No You Girls

Oh dear, there hasn't been much to post about over the past week or so, I'm still wallowing in my Watchmen obsession. However, Franz Ferdinand's newest single will be "No You Girls," which is easily my favourite track from Tonight. Here's the video.



Also, Gossip Girl is finally back, sort of. \o/

Belated bits of news, name change

• Flight of the Conchords are playing Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium and it will be amazing
• Empire has some new promo photos for The Boat That Rocked, one of my most anticipated 2009 films. The Boat That Rocked, a comedy about a pirate radio station in the 60s, features Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Rhys Darby (Gingerballs ♥), Tom Sturridge, Talulah Riley, Gemma Arterton, and January Jones. With a cast like that, how could you not be ridiculously excited for this film?
• The new Lily Allen album leaked
  
• A nearly-naked photo of Morrissey may be viewed here if you wish to permanently change the way you think about Morrissey
• Franz Ferdinand recently visited Zane Lowe and played a great set at Maida Vale, and Alex Kapranos had a backstage chat with NME.com
  

I've also changed the name to Rushmore Academics, as Are You At The Pictures? was a bit too long for my liking.

Warchild: Heroes tracklisting

Warchild: Heroes tracklisting

This looks great! I can't wait to hear Hot Chip covering "Transmission," it already sounds epic. Franz Ferdinand doing "Call Me" should be pretty good, too. Lily Allen's Clash cover will probably be pretty interesting.

The making of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

I love that they've returned to the more raw production style of their first album, which I always thought was really refreshing. It was almost disappointing to have everything cleaned up on You Could Have It So Much Better, compared to the way they recorded all of the instruments together on the self-titled album. The Survey of Recording Technology class that I took when I was still a music business major gave me a rudimentary understanding of how much the recording space contributes to the sound, and it's obvious that this was recorded in an environment with many stories behind it rather than some studio. (That isn't to say that buildings specifically planned to be studios can't be fascinating, I've toured RCA Studio B and there's certainly a great history to it.) It's somewhat strange that a dance album with significantly more electronic elements than their previous work would be so organic-sounding, but it works for them.

Ladies and Gentlemen...Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Here's the promo video for the upcoming album's second single, "Ulysses":

This video is glorious, filthy, decadent perfection. Robert Pattinson is no longer the sole exception to my "dirty is not sexy" rule. I feel like the ridiculous Alex Kapranos fangirl I was in high school, and you can never go wrong with those slim suits and skinny ties.

Clips from the new album can be heard here, and the full version of "No You Girls Never Know" is streaming on the Rolling Stone site. However, it's not difficult to find the leak of the whole album, which sounds fantastic and makes me wish I had a dance party to go to. I'll definitely be buying the album as soon as it comes out. I'm really tempted to order the deluxe edition off of amazon.co.uk, due to the likelihood that it'll take ages to come out in the US.

Oh Franz Ferdinand, how I have missed you.