http://www.popround.com sharing our aural wealth Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:40:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en …I sat down to compile another northernlights. Quite a few tracks are from bands on Finnish record label Fonal records. If you want to hear more of TV-Resistori, Eleanoora Rosenholm and Risto, as well as loads of other new Finnish stuff, there is an electronic jukebox available on the Fonal ... http://www.popround.com/2009/06/28/at-last/ Amazing what happens when you get together 4 fingers and the new Akai Ableton controller with aesthetics borrowed from a 'seventies dancefloor. "The APC40 Ableton Performance Controller in action!" screams the headline. More wrist action than a spotty teen during rainy summer hols. http://www.popround.com/2009/06/20/scratch-that-itch-shiny-new-toys-for-ableton/ What a surprisingly delightful place Austin turned out to be. Not exactly sure why I have this latent distrust of Texas; after all you'd have thought I'd have lived through enough racism not to fall into the trap of tarring all with the same brush. But yes, for some strange ... http://www.popround.com/2009/06/04/sxsw-and-thereafter/ Here it is. Thug Wife digs out some seeeerious classics from Austin this spring. Miss Lucifer - Primal Scream Voices In My Head - K'naan Daniel - Bat For Lashes Ankles - Chris TT Nyet Spasiba - Handsome Furs Mad Dogs And Englishmen - Late Of The Pier It's Impossible - Daniel Johnston Country Mile - Camera Obscura We ... http://www.popround.com/2009/05/23/favorites-from-sxsw-2009/ 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 ... http://www.popround.com/2009/04/28/dan-deacons-dayglo-fest-the-great-american-music-hall/ Tubba 3 Ply apply the rave at 2.30am in the South Coast's finest temporary temple of the Subgenius, caught on webcam and archived here. http://www.popround.com/2009/04/14/tubba-3-ply-bob-dobbs-house-brighton-uk-april-4-2009/ 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 ... http://www.popround.com/2009/03/29/chris-t-t-live-at-hotel-utah-in-san-francisco/ February meant visits from all the family - both sides descended on our small flat. Quite a horde. San Francisco showered them with rain and I regressed back into my teenage past. And talking of my teenage past, for this mix I've resurrected some hip house hits of yore. Beware, ... http://www.popround.com/2009/02/27/the-parentals-in-town-best-of-the-blogs-mix-5/ The wonderful Square Productions (no, I have no idea what that means) really do go in-depth when they cover something. Recently they highlighted some of their choice picks and plumped right in the middle was that man Matthew Dear. I missed him when he recently passed through San Francisco, so ... http://www.popround.com/2009/02/13/matthew-dears-minimally-awesome-body-language-mix/ This latest installment in the Best of the Blogs series in some ways becomes a continuation of the recap of 2008 posts we've been running. Many of these tracks showed up on other blogs' lists of the best of 2008. Maybe it's because it's winter and the days are short,  maybe ... http://www.popround.com/2009/02/02/clear-out-the-cobwebs-best-of-the-blogs-mix-4/