The Teenagers present Ladyhawke

15 December 2007 :: posted by BIGSTEREO

We managed to wrangle up Dorian from The Teenagers to share his insider secret for this guest blog. So let’s hear what you know that the rest of us don’t…

My new favourite band ever is called LADYHAWKE. It’s a 26 years old girl who just signed a deal with Modular and i discovered her music a week ago but i’m already a massive fan. I only know 2 songs but they’re always playing on my itunes since i found them. “Paris is burning” reminds me the best of Feist, but in a better and more original way, and “Back Of The Van” is a perfect 80’s pop music anthem. She produced everything by herself and it sounds like Jacques Lu Cont worked with her. Everything is here : strong songs, big choruses, bitterweet melodies…I love it. She’s amazing and you need to listen to her now. I sent her a message on myspace when i first heard her songs and we met yesterday night in London. We went to fun parties and now she just texted me that she’s too hungover to move from bed today. Album will be there in 2008, first single soon.

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Ladyhawke – Paris is Burning

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Ladyhawke – Back of the Van

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And in case you’ve lost track of whats new with The Teenagers, they have “The world is not fair ep” out now in Japan (Klee Rallye), a US TOUR planned for January ‘08, a finished full-length album “Reality Check” due early 2008, and a Gentlemen Drivers “Homecoming” remix featured on Kistuné Maison 5 compilation.
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24 Comments:

1. wow, impressive! all self produced too?? i see big things for her. she’s got a great sound that can easily go big. i’m actually diggin’ on this more than feist. nice find

   JVal



2. JVal December 15th, 2007 at 3.42 pm

3. its good. i have it in my compilation for pusherblog.com



4. kalivas December 15th, 2007 at 7.43 pm

5. ladyhawke has been around for a couple of years now, she is also one half of sydney duo Teenager, and also did a track with Pnau on thier new album



6. mike December 15th, 2007 at 9.02 pm

7. synth heaven, 80’s-licious!
   xx



8. Dri December 15th, 2007 at 10.00 pm

9. Not sure where you heard she is self produced, it’s not true.



10. gus December 16th, 2007 at 2.46 am

11. A Low Hum called this one way back. Blink is my hero.



12. Mattatat December 16th, 2007 at 4.04 am

13. She’s self produced as far as having her own studio and creating her music all by herself. Presumably the major label will give her a swish studio and engineer.
    She’s a kiwi lady. Also check out Two Lane Blacktop- her band before she moved over to Australia.



14. Kirsten December 16th, 2007 at 3.37 pm

15. I tried to get these tracks from her for DJing 3 months ago. nice 1



16. darn December 16th, 2007 at 6.04 pm

17. errr, there’s a pretty good band out of Vancouver, BC called Ladyhawk

    http://www.myspace.com/ladyhawk



18. J Kent December 17th, 2007 at 1.57 pm

19. Modular gettin a little too big for their britches



20. Anonymous December 17th, 2007 at 8.45 pm

21. The two mp3 links are down



22. Anonymous December 18th, 2007 at 3.15 am

23. yes yes anonymous, read the disclaimer after the two inactive links…..



24. misstoats December 18th, 2007 at 3.16 am

25. boo modular. got them any way.



26. mattt December 18th, 2007 at 3.04 pm

27. i’m still amazed @ the self produced aspect. anywhere i can find an interview?

    http://paidandpopular.blogspot.com



28. Anthony to the S. December 18th, 2007 at 9.42 pm

29. sorry misstoats,
    if only my mother taught me how to read :(



30. Anonymous December 18th, 2007 at 10.16 pm

31. Why would Modular try to stop mp3s that are all over blogs already?? Is that even a battle worth fighting?? Modular owes a lot of it’s success and talent to blogs. Bad business.



32. TOTH December 20th, 2007 at 11.51 am

33. she’s being compared to Feist because….?



34. JamOnMe December 21st, 2007 at 5.52 pm

35. nice. yeah shame about Modular, without blogs like bigstereo a lot of their artists would not be nearly as big, in the UK at least.



36. OFL December 26th, 2007 at 7.27 am

37. some confusion going on about the sydney’s duo Teenager and the trio from Paris The Teenagers.just to make it clear



38. c’est moi December 26th, 2007 at 6.43 pm

39. @ TOTH:

    Maybe Modular owes some success but how would they owe talent to blogs?



40. DiscGoIsUm January 1st, 2008 at 10.00 pm

41. Self-produced? Damn straight. I’ve witnessed Ladyhawke in action and if the job of producer is to direct everyone else in earshot, in addition to playing every analog instrument involved, then she is it.



42. LaSonic January 7th, 2008 at 11.30 pm

43. she’s not self produced, and that’s a fact.

    it’s much worse for an artist’s reps to claim they are and for people to find out they are not later on. better to just not mention it and let people like what the artist is doing.

    who really cares about this stuff if the music is good?



44. agogodisco January 15th, 2008 at 5.10 am

45. ladyhawke is awesome!

    everyone should definitely check out PNAU feat. Ladyhawke… songs caled Embrace.. i literaly have it on repeat atm… awesome track!



46. mdino March 24th, 2008 at 1.11 pm

47. too right about modular being too big for their britches. bitches.



48. duster June 11th, 2008 at 12.58 pm