Tibi PuiuWho here doesn’t love sample mashups? I know I find them yummy and Girl Talk is one of the people who’s brought it to a state of art. Feed the Animals, his latest and fourth album is another record comprised exclusively out of samples from other people’s music, with a few dashes of original GT instrumentation here and there. “Still Here” may just be my favorite song, off the June 19th released album, but what…
M.I.A. to really quit music and launch clothes line + new MP3
At last month’s Bonnaroo fest, the hip-hop/indie sensation [tag]M.I.A.[/tag] stormed the stage and delivered a dazzling performance to all the fans and occasional blokes in the audience alike. However, after such an awesome spectacle (and during it a few time, if you think about it) she said this was her last show and she’d quit music. I thought this was rubbish at first, seeing how she’s such a promising artist, however rumors that she’d quit…
Download: Diplo – ‘Brew Barrymore’
Here’s a treat for the blog’s electro fans, seeing as we haven’t posted anything about one of my favorite Dj’s, [tag]Diplo[/tag], for a while. Last weekend he went by The Roots picnic, somewhere in Philly, where among other massive tunes, he mixed in a new track, punned over Ronnie Foster’s 1972 classic Mystic Brew, thoughtfully named “Brew Barrymore.” Ronnie’s soulful, jazzy sound hasn’t faded one bit in Diplo’re remix, seeing how the sexy, funky organs…
New Cut Copy video: ‘Hearts on Fire’
I may just have watched the best music video for the whole month of May, namely the video for Cut Copy’s latest single “Hearts on Fire.” I don’t know exactly what makes love this video so much, but I, personally, find it beautifully brilliant. Basically we’ve got a heartbroken dude, that can’t seem to shake the feeling of unfulfilled love, a sentiment that follows him around, literally, like a dark cloud. Sit back, stretch your…
Download: Dead Leaf Echo – ‘Pale Fire’
New York’s LG (Vocals,Guitars,Keys), Mike DiLalla (Bass) and Liza B.(Keys,Vocals) form Dead Leaf Echo, a lovely indie band, that’s really pleasant on the ears. Their influences seem pretty broad, but they all seem to point and converge into a single direction: shoegazing. Recently, the artsy trio, have just released their 2nd EP “Pale Fire,” via their own record label Year of the Gallon Records, an EP that shines with haunting ballads and dreamy melodies. The…
New Caribou video: ‘Irene’
Daniel Snaith (read Caribou) return with a fantastic effort last year, when he unveiled his paradisaical Andorra (no, not the financial paradise). “Irene” was one of my favorite tracks from it, so you can imagine the joy when I first set eyes on the video a few hours ago. Speaking of the video, it centeres the song’s vibe and ideas perfectly, featuring calming and serene footages of nature, sleepy animals, lazy insects and still waters…
Download: Télépathique – ‘Eu Gusto’
I’ve always had a thing for the Brazilian feel good vibe and culture. Music and dancing there is viewed as a celebration of life, which can be best seen during Carnivals. While over the years the Brazilian musical scene has delighted us with beautiful arrays of diverse genres and influences like the samba, bossa nova, funk carioca or one of my personal favorites, capoeira music, it’s now time for electronic music to make its presence…
New Justice video: ‘Phantom Pt. II’ (unofficial cut)
Just a month after we unveiled the French duo’s video for Phantom Pt. I”, another version of the video has popped out, this time directed by Daniel Bloomberg. The video is a bit weird to say the least featuring a lot of sugary spice girls hanging around a cafeteria, quietly enjoying their meal, until a shadowy demonic presence made its appearance. In the end it all turns out just to be a directed food fight….
New Chromatics video: ‘Killing Spree’
For their latest single, the Portland synthpop duo Chromatics, have chosen to make a more darker and creepier video, then those with which they’ve accustomed us with; definitively much more creepier. The video in cause is for the haunting instrumental “Killing Spree,” off of the band’s last year effort “Night Drive”, in which director Johnny Jewel has done a remarkable job at capturing the song’s creepy, haunting vibe on the tube, YouTube actually (bad joke,…
New Portishead video: ‘Machine Gun’
There’s been a lot of hype, around the trip-hop veterans’ first album in ten years, during the past weeks, however their one of the few acts that actually deserve it. I mean isn’t a new Portishead album enough reason to run about, telling everyone about it? For me it is and whenever I get the chance, I try cover them and today that chance is a new video for “Machine Gun,” the first single from…