
It's been a minute since we've heard from ungoogleable dance-punk crew !!! (aka Chk Chk Chk). Starting next month, however, the band will be on the road, first playing a string of shows in California. Then, in April, they'll team up with Shabazz Palaces for a batch of East coast tour dates. Check out the updated tour schedule below (via NJU ), along with the video for "Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass" from their most recent LP, Strange Weather, Isn't It? . Shabaazz Palaces have a bunch of other [...]

The Sacramento dance punk band set spring trek.

Qu'est ce que j'aime les releases comme ça ! Le genre d'EP qu'on va classer dans Bass Music puisqu'il faut mettre un nom sur ce qu'on décrit sous peine de passer pour un illuminati en société « C'est indescriptible, un subtile mélange des genres qui mène à une pâte propre à l'artiste dans laquelle se retrouve l'influence UK garage des années 903. Lapalux c'est justement le reflet de ce qui se fait actuellement chez les artistes anglo-saxons qui ont déjà dépassé l'ère du dubstep pour concentrer de jolis vocals, assez souvent pitchés, une [...]

Qu'est ce que j'aime les releases comme ça ! Le genre d'EP qu'on va classer dans Bass Music puisqu'il faut mettre un nom sur ce qu'on décrit sous peine de passer pour un illuminati en société « C'est indescriptible, un subtile mélange des genres qui mène à une pâte propre à l'artiste dans laquelle se retrouve l'influence UK garage des années 903. Lapalux c'est justement le reflet de ce qui se fait actuellement chez les artistes anglo-saxons qui ont déjà dépassé l'ère du dubstep pour concentrer de jolis vocals, assez souvent pitchés, une [...]

With all the accolades and critical acclaim that came with the release of his 2010 record Harlem River Blues , such as taking home the Americana Music Award for Song Of The Year for the album's title track, Justin Townes Earle continued to battle the personal demons that come along with his substance abuse issues. Townes Earle's issues led to a rather unfortunate and ugly incident after a gig and he postponed tour dates to re-enter rehab. Now that the singer-songwriter is hopefully putting his struggles behind him, JTE will release his latest studio album - [...]

813 est un Moscovite bien rodé à l'art de la production musicale puisqu'il a de nombreux albums et maxis sortis sur différent labels, russes en général. C'est surement cela qui nous l'a caché depuis autant de temps. Cet affront est réparé grâce à l'intervention du label Donky Pitch. Musicalement avec le sept titres Spectrum Riff nous sommes dans un genre de dubstep aux bleeps omniprésents, un gros coté R'n'B aussi dans certaines voix et quelques instruments des plus funky. On pense de suite au illustre Hudson Mohawke, Rustie ou [...]
Well, another year has gone by. 2011 seemed awfully quick and in reflecting back I didn't feel as though it was as hectic for me, meaning I didn't shoot as many shows in previous years.... Read the rest on Speakerboxxx.com
And just like that, the live music scene in NYC picks up again, with a lot of great shows kicking off this week.

Catch 'em at: Dec 10 - Hamden, CT @ The Space Dec 11 - Brooklyn, NY @ 285 Kent Ave Dec 12 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's Watch 'The Most Certain Sure' here. Purchase !!! items via Insound. MP3: !!! - AM/FM
Click image to download track Sounds like: Ministry, Toro Y Moi, !!! "Holy Ghost (Feat. Nancy Whang & Juan Maclean) - I Wanted To Tell Her (Feat. Nancy Whang & Juan Maclean)" What's so good? NYC's Holy Ghost is an unstoppable force. Whatever they tap into to produce such infectious dance songs is hopefully an endless supply because their music is something I never want [...]

Plaid is not just for hipsters, country music stars, your grandfather, or Scottish kilts. That statement was not meant to offend, nothing beats wearing a heavy plaid button down on a cold New York City day like today, but I am not talking about anything clothing related. The Plaid I'm speaking of is the group of two master curators and creators of sound, the London based duo, Andy Turner and Ed Handley. Apologies, but I must take a few minutes to gush about how phenomenal these two musicians are. A friend introduced me to Plaid about three years [...]

This is the last re-post for the Blogophilia series. Links for the all-in-one zip for Volumes 23-30 are still active and you can download those here . BLOGOPHILIA 22 (promotional songs from blogs and freely available materials) acquired 9/05/2010 – 10/18/2010 ripped @ 320 kbps VBR - All in one zip file here - TRACKLIST (Song [...]

Nic Offer y los suyos, no conformes con haber revolucionado el escenario internacional del Festival Primavera Fauna, se presentarán en vivo este jueves 10 de noviembre en la Ex Oz (Chucre Manzur Galpón 6), en una fiesta organizada por Radio Horizonte. Las entradas cuestan $4.000 antes de las 22:30 y $6.000 después y estarán a la venta en el mismo recinto. Los cupos son limitados por lo tanto se recomienda llegar temprano, para ver acaso el mejor show que tuvo el Festival Primavera Fauna, con el acalorado dance punk de la banda de Sacramento. Más abajo [...]

Some blurry images from the trippy show. Thank you so much Soundshine Event for the chance. some shots by Leona Agustine, some by Eric
Interview by Oscar Erdiansyah thank you Soundshine dan Beatfest nya yang asoi.

Sobre cómo es estar de moda a pesar de ser honesto con lo que haces, sobre cómo puede sobrevivir una banda con dos ex bateristas muertos, sobre su próximo disco y sobre por qué vale la pena probar cosas aterradoras en la vida, hablamos con el hombre tras el grupo de las tres sílabas, que se presenta este sábado en el Festival Primavera Fauna. ¿Por qué decidiste dejar Sacramento e irte a NY? Era nuestra ciudad favorita. Nos pareció sencillamente excitante tirarse a la piscina con tantos de nuestros artistas [...]
For Friday, here's a song that will get you ready for a good night out. !!! have a new single, 'Most Certain Sure', and its video doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Until you read the description on Warp Records' Web site explaining it. Like MTV's Jackass, don't try this at home, kids. Click here to view the embedded video.
Pinche aquí para ver el vídeo Serán los reyes de la fiesta en el proximo Primavera Fauna
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, !!!, Spoon "Neutral Milk Hotel - You've Passed" What's so good? Usually when bands disband and fade into oblivion, it's assumed they will stay there, especially when it's been ten plus years. Neutral Milk Hotel has forcefully meandered back into the limelight defying all of our expectations. Over the past [...]
It may indeed be the case that as a bona fide genre, dance-punk has never been anything more than the product of a subculture media hellbent on fabricating its own buzz or simply an example of the post-millennium tail-wagging-the-dog phenomenon at work in the arts. After all, detractions like these have asterisked nearly every claim for legitimacy made by proponents of the genre, with most listeners dismissing it as duplicitous Dance music sporting some insincere rough edges. Imaginary or not though, the waves of easy-access recording technology brought on by the early 2000s yielded even larger waves of [...]