So, Rolo Tomassi unleashed their debut album on, what i suspect was a predominantly unsuspecting public and in celebration of this we were treated to a free show at The Old Blue Last in shoreditch, with support from the ghost frequency and Mirror!Mirror! Um, best show ever? Well, not quite but, fuck me, it was up there. Opening the proceedings are Nuneaton's own Mirror!Mirror! who are amazing and, almost certainly the only good thing to have ever come out of the delightful Midlands town... Smashing through tracks such as "My brain is Jassive" and "Wolfgang [...]
Fresh from having been remixed by the likes of Claude Von Stoke and Trentemoller (reckon you've heard of them), Andy Caldwell is back with his latest slice of electronic goodness in the form of "Freq Nasty", a rather jacking piece of electro i'm expecting to hear in many a respectable DJ set throughout the rest of the year. Not only has he been spending time working on his next album, which is going to be BIG, he's also somehow found the time to set up his own label, Uno Recordings which will allow [...]
The area around Leeda (Harrogate, to be more specific) is stamping it's name on the elecro map right now through the marvels of Youth Attack and their rather brutal take on the common remix. Having already produced beautifully loud mixes for the likes of Late Of the Pier, Foals and Shadowdancer (some of which have already been covered on these very pages) they are rapidly making a name for themselves across the country and are inevitably only going to continue down this path to fame and excellence as the 2009 gets under way. Not only [...]
Sounds like something out of the Lion King, eh? You know, the it where the Hyenas are trying to scare each over hissing, "Mustaffa!" at each other. Great film. Anyhow, i know his tune Township Funk is getting on n age a little bit, but it seems to be getting a lot of airtime all of a sudden. Probably because it's ace, Electrorash even went so far as to call it the best tune ever. I think tht might be the kind of over-enthusiasm i'm prone to when i hear things that excite me a lot, such as [...]
badlands have hit us up with a shiny copy of their brand new mix hot off the press. And... it's an absolute banger. With new tracks from Lincoln's Urchins as well as Mighty Fools, Merka and Gella alongside huge remixes from Soulwax, Mumdance, Fucking Zombies, Ocelot, Popof and Scott Cooper, frankly it was always going to be loud, offensive and generally sonically awesome. Badlands September 2008 Mix Tracklist 1. Pirate Robot Midget – 'Hey France' [Big Splash] [...]
Yo kids! We have exclusive new Baobinga material to offer you here on Plastic Cowboys. Fresh from his release on Trouble & Bass (Drop The Lime's NYC imprint) which featured on up and comng bass maestros Jokers Of The Scene recent mixtape as well as performing a one off special acid-house set at Space in Ibiza for, We Love... Chew The Fat! Big things then, i'm sure you'll agree, and you can check out the the new track, which comes across as a rather ace slice of piano led electro with a snappy break to it [...]
I think i just feel madly in love. Seriously, Soulwax have remixed MGMT's "Kids" and it's probably the greatest thing i've ever heard... I'm not really sure there's much else to say about. There was always alot of potentioal in that weird synth melody and the vocal harmonies accompanying it, but Soulwax have surpassed themselves and come up with this absolute stunner of a track. Please download and enjoy to the maximum extent possible! MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix) [...]
Friday: We're expecting big things from the Friday at this year's Reading Festval, mainly due to the fact that Rage will be tearing the place apart on the main stage later on for the first time since, well, since they played their last UK gig here, eight years ago. To keep us going in the meantime, however, we thought it would be for the best to take our minds off it and watching some of the other attractions the arena has to offer. First up [...]
Ladies of the UK electro scene are starting to speak up! So far we seem to have Robots In Disguise, who seem to be a bit of a joke as far as i can tell. And whether that's how most view them or not, i'm just not a huge fan at the end of the day, finding much of their stuff tired and derivative. Luckily, Papa Vito is is well on her way to solving this with her fresh blend of wobbly bass lines and wonky synth melodies over slightly broken electro beats. Oh, and [...]
Tonight is going to be pretty sweet as Invasion rock out Dingwalls with their shouldn't-work-but-does-in-an- amazing-and-weird-way style of psychedelic thrash, supporting the also rather good Chromehoof. So in celebration of finally catching them live again i thought i'd share the weird and cheesy but quite cool all the same video for Moongazer, title track from Invasion's debut ep. Sweet. I'm not sure this is the high quality version, so just in case, it might be worth going HERE and clicking the "Watch in High Quality" link. It looks wicked. [...]
"I want to spend the rest of my life mocking everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now." Seemingly, this is the motto of London's new art terrorist and all round gentleman Hayden Kays . Though he's far more likely to inspire amusement than terror, unless you happen to read The Sun, in which case you might get somewhat offended, but if that's the case you probably deserve to be Check out some of his studio work and i'm sure you'll see why...) If you've ever been to North London,you may [...]
The Fat! Club shop has just received stock of a new range of T-Shirts for the Bristol Based party, Shit The Bed. These things have been rocked by the likes of Diplo and Sinden, so grab one and you'll be in pretty heady company. You can pick them up in white or black with white, black, green, blue or yellow print in medium or large sizes. Do it! Shit the Bed Shirts @ The Fat! Shop [...]
Milosh – Iii Underneath the odd name and rather unpleasant artwork of this record lies a fairly beautiful interior. Coming across as a sort of Electro-folk artist, with the emphasis heavy on the electronic side of things as the folkishness of it is created through soundscapes rather than some bearded hippy with a guitar. Each track seems to build, dream-like, slowly and progressively until it reaches a state of pure electronic ambience that is so delicate one almost hesitates to breath in case the spell it weaves is broken. A nice change for these [...]
One Day As A Lion – s/t Having endured seven years of rumours and hearsay about Zach de la Rocha's new musical project we were finally, last year greeted with… a Rage Against the machine reunion. Not quite what we were expecting I have to say and having not yet witnessed one of these reunion shows I'm not sure if it's a welcome either. Now, however, we finally have some 'solo' material from Zach. Though it's not strictly a solo project, rather a collaboration between him and one of the great drummers of the [...]
Been checking out this guy recently, DJ Kue , who come to us all the way from San Jose. Bringing an interesting sound and a fresh take on the current wave of house and electro we'r all rocking over here at the moment. Seemingly he's only been producing since 2004 and has come up with some serious trump cards in the shape of "Lovers Break" and his remix of "Low Rider" entitled, "Riding Low". Very cool stuff with huge, grimey synths running through it but all with a really upbeat and poppy melody at the centre as well. We [...]
Just heard the new Guns n' Bombs single. Sounds ace, possibly better than the "Nothing is Getting Us Anywhere/Crossover Appeal" split. It's out September, keep your eyes open. Was a weird one. for starters there was the pretty poor lineup, but as it finished at around 10 or so on both days and started at... well, i'm not sure, but the afternoons seemed to go pretty quick, meaning that it was easy enough to pass the day watching decent artists. Saturday was a bit dry as i was deeply hungover, having drunk far too much [...]
Was big! Then really quiet, but whatever. We did Voodoo on Friday at The Last Days Of Decadence which, i think, went pretty well. Jac the disco and Plimsouls started things of nicely with laid back electro-tech sets that kept the spirits upbeat until Adam Kesher finally opened up the main room downstairs. I heard "Local Girl" coming up through the floor boards and bolted downstairs in time to catch most of the song. It was awesome and the band pretty much nailed the rest of the set, despite having to play without a drummer which i [...]
Yo! So, today... that post i mentioned about Mightyfools is going up! Woop. I have to admit, i can't give you a detailed background on the lovely Dutch duo. I can tell you that they used to mix under the moniker, "Man Eat Dj & Jizm ", which is utterly delightful. I think i'm a little more down with the Mightyfools name under which they're now playing. Other than that, they make wicked tunes, which they describe as "Idol/Flamenco/Chinese Traditional" I'd disagree and opt for something ore along the lines of jacking house. But, whatever works [...]
Everyone loves Late Of The Pier right? Probably. Focker doesn't seem to have been remixed in too many shapes and sizes, which i find slightly odd due to the nature of it being very awesome. A few have slippd by though, including a Youth Attack!! on i put up, but has since expired so must upload that again i suppose. I also know that Boys Noize has done something with it as i seem to remember it being on Digitalism's new Kistsune mix tape (yep, Kitsune have started a mixtape series), but haven't got a copy of [...]
So tomorrow (that's Thursday 3rd July folks) is going to be the biggest Thursday in AAAAAges. Touch is opening up at SIN club in central, by Tottenham Court Road tube, and has a line up some of the best DJs around right now! Looking top in my books though is room 2 which has Deadly Rhythm coming up trumps again. This time they have Duke Dumont, Jack Beats (!!!!!), FOOD soundsystem and more. Amazing. You couldn't ask for more over the weekend, let alone on the weekend, so get Friday off [...]
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