The only man in ION history to interview himself, Jesse R. Berlin is a provocateur; a contemporary Svengali coated in a smooth special sauce of intrigue. In a time where we appear to be at either a crossroads or dead end of music, Berlin manages to either breathe life into the medium, or perhaps that breathy noise coming from the Glitter Lung LP is music's last gasp.

Local dance floor heroes and recent Mom + Pop signee’s HUMANS have unleashed the video for their new single "Water Water". Directed by Peter Ricq, this Red Violin-esque clip is a day in the life of a cleverly branded bomber jacket as a group of twentysomethings lend it, steal it and, most memorably, sleep with it.

"Action", the new track from Cassius, comes with the promise of upcoming new material from the pioneering French production duo, as well as the excitement of featuring both Cat Power and one third of The Beastie Boys. The B boy in question, Mike D, has said that this new song felt to him like a lost Compass Point recording that you would’ve heard at The Loft in early 80s NYC, and in true fashion the highlight of the song is the production. It captures the feel of something that would’ve come out of the Bahamas based studio in the late 70s or early 80s.

"No Love Like Yours" begins with the guy from Ima Robot waking up from a drug bender and trying to remove the bugs from under his skin by removing his beard. Is all lost for this drug-addled soul? Better take a walk down Piety Avenue just in case (hard to be so heavy handed with holes in your palms). Anyway, he finds his nuevo hippy band friends, rolls around in piles of cocaine with them, and pulls the trumpet player aside to blow more up his backside before climbing into a coffin for his rebirth. "At least it's gorgeously captured, right?" WRONG.