More than any other season, we equate summer with music - outdoor festivals abound, boomboxes blast, and everyone you know has their "essential summer playlist" on heavy rotation. While we definitely have thoughts on the new tracks and indie standbys you should be blasting this summer, we got a bit nostalgic after listening to NPR 's decades-spanning songs of the summer playlist on repeat this past week. Accordingly, we've collected a few "songs of the summer" from the '60s and '70s that we think still resonate today, and totally deserve a place on your 2012 summer fun mixtape [...]
I woke up this morning with this stuck in my head. I swear it works.

If we're not going to have another full-blown '70s revival, a celebration of the 70s just might be the next best thing. As fondly as I remember the '70s -- my favorite decade, particularly '77 to '79, three of the best years ever in pop music, from Rumors to Saturday Night Fever to the best of ABBA ( Arrival to Voulez-Vouz ) to the disco heyday of Donna Summer to one-hit wonders like Samantha Sang ("Emotion"), Walter Egan ("Magnet and Steel"), Jay Ferguson ("Thunder Island"), Alicia Bridges ("I [...]

The Grim Reaper wreaked havoc in May. Robin Gibb, Donna Summer and Adam Yauch were the headliners, but there were also members of The Dillards and Crowded House who left us. Two blues and soul guitarists died: Charles Pitts, who played on so many of Isaac Hayes’ records (his guitar helped make The Theme of Shaft such an iconic track) and Pete Cosey, who played on many Chess records. In April we lost Andrew Love, who was involved in creating the iconic intro for Otis Redding’s Try A Little Tenderness. In May we lost another co-creator of a [...]

Boys Noize ( Alexander Ridha) también quiere rendir homenaje a la reina del disco Donna Summer , y ayer el productor berlines nos dejaba " Donnastag ", un potente remix/bootleg que publicaba en 2006 a través de su alter ego 909d1sco, y que ahora llega remasterizado y free downlaod para uso y disfrute. Sin duda un gran trabajo ideal para bailar este fin de semana.

As many of you know Donna Summer passed away last month. To honor her, Boys Noize re-released this bootleg he had done back in 2006. Here's what he had to say about. " Here's a fun bootleg I did in tribute to the queen of disco Donna Summer. I ve had released the track in 2006 on a ltd. vinyl under my synonym 909D1SCO . In celebration of Donna Summer's life and work, I would like to make the track (re-mastered & edited) available for everybody to play. Enjoy " Boys Noize [...]
En el 2006 Alexander Ridha ( Boys Noize ) publciaba su particular bootleg sobre Donna Summer baja el alias de 909d1sco , ahora ese tema, Boys Noize la publicado en free download, así que ya sabes, no te quedes sin él....

We haven't posted anything Boys Noize-related for a while now. Bad versions! Alex Ridha made a fun bootleg in tribute to the queen of disco Donna Summer. The track was actually released in 2006 on a Ltd. vinyl under his 909D1SCO name. In celebration of Donna's life and work, he also wanted to to make the re-mastered and edited song available for everybody to play and download. Image: JBo

When someone as amazing as Donna Summer passes away, musicians pay tribute the best way that can - through music. Endless amounts of these dedicated tracks stack up and I very rarely give them all a listen, however when someone like Boys Noize makes a tribute I stop and listen. This is a track he released in 2006 under another alias some of you may be familiar with, 909D1SCO but here it is freshly remastered and edited AND free for your aural pleasure. It [...]

Boys Noize - Donnastag " Here's a fun bootleg I did in tribute to the queen of disco Donna Summer. I ve had released the track in 2006 on a ltd. vinyl under my synonym 909D1SCO . In celebration of Donna Summer's life and work, I would like to make the track (re-mastered & edited) available for everybody to play."
I thinks it's safe to say we probably don't need any more Donna Summer remixes - grab this sweet bootleg by Boys Noise as his tribute to the queen of disco.
Stream: Boys Noize - “Donnastag (Donna Summer bootleg, remastered)” Here’s a fun bootleg I did in tribute to the queen of disco Donna Summer. I ve had released the track in 2006 on a ltd. vinyl under my synonym 909D1SCO . In celebration of Donna Summer’s life and work, I would like to make the track (re-mastered) available for everybody to play. Enjoy.

From what I can gather, this is a remix that’s been provided to us by Luciano Colman & Tevy Cavoti (do let us know if this is wrong Fellas) covering Donna Summer’s ‘Bad Girls’ wickedly. Does it feel like a Monday???? Does it F... We continue. DONNA SUMMER – Bad Girls (Tevy Cavoti & Luciano Colman Tributo Remix)
So I've been spending some time recently filtering through "stuff." That is, combing through piles, boxes, and closets full of belongings in the attempt to get our house ready for sale. One thing that'll wreck our chance of a sale, even more so than walls painted in disturbing (read: not beige) colors, is the presence of the evil clutter. So [...]
Honoring the memory of the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, who we lost this last weekend to breast cancer. (59 minutes) This episode sponsored by: Featuring: Title Artist Album Original Artist More [...]
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It's been a while since we've heard anything from Franz Ferdinand but they're back and performed a gig in Ireland after an 18 month dry spell of gigs. While playing the show in Limerick they debuted four new tracks, as Stereogum points out they played " Right Thoughts", "Brief Encounters", "Trees & Animals" and "Fresh Strawberries" all of which can be seen after the jump via some fan shot footage. It's nice to hear some new material from the band and no doubt we'll hear more as they continue playing shows over the summer months. [...]

Mexican producer Louie Fresco burst onto the scene late last year with his Donna Summer sampling track So Good released on Art Department's Jonny White's label No.19 Music. The subsequently (and exquisite) remix by Russ Yallop cemented him as one to watch in 2012. Now, as he's set to put out the second release from his new label, Mexa Records, a joint venture with his fellow countryman Jay Blakk (of Climbers), we caught up with him to chat Latin influences, Kenny G, Twinkies and more in what might be the funniest interview we've ever had the pleasure of [...]
Franz Ferdinand llevan algún tiempo desaparecidos de la escena, pero en Cuchara Sónica venimos anunciándoos desde hace meses que 2012 sería seguramente su año. Su año porque vuelven, y porque las expectativas no podrían ser mejores, con una banda que empieza poco a poco a calentar en directo y que ha tenido tres años para trabajar en un disco que aún no sabemos cómo se llama. Lo que sí sabemos es que al menos los cuatro temas que podéis ver a continuación deberían estar en el mismo. Yeah, that’s right , nada más y [...]

It's been a bad week for disco. [Right-click and "Download Document" for mp3 of Public Image Ltd's Death Disco]

Como todos sabemos, el mundo de la música sufrió una enorme pérdida la semana pasada debido al tristísimo fallecimiento de la reina disco Donna Summer . El impacto de esta gran cantante sobre la música actual es innegable y como muestra de ello, ya comenzaron a surgir los primeros homenajes por parte de sus compañeros músicos. Durante su presentación en Limerick, Irlanda, los muchachos de Franz Ferdinand rindieron homenaje a Donna tocando un cover de “I Feel Love” , tema perteneciente al álbum I Remember Yesterday [...]