New Crystal Castles album

Crystal Castles, the electronic-experimental band from Toronto, formed by Alice Glass and Ethan Kath, recently announced on their facebook page, that they will release a new album on the 5th November. Source. Crystal Castles – (III) This new album (III), was produced entirely by Ethan Kath, and two of the songs were already released on the internet, first one is Plague (my favorite song from C.C. after Doe Deer)  and the…

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No Doubt – ‘Push and Shove’ 9/10 [review]

It’s been 11 years since their previous time, and damn I’ve missed them. Even Gwen Stefani seems surprised: “I can’t believe it / Has it really been this long?,” she asks, in one of the standouts of the album. If you’re a true fan, you should just stop reading this now and go get it; seriously, it’s some of the best work they’ve done. Even if Gwen married an Englishman, she’s still the American girl…

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Kids of 88 – can they do it again?

Kids of 88

Fans of Kiwi electroclash duo Kids of 88 have been waiting in anticipation for several months, as the guys have been taking their time putting together a second full-length offering, entitled Modern Love. Their first album, Sugarpills, was an unmitigated critical success, earning the band attention outside their native New Zealand, and building a fan base that now reaches across Europe and the Americas as well. Initially the album was set to drop in late…

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Gearing Up For Flying Lotus’ “Until The Quiet Comes”

Steve Ellison, better known by the name of Flying Lotus, has travelled quite the way from his early start producing interlude tracks for Adult Swim. The 28 year old experimental electronic musician divulges into the more visceral, hazy subset of beats. His tracks are often densely layered, unpredictable and often serve as the perfect soundtrack for wandering the streets past midnight. With his last release Cosmogramma in 2010, which was received with overwhelming positive response, Flying…

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Knife Party -‘100% NO MODERN TALKING’ and ‘RAGE VALLEY’

In June 2012, Rob Swire, producer and lead singer of Pendulum, announced on twitter that there would be no further Pendulum live shows and no current plans for a new album in 2013. Having been seriously impressed with their third studio album, ‘Immersion’ and seen them put on an incredible live show at Nottingham’s Capital FM Arena, I was disappointed to learn of this news. When asked why Pendulum were splitting, Swire responded; ‘We’re having…

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Winter Jam Announces West Coast LineUp

Winter Jam will be headed to the West this fall! Most known for being the top selling tour in the world along with its 10 bands for 10 dollars. Newsong will be back again to host along with Dara Maclean, Group 1 Crew and speaker Nick Hall. Former American Idol, Jason Castro will also be joining the tour as well. This years headliner includes TobyMac along with Red.  Check below for the full lineup.

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Phenomenon Of Dubstep A History Lesson

Dubstep - LOVE THE WOBBLE !!!

Dubstep – LOVE THE WOBBLE !!! To most people, the genre dubstep is a fairly new concept now hitting the mainstream, but people who’ve been dancing or mixing underground garage and grime know its been lurking in the shadows for over a decade. This hybrid phenomenon grew as the garage and grime genres merged, originating in clubs and dubstep record shops in and around Croydon, South London. Ammunition Productions are to…

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Trouble – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) is a name created by the cleverly imaginative Orlando Higginbottom. Even his name oozes originality and creativity. You may have heard his song “Garden” which is featured on this album, backing the recent Nokia Lumia advert. He is definitely a new artist that wades in the mainstream and strides in the underground. Listening to this album for the first time after only hearing his song “Garden” made me realise his…

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The Jersey Bore

I guess GTL must have gotten really boring and barely any girls were DTF. What other reason would Jersey Shore juice head Ronnie Ortiz-Magro take a crack at the rap game with “How The F%#K We Gettin’ Home?” Definitely not for publicity…no…reality stars never do stuff like that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anm6166lQNQ The production courtesy of The Extraordinary Gentlemen is not terrible, maybe tolerable at absolute best. The entire song, on the other hand, sounds like something off…

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A (Brief) History of House Music

HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG ALL NGHT LONG

Not widely accepted by the mainstream clubbing set of the early 1980s, gay black and Latino men held parties in a large empty building called the Warehouse, located in an industrial area of Chicago. Music fans gathered and the factory soon became a new type of nightclub. Loud music and free entrance attracted large crowds. The building owner eventually hired a young DJ…

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