Ninja Magic got a new vocalist! They’ve replaced their powerfully shrill ninja vocalist with a female kunoichi vocalist, whose voice is actually deeper than the old dude’s. Their sound has changed somewhat since ‘04 as well.  Besides sounding cleaner and more refined, their newer songs incorporate some sneaky synth elements. Synth elements are usually good things coming from Sweden, and sneaky is usually a good thing coming from ninjas.

Here’s Ninja Magic with their new vocalist, playing The Way of Life to a probably-drunk crowd in their hometown of Luleå, Sweden. As you can see, they’ve still got their charmingly homemade ninja costumes and charmingly homemade pyro effects.

WORD ON THE STREET

Ratatat in Vancouver was an okay show. The engineers were a complete joke and it sounded awful, but they played a bunch of bangers and had crazy hologram things, so it was decent.

Here’s a clip from their show in Seattle the night before, the sound quality on this video is honestly cleaner than what we heard at the Commodore on Wednesday, oh well.

Ratatat – Loud Pipes (live in Seattle, Sept 14, 2010)

How about a 25 word review of the new Weezer album? NO. IT REALLY SUCKS.

Enjoy your weekend!