YOUNG RIVAL "Bent Out Of Shape"

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As Hamilton's Young Rival prepare to tour North America with Paper Baglabelmates Born Ruffians in support of the recent Interior Light, they have shared a video for the track "Bent Out of Shape." 

The song is a psych-tinged pop ditty that's filled with Beatles-esque harmonies. For the accompanying visuals, we see a retro footage of a woman dancing in front of an empty stage. A crowd looks meekly on as the camera circles around and captures the extended, slightly bizarre routine. 

Watch the clip at the bottom of the page. Also below, see the band's tour schedule. Perhaps fans can use some of the moves from this video while dancing along during Young Rival's sets? 

Tour dates: 

10/30 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Nightclub * 
11/02 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's * 
11/03 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel * 
11/04 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Backroom * 
11/06 Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5 * 
11/07 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon * 
11/08 Houston, TX - Studio at Warehouse Live * 
11/09 Dallas, TX - Club Dada * 
11/10 Austin, TX - The Sidewinder * 
11/12 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar * 
11/13 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar * 
11/14 Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom * 
11/15 San Francisco, CA - Slim's * 
11/17 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios * 
11/18 Seattle, WA - Barboza * 
11/19 Nanaimo, BC - The Cambie Pub * 
11/20 Victoria, BC - Sugar Nightclub * 
11/21 Vancouver, BC - The Imperial Theatre * 
11/23 Nelson, BC - Spiritbar * 
11/26 Calgary, AB - SAIT's Gateway * 
11/27 Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room * 
11/28 Saskatoon, SK - Amigo's * 
11/29 Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre * 
11/30 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry * 
12/01 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall * 
12/02 Ferndale, MI - The Loving Touch * 
12/03 Windsor, ON - Olde Walkerville Theatre * 
12/17 Toronto, ON - The Horseshoe 
12/18 Hamilton, ON - The Casbah 

* with Born Ruffians 

YOUNG LEAN "Hoover"

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There's no denying that Swedish rapper Yung Lean makes dope music, but he shines the most in the video format. That's why we're happy to share his brand new clip for his single "Hoover." 

The clip opens with a dirt bike jumping over a graveyard on a rainy day — a perfect Yung Lean image to enjoy on Remembrance Day. From there, he gets covered in mud as he delivers the hyped-up hit. 

Watch the new Yung Lean video below. 

"Real Hollywood Stories" with Sam Irving

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I'm a talent agent with Finkle & Finkle and I know things about celebrities.
Listen, I've been around a long time in Hollywood and I've met loads and loads of people in the entertainment industry. And I know all their secrets.

Who do you want to know about first. How about Jennifer Aniston?
 Axe murderer.

Every time she goes on location for a movie, she brings an axe. She does it to unwind after a long day of filming a movie. Some people drink, some people do drugs, Jennifer likes to cruise around town and find random strangers and just kills 'em with an axe. They never catch her...I don't know how, it's Jennifer Aniston for God's sakes.

But, it's nothing like Morgan Freeman.
 Russian sex slaves!

Yes, I was at his house one time and here comes a bunch of naked women walking around with a bowl of cookies. Well, what was I suppose to do say NO to Morgan Freedom when he offers me a cookie? He's a great actor.
I didn't stick around to see the sex...you know why?
Respect.
And I left my glasses in the car...but mostly respect.

Listen, I hear the phone ringing. It must be one of my many famous clients trying to get in touch with me. I don't blame them. Visit this blog next time and I'll tell you how Whoopi Goldberg accidentally grabbed my penis.

Long story/short...it was in a hot dog bun and I told her it was a foot long.

(Sam Irving writes for Pirate Radio)

Swamp Thing "Muddy Step" / "Straight Out the Murk"

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Toronto rap crew Swamp Thing just dropped the follow-up to last year'sOuter Limits LP with a new record called Planet Murk, and now they've unveiled a new clip for album cuts "Muddy Step" and "Straight Out the Murk." You can see them first right here at Exclaim! 
  
Both videos for the two-song package were directed by Daniel Jardine. The first sees Timbuktu, Chokeules and Savilion taking a trek through the great outdoors. The rap trio spit rhymes straight into the camera, while some funky-coloured filters add some extra visual interest. The accompanying shots for "Straight Out the Murk" takes things in the opposite direction, wiping out colour in favour of black-and-white shots of the band goofing off with some homemade pyrotechnics. 
  
"We packed the crew into the whip and headed up north to get some creepy b-movie style shots in the woods," explained Chokeules in a statement. "The concept is also a nod to the golden era, when some of our favourite rappers would squeeze two songs into one music video." 
  
Timbuktu added: "I always loved it when an artist would sneak part of another song into the video. Something extra you're not expecting. That was the idea, a throwback to those two in one videos with a slightly different version you won't hear anywhere else. Plus being able to give a taste of two different songs from two different albums all at once." 
  
You can check out the premiere of the back-to-back clips right now in the player below. Planet Murk is available now through Urbnet. 
  

Elephant Stone "The Devil's Shelter" (ft. Alex Maas)

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Montreal psych troupe Elephant Stone recently teamed up with Alex Maas of the Black Angels for "The Devil's Shelter." Now, they've given the track a video. 

The clip was directed by Elba Berganza, and it reinforces the threatening urgency of the song's Eastern-inflected, sitar-assisted grooves. In keeping with the theme of devilish darkness, we see a black-clad woman running franticly around a gothic landscape of wheat fields, railway tracks and rubble-strewn ruins. 

Scroll past Elephant Stone's tour schedule below to watch it. Meanwhile, the band have an LP planned for 2016. 

Tour dates: 

11/12 San Diego, CA - Whistle Stop 
11/13 Los Angeles, CA - Hotel Cafe 
11/14 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room 
11/18 Seattle, WA - LoFi 
11/19 Vancouver, BC - The Cobalt 
11/20 Portland, OR - Bunk Bar 
11/21 Oakland, CA - The New Parish 

Travis Barker "100" (ft. Tyga, Kid Ink, Ty Dolla $ign, IAMSU!)

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Everybody clear your schedules: there's a party going on at Travis Barker's house. This wild bash is chronicled with the video for his star-studded, bouncy hip-hop single "100." 

The black-and-white clip depicts a lavish, Great Gatsby-style party taking place at a mansion in the Hollywood Hills. A preening Barker twirls his stick as the drummer of a band that's set up in the house, while glamorous-looking women hang around and a litany of guest stars — Tyga, Kid Ink, Ty Dolla $ign & IAMSU! — swing by to rap the verses amidst blatant product placements. With burning bills and a house-trashing finale, this party is as destructive as it is fancy. 

Watch the clip below. 

Meanwhile, Barker's band Blink-182 have been moving on since theirsplit with Tom DeLonge by working on a new album and reissuing past efforts on cassette. 

DELORES HAZE "Touch Me" release

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Stockholm band Dolores Haze often make headlines for odd reasons. Recent exploits include their guitarist Groovy Nickz narrowly avoiding death at the hands of a falling Swedish music legend and then bassist Groovy Fuck (there’s a theme developing here) convincing an English journalist that her first name really was Fuck ( “it doesn’t mean Fuck in Swedish”). Outside of this capacity for incident, they’re also a really great band. Their Accidental EP was four songs of debased sludge rock, wrapped up with a cover of Peaches‘ ‘Fuck The Pain Away’. Their first full length album, The Haze Is Forever is about to drop and ahead of that they’ve released a video for recent single ‘Touch Me’

‘Touch Me’ sounds like something a sleazier version of The Pixies would turn out, all shoegaze drawl and moody atmosphere. It’s therefore been treated with a suitably dusky video, filmed in some kind of bunker low on natural light and high on chains, vomit and other vaguely unsettling occurrings.The Haze Is Forever is out on November 13th on Woah Dad.

Artists: 

• Dolores Haze

"Conspiracy Theory" with Frank Finkle (MK ULTRA)

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My name is Frank Finkle and this is my Conspiracy Theory.

Is the government using mind control to keep us buying Pharmacy drugs?

Although initially seen as another fanciful conspiracy theory, this one turned out to be true. The CIA really did run secret mind-control experiments on American citizens from the 1950s until 1973, using "electronics, hypnosis, sensory deprivation and verbal and sexual abuse". In 1995, President Bill Clinton issued a formal apology for Project MKUltra, as it was known. It is believed that 'Unabomber' Theodore Kaczynski was part of these experiments, although that detail has yet to be confirmed.

Many side effects have lead to...

"Hey Frank, you want some pancakes?"

Lou, we can't keep cutting each other off everyday when we do a post.

"So, that's a NO on the pancakes?"

...I didn't say that. You got any blueberries? I'll take mine with blueberries.

Project MKUltra—sometimes referred to as the CIA's mind control program—was the code name given to an illegal program of experiments on human subjects, designed and undertaken by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Experiments on humans were intended to identify and develop drugs and procedures to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual to force confessions through mind control. Organized through the Scientific Intelligence Division of the CIA, the project coordinated with the Special Operations Division of the U.S. Army's Chemical Corps.The program began in the early 1950s, was officially sanctioned in 1953, was reduced in scope in 1964, further curtailed in 1967 and officially halted in 1973. The program engaged in many illegal activities; in particular it used unwitting U.S. and Canadian citizens as its test subjects, which led to controversy regarding its legitimacy. MKUltra used numerous methodologies to manipulate people's mental states and alter brain functions, including the surreptitious administration of drugs (especially LSD), hypnosis, sensory deprivation, isolation, verbal and sexual abuse, as well as various forms of torture.

The scope of Project MKUltra was broad, with research undertaken at 80 institutions, including 44 colleges and universities, as well as hospitals, prisons, and pharmaceutical companies.

"We're out of blueberries. How about raisins?"

Yeah, I guess if you don't have them. I need something to take with my Paxil.

My name is Frank Finkle and this was my Conspiracy Theory.