Archive for January, 2009

About time!

31Jan09

After the mainstream success of Day N’ Nite with Kid Cudi I wondered how long it would take for Crookers to drop their next offering on us..
The waitings over..their new track is awesome and just the way I like it..
Crookers – What Up Y’All (Direct Link) (Alt Link YSI)

LINKS
Crookers Myspace


One of the most important DJ’s/Producers on todays scene releases a full length album this week. Decent Work For Decent Pay : Selected Works Volume One hits the stores in two days time (that’s January 26th) and it has his signature sound all over it. The album features some of Diplo’s best works so far, [...]


Don’t you just love it when a certain track can take you back to an exact moment? Kind of like time travel, you can remember exactly what you were doing, how you felt, who you were with, your frame of mind.
I had one of those moments this evening. I was transported right back to 1997 [...]


Give Me Fever

15Jan09

For those who have been wondering what The Knife have been up to for the last two years theres an answer for you right here..
Karin Dreijer Andersson (who if you’re unsure makes up 50% of the duo) has been working on a new solo project which goes by the name of Fever Ray.
This is sure [...]


Lonely Ghosts

09Jan09

You guys remember Help She Can’t Swim right? I sure hope so. In my eyes they were certainly one of the greatest lo-fi indie bands the south coast had ever produced. It was a sad day for me when I heard the band were going “on a break”.
Luckily for me this cloud has a silver [...]


Sixpack Anthem

09Jan09

Here’s a little treat for your Friday from the guys at Institubes.
If you know alot about the Institubes label you’ll probably have heard of Sixpack, a t-shirt label based in the South of France that supplies Institubes with their rather smart T-Shirt collection. One of their collections by Sixpack member Akroe, called THE FUTURE clearly [...]


NONEWYORK

07Jan09

Happy New Year! I’ve been a little bit absent minded after all the festivities and haven’t got round to checking my e-mails or updating anything. Sorry about that!
The first e-mail I’ve received over the last month that’s caught my eye has been from NONEWYORK based in California, USA.
Signed to Idiot House records, home of Acid [...]