spends the rest of the video exploring different locations of Hollywood whilst constantly urinating powerfully over all that stands in his way managing at one point to pot a golf ball with his bodily fluids.

The band, who are currently on tour in Australia, are not ones to shy away from controversy with their name being an acronym for F**k it dog, life's a risk and their name prior to FIDLAR being F**k The Clock. Singers Zac Carper and Elvis Kuehn also admitted in an interview with Pitchfork that the “We were really hungover, and we just said, “Let's just try to jam”. It seems that depicting and living debauchery filled lifestyles is the key to success as they continue to gain a global following.

After touring Australia FIDLAR will play Reading and Leeds festival before returning to tour America. Their self-titled début was released in January via Wichita in the UK and Mom+Pop Music in America.

Watch the video for "Cocaine" below via Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKotlAWXsyw

In Other News . . . Kings of Leon unveil new single

Kings of Leon have returned with the lead single from their new album “Mechanical Bull”. The single, entitled “Supersoaker”, was aired last night on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show where the band also revealed their interesting process for selecting singles. Drummer Nathan Followill explained “Every song Caleb hates is a guaranteed smash hit, a grammy or a BRIT award”. This selection process may have arrived from singer Caleb wanting to exclude “Sex on Fire” from 2008's “Only By The Night” the single that provided them with their first number 1 in many countries, the UK included.

“Supersoaker” shows the band looking back over to their shoulders to earlier albums with the song evoking a similar feel to “Aha Shake Heartbreak” hits “The Bucket” and King of the Rodeo”. This reflective sound is something the band were conscious of with bass player Jared speaking in a Q&A session with fans on twitter describing the “vibe” of the new album being more similar to their first two efforts 2003's Youth and Young Manhood and 2004's Aha Shake Heartbreak.

Mechanical Bull, Kings of Leon's sixth album, was produced by long term collaborator Angelo Petraglia and will be released via RCA Records on September 23^rd in the UK.

Listen to Supersoaker via Youtube below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64a15jJqFDk

In Other News . . . Phoenix unveil video in collaboration with The Creators Project

The French group Phoenix have released a video for their track “Trying To Be Cool” taken from their 2013 self-produced effort “Bankrupt!” The video was released as part of “The Creators Project”, established by Vice and Intel, acts as a platform to showcase “visionary artists across multiple disciplines who are using technology in innovative ways to push the boundaries of creative expression”. The directors on showcase in the video are the Spanish film collective CANADA who have also worked with JUSTICE in the past on the video for “New Lands”. The video shows the band passing through a series of different shots inside an Andy Warhol's factory style setting, with a countdown starting and progressing within each frame. The idea behind the piece was to show two film crews each taking turns for each shot with the countdown, reminiscent of the start of a cinema reel, indicating when the changeover will take place. When the countdown hits zero the film switches to the other crew whether they are ready or not, in the latter case the film goes to black.

Phoenix are currently undergoing a world tour that will finish on November 23^rd in Lille, France.
Watch the video via Youtube below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OePvsCfKHJg