
So, I don't know if I've already mentioned this enough already, but I'm going to NEW YORK on Sunday for a week of tomfoolery and Big Apple based fun. We've also chosen this week in particular to head across the sea as it's CMJ Music Marathon and there are some pretty fucking cool bands playing. A fair few that we've featured on this here blog in fact. Hooray for us and coolness! But, my problem is I just can't process this list of bands who are playing. There are too many for my [...]

Dimmer - Sun Dog Dimmer is a couple of guys from California who've gotten far enough in their tape manipulating life to put out Remissions as their second full length. And with 4 epic side long noise pieces, I have a feeling this slick double vinyl might be pretty fuckin hard to follow up. All together, Remissions runs about an hour and it's one of the most teeth clenching experiences [...]
Day two of Virgin Festival was more successful in it's festival vibe compared to day one with both the crowd and the bands basking in each other's enthusiasm. Even if I wasn't totally enamored with some of the acts performing it was at least satisyfing to see the crowd as well as the bands having fun. First act of the day was French Canadian acoustic pop artist Coeur De Pirate but unfortunately I didn't arrive in time to catch her. I'd arrived a little after her set ended with grey clouds looming overhead although next act Norwegian [...]

Fritz Helder & The Phantoms, the first act signed to Nelly Furtado's Nelstar Music, will release their album, Greatest Hits , on July 7. Once again, check out the first single, "Lagerfeld Lady", an ode to the fashion icon, Karl Lagerfeld. video: Lagerfeld Lady http://www.fritzhelder.com/ http://www.myspace.com/fritzhe lderandthephantoms

* Don't get happy, it is not Friday. For some reason the internet got all bitchy yesterday and decided to delete this post. Luckily, I was able to reconstruct it from my Facebook RSS feed. Ha, I win Internet! Fresh off their Rewinded Mixtape , the Buffetlibre DJs are back with Verbana 5. I don't know how these guys get all these unreleased tracks, on Verbana 5 there is brand new music from Miami Horror, Louis La Roche & Sidechains, Xinobi, Heads We [...]

Fresh off their Rewinded Mixtape , the Buffetlibre DJs are back with Verbana 5. I don't know how these guys get all these unreleased tracks, on Verbana 5 there is brand new music from Miami Horror, Louis La Roche & Sidechains, Xinobi, Heads We Dance, Alex Metric & Autokratz, The Phantom's Revenge, The Outrunners & Russ Chimes and Electric Youth & Justin Faust. Each Verbana mixtape from Buffetlibre brings together the best stable of artists this side of Ed Banger without all the hype. Download Verbana 5 and enjoy my favorite mix of the week. [...]