People usually associate the DC music scene with the legendary hardcore and post-punk bands on Dischord records: Minor Threat, Fugazi, Rites of Spring, etc. I lived in the capital city area for almost 20 years and while I loved the hardcore bands I always thought it was a shame that the music of the city was so pigeonholed. Most people were unaware that the music of chocolate city had evolved beyond the “Dischord sound." It was a vibrant place with bands exploring and mixing numerous genres and styles, and now a new book that explores those innovative and daring bands [...]
The hoover is sadly underused in today's techno so when it does pop up, we're all ears. This magnificent low tempo monster from Gesaffelstein utilises the sound to maximum effect and is the fourth release on Brodinski's already buy-on-sight label Bromance . It's a short n snappy number that pushes the hoover to the forefront from the word go and only stops for a breath about three minutes in when things get a bit eerie. Available now at Boomkat as part of the "Rise of Depravity EP".
Just happened to check over Too Many Sebastians late and night and guess what... hoover.. is.. back!! This track by Vitalic kinda reminds me of early stuff from other classic electro hard-hitters like Crookers and Bloody Beetroots. The kind which makes you go, holy !@$#( this is some serious beats @#%$ kick ass!! Props to TMS for bringing it to the blogsphere. Oh and here's an educational link for those of you who are unaware of [...]
Esta colaboracion entre DOUSTER y FLORE para la Nuits Sonores Festival 10th Birthday esta al full de synths y hoovers 90eros que tanto gustan a los jovencitos dos-mileros. Oh Yes, it´s Free! This collab by DOUSTER and FLORE for "Nuits Sonores Festival" 10th Birthday is totally filled up with hoovers and 90s synths that amuses all the youngsters around. Oh Yes it is Free!. Cette collaboration par DOUSTER et FLORE pour le "Nuits Sonores Festival" 10ème L'anniversaire stotalement rempli d'aspirateurs et de synths 90s qui amuse tous les jeunes autour. Oh oui il est [...]
When singer/songwriter Rachael Yamagata was growing up, she went to all-girls school that she says warped her into the relationship-obsessed woman she's become, at least in the lyrics of her songs. She began singing with a funk-crazed dance band called Bumpus while she was in college studying theater. While touring and recording with Bumpus, she [...]
Tim Hoover - Numbers (D’Eon Remix)
Wilson Gowan and I are finishing up a summer of sanguine-tinged Thursday evenings of disco, house, early 80's R&B and boogie at Blue Dog with the final Sangria Summer night of the year at the Blue Dog Motel. It's Thursday, August 25th, during the final Saint Laurent street sale of the season. Facebook RSVP and more details here. TIM HOOVER - Numbers (d'Eon Remix) from Moduli TV on Vimeo . [...]
Woven Records commissioned Canadia n rap/poet legend Cadence Weapon to pick and remix parts of Tim Hoover's upcoming instrumental album, More Napkins . The outcome is a dark quasi-dancefloor friendly drum filled romp. Quite stunning to be honest. The remix EP will be available for purchase in September sometime and will include a yet to be heard D'Eon remix (can't wait to hear that one too). Check out Cadence's mix bellow! Tim Hoover - More Napkins (Cadence Weapon Super Computer [...]
Winnipeg based stalwart and king of the scene Tim "DJ Co-Op" Hoover has secretly been making music on his laptop for a year. Now, the cat is out of the bag. More Napkins is 60 minutes long and borrows from the mash-up ethos of yore. Broken beats, symphonic in scope and dynamically driven, More Napkins is the ideal "headphone album". Play 'spot the sample' with your buddies when this thing drops September 13th via local imprints Woven Records (digitally) and Dub Ditch Picnic (casette). Why not finish with some juicy rumours: some [...]
The Los Angeles Times has a tad bit more journalistic integrity than I do, so you're more likely to trust their opinion than you are mine. The reviewer on hand at the Walt Disney Concert Hall was far less impressed than I was with "Paradise Lost." But I wasn't there trying to imagine the concert [...]
Chicago's own Chi Hoover release his latest freestyle "King Shit" as he prepares for the upcoming release of his mixtape Road To Glory. Each week this summer he will drop a freestyle record. DOWNLOAD| Chi Hoover - King Sh*t
New free from Chi Hoover Chi Hoover - Fear God (Freestyle)
Watch out for the shooter. DOWNLOAD| Chi Hoover (Ft. Jon Connor, June Summers & Waka Flocka) - Shooter
Produced by K.E. On The Track. What I remember as a Fat Trel collaboration with June Summers & Waka Flocka now features verses from Flint, MI's Jon Connor and Chicago newcomer Chi Hoover. I'm not mad at this at all. Shooter Chi Hoover feat. June Summers, Waka Flocka & Jon Connor - Shooter (Reloaded)
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Words by Rick Moslen Growing up, many of us believed in punk rock but never considered ourselves “punk.” We moshed at shows, bought $3 Epitaph compilations, and complained about Green Day not being a real punk band, but despite a few oddly colored hair manifestations, we never looked the part. Then high school arrived and we discovered Fugazi (cue Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus). Not only did they look like regular dudes, but their aesthetic was as essential as the music. My high school punk band suddenly sported Fugazi -esque principles: [...]
Humbly presenting another Helvetic Nerd to LessThan3, we welcome the Swiss sensation who goes by EDX . Although born in Italy, Maurizio Colella came in from Zurich to perform quite a show at this year's Ultra Music Festival. Closing out the epic event in the Heineken Dome with a soft melodic hit, his tune Embrace exercises the very best of his abilities with gentle harp strings to form its spectacular harmony. Speaking of Ultra, the track was included on Toolroom's Miami 2011 compilation. Showing that he [...]
Ascoltare certi dischi cercando di capirli aiutandosi con la cartella stampa, talvolta porta ad interrogarsi sul perché di alcune scelte. Prendete il dj Alain Weber , autore di stimate compilation (almeno così ho letto, devo ammettere che prima di infilare il disco nel lettore non sapevo chi fosse) e il suo disco solista, praticamente una colonna sonora imamginaria per film immaginari; l’interrogativo immediato è quello di chiedersi se abbia senso una mossa del genere senza un comparto visivo da accompagnare. La risposta è secca, almeno in questo caso: non ha senso. Il Nostro prende le distanze da [...]
Pretender - Hoover Last night at the Bloodclot Faggots show, a friend of Peter's used the show's location to buy some records in between bands, something that seems not right to me but what do i know? He wanted The Lurid Traversal of Route 7 . He knew he wanted it but he had never heard it. Both for the sake of being social and the sake of having this record in another's hands, i felt i had to sell him on it. [...]
The only way to follow up a night in which you stumble into bed at 3:30 in the morning is to stumble into bed at 4:30 in the morning. It's been a long weekend, folks, and all the over-the-counter pseudoephedrine in the world couldn't keep me from crashing before my work-day ended. I was a busy bee, productive as all hell until about 90 minutes before my shift ended. Then I totally crashed and couldn't function any more. I was so anxious to get out and go home that I left without my computer. Good thing Nicci doesn't [...]
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Stoney Roads
bootlegumachine
MAGNET
discovering.music
Goldkicks
Planet Shhh
Swan Fungus
Are You In That Mood Yet ?
Fake Shore Drive
Gluttony Is the New Black
Draw Us Lines
LessThan3
Indie For BUNNIES
Adding Machine
Willow Beats: Top 5 experimental tracks
Best albums of 2013...so far
Living In A Magazine
