"It's better when it's short! I mean, we can have a nice, long conversation but I like it when the pieces are relatively short. Unless it's supposed to be an in-depth piece centred around a certain idea – the way in which the writer looks at the world, or something. Then maybe it's interesting." So spake Alex "Agor" Cowan of Blue Hawaii now some weeks ago at the somewhat insalubrious end of Holloway Road and although this won't be the so-called "snapshot kinda: 'Blue Hawaii come from Montréal, and their favourite game is billiards, and they love drinking [...]
Dailybeatz Presents: A Blogwave Summer - Volume Four Was honored to once again contribute to this great mix series that my friend Chris of Dailybeatz puts together every year. All your favorite music outlets pick their essential summer tune, then Chris mixes them all together to create one fantastic playlist. Enjoy! Airbird & Napolian – In The Zone [dailybeatz] Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments (Cousin Cole Soul Mix) [ creamteam ] [...]
Saturday begins not so much where Friday left off, as in the excrement of the day's overindulgence as talk of hangovers, hangups, comedowns and all other manner of ill ensures the day can be acutely equated to a more conventional festival malarkey. And Blue Hawaii transpire to be a refreshing tonic to all that inanity, Raphaelle Standell-Preston and Alex "Agor" Cowan putting in an accelerant set on next to no sleep. It begins with perfect respite provided by a gloopy Follow drenched in dark, and the duo sound as though they've come to terms with their live performance [...]
Dot To Dot Festival takes over the bank holiday weekend for another year this coming weekend. There are, once again, a huge number of bands playing across Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester and we've selected a few that we think you should spend your valuable time on... Black Books Making their debut appearance on the UK live scene, the band will be arriving here fresh off the back of playing two support dates with none other than The Flaming Lips. Not a bad way to start, eh? Beautiful [...]
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Summer is totally taking it's time to show up this year. It's a bummer. People feel blue, people feel down. A little wander in the tube (metro) here in Paris will give you a quick snapshot of the current ambiance and grey, stormy cloud that's stuck above our heads. None the less, we're here to bring smiles on your faces. You can download this great selection of feel good tracks when you like us on Facebook and enjoy your Sunday like no one else (at least the unfortunate people that have no idea of the existence of Sundaze Playlist... We [...]
Fish & Chips, Ice-Creams, Ghost Train Rides and arcade games on the pier, Brighton offers up a classical get-away on any normal weekend of the year - this coming weekend, however, is anything but normal. As hundreds of revellers prepare their schedules, the seaside town prepares itself for The Great Escape Festival. We'll be down their alongside just about every exciting new band to have emerged in the last 12 months and while we'll mostly be running around like headless chickens attempting to see everything, there is no need for you to because our soon to be writers-on-the-ground Dan Carson [...]
When the defiantly explicit Club Motherfucker first began in this very venue now a decade ago, I wasn't anywhere near old enough to enter into these sorts of wide-eyed, openminded nocturnal shenanigans and nor was either member of tonight's central attraction, Blue Hawaii . Comprising Montréal native speakers Raphaelle Standell-Preston and Alex "Agor" Cowan, this trip represents the very first time the duo have washed up on British shores under this given guise and, having been active for quite some while already, this evening's UK début is long overdue. Their début-slash-sophomore depending on which member you request [...]
Still sweating from their first headlining gig at Espace B yesterday evening, I bring you today the total awesomeness that is Blue Hawaii live. Do not be fooled by the relative calm aura to the tracks they've posted here and there on the interwebs. This duo from Montreal, signed to the same record gang Arbutus, also home to Grimes, Majical Cloudz and many others from 'that' very talented and forthcoming Canadian scene. A live performance by Blue Hawaii is what you need to witness first and foremost. While their material sounds gentle and soothing on your home-stereo, the [...]
by Tiana Feng Last night Purity Ring and Blue Hawaii took over the Danforth Music Hall for a night of electropop. The show was all ages and there were many youngsters who had no idea who Blue Hawaii was. I had seen them not too long ago and the duo played a much more confident set than last time. Blue Hawaii remixed Untogether in order to translate [...]
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Techno and house music, probably one of the most popular genres now, is a wide genre that comes in a wide variety of forms. Most of the Top 40 music made today is in this genre, but now it seems like so many underground bands have at least one synth. This allows techno fans to find a wide selection of artists and forms to choose from. One of the recently growing subgroups has been termed post-internet because artists now have such a large pool of influences that it becomes impossible to claim them now. [...]
Monday? Innately awful. New BRAIDS ? Ineffably brilliant. They've no need to make Amends for anything in particular, not least as the ringleader of the Montréal troupe Raphaelle Standell-Preston already has our album of the year thus far under her belt in the inscrutably excellent form of Blue Hawaii sophomore, Untogether . It's an endeavour which has by now quite evidently had a not insubstantial impact upon her more widely renowned, and with that revered escapades alongside the blokes of BRAIDS, and I say blokes as opposed to guys as they've recently parted ways with [...]
Braids regresa con "Amends" rola que saldrá en un nuevo 12" junto a "In Kind" el próximo 11 de junio. Ambas serán parte de su nueva producción que saldrá en Arbutus el próximo otoño. Enjoy. ♩ Braids - Amends
Here's a brand new track from Montreal outfit Braids , who are following up what was one of our favourite records from 2011 with a brand new 123. In Kind // Amends is out June 11, and takes both its sides from the band's forthcoming sophomore LP that's due out later this year on Arbutus Records . A-side "Amends" is a thickly atmospheric series of tightly-knit loops that has quite a bit in common with Raphaelle Standell-Preston's work in Blue Hawaii . Stream it above. The post [...]
It's a testament to the almighty brawn of this year's The Great Escape billing that our beloved likes of Allah-Las , Darkstar , Roosevelt , Sean Nicholas Savage , and so on and so forth weren't in with even so much as a shout as we concisely round up our essential picks from next month's Brighton shebang. For contrived as it may, and indeed doubtless will sound, the UK's leading metropolitan festival has well and truly outdone itself with its programming for the coming edition. The full line up for it can be encountered here , although [...]
We divided and we conquered. Team B3SCI took to the streets of Austin, TX this past March for the annual SXSW Music Conference. Among the seemingly infinite shows we caught by bands from all over the planet, was non-stop coverage including exclusive interviews, take-away performance sessions, and even B3SCI Presents first ever SX-party! So check out some of what you missed, remember, and what you strait up forgot about, from SXSW 2013 with this firsthand look back: ___________________ Sunday, March 10th ___________________ Seryn @ Holy Mountain [...]
Considering they have a name like Purity Ring , lo-fi electronic R&B partners Megan James and and Corin Roddick of Edmonton put on quite the sensual show Thursday at the El Rey Theatre. Although the Canadian duo made the Coachella bill this year, people still flocked to the L.A. venue fopr a provocative experience in support of the duo's highly regarded debut "Shrines." Like the record, the band's visual setup presented a shrouded eeriness. Between the echoes and the artistically clever set-up of luminous cocoons, Roddick's "tree lantern" and James' mounted kick drum — that both lit up dramatically when [...]
James Blake returns to Seattle / photo by Dave Lichterman This week we have a great list of shows to tell you about. Starting the week with 3 great shows at Neptune Theatre with Sparks on Monday night, James Blake on Tuesday night, and Purity Ring o n Wednesday night. Marnie Stern, SISU, and Heavy Petting are also at Barboza. On Thursday, The Thermals, Wimps, and La Luz are at Neumos, Kithkin, Constant Lovers, Pleasure Boaters, and Edie Sedgwick are at Chop Suey, and Rodriguez is [...]
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