the culture of me

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  Erik Hassle
• Track:
  Someday (The Strokes cover)

Erik Hassle, the well-coiffed young lad you've heard us rave about in the past, continues his onslaught of terrificness with this, an acoustic cover of the Is This It track "Someday" by The Strokes. Not much else to be said...

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The 2009 Blip Festival, the raddest gathering of 8bit and chiptune musicians, designers and enthusiasts, takes place next month, December 17-19. Today, the organizers of the festival have gone forward with a pretty excellent idea for a contest and prize-pack,...

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• Artist:
  The Young Punx!
• Album:
  Simple Pleasures/Like Dat

With a new digital EP, the split "Simple Pleasures/Like Dat" release, the gents in The Young Punx have showcased their continued evolution in purpose and sound, developing a much more prevalent punk/thrash element to their usual menacing dance formula. "Simple...

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• Artist:
  Ellie Goulding
• Track:
  Under The Sheets

(photo by Camilla Treharne) The Internet's been pretty on fire lately with coverage of this UK-based electro pop talent Ellie Goulding, and we'll go ahead and pour a little more kerosene on the blaze with our praise, albeit with some...

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• Artist:
  Riton
• Track:
  Radiates

Proving their inability to make non-destroying epic dance anthems, Primary 1 & Riton are back again with "Radiates", a sticky, rubber ball bounce house track that permeates and penetrates the nervous systems, causing body ticks to become pronounced movement, minds...

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• Artist:
  Crystal Fighters

In a new monthly party curated by Ruthie from Famous Friends and Jen Lyon from MeanRed (two party promotion entities that never quit and never cease to amaze) called "Crush", the basement of Santos Party House is being taken over...

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• Artist:
  The Joy Formidable

(photo by Toby Hudson) We told you guys a few months back about the upcoming tour dates for the indie pop trio that stole our hearts and blew our minds this year (top 10 of ours for sure with A...

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• Artist:
  Delphic
• Track:
  This Momentary

For this remix of the track we're declaring (in November, mind you) as the track of the year, "This Momentary" from the Manchester electronic act Delphic, the guys in Phoenix-based LightsoverLA stress the song's original swirling progression, leaving the window...

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• Artist:
  Russ Chimes

After a quick last-minute venue change, the kids from Famous Friends and Finger On The Pulse joined forces last Saturday night to bring the London, UK member of the Valerie Collective, Russ Chimes, to NYC alongside a very rad live...

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• Artist:
  Futurecop
• Album:
  Club Action Mix Series Vol. 1 mixtape

We guess if you're Futurecop! the idea of mixing together a handful of your own tracks with some of the most recognizable 90s R&B tracks into one fierce package doesn't seem like that big of a deal because, well, you're...

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• Artist:
  Pyramid
• Track:
  Medicine

(photo by Sarah Cass) Portland tape-loops-and-indie-rock act Pyramid used to just be called Starfucker, but now, well, they're Pyramid and they've just dropped their first UK single "Medicine" via Rough Trade shops this week and the video for the track,...

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(photo by Nigel Skeet) Los Angeles indie electro duo Bullet And Snowfox (which sounds a shit-ton too much like code names from "G.I. Joe" but we'll let that slide) make a vicious mixture of the electro pop beats and indie...

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• Artist:
  Performance
• Track:
  Reptile

New Romantic futurists from Manchester, this three-piece called Performance do their best posturing and pumping with tunes that instantly rave up the likes of forebearers like Visage, Tears For Fears or the entire audience from The Blitz in the very...

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• Artist:
  DJ Donna Summer
• Album:
  Nightshifters Mix for ZNMA Vodka

DJ Donna Summer aka Jason Forrest, head of the Nightshifters label (ones whom you should've been keeping watch over the last few 365-day cycles), was asked by the Russian company ZNMA Vodka--pronounced "zima", no relation--to make an exclusive mix for...

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• Artist:
  Girls & Boys

This past Friday night, Friday the 13th as it was, brought out an "interesting" crowd to Webster Hall for the weekly Girls & Boys party, packing the house, sure, but something was definitely amiss in the air--can't put our fingers...

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When you've already made fans out of Caspa and the Dub Police crew, chances are you're already enough on the rise to merit more and more of a following. So it goes for London vocal dubstep female duo She Is...

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So, to celebrate the 66Sick party's 2 1/2 year anniversary (they just didn't put anything together six months ago we guess), the kids have brought us word that the very special guest Andrew WK will be in attendance, joining revelers...

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• Artist:
  Plastiscines
• Track:
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  Bitch

Rudimentary new wave/indie rock girl group Plastiscines debuted the video for their new single "Bitch" (which played on "Gossip Girl" this season), a colorfully stark mixed black and white and color clip with a propulsive back beat, a simplistic arrangement...

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• Artist:
  Jinder
• Track:
  Youth Blood

We haven't heard much from the Swedish electro pop chanteuse Josefine Jinder (she's recently dropped the "Little" portion of her moniker to just be "Jinder") but that's all changing these days as the Trouble & Bass recording artist is dropping...

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