Who are Pop & Eye ? We don't know much about them. What we do know is that they come from Sweden, they eating spinach and creating "space pop to make your body rock". Some insists that behind this mysterious band is no other than Tiger & Woods, who they claim that they have nothing to do with Pop & Eye. Anyway, the good news is that Pop & Eye are back for more funky goodness. Last year, Pop & Eye landed with their "Spinach Spaceship", a great tack off their first EP "Out To [...]
Tal como el año pasado , me motivé a hacer un mixtape ideal para las tardes de verano, piscina, playa y tragos ligeros. A diferencia de 2011, la temporada estival 2012 traerá dos nuevas entregas de la serie Pileta Mix. Ésta, la #2, es la versión diurna. Muy pronto llegará la #3, pensando más en la noche y la oscuridad. Infinitas gracias a Claudia Jaime por la increíble carátula. ¡Ojalá lo disfruten! Pileta Mix #2 (Día) - Enero 2012 by nicocastrog [...]
Seriously, the musical landscape of the 90s didn't have shit on the randomness of the 80s. Kate Bush Alternative Hounds Of Love The Handsome Cabin Boy I'm going to level with you,I don't know what's so "alternative" about this mix of "Hounds Of Love' aside from the fact that it's about 50 seconds longer than the original album version. It has the "do-we-do-do do-we-da-da" and those awesome drums still, so it still kicks ass. The real star here is the B-side, "The Handsome Cabin [...]
Earlier this morning on Twitter, I referred to "The Reflection of You", the brand new...
With Beavis and Butthead back on the air after nearly a decade-and-a-half hiatus, I thought I'd take a moment to offer my belated thanks to these two badly-drawn boys for turning me on to a couple of bands that otherwise would have escaped my attention. Even before MTV got out of the music video business, Beavis and Butthead were airing videos that would never have gotten any airplay via mainstream channels. Presumably channeling Mike Judge's musical tastes, Beavis and Butthead provided US viewers with the first glimpses of several well-below-the-radar bands including the Dead Milkmen, the Cramps, Daisy [...]
![Favorite Christmas UK #1 2011 Edition [Top 11]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3949359_lg.jpg)
Merry Christmas Eve everyone!! Come tomorrow will be Christmas Day. This year it falls on a Sunday and in the UK has to be the most important day for the music industry. It is having the Christmas #1 song . I noticed I haven't don't my favorite Christmas #1 since 2008 . So why not update my favorite songs that made it to #1 on Christmas day/week. There are some songs that have a festive theme and some not. Not going to add in of the Simon Cowell's garbage that started [...]
Someone on Twitter pointed out that Being Boring is a very December-ish song. True, and it's also my favourite Pet Shop Boys song. The chord change going into the words "When you're young" is pure magic. The melody goes on forever. The lyric seems to encapsulate an era and a lifetime. Pain + pop again, and an element of "better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all". Of course Behaviour is my favourite Pet Shop Boys album, with its themes of heartbreak, infidelity, and death. My other favourite Pet [...]
Dimitri From Paris and DJ Rocca join forces again for their second EP together as Erodiscotique. Erodiscotique EP2 features two original tracks 'Back To House' and 'Ero Disco Theme' along with a cover of Pet Shop Boy's 1988 hit 'Domino Dancing.' 'Domino Dancing' features lyrics by Pet Shop Boy's own Tim Benton and the EP contains a main mix and instrumental version by each DJ. Both DJ Rocca and Dimitri From Paris' versions are perfect. Stream the whole EP below and grab Dimitri From Paris' version of 'Domino Dancing' below. 'Domino Dancing' (Dimitri [...]
More slick retro synthpop from Ice Choir as another track surfaces, it is also a b-side to their lush sounding ' Two Rings ' 73 which is available now. 'Ice Choir' is below, the as yet untitled debut will see daylight in 2012. Ice Choir - Ice Choir
Some time ago a friend, who is now well on the way to owning his own island (or perhaps a gellato shop in Costa Rica), summed up his previous life as a slave to the corporate world with one single word. "Demeaning." I suppose that, with so many people not having a gig since the grown-ups crashed the economy in a quest for each and every last dollar, it could be considered poor form to admit that I agreed with his assessment. (of course, it is disconcerting to know that, if you do [...]
Today's Live Performance comes courtesy of British Synth Poppers the Pet Shop Boys. Their full set on Glasto 2010. Perennial pop treasures Pet Shop Boys return to Glastonbury 10 years after their last triumphant visit. The duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe released their tenth studio album last year and were celebrated for Outstanding Contribution to Music at the 2009 Brits. From Bowie to Kylie to Madonna, many of popular music's greats have collaborated with the uniquely stylish duo. With a bag load of pop hits to draw on and captivating visuals, dancing shoes [...]
![Ice Choir | ‘Two Rings’ [Video]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3877987_lg.jpg)
Ice Choir made their debut on the site last week with the incredible single 'Two Rings.' Now the newly formed collective have released some stunning Ryan Louie directed visuals for the track which you can enjoy above. Serious consideration for our upcoming top songs of the year list. Icy synths, airy vocals and very 802s..... what's not to like!
Lately, have you been sliding through your iPod, thinking, Damn, I wonder how many Pet Shop Boys songs are out there untouched ? Well, here's your answer: 38. And come this February, you'll have all the time in the world to soak 'em up, when the UK synthpop legends release Format , their second effort of unreleased material (via NME ). Similar to 19952s Alternative , which collected Pet Shop Boys B-sides circa 1985-1994, Format picks up where that one left off. In other words, all 38 tracks are culled [...]
![Ice Choir | ‘Two Rings’ [Audio]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3868976_lg.jpg)
Ice Choir is a collective founded from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's Kurt Feldman and Raphael Randa from Depreciation Guild and they're creating some fine Synthpop tunes at the moment. Early Pet Shop Boys come to mind when hearing their debut single 'Two Rings.' You can listen to the Brit pop track which is now available via Shelflife and YesboyIcecream records below.
Over 16 years after the release of Alternative , a two-disc collection that boasted all of Pet Shop Boys' B-sides from singles off first album Please (1985) up to Very (1993), the duo have announced its follow-up. Due out on February 6, Format will contain 38 tracks from the flip sides of the iconic UK pop act 's singles — plus a few bonus tracks from over the years — spanning from 1996 ( Bilingual ) through 2009 ( Yes ). "All tracks have been remastered and the CD booklet features an [...]
Frank Yang It's a little bit of bragging when I point out that our blogger posse had Lykke Li close out the second day of our Hot Freaks! party at SXSW 2008 before her star became ascendant. But the fact is that it was almost entirely Gorilla Vs Bear's doing, with most of the rest of us having no idea who Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson was at the time. And not too many did, as only a modest number of people came out to Club DeVille to see play that [...]
Allá por 1995 el conjunto de synth pop Pet Shop Boys había lanzado un disco de b-sides llamado Alternative ; dieciséis años más tarde, los ingleses Neil Tennant y Chris Lowe acumularon un nuevo puñado de canciones para dar vida al álbum doble Format (2012). En este sentido, el compilado -que será editado por Parlaphone el 6 de febrero entrante- incluirá lados b desde 1996 hasta 2009, además de algunos comentarios del periodista [...]
You may have already heard that the Pet Shop Boys are beginning work on a new album, which is expected to be ready for release sometime in 2012, but for longtime fans of the dynamic duo, some more concrete news has appeared upon the horizon that's likely to be almost as intriguing. In a recent [...]
Photo by G. Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys Great news, Petheads! Pet Shop Boys have announced the tracklist and release date of "Format," a collection of B-sides that picks up from where their first B-sides collection, "Alternative" left off. These B-sides are from the period of 1996 - 2009 and "Format" will be released on February 6, 2012. Pet Shop Boys are scheduled to release their 11th studio album in late 2012. [...]
Pet Shop Boys just announced via the Cambridge student newspaper ,Varsity that in February they are releasing a new bsides collection covering the years 1996 to 2009. It will be called Format . We're putting out another B-sides album in February, like an ' Alternative ' part two. But we're calling it Format ," says Neil, referring to their classic B-sides collection from 1995. Chris sounds a little concerned, "We're not announcing that yet, are we?" [...]
Last Gas Station
Nonacíenmanchester
The Lost Turntable
SURFING ON STEAM
Lost In The Sound
PhotogMusic.com
The World's Greatest Music
514blog
The Maroon Cafe
Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas
Totally Fuzzy
Consequence Of Sound
Idolator
Chromewaves
indieHearts
Societe Perrier
According to G
XO's Middle Eight
![Niki & The Dove - The Fox [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/l2f6UbMnlq4_130.jpg)
Chromatics: “Into The Black”
Download: The Violet Lights - "Sex and Sound"
Whitney Houston uncovered
Download: Lissy Trullie - "It's Only You, Isn't It"
