Pitchfork is like the Sauron of music blogs / web reportage. The smug Chicago writers have the all-seeing eye when it comes to new tracks and videos. What inconsiderate pricks they are frequently robbing me and countless others of some semblance…
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This unofficial ‘My Girls’ video by Rob Chestnutt certainly exceeds the original in syncopation and ambience. Not sure it would beat a rap-style video of Panda Bear and his fam on his Portugese porch throwing up peace signs in the sun alongside his ‘Bros’ but I can but dream.If you want to hear the Animal [...]
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Speaking of LA beatmakers, there’s a new release from Daedelus in the form of split 6-track EP with Jogger on the Friends of Friends label. The idea involves Friends of Friends inviting an artist to do a split EP; they in turn invite another musician or group to complete the split release and commission [...]
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LA rapper Blu appropriates one of the standout tracks from Los Angeles for his own usage. What would a proper Flying Lotus MC album sound like? If its something like this, then sign me up for the 12″ motherlicker.And also, when is FlyLo making his way over here? What’s eating him? Blu - GNG BNG [...]
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Little Boots, pre-show at Sup Magazine/ IamSound SXSW party taken by Dan.Now that the dust has settled, as a recap and a recommendation post - here are the twelve bands which made the long trip to Texas totally worth it.StarfuckerFrom Portland, Oregen, these guys played a storming set in Radio Room on 6th Street to [...]
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The original is a total heady Saturday night tune very much in the vein of Human League while the James Curd remix gives has a bit more of a hop and skip electro vibe (whatever that means). Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem seems to have joined The Juan Maclean for this round too. This is [...]
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Fourth time seeing AC and it was certainly the best Dublin date so far I thought. I've come to be prepared not to be so expectant when they play live as sometimes I doubt their ability to entertain a crowd, if that's what you are looking for. You're not going to get three great showmen [...]
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As cool as Lily Allen is and all, this is the kind of stuff that should have been on her new album. Falling somewhere between M.I.A and Lily is Anita Blay theCocknbullkid from London. Full of swagger and seething with hate for her boyfriend’s mother, ‘There’s A Mother In Our Bed’ features the line “I [...]
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home from portugal/spain. apologies for my splurge of twitters during primavera! # New Fight LIke Apes - Something Global - listen here http://tinyurl.com/6zmnno # listening to white denim who are deadly! # trying to get twitter tools working. cmon! # nearly there # ah i give up… for now. # just loved Little Boots - Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix) [...]
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MAP (Music Alliance Pact) is a monthly feature where music bloggers across the world share a track from their home country that they think you should hear.24 blogs are submitting their country’s pick this month including first-time contributions from France and Denmark. My Irish contribution is the opening track from David Kitt’s new album The [...]
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Loving this song right now. I will be checking The Golden Filter out at The Hype Machine Radio Party at SXSW on Wednesday. The Golden Filter - Solid GoldGet four free remixes from Dummy.If you like this try:Videos: Flosstradamus and Nosaj Thing @ SXSW 2009Greetings from TexasSXSW Music - Day one recapNialler9 Twitter Digest @ [...]
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HOW good was Q-Tip last night? A masterful live band performance in The Button Factory. A lot of people have been waiting a lot of time to see him make his debut in Ireland. The Renaissance is so good I didn’t think about him playing Tribe songs but that he did - ‘Check The [...]
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On Monday, I’ll be heading towards independent music heaven in Austin, Texas where roughly 1800 bands will be playing at the SXSW Festival both officially and unofficially. The last few weeks and the weekend has and will be spent frantically RSVP’ing to parties, organising a schedule and listening to artists playing. I cannot frickin’ wait.. [...]
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Guillermo Scott Herren is releasing a new album Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian in May under his Prefuse 73 moniker but before that he’s managed to squeeze in a follow-up with Roberto Sarlos Lange (new to the band) and Eva Puyuelo Muns as Savath & Savalas and it is released digitally on the 16th [...]
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In this week’s D&N update: Kaboom Dub, Freestyle rap explained, a look at the wonderful Spotify, “Idiot” Bloggers vs Ryanair, new music from Hockey, Phoenix and a link to 65 hours of SXSW MP3s including this excellent new tune from Abe Vigoda.Abe Vigoda - Don’t LieIf you like this try:“When the war is this [...]
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You probably know by now that Dry County have changed their name to Alias Empire and as is evident in the above press shot are sporting a new techno-punk look. What you might not know however is that the band have a free downloadable EP called AEMIX on their new site as a way of [...]
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Time for another short trawl through some music news, audio and linkage.More details on the new MF Doom album (now just Doom) - Born Like This will be out on Lex Records on March 23rd and features guests rhymes from Ghostface and Raekwon with the producers J Dilla (R.I.P), Madlib and Jake One contributing. Meanwhile, [...]
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I rarely post any kind of bluesy number up here but I mentioned this title track in my Day and Night column this week and it’s worth an extra highlight here. It’s from Heartless Bastards’ new album and has been warming up my brain farm lately. The album is out on Fat Possum now.Erika [...]
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808s and Heartbreaks rocks. No debate. Here Kanye drops the video for the track prematurely thanks to Chairlift pwning him by using the same pixel-morphing technique before he did. This is the most perfect made-for-internet video skullfuckery technique around.I’ve been using my Twitter to link to things I haven’t had time to post. Check it.If [...]
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From the forthcoming album It’s Blitz! out in April, comes a fresh sounding Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This is one of those songs that it’s probably best not to share your first impressions straight away in case you renege soon afterwards but, i’m going to say - this is nice but not YYYs nice. Dance and [...]
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