Archive for July, 2008

Little Jinder

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Trouble & Bass is ready to show their softer side with the release of Little Jinder’s “Polyhedron” EP on August 5th. The vox come off as your ‘typical’ whimsical Icelandic/Nordic/Swedish pop fairy chick, but um the production is pretty damn fresh.

Little Jinder - “Polyhedron”
And “Polyhedron” is great and all but it’s like the [...]

Outlaws + Le Castle Vania

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Outlaws and Le Castle Vania bring us a couple new Walter Meego remixes for you guys from two different directions.
Outlaws takes “Girl” and adds in a little Bryan Adams circa Robin Hood into the mix… which might be the first time I’ve ever enjoyed Bryan Adams so congrats. Le Castle Vania’s mix of “Through [...]

Mt. Sims

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Mount Sims was always my favorite of the electroclash generation… in 2002, “How We Do” was the anthem all by itself, and I must’ve listened to Ultra Sex one point one million times. His sophomore release Wild Lights ended up getting a lot less play on my stereo… partly due to it’s release during a [...]

The Presets

Monday, July 28th, 2008

The Presets - “Talk Like That” (YouTube)
During his recent interview on BIGSTEREO, K.I.M. mentioned the video for “Talk Like That” directed by Jonas & François (who also did the “D.A.N.C.E” video) — well, here it is. Watch a creepy Presets’ fangirl dance around and destroy their instruments. Who hasn’t been there? Kinda brilliant.

Chromeo

Monday, July 28th, 2008

“Mama’s Boy” debuted on MTV.com over the weekend… in case you missed it, for all the mama’s boys:

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The Laughing Light of Plenty

Monday, July 28th, 2008

I need (need) to share a song with you that is so easily on my top ten list of favorite songs of the year — if not decade. And no, that’s not a hyperbole. “The Rose” is epic. This builds up to the most fabulous break. I imagine it being like three am and the [...]

Runaway

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

I expressed my ode to Cosmo Vitelli’s Cliché record label a couple of weeks back. Cliché are doing some releases of New York’s duo of Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault also known as Runaway. Cosmo is definitely on the money.

Runaway - “She Did It For The Money”

Runaway - “The Lorimer Stop”

Invasion

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

My most favorite part about Invasion is their drummer looks like she’s never missed Ozzfest. And no sarcasm html tags needed… for real. But it’s the energetic frontwoman who pushes this track to the top of my playlist… Chan is like a Tina Turner for the twothousandtens.
Invasion’s debut album is being produced by James Shaw [...]

Friendly Fires

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I was just sitting around wondering out loud, “Whatever happened to Friendly Fires? I super loved their first couple eps/single.” So I jumped on the MySpace, and sure enough their debut album is right around the corner. Good news.
That said, I’m not sure I am totally sold on “Jump In The Pool”… it’s kinda [...]

Steed Lord

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

After recovering from an infamous car crash, Iceland’s Steed Lord is heading off on their first American tour. And they’re ready in full force. To celebrate they sent out this remix by DJ Barletta…

Steed Lord - “It’s What U Do 2 Me” (DJ Barletta remix)
Here’s a taste of what you can expect:

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Interview: K.I.M.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

In New York for a DJ set, K.I.M. from The Presets took a moment to talk to me about The Presets, their work ethic, his time as a Raver, and In & Out burger.

What were you doing in London?
We were touring. We did a couple of weeks in the UK, did some dates in Europe, [...]

Skull Control

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

A friend of our’s Mario Orduno from San Diego just informed us that his awesome club night in San Diego is coming to San Francisco, we’re very stoked and decided to have a free entry to some of our SF fans, Read below for details and a little background written by none other than Mario [...]

Contest: UNKLE

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

FREE STUFF!!! I love free stuff and the lovely people at Cornerstone love to give it. We have 4 vinyl copies of UNKLE’s new album “End Titles… Stories for Film” as well as 4 CDs which come in a limited edition packaging that is only available in the US thru UNKLE’s site.
To win sign up [...]