THE EARDRUM

Welcome to The Eardrum, the bit where you give your Eyeballs a rest and check out some of the music and videos that we’ve been praising, slating and just plain old ignoring.


Hot Chip - Boy From School
Apparently Hot Chip play "slapcore", perhaps because they slap their funky bass lines. Find out for yourself whether they deserve a genre of their own by watching the video to their latest single here.
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Captain - Broke
More pop excellence with the new single from this London five-piece.
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The Ralfe Band - Women of Japan
Excellent country jaunt in the manner of Will Oldham, with added cowbells. Check out the minisite to watch the video and read our review here.

The Aliens - Robot Man
Two of The Beta Band team up with their former band mate Lone Pigeon to form The Aliens. We saw them perform this live at the Camden Crawl and it was the finest piece of inspired mayhem since, well, The Beta Band. Check out the video here.
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Director - Reconnect
This one has gone top 10 in Ireland. Check out the video for Director's debut single here.
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Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
You know it, the one that's been all over radio, but still not driven you crazy. Step up the overload with the video right here.
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Brakes - All Night Disco Party (2006 reedit)
Rerelease of the one of last year's best songs. Get ready to shake it.
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Justice - Waters of Nazareth
French dudes making typically French, bleepy dance music that some people would compare to Daft Punk, though cleverer folk might see the Motorbass resemblance. Listen to their new single here.

Arctic Monkeys - View From the Afternoon
More stuff from the unstoppable Monkeys in the form of the opening track from the best-selling debut album.
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Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla
New video from Icelandic group for the gorgeous song currently providing the soundtrack to the ads for BBC's supreme Planet Earth.
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Franz Ferdinand - Jeremy Fraser
Another new song from the Franz. This one has them sounding very much like The Auteurs.
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Whirlwind Heat - Reagan
New video from hotly tipped New Cross outfit, taken from their new EP out this week.
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Psapp - Tricycle
Sweet new track from London based duo.
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Duels - Animal
Catchy new song from Leeds band.
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DJ Shadow - 3 Freaks
New tracks from his forthcoming third album available for preview on his website, as well as the video for the hard and hairy 3 Freaks.

Belle & Sebastian - The Blues are Still Blue
Ace new single from the Scottish japsters. Check out our review here.
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Franz Ferdinand - L.Wells
The Franz are back with a new song, the double A-side to the recently release The Fallen single. Check out the video here.
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The Vines - Gross Out
Fancy one and a half minutes of blaring. Welcome back The Vines then.
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