MySpace So even though I've got a mighty backlog of stuff to cover and even though this has been a long weekend (or maybe because), I've still not had time to get to any of it properly. So coverage of the past few days worth of showgoing will start tomorrow. For today, you get this. A free album. Which is probably better than my concert reviews. Welsh trio The Joy Formidable know how to get media attention. Last Summer, they had a video for debut single "Austere" banned from [...]
One mix is never enough...And so I bring you a MuuMuse Excluusive . For some strange reason, the producer behind the incredible BitchSLAPhappy remixes decided to fulfill my request for a slamming remix of Saint Etienne 's new single, "Method of Modern Love." Here are the results. Not only are the scattered, skittering electro-euphoric pipe beats as juicy as I'd hoped, but the track breathes new life into the very phrasing of the verses. Make sure to play this one the whole way [...]
Happy Valentine's Day, Muusers! On this Holiest of Days, let us reflect upon to the timeless words of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , who I believe once said: "Two hearts are beating together, I'm in love ( ah-woo ), I'm in love ( ah-woo )." As a reminder...Please, please, please don't do anything stupid tonight. If we're to learn anything from our celebrity brethren, it is the value and sanctity of the almighty safety word . Myself? I like "Cantaloupe." (Note: Not to be confused with the phrase "Can't [...]
yes it's valentine's day, so here's a bunch of songs with love in the title: ::: saint etienne - only love can break your heart ::: the house of love - love in a car (peel session) ::: ac/dc - let me put my love in ::: the beatles - all you need is love ("love" album version) ::: bjork - all is full of love (live at the royal opera house) ::: sebadoh - brand new love ("freed weed" [...]
In order to promote the latest in the long line of Saint Etienne best-ofs, they're swapping a free download of Teenage Winter for email addresses.
Ingrid Z Those who sought to ride out the global recession by investing their money in Patrick Wolf should be pleased - the project has already yielded dividends! What had originally been intended to be a double album entitled Battle will now instead be two single-length albums entitled The Bachelor and The Conqueror . In an interview with Spinner , Wolf describes the differences between the two as follows - " The Bachelor [has themes of] loneliness, hedonism, depression and melancholy, the second album [...]
ANDREW WEATHERALL DELIVERS 2 EXCLUSIVE DJ MIXES Andrew Weatherall gave us these two exclusive DJ mixes as a gift, k? There are for you only! We will throw the most insane party on February 12th in Berlin at Tresor Club - where it ALL started! to me this is important as Andrew's mix of guitar music and beats back then in the early 90ties created RAVE in Manchester. Who knows where we all would have been without his mixes for Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, That Petrol Emotion, Jah Wobble, James, The Grid, New [...]
(photo: Myspace) DAMN! 2009 just keeps getting better and better! Between the new album from a revitalized and fighting fit Morrissey and the kick-ass new jam from Doves, it feels like I'm being transported back about ten years in time. Adding to the time-warp sensation is the ABSOL-FLIPPING-LOVELY new UK-only single from Saint Etienne . Trends be damned, "Method of Modern Love" is a classic dancefloor filling anthem and the best thing Bob, Pete and Sarah have done in almost 10 years. [...]
Ever since posting last weeks Friday Fix, I've been on a bit of a nostalgic kick, listening to some old favorites. So, that explains the older songs in this weeks fix. The other stuff, well, I hope you enjoy! This weeks Friday Fix is coming from all over the place, so look out. ;) Saint Etienne - Stormtrooper in Drag (1997, UK) Off of my one of my all time favorite tribute albums of all time, Saint Etienne covers for us "Stormtrooper in Drag" by Gary Numan. I totally love the [...]
Pitchfork spend some quality time with Bob Stanley : Pitchfork: You have a new compilation, London Conversations. You've released quite a few comps-- Too Young to Die, Smash the System, Travel Edition, plus rarities and fan-club releases: Why another one and why now? BS: Um, yeah, it's slightly embarrassing. For some reason we didn't think anybody would notice there's been about four before [laughs]. We've only done one officially before, which was Too Young to Die. There's been various in between because we've changed labels so many times. The reason we're doing it now is [...]
The ' Saint Etienne 's back' train just keeps on a'rollin'! Just released is, this, their latest single 'Method Of Modern Love' and it's a almost-Kylie-esq slice of perfect electronic Pop. Take it for a spin: Saint Etienne - Method Of Modern Love (zShare) (MediaFire) The single, in its various formats, contains remixes from the likes of Richard X (who had a hand in production), Cola Boy & Heartbreak !!! You can pick up the single in it's various [...]
Reasons to love Saint Etienne and their new single Method Of Modern Love: 1. On their myspace blog they recently said, "The BBC are rather fond of us at the mo." Yes, and so am I, at the mo. 2. The song is suitably bleepy and tinkly, but most notably it's driving - the beat has real movement to it . [...]
Saint Etienne are back with their own inimitable and insanely infection brand of electro pop. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure in a way to admit to liking them but they have been so hard to resist in the past that I just couldn't help but wait with expectant hunger to see what Sarah, Bob and Pete had come up with this time on this double a-side. Thankfully I wasn't disappointed. It's a winner all the way. The originals are just what we have come to love and expect from the band over the years. [...]
YES. With what appears to be the greatest single of 2009*, Saint Etienne has returned to the dancefloor with "Method of Modern Love," the Richard X -produced lead single from their upcoming compilation album, London Conversations: The Best of Saint Etienne . The group has been dangling song samples in front of their fans' salivating faces for weeks now, but only now we can finally experience the full release. That should have been worded differently. *As of today. Anywho, here are just [...]
Don't think I have not forgotten The Method Of Modern Love . Still waiting, but now there's a full 75 seconds on SE's myspace . How can I even leave the house before this is released?
A brief interruption of this soon-to-resume countdown to point out the very important fact that Saint Etienne have uploaded a longer clip of "Method Of Modern Love" (as well as the Richard X version of "This Is Tomorrow") to their MySpace . The verse makes me think of something, but I can't place it.
A brief interruption of the countdown for some VERY IMPORTANT NEWS: Ben Adams is on Celebrity Big Brother this year in the UK (hat tip to Chig ). And other famous people, but really, who cares (answer: the rest of the world, which is probably way more interested in other names)? Wonder what he's actually like? This is not going to help me at all on the "convincing me to give up hopes about a revived solo career that I acknowledged are most likely futile [...]
Well, according to NORAD , Father Christmas is currently over Brian Head, Utah and is heading north. You see, I finally figured it out: Old St Nick is in cahoots with the military-industrial complex and is using alien spacecraft technology adapted by the US Air Force to travel the globe at high hypersonic speeds (see the photo above for PROOF!), distributing gifts in support of the reification of Christmas and general commodity fetishism , which in turn compels people to spend spend SPEND, thereby propping up the Capitalist system. Shockingly fiendish, isn't it?? [...]
Just going through the draw, clearing things out and posting the remaining song that have a vague footie + music + Chrimbo connection. Before I add these a reminder of some from this time last year: » Emlyn Hughes and Suzanne Dando - but not in the way you imagine. This one is so sugary and sticky it... well ok maybe like you think. » Half Man Half Biscuit - the official F&M musical team (because without them... not much of this would have been possible) - All they want is [...]
Δεν ξέρω αν και πως γιορτάζετε τα Χριστούγεννα.. Δεν ξέρω αν και πως θα γιορτάσετε αυτά τα δύσκολα φετινά Χριστούγεννα.. Δεν ξέρω αν έχετε κάποια οικογενειακή Χριστουγεννιάτι κη παράδοση.. Υπάρχει όμως μια παράδοση που δυστυχώς δεν πολυτηρούμε στη χώρα μας.. τα χριστουγεννιάτι κα τραγούδια. Δεκάδες είναι τα σχετικά τραγούδια που βρήκα στο διαδίκτυο αυτές τις μέρες, ηχογραφημένα από γνωστά και μή ονόματα, και διάλεξα κάποια ενδεικτικά. Ένα mix ιδανικό για το πρωινό πριν το Χριστουγεννιάτι κο τραπέζι, ή το απόγευμα πριν τη βραδυνή έξοδο.. Το τζάκι προαιρετικό.. 1. Saint Etienne & Tim Burgess [...]
Chromewaves
MuuMuse
the blackened air
No Rock And Roll Fun
Eat Your Heart Out
Quick Before It Melts
Indie Paws
electronic rumors
XO's Middle Eight
Vainzine
Poster Girl
pogo a go-go
Football and Music
Winter Academy
Loreen - Euphoria
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Bobby Womack ft. Lana Del Rey – “Dayglo Reflection”
