Archive for February, 2009
Crack It Open
I’ve always had a sneaky soft spot for Eminem. I’m not going to pretend I know anything about Hip Hop, I just like what I like. When I heard he was making a come back, I assumed it’d be rubbish. If the first single and more importantly the remix by Discotech is anything to go [...]
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Tags: Chris Martin, Discotech, Eminem, Kanye West, Michael Jackson
Do I Repeat Myself?
As we all know and as I’ve mentioned myself a few times, ‘It’s Blitz!’ the new album from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s is out very soon, April 13th infact. I’ve been really good with this one. Not only do I refuse to post any of the leaked tracks, I refuse to listen to them. Ok, [...]
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Tags: Squeak E. Clean, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Better Off As Two
The next single from Frankmusik, ‘Better Off As Two’ is out on April 13th and the long awaited video has hit, directed by Tim Pope, The Cure’s video director of choice who has worked with such diverse talents as Bryan Ferry, David Bowie and Kaiser Chiefs….check it out..
If you’re in Brighton [...]
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Tags: Frankmusik
XXL
The XX are no stranger to this blog and they won’t be strangers to you for much longer, I guarantee you that.
You may have noticed them in a double page spread in NME recently? Or maybe you recognise them as being the latest signing to superb London label Young Turks? Or was it on Radio [...]
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Tags: The XX
Disco Villains
Disco Villains are no strangers to the blog world. Louie Fresco and Tony Edit both come from quite different musical backgrounds. Edit, hailing from what you’d expect, a strong electronica scene player across Arizona and Mexico managed to stumble across Fresco, a hip hop producer and score composer and Disco Villains were born.
Their ‘Back To [...]
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Tags: A1 Bassline, Ace Of Base, Disco Villains, Wu-Tang Clan
Don’t Upset The Rhythm
I’ve got my hands on Kissy’s latest remix and its a goodun. ‘Don’t Upset The Rhythm’ is the new single from the Noisettes and it hits shelves on March 23rd. This will be followed closely by the release of the bands second album ‘Wild Young Hearts’ on March 30th. You can pre-order that HERE.
Check out [...]
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Tags: Kissy Sell Out, Noisettes
Out Of This World
Have you ever dreamt up a fantasy line up for a gig? Or a festival? Or even an album? Making a list of the best artists around, knowing full well that it would be too good to be true getting them all together as one collective?
Well, N.A.S.A have made that list, but for them it [...]
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Tags: Fatlip, Karen O, N.A.S.A, ODB, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
If I Know You..
This ones been floating around the interweb for the past week, but I love this track so much, I simply couldn’t resist posting it.
The Presets have gone all Billy Elliott on us with the new video for ‘If I Know You’, directed by Eva Husson, we follow a young boy, as he dances his way [...]
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Tags: The Golden Filter, The Presets
AC Slater
This guy has recently been named one of the top 6 artists to watch in 2009 by Beatport and who am I to argue.
AC Slater arguably produced one of the biggest club hits of 2008 with the ear drum shattering ‘Jack Got Jacked’. Since its release in September 2008, No mixtape could be downloaded without [...]
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Tags: Little Boots, AC Slater, Goldielocks, Skeet Skeet, Dolby Anol
Metric Burns Paris
You get those tracks every now and again that everyone wants to remix. Something about them screams “GIVE ME A REWORK”. The result is normally a real mixed bag, filled mainly with average and sometimes quite rubbish edits.
Ladyhawke’s ‘Paris Is Burning’ was one of those tracks in 2008. For sure. It gets to the point [...]
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Tags: Alex Metric, Ladyhawke
