From today: Alex and his new bike, an XS650. Thanks anon for the tip. [x] 

So because it was 5/05, because it was a year ago since the SIAS tour started, or maybe just because this band is amazing, they put in a nice little surprise to the setlist in Sacramento— That’s Where You’re Wrong. A tune so, so good live. (source: PT)

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• Hold on to your hearts—April was the beginning of the end. We are mere weeks away from the end of SIAS and it’s starting to feel bittersweet. But cry not just yet, since we began the month with hints about the new era to come: anyone fancy Album V to sound like Evil Twin/R U Mine? Helders reckons that that’s where the band’s headed.
• After a stint in Lolla Chile, the boys carried on with their tour of the South Americas. They headed to Quilmes Rock, performing in front of thousands of eager Argentinians, but disappointing the rest of the world with a broken promise of a livestream because, what was that? They were filming something on their own? Start the speculations for a tour DVD.
• Oh then you know, there were those Arctic Monkeys dolls I’d rather not discuss. Weird? Creepy? Funny?
• And then… Lolla Brasil happened. Not only did we have a livestream of that beautiful gig, plans to work on Album V were revealed in a post-gig interview. Color. Us. Excited.
• The boys came back to the States to stir some madness in the west coast, starting with a stint on Conan performing R U Mine, before shaking things up at The Glass House. 
• Then… we had Coachella. Two weekends of it. And a livestream. And an acoustic performance pre-show. And the Thunder Thief slaying the drums. And yet another antic courtesy of Turner— behold, Jumping Alex.
• And what good way to end a desert high and the month of April but with Record Store Day. Everyone scrambled for that beautiful purple vinyl. And a new tune (the last of this era, sniff) surfaced— Electricity. [HQ studio version + lyrics + Space Monkey art]

(photos: David Hall, Andrew Youssef)

Setlist:

• Brianstorm
• This House Is A Circus
• Still Take You Home
• Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
• The View From the Afternoon
• I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
• Pretty Visitors
• Evil Twin
• Brick By Brick
• Teddy Picker
• Crying Lightning
• Fluorescent Adolescent
• R U Mine?

+ everything Coachella 2012

It’s already on iTunes, sweet. 

You should be proud. Looks like you taught her well. Anyway, about the vinyl, I wouldn’t know. Anyone who went to the Texas show know the answer to this?

Electricity - Arctic Monkeys

Mmm… 320kbps goodness. Enjoy it, wank friends. If you want to wax nostalgic and listen to its first radio play, there’s this audio rip. Thanks to asdf. 

By the way, did you guys manage to score a purple vinyl?

(photos: Tyler Nevitt, Losanjelous)

Setlist:

• Brianstorm
• This House Is a Circus
• Still Take You Home
• Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
• The View From the Afternoon
• I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
• Pretty Visitors
• Evil Twin
• Brick By Brick
• Teddy Picker
• Crying Lightning
• Fluorescent Adolescent
• R U Mine?

This is quite lovely. Imagine watching an Arctic Monkeys home video soundtracked by Stuck On The Puzzle. This hits close to that—all the 8mm footage from At The Apollo, Teddy Picker, et cetera collated into one video. (submitted by c-o-u-t-u-r-i-e-r)

Electricity. Your thoughts. Spill em.

Electricity - Arctic Monkeys

Audio rip of the b-side to R U Mine? First radio play on BBC Radio 6. Out on limited purple vinyl - RSD, 21 April 2012.