I've been all over The Cool Kids since I first heard "I'm Mikey, uh uh, I rock." The production was so tight and the thick dirty bass lines rolled behind incredibly fluid ryhmes from Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reeds. Old-school hip hop influences clearly come through in their tracks, juiced up with some electro synths in all the right places (check 2 mins and 13 seconds into the track "I Rock" for a taste. mp3 below). Since they have been releasing singles on their own label and through their myspace page, it took me a while [...]

Tracks on heavy rotation @ OMGLOL parties from DJ Nero. Click on the title to download the mp3. Kate Nash - Foundations (Metronomy Remix) Dirt Off Your Shoulders - Jay-Z (MF Black Album Bootleg) Pnau - Baby (Breakbot Remix) Bauhaus - Andy Warhol Debbie Deb - Look Out Weekend Kanye West - Get Em High (A-Trak Remix) Cut Chemist - What's The [...]

I paid more than double face value for tickets to see Hot Chip play one of their few U.S. tour dates at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. But illness got the best of a few band members following their New York show and they postponed the LA gig at the last minute. Hot Chip was conveniently coming back to the area to play Coachella alongside Prince. I guess they are no longer "sick of motherfuckers trying to tell em that their down with Prince." So, the El Rey show [...]