Archive for August, 2006

Valentinos + Bang Gang + Van She

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Australia owns the dirtiest sounds in the world. Proof is in this remix: The Valentinos’ “CCTV” (Bang Gang vs. Van She Tech Remix).
I’ve been pumping this remix out for a few weeks… like total repeat non-stop play. To be straight up with you guys: I’ve wanted to be selfish and keep it all for [...]

Community

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Hey, I was like sitting around last night thinking, “What does the Internet need that it doesn’t already have?” Then I had a total nerd idea. How about a message board? Golly, there aren’t enough of those!
So this could totally take off and be hotter than your mom, or it could totally crash and burn. [...]

The Myrmidons

Monday, August 28th, 2006

If you’ve read Greek myths or literature, you might know that the Mymidons were a race of people who were blindly and faithfuly loyal to their leader Achilles. I’m not much of a reader of Greek myths or literature though. I am an avid reader of Wikipedia… in all its infinite un-knowledge.
But all that aside, [...]

Planningtorock

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

Planningtorock feels like the love child of Matthew Barney and Björk… but like all grown up. I’m not saying that visually Planningtorock (aka Janine Rostron) reminds me much of Matthew Barney. Her music doesn’t remind me much of Björk either. But there is a master of art and free spirit link there: I imagine them [...]

Roc + Dsico

Friday, August 25th, 2006

I don’t know much about Roc. Though after a listen to Dsico’s remix of “Sink A Bite Into Life” I feel like I should. He has worked some serious magic into their track. Roc seems to have a sort of dirty New Order sound… or maybe, dare I say, Berlin. Though not total retro-whatever, Roc [...]

The Blow

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Oh yay for The Blow. I believe “Pile Of Gold” is already sitting on like fifty other music blogs which leads me to believe that I probably can’t add much to the collective chorus of praises. I can say “Poor Aim: Love Songs” is perhaps one of my all time favorite EPs. I have listened [...]

The Ettes

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

I’ve hated The Ettes for about one year now. To be honest it is totally not fair. Easy now, I’m working it out. You know when you hate the prettiest girl in the room just because she’s hot? And you kind of just want her to trip up because you’re a little bit envious or [...]

The Rapture

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Let’s try this again. I guess the ‘real’ reason The Rapture’s new video for “Get Myself Into It” was pulled by the RIAA was because they need to do some last minute editing — like blink and you miss it but there’s Jessica Simpson. I guess she did a rollerskating video too? Who watches that [...]

Saam Faramand

Monday, August 21st, 2006

I post a fair amount of videos, but I don’t usually pay much mind to directors. As of late though I have noticed a trend. There have been quite a few videos from Saam finding their way onto bigstereo — New Young Pony Club, Dead Disco, Klaxons. He definitely seems like the “in” music video [...]

Girl Monster

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Girl Monster is Chick On Speeds’ most ambitious project since they launched their own record label. This three disc set is like the ultimate female electronic-punk compilation collection ever. Ever. Razor and Tie better watch out.
With 61 tracks, Girl Monster is sure to please — you have your “classics” from the Slits and Delta 5 [...]

Scanners

Friday, August 18th, 2006

I usually filter out most of the indie rock that lands in my inbox because there about five billion blogs out there already doing that. Often it doesn’t really hold much interest either. But I can’t let Scanners slip by without posting something up.
In Scanners’ “Lowlife”, singer Sarah Dailey sings with a sense of urgency [...]

Spank Rock + Audioporno

Friday, August 18th, 2006

When I think remixes of Spank Rock I think – typical. They all seem so prescribed. But, but, but. Audioporno’s remix of “Far Left” is anything but typical. Audioporno strips away the XXXchange sound that we all know and love and throws down that big marching band thing. “Far Left” ends up sounding like something [...]

Soulwax

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Where was I when Soulwax didn’t release Nite Versions in the USA? I mean — I thought we were done with this album. I guess my favorite part about living in the USA is that all the great electronic albums take about an extra year or so to be released domestically. So by the time [...]