Carol Lynn Townes – “I Believe In The Beat” (YouTube)
God bless YouTube. God bless Carol Lynn Townes, Turbo and Ozone: what else do you need for a street party? Oh balloons! And look at those colors. That is some serious fashion.
Oh I know we’ve discussed Breakin’ a few times… but this video! This is somehow [...]

There was this six month pathetic period of my life where I was totally unemployed and poor and I stayed at home and ate Bon Bons and watched soaps all day. My favorite was Passions because one of the story lines centered around Tabitha (a witch, duh) who would put Timmy (a living doll that [...]

Excuse my diatribe but…
Yeah. It was pretty much decided, the moment that NME first uttered the phrase, that New Rave pretty much sucked. Not the music mind you. Klaxons are a breath of fresh air, and The Sunshine Underground have been making great Electro-Rock for a few years now. It’s the name. New Rave stinks. [...]

Woah, J*Davey is one of those suggestions that hits hard… like “how did I miss this one?” On a totally obvious superficial level they remind me of Kudu — but, um, better — or even Erykah Badu or Bahamadia. Lead singer Jack Davey has a similar vocal style that you’ll recognize. But she’s taken it [...]

The Goldfrapp contest ends tomorrow. Get your comment in if you want to win.

Here come’s Klanguage, all the way from France(the next Sweden? the next Australia?). They conquer electropop, indie, and trip-hop with no stress. The self-titled album released by Rise Recordings works fantastic as a whole. With sure influences from Air, Goldfrapp, Peaches, Add N to (X), Stereolab, and Portishead this band can’t go wrong.
I’m telling you [...]

James Figurine released his first solo album entitled “Mistake, Mistake, Mistake, Mistake” on Plug Research records in July. It’s taken me a while to post anything about it, but I have been listening to it a lot lately. It’s a great album and won’t let you Figurine fans down. Plus it includes a song with [...]

Omg. Vendettas’ MySpace wins the prize for the most seizure enducing MySpace page ever. Vomit all over your keyboard.
But it is worth heading over there (seizures or not) to check out Vendettas’ tracks. “Running” is a standout with a brit-pop vs new wave sound… like the best of Berlin or Siouxsie Sioux, er… something [...]

Woah. Rizzo and Pizzo are fucking nuts. Like, before today I was a firm believer that the world did not need any covers of Stacey Q’s “Two Of Hearts.” Don’t fuck with perfection. A few people have touched it, and they’ve just screwed it up. But, but, but. Rizzo and Pizzo’s “Two Of Hearts” is [...]

Shannon – “Give Me Tonight” (YouTube)
This video is some serious business… especially around the three minute mark.
Anyone not love this song? That whip noise is so hot. Someone needs to bring that back like big time.

Guns’n’Bombs sound something like Justice — like dirty, dirty robot rock. The dirtiest sounds in the world are not limited to France though because GNB is from L.A. via Chicago. This is global.
The non-instrumental version has some robot/computer vocals on top, but this is better:
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Guns’n’Bombs – “Nothing is [...]