Download: The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother here.
The return of Regina Spektor

Two new songs have hit the internetz recently and perhaps Regina Spektor agrees with me because Far, her fifth studio album, seems to be a return to what she’s known for; beautifully written piano ballads with a touch of quirk. Rejoice!
Anyone who saw Regina at the Enmore Theatre a couple of years back will remember this ditty as it was one of the songs performed that night that “blue” (lololololol, see what I did there??) the audience away. Needless to say, the studio version is about fifty thousand times better than the early demo version we heard that night. Check it out below along with “Laughing With”, another pianoey tune which you’ll be able to hold in your hot little hands when Far drops on the 23rd June.
Regina Spektor - Blue Lips.mp3 (via Stereogum)
Regina Spektor - Laughing With.mp3
Also, it looks like there’s been some line up changes in camp Weezer (at least in the “live” arena) which has devoted fan boys such as myself wondering how Album 7 will sound. Pat has stepped up from the drum kit, Davey Grohly style, taking over guitar duties from Rivers, who is rocking the mic stand like an awkward teenager with mild autism. Which is actually fucking way cooler than it sounds. And the new bro on drums is Josh Freese, who does his thing in that band called A Perfect Circle. But this is just the LIVE SET UP, OK? Rivers had said in an interview that I can’t find at the moment that he was more about the singing than guitar playing these days, which both worries and excites me. It excites me because if he’s letting other dudes step up in the studio, some new ideas that actually sound good and cool could be the end result. It worries me because I spend about 20 minutes a week playing the solo to “Say It Ain’t So” on my air guitar in my bedroom.

THE WHITE STRIPES
Aren’t dead! They’re just, taking some time off. Jack recently told MusicRadar in a “tell-all” interview that he and Meg have recorded some songs in his new Third Man home studio, with a new album looking like it will be released in 2k10. Oh, and Meg’s acute anxiety that forced the pair to stop touring Icky Thump? She’s built a bridge and is SO OVER IT. YOU GO GIRL. She’s also marrying Patti Smith’s son. Whut?
THE DEAD WEATHER
Have released the cover to their upcoming debut Horehound (awes title/above) and it’s droppin’ like PhotoBooth bombs on July 14. I wonder how hard it was for Jack to NOT be in the cover?
JACK WHITE & THE DEX ROMWEBER DUO?
Jack White’s life goal of “doing everything” is looking like it’s still on on track, as he just recorded a 7″ in his home studio with the The Dex Romweber Duo, whoever they are. They were probably just walking past and he yelled out the window “YOU GOT TEN MINUTES TO RECORD A 7″ WITH ME, JACK WHITE?” Bottom line: JACK WHITE EATS 7″‘S FOR BREAKFAST.

But rather than change this site’s content all up, willy nilly, I thought I would would tread journalistic/blog water by slowly migrating video game news into posts that appear to be about music. Like this: Chris Colonna, front guy for The Bumblebeez aka Bumblebeez 81 has created a song using his Nintendo DSi.
How was that?
Oh yeah, you can get the song here! It’s called “Misfit”.

Stalking Totally crazy coincidences aside, the answer to the mindblowing mystery of Sarah Blasko’s whereabouts has come at last in the form of her brand new single, “All I Want”. It seems that keeping in tradition with the previous two albums, Sarah has yet again chosen to travel abroad to record album nĂºmero tres, this time with the help of Bjorn Yttling (that’s Bjorn of Peter, Bjorn and John fame, folks) in his hometown of Stockholm, Sweden.
The album, As Day Follows Night will be released on July 10, and if this first single “All I Want” is anything to go by then it will be as delicate, whimsical, absolutely delightful and other pretty girly things as her previous two releases.
On a sidenote, I shudder to think what this promo photo is going to do to scenester fashion in the coming months when female Blasko fans catch a glimpse of that bow tie. Girls everywhere will be burning their Sarah Blasko summer dresses and replacing them with frilly blouses and oversized bow ties… aaany minute now…
Take an aural sneak peek at “All I Want” right here!

Listen (via The Fader): Wavves - Friends Were Gone.mp3
MP3 - Talons “Keys and Codes”

The good folks from Rice Is Nice have sent the song “Keys and Codes” over as an mp3 file to share with you, our readers. I just put it on my iPod and went for a walk in the park. As the song played, I noticed myself starting to power walk/jog which is my body’s way of telling me that “I really like the song” and/or “it’s cool”.
I was lucky enough to see Talons perform at Spectrum last month and they were really good, however, most of their set is hazy to me as a result of the excellent DJ #grunge crew before they played, Undercutzz. Next big thing, yo.
The Dead Weather Rock The Bowery
Google weather tells me it was raining yesterday for the gig, which is rather fitting given the band’s gloomy-seasonal moniker. Jack White’s representatives are yet to give me a confirmation on whether or not Jack used voodoo/black magic to make it happen, but my sources indicate that “he did”. Breaking news right there, peeps.
Here’s a video shamelessly embedded from the “relevant” music blog, The Modern Age.

Fans of Michel Gondry’s previous Director’s Series DVD which featured two discs of back to back music videos, short films and various other tidbits created by the genius himself, will be pleased to see that the long awaited sequel Michel Gondry 2: More Videos, is available to purchase as a website exclusive. But wait, there’s MORE. Comic books, tshirts, calendars, the extra special French edition of Science of Sleep, and uh, toilet rolls are only just a PayPal transaction away at MichelGondry.com.
Here’s a taste of Michel Gondry 2, featuring 12MC favs The White Stripes and Conan O’Brian behind the scenes of “The Denial Twist” video directed by Gondry back in late 2005.
Thank God It’s Covers
I couldn’t agree more, Alex! Quite shamefully I have been known to pump Britney’s version throughout 12MCHQ, much to Angus and the rest of the Inner West’s horror. Thanks to Alex Kapranos I no longer have to hide my secret love for this song, and am actually considering celebrating it further by purchasing tickets to Britney’s upcoming Australian tour. Well, okay… we’ll see about that one, let’s not get too crazy.
Check out Alex & co. giving it their best shot below.

Packed into a “Oxford St. night spot” several other “important” media high flyers and myself were treated to an intimate showcase of the band’s upcoming debut album, which their manager (maybe not manager but he was older and wearing smart casual attire) explained would not be released for ten weeks. That’s how now they are. They can launch an album three months before it’s released. Because they are The Temper Trap.
On paper, it’s all there: actual good songwriting, instrument swapping, killer alt vibes, sweeping vocals, cool hats and good catering (mini chicken burgers!!!) - yet I cannot help but wonder what it would be like if The Temper Trap ripped up said metaphorical paper and did away with the rules. I’ll be super interested to listen to the record once it drops, if I can remember them in ten weeks time. Even if I have forgotten them completely, at least on April 1st, 2009, The Temper Trap were the epitome of “now”. Alternatively, in ten weeks time I could be eating all of my words when they are the biggest band on the planet, so let’s see.
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- The return of Regina Spektor
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