For whatever reason, this blog will very soon be dead. 50% of us, blogging under 'Pea' - which is me, James, is heading to heydreamboat.com. You can RSS: http://heydreamboat.com/rss
Frankly when a PR sends through an email titled 'Amazing video' 57 times out of 62 i'm going to ignore it - though turns out this is actually pretty sweet.
Who is the A&R man at Rough Trade who managed to combine a right pair of testicles (or not, it could be a girl) to ask Wooden Shjips to mix up 'Dreaming Of Another World' but also to snare disco gods Lindstrom and Prins for the next remix? Envious i really am. Using none of the original musics other than the lead vocal and synth hook stems - the rest of the goodness is built around one hell of a moog bass line (similarly amazing to the Holy Ghost! Monarchy remix in quality) that bounces away [...]
There's a pretty real lacking of jazz on these pages of late ( - let alone actual effing blog posts) but anyway - there's this time in our life when we're actually broken people thanks to love, or sexuality, or money, or jobs or just generally 'lyfe' and (bear with me on this indulgent whaffle) end up wanting to skip and live inside a world just like the new Katy Perry video brand new Flylo video. Yes the video is amazing and yes the song is amazing and yes the LP is amazing. Whatever is going [...]
Whilst this week we'll see the launch of the much vaunted (and often ignored and lets face it) at times hilarious (and justifyingly mocked) Mercury Music Prize, it'll not contain this band. Nor will it list the band next year, or probably the year after - which goes to a long way to define the music gatekeepers actual view on new music, rather than the crap that Mercury's stick their brand behind year on year. This is a story about how a band called Factory Floor etched itself onto my arm and became a refreshing new obsession. [...]
In the very first interview we've done over on 88days, one of the albums of the year for us, it's beautiful and extremely delicate - and yet blissfully pop at times. When even the bass slinging masses of online blogs love a record like this - you know it's something special. Released last week in the UK and US via the pretty much amazing Captured Tracks we recommend you buy and enjoy this record | Rough Trade buy link | This record was a beautiful friend when my heart was recently broken. [...]
1. James Blake – CMYK 2. Marcus Price & Carli – Var e Naaaken (BOK BOK remix) 3. Dubbel Dutch – Deep Underground 4. Azari & III – Reckless With Yr Love (Tensnake Remix) 5. LOL Boys – 123 6. Guido – Mad Sax 7. Aeroplane – We Can't Fly 8. Brodinski feat Radioclit – Plz Let Mi Fuk Ya 9. Wild Nothing LP 10. Goldfrapp – Alive (Joakim NRG Dub) 11. Renaissance Man – Babbadabba 12. Foals – Spanish Sahara (Mosca Remix) 13. John Talabot vs We [...]
In light of one of the best remixes I've ever heard by way of Holy Ghost! taking on Monarchy's 'Love Get Out Of My Way' it surely is time to look back at the Monarchy story to date... Be sure to check out their remixes on Hype for Gaga, Alan Pownall, Penguin Prison, Kelis and so on. MP3: Monarchy: Gold In The Fire (Demo) MP3: Monarchy: Black, The Colour Of My Heart (Demo) MP3: Monarchy: The Phoenix Alive (Demo) MP3: Monarchy: Love [...]
Great mix. We love you Slutty Fringe. Mix: Slutty Fringe Mix Series #8: Simon A. Carr (This Is Not An Exit Recordings)
Am i right in thinking we're both a tad bored of this blog in its current state? Perhaps... From now on we'll have 2 new changes to content - one is this part which will be some sort of mix - probably encompassing a bunch of songs we like and never got round to bloggin', the second will be coming up in a day or so which is no less exciting that a freshly baked batch of sourdough bread. Here we have a wee mix of all the tracks that have caused our hearts to tremble [...]
'Put another way, the lack of ability to draw on a completely blank slate means that we are more likely to create a generation of people who cannot reason from first principles; who cannot imagine the radically new and by extension are unlikely to solve some of our knottiest problems. What do you think? Are we losing our ability to navigate in the open ocean of thought?' - thanks to Thomas Hammering the Foals album on a daily basis as everyone should. And nuff love for Astronomer round these parts. [...]
It's not so far to the Great Escape from my doorstep. Ten minutes, say. Near enough to get into my own bed by midnight on the first night, ready for an early start this morning. Two bands down (pathetic?). A lot more to go. Jamaica - no thank you. Cold Cave - yes yes yes yes yes. David E. Sugar tonight? yes yes yes. His new band plays at the Fortune of War later on tonight. MP3: The Ghost: City Lights (David E. Sugar Wish Remix)
Hard and sexy. Feel it. There is a new EP out in France and an LP out in the UK. More here
The Great Escape Festival, it's next weekend, it's cheap as chips so see a plethora of sounds and wonderful bands and for once, we're both in the same city for more than 30 seconds. hihoney.tumblr.com
Find your polling station and mark a cross. James Rutledge > Starsmith. MP3: Ellie Goulding: Guns and Horses (James Rutledge Remix)
The beauty is in the emotional comfort that this band brings. When your heart is broken, your mind is soured but there is green in the trees, blue in the sky and hope in tomorrow.
1. Brodinski - Arnold Classics (Egyptrixx remix) 2. James Blake - CMYK 3. Sinden & sbtrkt - Kinda Familar 4, Roska - Squark 5. Four Tet - Sing (Mosca Remix) 6. Caribou - Sun 7. Gold Panda - You 8. Nick Minaj - Massive Attack (feat. Sean Garrett) 9. Femme En Fourrure - Dirty Blonde (Drop the Lime remix) 10. Dooze Jackers - We Love Moogie (Canblaster remix) 11. Dubbel Dutch - Throwback 12. Jacques Renault presents OTP Party Breaks, "In The Middle Of The Night" [...]
In what can only be described as an orgasm. HEALTH finally unveil 'Disco 22 set for release in June. A number of these remixes have already surfaces online alas, and are they not shit hot? Yes. YES THEY ARE. 01. USA BOYS 02. BEFORE TIGERS (CFCF RMX) 03. IN HEAT (JAVELIN RMX) 04. DIE SLOW (TOBACCO RMX) 05. SEVERIN (SMALL BLACK RMX) 06. BEFORE TIGERS (GOLD PANDA RMX) 07. EAT FLESH (CRYSTAL CASTLES RMX) 08. IN VIOLET (SALEM RMX) 09. NICE GIRLS (BLONDES RMX) 10. DIE SLOW (PICTUREPLANE RMX) [...]
88 days in my veins
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
Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue
Watch: Trailer for Dave Grohl’s documentary, Sound City
Childish Gambino - "Heartbeat" (Official Music Video)
First Aid Kit – Emmylou
Hardwell Bootleg Pack 2012
James Blake – Live Album
