MGM who? Like seriously does anyone remember who MGMT are? Anyone? Probably not. They got like zero press in 2008 and they expect people to post a video in 2009? Pfft as if that’s gonna happen. As if…

The best thing about this new and very official video for MGMT’s first ever cut “Kids” is not that the video features zombies, illustrations of nude Goddesses and looks like William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch as seen though the eyes of a paranoid toddler. No the best thing is the accompanying letter the NYC duo have attached which you can peruse below…

Ladies and Gentlemens MGMT is pleased to announce (finally), from an undisclosed tropical paradise, the bona fide release of the O-fficial video for the authoritative song known succinctly as: “Kids” This is the first song we ever wrote, on a cold day in February way back in 2003. Yes, “Kids” is an Aquarius, but shows many traits of an Aries. The idea for the video was born about a year ago, at a mock-Italian cafe on Ninth Avenue in bustling Manhattan. We are both animated and stoked to reveal at this time that we once again worked with director Ray Tintori, someone who’s known this song since it’s inception. “Kids” has proven to be some kind of monster with a life of its own, both an albatross and a plate of mac and cheese with fake bacon (Annie’s), and the process of creating this video was nearly as convoluted and veiny as the general style of this here letter of introduction. As Jerry Garcia once rudely remarked about the eventual and unavoidable filling in (with sand) of the historic United States Grand Canyon, “What a long strange rip it’s been.”

Without further ado, we give you: “KIDS”

Despite a lukewarm critical reception to her debut album, Scarlett Johansson is not giving up on that whole music career thing quite yet.

Its been announced that Johansson has recorded a sophomore album titled “Break Up” with musician Pete Yorn. The album was recorded in 2006 prior to her debut LP of Tom Waits covers “Anywhere I Lay My Head” and is slated for a September release.

It is said to be inspired by Serge Gainsbourg’s 1960s recordings with Brigitte Bardot and according to USA Today, Johansson recorded her vocals parts in just two afternoon sessions.

You can listen to snippets of the album here then let us know whether Scar Jo’s raspy voice should stick to delivering lines or if she does indeed posses the vocal chops to forge a music career. On first listens we’ll go with the former. Sorry Scar Jo you know we love you but seriously, we haven’t been this underwhelmed since The Other Boleyn Girl and that had Natalie Portman.

Jarvis Cocker and Wes Anderson - a match made in tweed-attired Bourgeois heaven are set to join forces in an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The Times Online reports: “Anderson has created a role for Cocker in his forthcoming, stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox. “Petey” is a mandolin-strumming puppet who looks and sounds like his real-life counterpart. Cocker and Anderson have written a song for the film — “a little hoedown number”, says Cocker, who also wrote music for and had a cameo role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. “I did a narration bit at the start of Mr Fox, too, but they showed that to test audiences in the US and they were very bamboozled. So I’ve ended up on the cutting-room floor. I tried to enunciate clearly!””

An anthropomorphic Jarvis Cocker puppet? Hells yes! But even with that The Fantastic Mr. Fox can only ever hope to be the second most anticipated children’s book adaptation helmed by a cult director this year. Am I right, or am I right?

Inspired by desert dreaming, drifters and bad trips, the new range from Australian T-Shirt label Das Monk will have you packing some peyote, heading to the outback, and howling at the moon.

Collaborating with international artists such as Zach Johnsen (US), Tim Laing (UK), Evan Meister (US) and Keenan Marshall Keller (US) head designer Marc Hendrick has crafted mesmerizing prints that blur the line between hallucinogenic daydream and cosmic nightmare. The acid ice cream tee in particular looks strangely appetizing.

Hamuburg duo “Hey Today!” have crafted monster remixes for the likes of Digitalism, Shazam, and Zombie Nation. But with Wednesday’s release of their Wonderman EP (Bang Gang 12″), the German producers reverse the trend and provide the source material instead of tweaking it. The EP offers remixes from Institubes wunderkind Bobmo and filter house robots Van She Tech, the latter of which you can download below courtesy of Bang Gang 12″.

BUY HERE, HERE OR HERE.

Tracklist is as follows (it’s reassuring that Bang Gang still love a lowbrow pun).

Side A
A1. KICKTRO

A2. IF I WAS WONDERMAN

Side B
B1. WONDERMAN

B2. IF I WAS WONDERMAN
(Bobmo Remix)

Bone-Us Tracks

IF I WAS WONDERMAN
(Radio Edit)

IF I WAS WONDERMAN
(Van She Tech Remix)

DOWNLOAD VAN SHE TECH’S REMIX HERE!

What do Ben Lee, Eskimo Joe, Missy Higgins, Evermore, Toni Collette, Shihad and The Sleepy Jackson have in common with Bob Dylan? Not songwriting ability that’s for damn sure.

No dis to the aforementioned acts, but c’mon we’re talking about Bob Dylan here! No, the answer is they’ve all entrusted the visual representation of their tracks to Australian writer/editor/director/actor/stuntman Nash Edgerton. In the clip for Dylan’s new single “Beyond Here Lies Nothing” Edgerton more than references Tarantino’s Kill Bill (in particular the fight between Beatrix and Elle in Bud’s trailer) by pitting two lovers/haters against each other for some close quarters domestic violence. Visceral? Yes - so don’t click through unless you’re into stunts as much as Nash is.

WATCH THE CLIP HERE!