When I wandered into Rusty Spurs awaiting Project Jenny Project Jan 's late night set, I walked in on a massive dance party with saturated bass lines, full disco beats and a crowd that couldn't stand still for a hot second. After finding my way to the back of the crowded dance floor, I was transfixed by the aural grandeur. When it hit me that I had no idea who I was watching spin, I hightailed it to the nearest flyer and, what to my wondering eyes did appear, I discovered that I was listening [...]
Donk (aka, Scouse House, Dancey Rave, Nu Core, DonkCore, Donk Tune, Spank Rabbit, Elephant Beatz, Classical Donkage, Dointy Rave, Cheese Bang, Beethovens Drainpipe) music is this new dance sensation sweeping the UK. Remarkable for the fact that it's selling extremely well even without support from Radio, TV and Magazines. It's actually the only British-made music selling well at the moment. It's godfather is the illustrious Around The World records, based in Blackburn, young homeless capital of the UK (true). They've commisioned us to do a donk compilation for them, based on some of the most popular tracks on [...]
Our Son The Man crash the system with a new original, called Night Walk and two triple-edited edits for two of his favourite songs, currently. This package is the Finnish way to party into spring. Night Walk is an entertaining pitch with a lot of sunny details and the two edits feel like vegging out at a fountain with your gang, staring into space, just enjoying the shafts of sunlight. Mp3: Our Son The Man - Night Walk Mp3: Sylvester - [...]
Hello there, friend. I know it hurts. Your band poured out your hearts, vented your souls, and spent way too much money on mastering. You convinced the label to go with the four-panel insert instead of the cheap-looking two-panel. You bought a new travel toothbrush for tour. You wrote an ecstatic MySpace blog post about how this is your best album to date. And then... this. All your hard work reduced to two numbers separated by a decimal point. It's like the pain of a thousand meth-soaked sound guys ignoring your simple mixing requests. Like a guitar headstock swung precisely [...]
And now, the conclusion of our extensive recap of last week's Harvest of Hope . If you missed day one, you can find it here . And don't forget to check back in the upcoming weeks for interviews with The Gaslight Anthem, None More Black, The Casting Out and Against Me! DAY 2 Just to get it out of the way from the very beginning, I would like to hereby declare all Day Twos of future Harvest of Hope Fests as [...]
Putting a label on the debut album by Jacksonville Florida's SUNBEARS! is a toughie. They're sort of a synth-psychedelic-indie-noisep op band from space. Plus they break an awful lot of rules in their debut album Dream Happy Dreams , a short, vibrant, colorful little album that sounds like a waterfall of summer love. Recorded in Redding CA, Atlanta GA, and their hometown of Jacksonville, the album has a unique and striking sound, and they obviously know how to craft solid pop music with a foot-tapping beat. The album opens with Le [...]
Remember that track 'I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend' by the Black Kids ? Can You Barrett? and TinTinTini did up their own little cover of this track with a few changes in the lyrics more suitable for a lady: 'I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Girlfriend How to Ride.' Check it out. Completely hilarious and excellently produced. Can You Barrett? feat. TinTinTini - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Girlfriend How to Ride
The Twelves could take any song or audio clip in the world and suddenly turn it into a party tune. We'll go as far as saying The Twelves could take an audio clip of hyena's mauling a huge pig and somehow turn it into the party song of the year. They've taken massive tracks and transformed them as if by magic. We love them. Black Kids, Radiohead and La Roux are the stand-out mixes we've heard from the pair so far and we're happy to find out that [...]
image: flickr Over the years I've enrolled in a number of social media networking websites (SOC.NETS) and to be honest, there haven't been many that stuck. I'm going to break them down in order of most active (hot mustard) to least active (pants). Twitter (hot mustard) Facebook Tumblr FriendFeed TUFTSvsCITS last.fm (thanks for reminding me, [...]
Frank Yang When last week's The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart show was announced way back in December , I figured it would be a nice little underground thing (literally and figuratively) with myself and the small but loyal posse of Toronto shoegaze devotees in the subterranean environs of Neutral. Sure, their unabashedly retro but still nearly perfect fuzz-pop in theory had mass appeal, but the same could be said for most stuff I like but never manages to catch on - it's pop music. It's not difficult. [...]
Check out the Black Kids on The Interface performing a few tracks from their album Partie Traumatic and a new track, " My Christian Name". "My Christian Name": Tour Dates : Apr 02 - The National / Richmond, Va. Apr 04 - 9:30 Club / Washington DC Apr 05 - Music Hall Of Williamsburg / Brooklyn Apr 06 - Webster Hall / New York City Apr 07 - House of Blues / Boston [...]
Black Kids on Spinner Check out the Black Kids on the Interface . The band is set to embark on a co-headlining tour with Mates of State in April.
Far from it, but nothing is wrong with wishful thinking, is there? Lately, there has been this "electro-revolution" coming out of Japan (at least from what the blog world tells me...not a reliable source, haha) and it's refreshing to hear their take on the world of electro. After listening to the tunes below, you'll decipher that they have a style of their own. It is quite unique, especially the remix work. So, if you're a japanese music producer, do send me some tunes because I would definitely like to hear some more. Interesting note: [...]
Their recent set featured: I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You My Christian Name I Wanna Be Your Limousine Partie Traumatic Hurricane Jane Look At Me Watch videos of each performance here. Black Kids & Mates Of State will tour North America this spring. MP3: Black Kids - Live On The Interface
Filed under: The Interface Just a few years ago, Black Kids frontman Reggie Youngblood wrote the band's feel-good hook-heavy hit 'I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance' in his cubicle at a call center in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. He's come a long way from his office space. "Thinking about the journey that the song made, really, to me was phenomenal," Youngblood tells Spinner at the band's Interface taping. "I think you can never have enough hooks. Even though [people] were complaining [about the hooks], it's a good [...]
I've been listening to a lot of early 90s rock lately, hence this week's 90s-riffic post. In doing research for interesting cover versions of this incredible song, I stumbled upon many a humorous YouTube videos that featured "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" as a backdrop to a photo collage of the poster's sex symbol of choice. There was a Bon Jovi e-shrine, some Mr. Latino 2000-type shirtless telenovela stars whose names I can't recall, and also my personal favorite: an ode to Gerard Butler (good [...]
(Rain or Shine) One of my favorite Japanese exports (other than denim of course) are the 80Kidz. They keep remixing tracks that I love and give me reason to renew my relationship with many different songs. I figured it only makes sense for me to put the spotlight on this group of remixers who have done some very creative remixes and originals. I love the fact that their remixes aren't predictable or formulaic. They vary their style and approach giving every song a unique feeling. I love what they did with the Pirates of the Caribbean theme [...]
Aproveitando que eu upei a faixa " I'm not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance with you ", do Black Kids , pra comunidade do bar James , dia desses, então pra animar o teu sábado eu vou dar re-up aqui no blog não só nessa faixa, mas também no ótimo remix que os The Twelves fizeram pra música. Coisa fina, ouve aí: [ + ] Faça os [...]
So here's a little remix we liked of the band the " Black Kids ," a name we're still not sure is normal (in other words, it could border on being racist), but with that aside we like the track. Anything featuring Weezy is a plus in our book, unless it's wack, which is almost never the case. You know that when Weezy is on the track it's going to be good. Of course, this is just a remix and Weezy didn't actually sing over this track in a collaborative effort or anything. Here are the "Black Kids:" [...]
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