Anyone who thinks the seaside is all about days out and cheesy smiles needs to check out The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Brighton’s most terrifying gothic-rockabilly band.
Eighties first appeared in 2002 with the Horse Of The Dog album. Clocking in at just 28 minutes the record is a blast through the young punks’ limited but [...]
so it happened. after dashing around getting everything together (a bunch of stuff that never got played – check out eastern drum and breaks 2), the soiree at smarties was a good one. the end of barbie as we know her, and boy did they send her out in style. although i don’t think i [...]
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putting it together i was torn between not wanting to make a bad first impression, being honest about what excites my stereo, and what logically fits when arranged together. but whatever happened i think it’s a fair representation. only it’s missing sleater kinney, but then, aren’t we all?Tracklist:
65daysofstatic – another code against the gone
the rise [...]
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a mix I’ve been working on for the last few months. it’s a kind of attention deficit type of mix made in ableton. it’s pretty self-indulgent in the way that I try to make it as relistenable as possible for myself, and in the process, hopefully, it’ll be worth several replays for others. the [...]
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nice lean site peddling that dubstep vibe. the english hype machine seem to have got behind this grime offshoot which means its icarus-like flight on those shores will probably last about 3 months. doesn’t mean it ain’t good though, and like much electronica before, it may take a bunch of north american kids to keep [...]
sounds like he’s just walked off a bollywood stage, but the wonderful moglah carries on in a vein that the japanese have tapped and split wide open. take an old classic, beats of an old casio organ and plant your tongue firmly in your cheek. what comes out? entrancing multicultural pop music.
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with an ear-bendingly good taste in music, we are pleased to have the original emo-kid grace the pages of popround.
expect the unexpected. and maybe something canadian.
- the popround crew
