Category: indie
After an hour with Dan Deacon it’s easy to forget which way up is normal. This guy just does not follow the rules. Don’t believe me? Just look at this blatant disregard of the way things work on the indie/dance/rock scene:
Rule #1
Let someone else build your stage. Following the support acts, a crowd of groupies [...]
Let’s get the disclosure out of the way first: I’ve been a big fan of Chris T-T for some years having been a fellow Brighton neighbor back in the day (the mighty Rifa did a good job on the promotion front). We were witness to some blinding performances with and without the full Chris T-T [...]
The other big treat for me on a recent night out in Liverpool came in the shape of an anonymous-looking CD from fellow beat-mongerer Dax. We take the year-end as an excellent opportunity to exchange tunes that rocked our boat over the previous twelve months. It’s great for me to get some insight into the [...]
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dax_xmas08_kiterae_mix - Listen now |
Not all of these were released in ‘08, however these all rocked my boat in the year that was.
Young Folks (Peter Bjorn And John) – The Kooks
Time to Pretend – MGMT
That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings
L.E.S. Artistes – Santogold
I Kissed a Girl (vanderbilt remix) – Katy Perry
Crying – TV On The Radio
Sour Cherry [...]
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thugwife_xmas08 - Listen now |
Here’s part two of my top tunes of 2008.
One Month Off – Bloc Party
Sometime Around Midnight – The Airborne Toxic Event
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You – Black Kids
Machine Gun – Portishead
Many Shades of Black – The Raconteurs
Paris Is Burning – Ladyhawke
Sour Cherry – The Kills
Disco [...]
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xmas08_part2 - Listen now |
Here’s part one of my top tunes of 2008. Some of these names are a blast from the past, but all the music was released in 08.
Troublemaker – Weezer
So What – Pink
Missing Cleveland – Scott Weiland
Gamma Ray – Beck
The Only One – The Cure
Always Where I Need To Be – The Kooks
That’s Not My Name [...]
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xmas08_part1 - Listen now |
This time Harry Covert picks up the reigns for the latest in the Best of the Blogs series. Keeping things on a more chilled plane than Kiterae’s offering, this mix is part indie, part hip hop, part Xmas eulogy.Sorry, I’m afraid I couldn’t track down all the original links for these tracks, but take my [...]
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slowdownmofo_dec08 - Listen now |
OK, the heading may just about make sense for the Anitpodeans amongst you, otherwise you may sense that the timing is slightly off. And you’re right – this mix got buried for around 6 months and just surfaced on a road trip down Highway 101 somewhere north of LA.
Still, there’s peach tracks from some big [...]
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finallysummer_thugwife - Listen now |
A few year’s ago in Berlin we came across the excellent Exberliner mag with crystalline music reviews. This month D. Strauss points his ascerbic wit in the direction of The Cure and Herman Dune, among others:
http://www.exberliner.net/records.php?action=inthisissue
Here’s a random collection of stuff, including some interesting Icelandic tunes by FM Belfast, Seabear and a brand new single from Emiliana Torrini. Plus that irresistible Mummers-track March of the dawn – not that they are from anywhere near Iceland, but the song most definitely has a strong affinity with Bjork so I [...]
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northernlightsandbeyond - Listen now |
