Archive for May 2006

Star You Star Me

Star You Star Me

May 10th, 2006

Finland’s Star You Star Me has been putting out minimalistic house grooves for the past couple years now. In 2005, the duo released a trilogy of eps called Star 1, Star 2 and Star 3. This week brought us the end cap to this work — their debut album, Simple Things. “A Place In My [...]

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Nina Simone

Nina Simone

May 8th, 2006

I was sitting at work today, and it was just one of those “Feeling Good” type days. Even though my allergies are making me ill and I’m completely broke and my email has been all sorts of fucked up and about a billion other personal things I’m not about to get into, it was a [...]

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The Sleepy Jackson

May 7th, 2006

The Sleepy Jackson’s “God Lead Your Soul” is starting to make the blog circuit. If the track isn’t compelling enough, then the imagery of the video should be. Even though on totally different ends of the spectrum, the video kind of reminds me of something we would see from Fischerspooner: rich colors, high contrast, theatrical. [...]

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Nelly Furtado

May 4th, 2006

Ok, admittedly Nelly Furtado’s video for “Promiscuous” left something to be desired. But then a day later she premiered the video for “Maneater” on Germany’s TRL… if “Promiscuous” is how a club video shouldn’t be then “Maneater” is how a club video should be. Whatever, videos aside — both songs are still hot. We all [...]

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D.S.M.

D.S.M.

May 4th, 2006

D.S.M. has a new cd out titled ‘Nature’s Ghosts’. Quite different to his last work, ‘Nature’s Ghosts’ takes you back even further in time. To a time of simplicity and finger shaking melodies. I think it might just be more appropriate for what Dave is doing now. His music is simply honest and tells you [...]

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Midnight Juggernauts

Midnight Juggernauts

May 3rd, 2006

Indie, or to be more specific electro-rock, has become as misleading of a label as Alternative was in the 90s. What makes people choose certain genres for the music they like? Sure, if I were to lump Midnight Juggernauts into a genre, I’d probably say they’re electro-rock. But seriously guys, what does that mean? You [...]

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IAMX

IAMX

May 2nd, 2006

So IAMX is back with a vengeance. Chris couldn’t make his sound more beautiful and elegant, especially on this new release ‘The Alternative’. Bringing back sounds of coke phases and stripper poles he please’s your senses and satisfies your want for more. The sophomore album does nothing more than grow on you like a vine [...]

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