Category: rock
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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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 [...]
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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
Thug Wife is back. In reply to Doc comes this mix featuring old and new tracks from across the indie/hip hop spectrum. White Palms – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club I Got Mine – The Black Keys Sing Songs Along (Hot Chip Remix) – Tilly And The Wall Silent Shout – The Knife Machine Gun – [...]
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Doc is back with a new mix showcasing some of the best indie from either side of the Atlantic. Look out for some stellar moments from the likes of The Ting Tings, Death Cab and that track from MGMT. Enjoy. Pork and Beans – Weezer Great DJ – The Ting Tings Ghosts – Ladytron Always [...]
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What can be more exciting than a new album from First Floor Power? Well possibly the even newer remix album, featuring First Floor Power’s new single The Jacket and four remixes of the same song, plus a remix of their To Do List, by people like Karin Dreijer and Hortlax Cobra (Peter Bjorn and John). [...]
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What was it we did again, before we had the internet? I know what I didn’t do – I didn’t make Russian cyber-friends on last.fm, who recommended some supercool music (thanks hivr!), which prompted me to scrounge around for more Russian sounds… So we’ll take a break from the usual Nordic stuff and go to visit our [...]
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…another year over and a new one just begun… ok, a bit premature, but the yearly spirit of catharsis is in the air, whatever you want to call it. btw, santa, just in case you are passing by this way, here’s top of my wishlist (sorry, i appear to have slumped into gadget-geek mode). so, moving [...]
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December is a busy month – no time for reflection, suffice to say that here’s something to enjoy if you ever get a chance to put your feet up and make yourself a cup of tea. Merry Christmas. Tracks: Origin (Shake you down by the river) – Studio Heartbeats – Grizzly Bear vs the Knife [...]
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If you’re a normal, healthy person you may have wondered what Karin Dreijer was up to before the days of The Knife. The answer is noisy and occasionally brilliant indie band Honey is Cool, who had a great deal of critical if not commercial success in Sweden during the 90s. The other band that deserves [...]
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