Rchrd wants to have a jamm off? No? Well he brought Shannon. Which seems a little too predictable and obvious. So while we’re on predictable and obvious… Carol Lynn Townes.
Carol Lynn Townes’ only ‘hit’ was of course “99½”… which actually did chart on the R&B charts in 1984. “99½” was of course featured in [...]

Ok, guys. The latest Blog Party is Wolf Parade. And so here is my mandatory Wold Parade post. Better late than never. Wolf Parade’s album ‘Apologies To The Queen Mary’ is a very solid release. And there is good reason why everybody is all hot and bothered for Wolf Parade. I agree.
My favorite Wolf [...]

This is for Travis:
The Next Hold Yr Horses Vol. 3 is gonna be a late 80’s & 90’s Jamms riot so due to that i declare a Jamms battle with Travis, a posting of Jamms from that time being obvious hits or not. Bring it on Travis, you started it by posting the [...]

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If I told you how much i played the song “˜Break Your Neck”™ by Shy Child over the summer you would laugh at me. This band is so great, so indie and so danceable. They remind me a little of LCD Soundsystem and Ssion. This song you have down here really makes me wanna do [...]

I know they’re no Lil’ Kim, but Mommy And Daddy’s debut domestic album, ‘Duel At Dawn’, was released today. Everybody has read the same press release by now: “When she sings and pushes buttons, he plays bass guitar. When he sings and hits the machine, she is on bass.” Mommy And Daddy have quietly (ok [...]

I know you guys know London’s Art Brut. Pitchfork gave them an 8.9… for what that is worth.

Maybe someone can please clue me in. But I don’t know if they’re serious or a joke. Like are they ironic in a post-modern hipster way? Or are they for real? Maybe they’re both and that’s what [...]

By now, most of the mystery surrounding Betty Botox has unfortunately disappeared. As most of you know, Betty Botox is better known as Keith McIvor or JD Twitch from the Optimo collective. Twitch has of course done remixes and re-edits for the likes of Tom Vek, Sons and Daughters, Annie and Kaos. But under the [...]

I do miss the days when hunting down the new Tiga record was a real challenge. But. I guess I will have to eventually come to terms with the fact that Tiga was never meant to be an insider tip. A few years ago, Tiga, a total master of his craft, easily bridged that [...]

Bloc Party performed “Helicopter” on Leno last night.
Couldn’t stay up late? Watch it here.
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Last night, I caught The Gossip at the Space Gallery. Short set + lackluster audience = not the best Gossip show ever. It probably doesn’t help that the local rag has never heard of The Gossip. What is that? And where did they find that writer - at the media center in the local Walmart? [...]

Rumor has it that Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears has a vocal spot on Tiga’s hot new track called “You Gonna Want Me.” Jake Shears and Tiga previously worked together on Tiga’s classic cover “Hot In Herre”.. and of course Tiga has remixed Scissor Sisters.

Watch: Tiga - “You Gonna Want Me”
The video has a trippy [...]