The top 10 tracks this week are a mix of electro, indie, dubstep, and progressive tracks. In short, I'm super happy with the selection. Wolfegang Gartner is obviously growing in popularity, and so it should be - his production quality is almost otherworldly. I was sharing some WG with a lady friend yesterday, and she couldn't stop herself from giggling with glee as she listened intently. Classixx is popping off too. They're going to be in TO next month, and your boys from Salacious Sound will be in attendance. I'm glad to see Breakbot [...]
The cynical part of me thinks White Hinterland's rebirth as a dubstep-tinged neo-Kate Bush is the result of the inexplicable success of acts like Bat For Lashes and the ongoing Cute British Keyboardists movement. That, and the Casey Dienel-fronted band's debut was a rare thing – gentle but biting jazz-folk far too fresh and wild for Starbucks-swilling Feist listeners. (Myself, um, excluded.) But what we've lost in the coffee shop department, we've gained in everything else: "Icarus," the first single from White Hinterland's March-due Kairos , is a serious songwriter's answer to the dark electro evocations of [...]
Hello everybody!!! It is good to be back!! Sorry about the mass hiatus but I was in South America for a couple of months and it has taken me a month to get my head back. Many thanks must go to Adso for the great work at keeping the blog pumping with all your music needs. Now in the same vein as my Top 15 albums of 2007 , my Top 25 of 2008 and Adso's Favourite 15 albums of 2009 I bring my Top 30 Albums of 2009. Now this list has [...]
Os Roll The Dice são dois suecos, Malcolm Pardon e Peder Mannerfelt que, além de músicos, são também produtores. Malcolm Pardon já viram por aqui como Subliminal Kid. Ele também trabalha como músico contratado e tem trabalhado nos espectáculos ao vivo dos Fever Ray, depois de ter trabalhado no seu disco de estreia.Este vídeo é a absoluta estreia da banda, a qual não tem ainda data marcada para o
Als Co-Produzent von Fever Ray sorgte er für das Knaller-Album des letzten Jahres. Nun hat Peder Mannerfelt die Karten frisch gemischt - beziehungsweise die Würfel neu geworfen. Jahrelang hat sich The Subliminal Kid in Stockholm ein Studio mit Film/TV-Komponisten Malcolm Pardon geteilt, da liegt's nahe, dass sie auch mal musikalisch gemeinsame Sache machen. Spezielle Vorstellungen eines [...]
Suicide Sundaes – stop your grinnin' and drop your linen. Every Sunday electblake and jsully of Earmilk will bring you the weeks dirty servings, and some old favorites through a throwdown-throwback to simpler times. A time when bangers were big, remixes were bigger, the bassline bled, and we didn't care about anything as long as came in kicking and left screaming. To hell with sketchy sunday, we want to shove another dragon down the hole. This week comes in a Neapolitan - We start off with some bangers, a few mashes [...]
Our friend Alt from Digits just sent us a link to a DJ mix he just posted on his blog . You all know how much we loved his debut album Hold It Close! , so we more than trust his taste in music. The mix features some of our favorite artists from 2009 like Au Revoir Simone, Little Dragon and Florence + The Machine. You can see the tracklist below and download the whole mix here . Enjoy! 1. Simian Mobile Disco – Cream Dream 2. Cloetta Paris – So Serious [...]
The Knife Compared to the generation of artists today who share to the world via sites like Twitter every waking moment they have, one of the good things about The Knife is that they still leave something to the imagination. Fans wonder when they will release a new album to follow the success that was Silent Shout. And then 2009, Karin Dreijer Andersson released her outstanding Fever Ray album. Like Silent Shout, dark and brooding but epic in its beauty that gave me a shred of hope for The Knife to release a second album [...]
And so we reach Friday's headliner... Jay-Z Who he is: He's the dude that's got the hottest chick in the game wearin' his chain. (But she still made a fool of herself at the Grammys...) What he sounds like: It's Jay-Z people. If you haven't heard of this guy, you probably live in North Korea... Jay-Z - Jigga That Nigga (ysi) [...]
Vancouver's Cameron Reed, aka Babe Rainbow, builds eerie, bump-in-the-night electronic landscapes he files under "surf-step." The compositions are chilly and atmospheric, but maintain momentum despite the fractures: Think SALEM, Norwegian hypnotist Svarte Greiner , a disembodied Fever Ray/Knife. Reed's done remixes for a diverse cast (Midnight Juggernauts, Wavves, Comanechi, You Say Party! We Say Die!). Now, on the eve (relatively speaking) of his debut EP, he's added twists to MF Doom's Born Like This bonus track "Gazzillion Ear," previously tweaked by Thom Yorke . This one shows up on a mixtape that'll see the light [...]
Fredrik - Viskra from The Kora Records on Vimeo . Fredrik's Trilogi is out now and to get your silly ass to finally buy it, Fredrik has released this creepy and Fever Ray-style video that should give you an idea how chill this album is. Tour Dates: 02/13 - Washington, DC Crab's Claw 02/14 - New York, NY Mercury Lounge 02/15 - New York, NY Pianos 02/18 - Brooklyn, NY Union Hall 02/19 - New York, [...]
Having been fairly bemused by the plaudits afforded to The Knife's 2006 debut Silent Shout, I must confess that I let the Fever Ray album pass me by last year. When they started touring with the Touch-approved cellist Hildur Gudnadottir in support, and when some of my friends starting raving about their live shows, [...]
Today is the birthday of this blog. 4 years old! Since I launched it, many blogs have called it quit and actually I have stopped to read blogs as much as I used to back in 2006. Me? I am not tired of dealing with the Swedish scene in Frenglish at all, so I do not plan to stop Absolut Noise. And yes, I will keep on with the cheesy "blogspot.com" thing and this old-fashion layout. Also, since it is a birthday, let's celebrate here with 16 songs for you (see below, after the French translation): some B-sides, live stuff, [...]
(There have been several readers experiencing problems due to server overload. At the end of this post you'll find a link to download the whole set via mediafire as well as a link to hypem to stream the songs. Please help us save some bandwith.) I Mount Kimbie - Maybes Maybes (Hotflush, 2009) Mikkel Metal - Victimizer Victimizer (Kompakt, 2006) Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf [...]
Top Album Releases: January 2010 Nick's Top Beach House: Teen Dream Surfer Blood: Astro Coast Magnetic Fields: Realism Spoon: Transference Owen Pallett: Heartland [...]
HANK ALTOGETHER: It's awards season, which only means one thing to me. People will call my house and ask me if I'm watching things that I'm not. Luckily Fever Ray makes my disdain and lack of interest look, well, unartistic and pedestrian. Also, this video is the answer to what happens if you mate a Wookie and a burn victim.
Ariel Altamirano es un Super 45 honorario. No sólo por ser el diseñador de los hermosos afiches para los conciertos de Animal Collective , Jens Lekman o High Places , por mencionar algunos, sino también porque ha participado - bajo su alias de DJ deMentira - en las innumerables fiestas y eventos que este sitio web ha realizado. Con la misión de compartir su ecléctico gusto musical y hacernos bailar, DJ deMentira ha lanzado su primer mixtape hace algunos días. Disco Replicante de Respeto [...]
PICK OF THE WEEK Tenacious D and Friends Partners In Health Haiti Relief Benefit With Frank Black, Russell Brand, Aimee Mann, James Mercer, Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt, Maya Rudolph, Jason Segel, Ben Stiller & Tig Notaro Tues Feb 2 | The Wiltern | Info HEADS UP Princeton w/ Castledoor & LANME (Los Angeles New Music Ensemble) @ Spaceland (February Mondays residency-free) Mon 2/22 Princeton w/ w/ Le Switch, Wade Ryff and [...]
Who : The Knife Title : Tomorrow, In A Year Release Date : March 1st (out now digitally) Label : Rabid Records Thoughts : The shroud of mystery has practically disappeared from the world of music. Gone are the days of personal lives and disappearing into the studio while crafting your next output. It has been replaced by a world where we are constantly inundated by bands and artists trying to [...]
You saw all the photos from The Local Music Git Down earlier , now we have DJ Phenom 's set for your downloading pleasure. Follow Phenom on Twitter ! (photo cred : Rumi Sakuraeda ) DOWNLOAD LINK : DJ Phenom at The Local Music Git Down Phenom Set Tracklist... One Life Stand- [...]
This Week's Other Releases
Essential Mix - Riva Starr (Feb)
Cover That Don't Suck
Reuse Recycle Remix - February 8
