It’s rare for North Americans to get the exclusive dance music release… unless Scion AV is somehow behind it. Their latest label compilation taps the talent of Kitsuné for what Kitsuné does best… 11 remixes from their cutting edge catalog. A lot of the songs are getting their release for the first time here so [...]

To be honest I wasn’t feeling the new Lady Sov track… perhaps still suffering from a midget rap hangover. BUT I am loving the Warriors inspired video for “I Got You Dancing”… directed by none other than Dandi Wind! Lady Sovereign – “I Got You Dancing” Essohvee’s new album Jigsaw is coming out on April [...]

Lord Skywave is a new moniker by Simon Lord of ex-Simian/current The Black Ghosts fame. And is of course part of the This Is Music family. If you’ve dugged Lord’s vocals on the Black Ghosts but wanted a new direction or something a little funkier then Lord Skywave is definitely for you. “Something” is the [...]

PONEY PONEY “Cross The Fader” New Poney Poney video for their single “Cross the Fader” from last spring. The band will be releasing their new “When Do You Wanna Stop Working” EP on Institubes in January. It’s produced by Para One so obviously I don’t need to tell you that you’ll want to pick it [...]

Melbourne’s ZZZ (not to be confused with ZZT or zZz) have a new single out for their track “Lion” — totally piano driven but not in an obvious way. Like every great dance song “Lion” takes you on an incredible journey (but not an Incredible Journey with that talking dog and cat). [Audio clip: view [...]

Ah, man I have some weird Empire of the Sun issues that I won’t get into now — but I do love how Burns works the track “We Are The People.” Kinda building it up, working it and stretching it and then a little bam and then goes back to teasing before he drops dance [...]

NSFW: Poni Hoax – “Antibodies” from Danakil on Vimeo. The video for Poni Hoax “Antibodies” stresses me out. Subtle and beautiful though. Just watch. Directed by Danakil.

Favorite band of the year for sure. Here’s the new video for their new single “A Thing For Me”

We briefly mentioned South Central’s cover of the Josh Wink classic “Higher State of Consciousness” back in September… well now the track is getting the the video treatment. South Central’s take on “Higher State” adds a ton of noise and distortion — like the original is exploding into binary code across digital sound waves. But [...]

Well well the nominations have been added up and this is who we’ll be voting on… overall not a bad list. But let’s talk about Hercules and Love Affair getting shut out for album of the year. Was I one of the only ones who ranked it as number 1? Guess so. Anyway, Justice swept [...]

Magic Wands – “Warrior” (demo) (YouTube) New demo in the shape of a video from Magic Wands — kinda love the distortion on the audio. Perhaps that won’t be there in a final version but it feels like a song that’s been copied a million times over onto mixtapes and is worn from love.

Salem is back with a new EP on Merok. I dunno what the weather is like where you are but here it is dark and cold and rainy. And “Whenusleep” is the perfect music for a day like today. Kinda want to put on some headphones and wander aimlessly in the rain to this music. [...]

Chicks on Speed – “Super Surfer Girl” Chicks on Speed is back with a collaboration with Insight. The result is a surf art rock single and video. The real treat though is the WhoMadeWho remix of “Super Surfer Girl”… available for purchase on iTunes. Word on the street is Chicks on Speed’s new album is [...]

Tommy Sparks – “I’m A Rope” (YouTube) Kinda funny video from Tommy Sparks — and you don’t even need to be hyptonized to love it! Ha! This is definitely one of those dance around your bedroom in your underwear tracks… We were emailed the Yuksek remix a couple weeks ago, but no time, blah, blah, [...]

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool’s “Dance The Way I Feel” kinda feels like the swan song of the party, in maybe more than one way — but like imagine one solo guy left dancing on an empty floor doing whatever he pleases. And you kinda want that moment to last forever. Some wonderful pop though: [...]

Hey L.A. folks, we have a pair of tickets to give away for the Binary night with the Twelves, Keenhouse and Nightwaves on December 9th at The Dragonfly. To enter shoot an email to contests@bigstereo.net. Submissions must be in by NOON tomorrow, December 8th. Congrats to Maxine! We brought you some new Keenhouse remixes a [...]

Gosh, every year we do this it’s later in the year than the last year… next year watch out because it’s gonna be New Years Eve when we’re asking you. Anyway… basically the same questions as 2006 and 2007. If this is your first year this is how it works: we let you submit whatever [...]

Clubfeet – “Teenage Suicide” Yo, we just posted the mp3 the other day, but the Alex Goddard directed video for Clubfeet’s “Teenage Suicide” came out today. Grainy and kinda beautiful — especially around the two minute mark with the birds. Look for the album at iTunes — it’s a must have. The single for “Teenage [...]

There’s one album that has been burning down my iPod battery the past few weeks: French Miami. French ≠ touch. Miami ≠ booty bass. But no fear. French Miami’s self titled is swift and to the point and offers up plenty of right angles and perfect lyrical moments. At times it kinda feels like late [...]

Timmy Vegas & Bad Lay-Dee’s “Another Dimension” is the guilty pleasure du jour — kinda fried today and sitting here listening to this gay house with a huge Beasty Boys sample is doing the trick. A giant robot Bad Lay-Dee makes the video. Ah, but the original was soooo good. A defining moment of my [...]