BEST BRITISH ALBUMS OF 2011 The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar Frankmusik - Do It In AM James Blake - James Blake Rustie - Glass Swords Kode 9 - Black Sun Toddla T - Watch Me Dance The Whip - Wired Together Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See [...]
Arguably the best track from Massive Attack's excellent Heligoland remixed by arguably the best artist in the last 5 years, Burial . After posting "Four Walls" a couple weeks back I was eagerly awaiting this track's release... and now it is here and even better than I had imagined... >Presents MASSIVE ATTACK VS BURIAL * Iconic Acts Massive Attack & Burial Release New 2 Track 12" * 180g Vinyl Housed In Hand [...]
Two favourites at once! I don't even have to write much about this one other than I think it's a good one to start sets with or like pre-party to... I'm going to figure out away to play this on my 7pm-9pm radio show because it's perfect for that time of night... Justice - Helix (Don Diablo Remix) by Don Diablo
Although contextually different I've been asking myself quite a bit "what do I do wrong" for the last week or so. An sort of relationship when it dissipates for what feels like an unknown reason (romantic, sexual, work, friendship, etc) it feels like a sliver in your brain. There is never ending second guessing that eventually will cause you to be bonkers "mad" if you let it. After unceremoniously getting my ass handed to me last Wednesday I've been searching for something that conveyed the level on confusion I'm experiencing... and along comes Kele [...]
I don't even want to share the news with you guys on this one. I want to beg/steal/borrow until this record is in possession (oh pardon me, not steal, I've been accused of that enough recently). Massive Attack and Burial have released a HAND NUMBERED, SCREEN PRINTED IN GOLD GLITTER, LIMITED EDITION of !000 single which features Burial's remixes of "Four Walls" and "Paradise Circus" . See why I didn't want to tell you! A THOUSAND COPIES! One of you will own it and I won't [...]
I realize this blog appeals to an international audience but every once and a while I have to do something for the town I live in (which then ties into this blog because of the people I've asked to write for it, the radio show on WIDR where you lot get your records played, and the circle continues). So with that said THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE CORNER RECORD SHOP BEGINS TOMORROW! Yessir we've got a load of new vinyl, some drawings we're going to be doing, some awesome discounts... but most importantly I'm running [...]
The only thing I'm more excited about than this new Various Production song is hanging out with Frankmusik tomorrow! Various - Air (feat Asher Dust) by Various Buy this one when it comes out kiddies... it's awesome...
Pffft. This blog has all but lost it's pulse. Before I go into some long winded whatever... I do want to thank the people, especially those who didn't need to keep it up, who supported this blog while I dealt with some significant and personal struggles. So am I finally closing this down? NOPE. I'm getting some new blood in here. I've got a couple people working behind the scenes, and a young buck who couldn't be better suited for writing for this blog. I met him through [...]
When this came out I was, what, like 15? And I remember seeing the video and thinking "this literally feels like a mission statement, it feels like for the first time in my life things are reaching the height of awesome... like everyone 'gets it', loads of music is amazing, and it feels like we could change pop culture for the better, like, forever"... I remember when the single came out I had to NOT buy it on purpose so that I would have the money to buy, what was expected to be the greatest album ever written, [...]
Ok... I sat back for a few days because I didn't want to get up on the soapbox and starting talking a bunch of nonsense... but I feel really bad for Amy Winehouse . I know a lot of you think "she deserved it", or "she had it coming", or she was just another useless pockmark on the ass of culture. So why do I care? a) Because she was a human being, b) because there are very few people who "deserve" to die and last time I checked Winehouse was not Osama [...]
Looks like Radiohead are going back to The Basement to perform The King Of Limbs and this new song called Staircase ! Here's the blurb from Phil: "Here's a new track called Staircase, taken from our upcoming 'From The Basement' session. And no, you're not seeing double. The doppelganger drummers are myself and Clive Deamer. Clive has long been one of my favourite drummers and so I was really excited when he agreed to perform with us. Hope you like what we've all done. Philip x" [...]
After one of the best songs of the year so far from She Is Danger's Lena Cullen yesterday (via Emalkay ) I couldn't help but post her partner Maya Jane Cole's track "Senseless" ! It is totally awesome in a TOTALLY different way... this reminds me more of my heroes Swayzak than it does of Dub Police stuff... first though check out this track she remixed of Tricky's ! Tricky - [...]
I don't need to say anything about Emalkay ... if you listen to dubstep you love this shit already... and if you don't listen to it I doubt you'll be able to resist this track! It features ISoA favourites She Is Danger's Lena Cullen on vocals. Here's a little info on her... "Already hailed as "the Kate Bush of Dubstep" - Lena Cullen is a British multi-instrumentalist / producer / vocalist from London drawing on dubstep, dub, trip-hop, techno, electronica and dark wave in her work. Known to many [...]
Its Monday so I figured we need some "singing in the shower" music... Or for those of you who hate remixes...
Ohhhhhhhhhhh... if only I just had never ending resources... time, money, support, and oddly enough emotions... well this spot would be rockin'! I seriously considered shutting the site down for good because... frankly I'd run out of all of the above. So why am I back? Well after careful consideration I realized this is one of the only things I give a shit about. I've made a lot of apologizes about not getting back to the site... and more importantly I've made promises I haven't been able to keep... hopefully I'll make good [...]
I'm working on an interview with Jamie of Klaxons... and while you're waiting I thought I'd throw this info up for you with a little goodie attached... Klaxons - "Gravity's Rainbow (To My Boy Remix)" "one of the best pop albums of the year – but still one of the most individual and ambitious." – NME "Even at low volume, it sounds astonishingly loud and euphoric – a self consciously epic record of rampant ambition and deliberately arcane weirdness." – Nylon [...]
As this is a British blog we don't get the chance to write about Crystal Castles really... save a remix here or there... but this cover changed that! I didn't write about it when it came out partially because I was waiting for this to come out! Feast your eyes... I would love to see them perform their new material because I haven't seen them since Sam and I hung out with them at the Funky Buddah a while ago. I wonder if they've already done [...]
Well... apparently I need to get a hold of R&S Records , who are both mentioned by the emcee in this recording, because I gotta find out more about this track and more importantly the artist! They probably don't even represent the artist, the emcee is probably talking about Blake... but I wanna know who did this tune! Ahhhhhh! Brilliant! That bit at the end where James Blake is mixing in Burial ? Amazing... I want to hear that whole set! The other blog [...]
Herve's Cheap Thrills label has just released banger after banger so it should be no surprise this new record from RESET! is amazing. The video is a nice light hearted romp that reminds me of rave visuals... I hope you enjoy the video as much as I did... nice and campy! SABRAGE – VIDEO RESET! - Sabrage (Radio Edit) /// OFFICIAL VIDEO from RESET! on Vimeo . Also check out the link to the stream of the [...]
Amazing dubstep remix showing the genre hasn't gone all "dumb and bass", with a total lack of progress as a genre, and lost the plot... And here's more from the album... Check out Heron's remix album "We're New Here" on 21 Feb 2011. The whole remix album was done by Jaime of The xx which is I think is awesome! For more check out here . Here's one of Heron's throwback jams that everyone has sampled (from Air to Common)... [...]
In Search Of Arcadia
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
M.I.A. - Bad Girls (Official Video)
Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
Lana Del Rey covers Lovecat magazine!
