Aww, gush! Lykke Li is giving away her cover of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow , for FREE, to celebrate both the release of New Moon, and the subsequent soundtrack on which a new song of hers appears. Here's what the perfectly pitched gal has to sday: "I know its kind of dangerous to be swimming into those waters as so many amazing singers has done it before but I just can't help myself, its like chocolate, I love it and I love singing [...]
Back in March of this year, I got swept off my feet by The-Dream produced girl quarter of Electrik Red . Having heard singles Drink in My Cup and W.F.Y. prior, a new song was shaping up to secure my solid backing of their efforts. Result? Mission accomplished! With the release of Friend Lover as the next single, and subsequent video, it was inevitable that the girls would be repetitiously loved and listened to here in Beastonia. With a producer like Dream backing [...]
Oh hello there Annie ! Congratulations on your album, Don't Stop , being OFFICIALLY released here in the States this past Monday. It's a pure colletion of true pop gems and we have it on repeat. Oh, what's this? You're coming to New York City to see us? Killer! Tribeca Grand is the spot to be tomorrow night. All details on the image above. Look, there's free booze, rad DJ's, a live performance by Boy Crisis . And, our fair lass, [...]
We thought it might be a bit of time before remixes of tracks from Kid Sister 's debut album, Ultraviolet , started hitting teh internetz. I mean, it was just released this Tuesday, but hey, you can't keep a good man down. And that man? Let's welcome back Redlight ! (insert applause here) We did a proper Beaston-style review of the album on Monday (view it here ), and one of the many rad tracks we praised was the summery and fun [...]
Oh hi, Little Boots , remember us? Welcome back to Beastonia. It's surely been a bit of time since we last wrote about ya, but today ushers in your return, thanks to a grittily killer mix of latest single, Earthquake . Thanks to a remix competition , as hosted by the lil' lass, we've been thrown a submission to listen to, and subsequently post for everyone to hear...considering we love it so. Fabio Pop hails from Brazil, and while we were unfamiliar [...]
It's 11:30pm, and Maluca has just finished her set at The Fader's One Step Beyond Party at the Natural History Museum. If you think there would be any signs that the New York native was tired after a dynamic set, you'd be sorely mistaken. Known for her uniquely fast musical delivery, the Bronx cumbia songstress is a ball of energy, talking quickly about everything from jobs cutting limes to where her music is headed. With a nod on the recent URB: 25 NOW! Artists to [...]
Do you feel the cream? Frankly, we do, cause we're still on quite the high after catching our beloved queen of electroclash, Peaches , for the third time this year...so yeah, we're feeling all sorts of rad. The hardest touring woman in music brought her dynamic, and revitalized, new stage show through Terminal 5 last Saturday, November 14, with all sorts of tricks and treats up her leotarded sleeves. After having caught Ms. Merrill Nisker twice earlier this summer, it was both a shock and a pleasure [...]
To date, we've heard super stellar remixes of Drop The Lime 's banger, Devil's Eyes , from Classixx, Kanji Kinetic, NROTB and Luca himself, however we've now reached the grand finale, the curtain raiser, the track that BREAKS the track and builds it back up again. This mix comes courtesy of Diplo . As if the talented turnablist isn't alreayd kept busy enough with his Major Lazer project, he's now jumped in and offered up this official and ohmigod amazing mix of the song. It [...]
For the better part of this year, there has been no one person, group or producer that we get more excited to write about than Visitor . With but a handful of originals, and a load of remixes to supplement, the London dynamo continues to impress with a hot demo and fix from a Beaston fave. Honestly, we first heard Visitor's track, Hurt Someone , much earlier this past summer. It quickly became one of the most repeated songs that both defines and displays the perfect precision of [...]
Lisa Hannigan is a singer. She oftens hum away without realising it until she gets funny looks on Camden Street. She is both good at roasting potatoes and sewing on buttons, but not good at voice mails and competitive sports. Neither here nor there, but we're more interested in her music, including a set of new recordings. Hannigan has just released a special set of live recordings, Live At Fingerprints , which includes six live tracks done at Fingerprint Records in Long Beach, [...]
Fan Death , they of the most deliciously disco infused ditties, are in full "get so much cool content out" mode that we're hard pressed to post all day/every day about 'em. But we're practicing self-control, unlike the duderman in this video. With a new visual display for their super chic song, Cannibal , FD up the weird and max out the mega dance with an oddly interesting, yet super intriguing take on a homebody homeboy. Check out the voyeuristically neat video now. [...]
**EXCLUSIVE** (kind of) Earlier this month, we introduced you to Swiss sir, Stress , and his uniquely vocaled and supremely styled song Nananah! , along with a remix from our buddies, Electrolightz . Now, we've got a treat worthy of all your love and continual plays, from a dude known well 'round these parts. Gone are the grinding beats of the original and mix, thanks to the gifted hands of one, Mr. Justin Faust . The key is raised, the [...]
Last year, Sia held down the top spot on our best albums of 2008 list, with her offering, Some People Have Real Problems . April 2010 will see the release of her 5th studio album, We Are Born , and we can almost guarantee it'll see great praise come next year's end time again. Today, the Aussie lass took it upon herself to "leak" her version of the Lauren Flax penned and produced song, [...]
What a major lineup! Between the tropical funkness of Zuzuka Poderosa , the gnarliest big beat surf rap of Popo , and the "everything radness to the max" output of Sleigh Bells , we can ensure that the kids will be crushing on the tunes pumping at le poisson rouge tomorrow. Here's the details, and below the info, a rad track to pump you up! Sleigh Bells, Popo, Zuzuka Poderosa (with Death Traitor DJs) Doors: 11:00 pm Show: [...]
Last month, we were able to catch the ridiculously talented Theophilus London over at Santos, for the Hype Machine/Baeblegum CMJ Party. Who knew so much radness could be exerted at 4pm in the afternoon! We've got the chills reminiscing on his effortlessly cool performance, along with being introduced to new tunes. Along with his new trio'd troupe, Chauffeur , which also hosts Mark Ronson and Sam Sparro, London is in the midst of tidying up the finishing touches on his debut album. After the success [...]
Good ol' gospel lovin' boy, Eli Paperboy Reed , has a passion for singing and performing with all the gusto and fire reminiscient of an early Sam Cooke. That, by our standards, is pretty damn major! And with an upcoming date here in NYC, we've got every reason to grin and spin along with Reed's (and band, The True Loves) charismatic style of soulful rock and roll. Eli's bringing his boys over to Brooklyn Bow l this Saturday, November 21, where there will be plenty of hip shakin', [...]
**EXCLUSIVE** Fear Of Tigers is a magically rad dude. After remixing insanely stellar tracks from Visitor and The Sound of Arrows, this lone wolf, er well cat, has had enough! How so? Read on for the details and get ready to gush. The Greenwich gent is set to release his debut album on December 1, and that makes us super stoked and prepped to swoon trhough the remainder of the year. Here's the kicker. Cossus Snufsigalonica will [...]
I fell hard and fast for Alicia Keys ' new single, Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart . With it's passionate lyrics and pounding beat, there wasn't a chance I cold escape the power being thrown at me via this offering. And now with a sneak peek at the video below, along with an official remix featuring the silky vocals of Avery Storm , we have even more reason to keep the song in heavy rotation for quite some time. Check out the superhumanly [...]
Rarely does a debut album impact an audience so deeply, that less than a year after its release, a 3-disc deluxe bonus package is both begged for and delivered upon. Fever Ray has just that appeal. The hauntingly fragile yet dripping with electronic pop elementally self-titled debut from the Swedish set, as led by The Knife's Karin Dreijer-Andersson, is one that will undoubtedly rise to the top of the "Beastonian best of the year". The original album will add two studio-recorded cover songs: Vashti Bunyan's Here Before [...]
We fall hard for all things Zambri , that, my friends, is a given fact. The local troupe is one that I can't quit on, no matter how much you might say, "Hey, turn something else on!" No, I simply won't. Viva Zambri. Zambri recently won Deli Magazine's Artist Of The Month and were also featured as the The Guardian's Band Of The Day . Further proof that we're not the only ones hot on the followings of this talented act. [...]
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