Our friends at Sick Of The Radio have posted another great photo blog that reminds us of the Penelope Spheeris ‘84 cult classic Suburbia. Three years after her groundbreaking doc The Decline Of Western Civilization, and pre-dating  Wayne’s World, Spheeris traced a bunch of suburban punk runaways, including a very young, and then unknown Flea from The Chili Peppers, who squat out a minimalist, punk lifestyle in an abandoned tract home and display some, well,  “DIY” after school special acting chops. Worth dropping in the netflix queue  for the live footage of D.I. performing “Richard Hung Himself” and True sounds of liberty performing “darker my love”…and of course mini Flea putting a rat in his mouth.

In a similar vein of Suburbia, “Irish Photographer and filmmaker Niall O’Brien followed around an photographed south-west London punks for four years compiling his “Superhero” series which showed a few months back entitled “Good Rats”. In a quote from a recent interview Niall said,”I walk around with these kids and the noses that are turned up are unbelievable, people are disgusted by the kids and they think of them as rats, people think they’re despicable, but I feel, in my heart of hearts that they are good kids. Hanging the show has been easy, Art Works Space is a really beautiful gallery, I saw it and just thought yeah, perfect. It’s a massive space and I’ve had to fill it, I’ve never done things by halves, (laughs).” (sickoftheradio.com)

Check out some more images from “Superhero” below”:

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And here are some scenes from Suburbia. Seriously, check out mini Flea:

If you haven’t checked out Brooklyn quartet Sucker’s most recent album Wild Smile, which followed up last years eponymous four-song EP,  you can stream it below. Or if you order it from the band on their site here, you will  immediately get a digital download of the entire album, along with a pair of exclusive acoustic renditions of tracks “Martha” and “Black Sheep” from the LP sent directly to your email address. While the cover art alone is worth buying the Anand Wilder (Yeasayer) produced album, there are some really awesome jams here; a solid mix of indie-art rock, thats equal part experimental and accessible, at times, echoing some of the glam grandeur of Bowie.  Check back soon with Discosalt for our full interview with the band, where we discuss everything from their new tour with Menomena to The Smurfs.

Bro-fi rap duo Das Racist have a new video/nyc social commentary directed by Thomas De Napoli in the form of an 8-bit nintendo style animation for their sinlge “Who’s That? Brooown!”. Typical day for the guys is just like yours, only more so.  Dodge golf balls and beer bottles in Murray Hill, Kill Hipsters, Buy “Jamerican” Apparel clothes, avoid getting married, frogger the east river, shoplift irony beer at Brooklyn Bodega and make it to the show.  Only thing missing is the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Check out the bands official website for the Das Racist game too and get rewarded.
Play the game at http://dasracist.net/whosthatbrown.html

Top 10 scorers will be rewarded

Band of Horses performing live at Bush Hall in London, England on August 26, 2010.

Last night our Canadian heroes, Black Mountain, shook the stage of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, playing the first single off of their upcoming album, Wilderness Heart. Wilderness Heart will be released by Jagjaguwar on September 14th in North America (13th in UK). Pre-orders will still receive a poster of the Wilderness Heart artwork as well as a digital instant gratification download of the entire album. Click here to pre-order!

Download “The Hair Song” at Jagjaguwar
Download “Old Fangs” at Jagjaguwar

Welcome to the world of Common Grackle, the collaboration of two Canadian musical wiz kids – indie pop songwriter and mad-cap illustrator, Gregory Pepper and Saskatoon psych hip hop producer Factor. The Great Depression is what happens when Factor’s recognizable banging drums get enveloped in Gregory Pepper’s lush harmonies, hilariously cynical lyrics, and gorgeous instrumentation. The Great Depression blurs all sorts of lines and tears down all sorts of genre definitions and definitely requires your time. Think the somber confessionals of Elliott Smith, re-worked by Dangermouse!!

Check out the first single off The Great Depression, “The Great Depression” ft. Ceschi Ramos right here. Just click below, right click and save as to download:

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And for the hip-hop heads out there, check out this banger ft. the Spankmaster, Kool Keith “Thank God It’s Monday” ft. Kool Keith below:

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This post comes from our friends on the West Coast at Sick Of The Radio:

“Elizabeth Weinberg lives in Brooklyn, New York, with two cats, a bicycle, and a moped. Her work spans many themes including portraits, and  fashion and  documentary photography. Elizabeth has also done commercial work for Nylon+Casio,  and Sony. She is also working on 3 different projects entitled Abigail, Of Recklessness and Water, and Rattland, check out her website here for more info.”

Check out some more of our favorites below:

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Is there anything more frustrating than when an actor turns out to be a good musician too? Dead Man’s Bones is just one more reason to hate or secretly become facebook fans of Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, The Notebook). Formed between “the Gos” and his buddy Zach Shields, Dead Man Bones released an unexpectedly solid debut album last year, A Never Let a Lack of Talent Get You Down on their own label, Werewolf Heart. The band collaborated with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir in an elderly residents home to create their new, touching,  self-made and not so surprisingly very cinematic video for ” Pa Pa Power”. This is like a really solid short film filled with melancholy sweetness touching on darker elements that all gets reconciled into an upbeat dance party and new gospel choir version of “Pa Pa Power”. Watch the full 13 minute video below:

Discosalt Video of The Week 30/8/10:  Nothing is sweeter than rising late night Cali duo, Kisses. Watch as the band and a geriatric health nut collide in their new video for ” People can do the most amazing things” directed by Julia Bembenek.