So Fine

Telepathe are an electro-pop duo from Brooklyn. The two girls have been playing together for years, and were previously in the art/prog rock band Wikkid. I have repeatedly noticed that when I go to Todd P type shows in Brooklyn, Telepathe are one of the only all-female bands in the line-up.

Telepathe recently released their first full length album, Dance Mother (produced by David Sitek from TV on the Radio) on IAMSOUND Records. While their previous releases were more in the pseudo-rap vein, this new record is much more danceable. They are currently on tour with Ladytron and the Faint. Also, one of my favorite young graphic designers, Kate Moross, designed their new t-shirts. I want one.

This song has been playing on repeat in my house. We can't get enough!:


Also, here's an interview they did with NylonTV on Iraqi pop music, being female musicians in the indie world and their cat:

Child Prodigy

Mica Levi AKA Micachu is a 21-year old musician from the UK. She spazzily plays a tiny guitar and has an endearing cockney deadpan. Although she was classically trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, she often uses unconventional instruments which are customized/homemade. She is also a well-known DJ in the London grime scene, and was commissioned to compose an orchestral piece for the London Philharmonic at the mere age of 20.

With her band Micachu & the Shapes, she recently released her debut album Jewellry on Rough Trade Records. She is playing tonight and tomorrow in NYC (March 24: Death by Audio and the 25th: Pianos), if you are around, you should really go!

PS. Thanks Liam!

Never took the art test

For those of you who miss Tracy and the Plastics, they may have "broken-up", but apparently Wynne Greenwood is still making music (and cool weird videos) just like the old days of Tracy, Nikki & Cola. This video was part of an installation called "Face It" she had in 2008 at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects: