i know i’ve posted these guys before. from the same album even. but this song shuffled up yesterday and i have to say. it’s one thing to cover a song. it’s quite another completely dismantle a happy pop song and rebuild it into stalker anthem barely reminiscent of the original. and it’s still another to do it so well that you when it’s over, you can barely remember how the original went in the first place. -d

matt + the D&D brothers composed this track special for the new ‘portal 2’ video game. (if you’ve watched hulu at all in the last month, you know which game i’m talking about. it’s the ad with what appear to be the retarded little brothers of the sexy bjork robots.) and the song is good. very nationaly. and it did it’s job. i thought the game looked dumb. now i’m kind of intrigued. -d

*thanks to MelMo for sharing. you should check out the other music blog she guests on.

not quite what i had in mind when i typed ‘sun’ into the iTunes search bar, but man what a track. so dark, so ironious. the whole album is actually really interesting. epic and synthy like so many others, but with a hint of Reznorian creepiness bubbling just beneath the surface. the album isn’t due out for another week or so, but they’ve got loads of great stuff floating around the web to keep you busy till it’s out, including singles, videos, a tumblog and a soundcloud page with some sweet remixes. not bad for a band who has yet to release their debut LP. -d