SEE AND HEAR: "No Longer Fun" by Rey Pila

Passion Pit and Chromeo fans eat your hearts out.

Hailing from Mexico City, Rey Pila is gearing up to bring us a new brand of bumping, chorus-driven, electro-pop music that is sure to get your hands clapping and feet stomping...until you pay attention to the subject matter.

In anticipation of two gigs at SXSW next month, Rey Pila (neé Diego Solorzano) has released a video for the first single "No Longer Fun" off his debut album. All it takes is one viewing of the dark and eerily beautiful video to understand that Pila (while wanting us to dance) has a not-so delicate message to deliver about life and what we're all supposed to be doing with it. It certainly has a beautiful hook, but this single is not for the feint-hearted.

See the video and SXSW dates after the jump. Warning: This video contains graphic, self-inflicted violence.

LISTEN: The Bewitched Hands on Top of Our Heads - "I Don't Know"

I'm not about to lie. If you saw my Top 5 of 2010 (so far), you know that I'm really excited about this group of Francophones, and not just because their band name rules. 

Five gentlemen and one lady combine to make Bewitched Hands a happening sextet that need to be watched. NPR noted their last trip across the pond for SXSW, and honestly, I can't wait to find out when they'll be back next.

Bewitched hands are a guitar heavy band, with a great sense of movements in their songwriting, interesting harmonies, and a sound that can rise and fall from just voice, to arena-rock levels (or, to be fair, an Arcade Fire-lie scale).

To show our love, we've embedded a player that will give you the entirety of the Hard to Cry EP, which is out July 26 (after the hippity-hop, of course).

Show 3.14: "SXSW: Night One"

Annual playlist/theme. SXSW happens, I preface it with at least two nights featuring artists playing the conference.

Superdrag - "Cynicality"
The Beat Poets - "Staring Stars Down"
The Breakers - "Dance The Go-Go"
The Pack A.D. - "Making Gestures"
Black & White Years - "Power To Change"
The Bloodsugars - "Bloody Mary"
The Beauvilles - "Snow"
Battle Hymns - "For Arlene"
Alberta Cross - "The Thief & The Heartbreaker"
Box Elders - "Hole In My Head"
Amplified Heat - "What Went Wrong"
Black Lips - "O Katrina!"
Blind Pilot - "Go On, Say It"

Aired: 3/5/09