Christmas is a commin’, folks. Flashing lights, people gathering around singing carols, pompeous chrismas trees, bla, bla. You can feel all of that Chrismass cheer floating in the air … and in your whallets, of course. Capitalistic remarks aren’t my thing, though – music is. Just recently the madly ecstatic Danish duo, The Raveonettes, just released a new Christmas special EP, called “Wishing You A Rave Christmas.” Quite an interesting choive of words, if I…
In case you’ve been living on some other distant planet, you know that in every shop you go there’s at least one record in the ‘must have’ section that involved Ritchie Blackmore. Whether it’s from Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s night or any other project he’s been involved in, you know it’s a work of art. Still, you have to admit, the man’s taste for music has changed considerably along the years. Starting with hard rock…
Hot Chip + Fake Blood = Awesomeness! Lately, I’ve really began to get into Fake Blood’s brilliant remixes, mostly because I love the way he takes other people’s music, mashes up, adds a bit of ‘fake blood’ and cinnamon and makes it his own. His latest remix is that of “Touch Too Much,” originally played by Hot Chip, off Made in The Dark. Check it out the mp3 bellow, as well as Fake Blood’s other…
I just stumbled upon a really, really sweet remix of Vampire Weekend’s “The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance,” by one of my favorite DJ duo, Chromeo. I just really love how the two managed to transform the track into a up-beat, ’80s-like disco anthem. Something to light up your day. [display_podcast]
I’ve already talked a bit about Coldplay’s “Lost+” remix by Jay-Z, back sometime in October. Like I said before, it isn’t anything too extravagant, like Jay-Z’s ‘Encore’ with Linkin Park, but rather something just different – a well received diversification. The video for Lost+ just came out a few hours ago and frankly, on this department, it’s not at all impressive. What they did was just adding some Jay-Z pseudo-cameos (in a TV-set…), over Coldplay’s…
I can haz some furry new animal stufz? Yes, you can haz, but sadly all of us will have to wait until the beginning of ’09, before any of us can spin the new Animal Collective record, Merryweather Post. A while ago, some lucky chaps had the chance to take part in a label, invite-only listening part, where they sampled the new AC record. As expected it rocked and must of them hailed “Brothersport” as…
It’s just times like these that make me wish I was living in NY City. Yesterday, Jens Lekman, together with his fellow countryman, Frida Hyvonen, played an awesome set of songs down at Googie’s Lounge. Frida Hyvonen, a somewhat obscure name, even for Brooklyn’s underground indie scene, dazzled the over-crowded audience, most probably packed together to get to see Jens. From what I heard she was really, really good, with most songs coming from her…
There are billions of unsigned and indie artists to be found online. Some are worth a listen, others are interesting but not quite there, but the vast majority is trying too hard to find the elusive new sound and thus burying themselves into experimental oblivion. Songwriters are always a penny a dozen, even cheaper than guitarists or out-of-tune bass players. Nevertheless, effective songwriting is a question of angle and attitude. A good story needs not…
Since The Foos are currently on a undetermined hiatus, Dave Grohl must be getting bored and all that. It’s hard for a musician to entrap creativity inside him, and seeing how Dave’s one of the finest artists in the contemporary rock scene, it’s understandable why we can’t just hang it up for too long. Apparently, he e-mailed (did the digital age actually caught everybody from behind?) The Prodigy, asking them if they needed any help,…
Yesterday, the 5th of November, will most likely remain in the history books as one of the most important dates of US culture. The day the first colored American President was elected, President Obama. Fireworks, bonfires and loads of other celebrations swept the US and world, alike, in honor of this momentous day. I, for one, got really carried away by the hype and even forget that the day was synonymous with Guy Fawkes day,…
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