I like to think that brothers watch out for each other. At least I like to think that I do for my little brother, and visa versa. Well my bro was watching out for my musical well being several months ago when he pointed me towards a band that slipped under my radar, Ratatat. I've been impressed with their unique electronica/rock sound, and while the Brooklyn duo is not new, they were once new to me, and now has a new album coming out this summer, which you should educate yourselves about. [...]
Taking a gander to the upper-rightish portion of the page here at soquitcherbitchen, you will notice a difference in appearance for our little countdown timer. At the time of this post, there are only 18 days until the release of one of the most epic fan vids of all time: The World Is Daft. A gentleman by the name of Matt B (and possibly the biggest Daft Punk fan in the world) is making a DVD from the Daft Punk Alive concert that took place in Paris on June 14, 2007. Being released now a year later, the [...]
Nah... but seriously, I feel embarassed for having never heard of these guys until Kid Color used a Wham! vs Digitalism mashup on his Carded & DisCarded mixtape. But I've living it up now, as The Avalanches are uber talented, and I've had their album, Since I Left You , on repeat since I got it. 3500 different samples used to make up the album, are you kidding me? The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist Incredible turntablism is [...]
Minimalist experimental techno is an iffy topic for me. Everything has its time and place, and unfortunately, minimal doesn't fit in my schedule very often. But while sitting here at work, bored as hell, with the same remidial tasks ahead of me, I dig it. I read about Pluxus first on Discobelle , with apparant good news that the swedish technopop act recently finished a deal with Kompakt . None of that is too important tho, but the music and music videos are. Here you go bitches, and enjoy the minimalism in [...]
Sweat It Out! Volume 1 is the first iteration mixtape album from the label of the same name. Being mixed by probably two of the biggest DJ/producers in the land down under, Ajax and Miami Horror , will obviously be a bangin' album for the summertime featuring tracks from the likes of Crookers, Boys Noize, Danger, Armand Van Helden, and the like. So why bring this up? Well if you remember not too long ago, I made a few posts about local Chicago electro duo Menowah , who of which [...]
Cut Copy (and Paste). Every blogger in the world has been posting about Cut Copy like they were in a presidential candidacy race, and over the last week have been revisiting the Aussie troupe de kick-ass due to a recent Midnight Juggernauts remix. Fellow Australian cosmic-synth/astral-organ/elec tronica stars did a phenomenal spin on "Hearts on Fire" with the kind of epic unconsciousness that every blogger and their dog needs to post about, and they listened. I've had this on repeat for about a week, and will probably stay in my rotation of songs that I use to get my [...]
Original title huh? Thought of it all myself, no big deal. But yea... just to remind y'alls, Felix da Housecat will be gracing Chicago once again this Wednesday at Debonair Social Club . The second coming of Chicago House released a new album last year by the title Virgo Blaktro and the Movie Disco (which is already on its 3rd single, "Radio"). He's even dropped his first dealings with Global Underground in GU34 Milan . Def check out what you can of him. I posted a few new tracks and [...]
I don't usually do this... but I'm kinda bored on a Thursday night after a long ass day at work... that is spontaneous montage of song posting. Photo by AndiH All these tracks have enjoyed a great amount of play on my mp3 player over the last several months, and while none are considered 'new' by any means (especially in the fickelitist blogging world), they might be new to you... so here ya [...]
Just read on Hot Biscuits that the highly anticipated Kid Color mixtape dropped today. This tracklist is balls nutz crazy: Bloody Beetroots, Justice, Daft Punk, Death From Above 1979, SebastiAn, Chromeo, and of course the Kid Color staple... DIGITAL PUSSHAYY! I couldn't have asked for anything better for my bday. Check out sweetBeats , check out Kid Color , do whatever you can to get your hands on this ish. Clear 90 megs of space on your hard drive and iPod alike stat cos [...]
I posted a little while ago about Menowah and their absolutely bangin' Genesis remix . The track is one of the better Justice remixes I've heard, and that's saying something seeing how Cross was easily the heaviest remixed album of the last year plus. Give the song a listen if you haven't already. Menowah is a Chicago DJ duo consisting of cophandz and jyoung. The two fellas met fittingly enough at an Alexander Robotnick show, and have been gracing us with some bangin' tunes ever since. [...]
Caught wind of a bangin' party slated for this weekend. The flyer is pretty self explanatory: Lance Milk , Cophandz, Kid Color , Royal Bannon , and DigitalKidz . Also informed that menowah will be playing as well, which if I did my math correctly, should mean that jyoung will be up together with cophandz (omniwoot). Plenty of reasons there to party, so definitely hit this up if you're worth a shit.
Photos by Fiedel Living in a big city is tiring, and I find myself a lot of the time wanting to do nothing but flop on the couch, watch reruns of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and boil my future-children with my laptop while perusing the interwebs for music. And I'd like to share with you my journey: Things got started after reading another amazing post about Van She , this time from fellow Chicago blogger redthreat . The aussie groupe-deluxe whose inspirations stem from 80's post [...]
Kid Color is the name of the game. This kid originally from LA now resides in Chicago and tears hipsters a new one, regularly. Enjoy both his dance floor killer and his interesting take-on Interpol below. Visit his myspace for more goodies. Mp3: Kid Color - Digital Pussy (Daft Punk vs Bangers and Cash) [...]
Not literally... but that has me thinking I should do a weekly regular segment... perhaps Flashback Friday's. Let me do a quick Google search to see how many thousands of other blogs do the same exact thing, and then I'll get back to you. art by the zonders In the mean time, I did want to post a few songs that give that 'blast from the past' vibe. And remember, when talking about 80's inspired electro, its all about the synths baby... bask in [...]
Is this really Hadouken!'s first official LP? With all of their Mixtape and Liquid Lives EP material, I feel like they're old vets already. The band is nu-rave/dance-punkers Hadouken! and the album is Music for an Accelerated Culture. Its received mixed reviews, partly because of the waning new-rave genre... but I'll let you judge for yourselves. Izabella over at The Indie Dancefloor posted a few tracks for your listening pleasure. BTW... any of you blokes across the pond see these guys live? I wouldn't mind [...]
Oh yeah... this came out today. click this ish to be magically whisked away to... Delaware The Slip is the latest release by Mr Reznor, and in Radiohead-like fashion has released it online for absolutely free (in a repeated reminder, this essentially means it's worthless in the eye of the beholder). "we encourage you to remix it share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to [...]
Mario, Zelda, Sonic... my childhood in a nutshell Fuck yea bitches!! I'm a few days late posting this... but lets be honest, these tracks aren't going anywhere soon except for my playlist on repeat. RAC (RemixArtistCollective) have released a mini EP featuring 4 tracks of well loved and well remembered old school classics. They brought up a few great points: "There is incredible value in what these composers did with the limited hardware and this is our way of showing appreciation. We updated their sounds [...]
GTA IV Electro-Choc Radio... bitches I just got my copy of Grand Theft Auto IV for PS3 in the mail yesterday... and how is this for an amazing first impression: I punch a hooker in the face, steal her money, turn around and find a kick ace bmw clone stopped at a red light. Then I do what anyone else would do in that situation, open the door, punch the driver in the kidney, throw him to the ground and steal his car. Play with the radio stations a bit til [...]
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