Those who follow this blog, are probably aware that i’m a huge fan of Arcade Fire. There’s plenty of proof.

Not only is “The Suburbs” their most mature album to date, but they keep pushing the limits on their relationship with new media. Their latest has a digital edition with lyrics embedded on album art, with links to extended info.

And now, this. An HTML5+Google Maps experiment for Google Chrome, playing “We Used to Wait” as a soundtrack to your hometown.

As Régine sings, “quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock”. Just go ahead and watch it.

Source: Google Blog

The third movie of Richard Kelly (@JRichardKelly) of Donnie Darko fame premieres tomorrow, with some promising visuals in the trailer (even if the first reviews aren’t that promising).

And one thing i love about the fantastic genre is the extra care establishing their internet presence. With The Box website, i was particularly impressed with the visuals (and no, it was not about Cameron Diaz) and the masterful aural experience.

Along with the typical sections (downloads, cast, trailers, etc) i’m starting to detect some ARG inspiration integrated in movie websites, by launching some satellite experiences, in this case a teaser website at YouAreTheExperiment.com and even a comic book.

But why do i really blog this? Because my favorite band is doing the movie score along with their Final Fantasy (@OwenPallett) peers. No wonder i loved the audio on the website.

So, after listening all day long to “Where the Wild Things Are” soundtrack i had to post about it. Imeem playlist below, so you can have a taste of what of Karen O’s and the Kids sound like. Enjoy.

Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack

New trailer after the jump.
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Here’s something a bit different for a change: a web game promoting a music album, at PearlJamTenGame.com. Pearl Jam are known to have pretty demanding fans, and this Papervision matrix puzzle (were you unlock playable tracks) will surely be appreciated, a nice depart from the usual click and listen experience of most music related websites.

As Michael @bigspaceship said last week: we’re barely scratching the surface of what games can be – The Graveyard . This work by Freedom Partners is showing one of the paths that will be trailed by interactive the next few years. Remember that teenagers that spent their high school years playing X-box and PS2 are now becoming the workforce and expect to find the same playful experiences on the web.

Oh, and i missed listening to Pearl Jam.

Here we go again with one more year end list. After 2006 and 2007, this one will be shorter as i’ve bought less albums, using Last.fm and Hype Machine to feed my music habits. Just in time for that last minute Christmas Gift, ladies and gentleman, meet the top 10 albums of 2008:

• Lindstrom – Where You Go I Go Too
• MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
• Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair
• TV On The Radio – Dear Science
• Santogold – Santogold
• Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes
• Sigur Rós – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
• Portishead – Third
• M83 – Saturdays=Youth
• Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

As an extra,  the best Portuguese album in 2008 for Deolinda – Canção ao Lado.

The criteria is totally subjective, based on my listening habits, both online and offline. If you have your own list of best albums of 2008, feel free to share them in the comments.

If you wonder what’s a album list doing in this blog, consider yourself warned: music is a source of inspiration.

The video below has been around for a while, but it was the first one that turned lip dubbin’ into an Internet meme.

Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.

Quite appropriately, it was done by a group of friends who work for internet video startups like Vimeo and CollegeHumor. And the girl at the beginning (Amanda) is really cute.

Liked it? Here’s a few more videos:
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This week’s selected website, BoomStudios, is also a bit of Shameless PromoTion to Coimbra‘s design studio Bürocratik, whose work I’ve been following on their blog and website (don’t miss their design portfolio).

http://www.boomstudios.pt/

Boomstudios is a music recording studio owned by Pedro Abrunhosa, one of Portugal’s most famous singers and composers. (more…)

This blog has been too quiet these days, as i enter my second week of holidays. I’ll be back in full strength, but meanwhile enjoy a month old video of fireworks with music by Sigur Ros.

The Fourth from Michael Brodner AKA Bones on Vimeo.

Keeping the geek spirit of the latest post, here’s another nerd themed entry, that will get me some low quality hits for using dirty words and references to naked people. How’s that for a post about a nerd ?

Ok, it’s not actually a nerd, but rather N.E.R.D. (standing for No One Ever Really Dies), headed by the small genius Pharrell Williams. He and his team release this June the 10th their new album “Seeing Sounds“, on what promises to be a summer hit. Have yourself some voyeuristic sexy footage for the advance track Everyone Nose … All The Girls Standing In Line For The Bathroom:

So, anyway, they’ve put up the really lascivious promo site Everyone Nose. Lots of booze, hot women and the advance track playing on the background .
On a great partnership with a blog, they plugged in Last Night’s Party and rolled their own party gallery. Or so they thought, since with great fame comes great responsability and (probably) people asked to remove their pictures (altough i still managed to see quite a few).

I guess the Internet is a different party.