THE CULTURE OF ME

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  Kid Sister

NYC-based disco house DJ/producer Redlight takes on the album cut "Life On TV" from Kid Sister's finally released debut record, Ultraviolet, adding a spurting, cutting treatment of blips and rips and a ton of effects you'd think were more akin...

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For its fifth year, the magazine WIRED has opened up a pop-up store here in New York City for the next six weeks (closing up just after the holidays), offering up a look at over 150 gadgets, gizmos and doodads...

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• Artist:
  Dooze Jackers

Young ruffian Montreal electro royalty (we're being lofty today huh?) Techjio and D.P.V. have joined forces recently to launch a rad soca-and-dancefloor-destruction duo they've dubbed Dooze Jackers. The guys have already been quietly murdering the floors of their hometown together...

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• Artist:
  Ali Love
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  Diminishing Returns

Ali Love is smashing it up these days with his single "Diminishing Returns", a track that rides heavy on the magic carpet-ride club bent and is held together by the over-under seaming of Love's excellent dance pop vocal stylings, a...

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  Sleigh Bells

Possibly the biggest story in New York right now is the unsigned and brash duo of Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss, commonly known around these parts and the Internet as Sleigh Bells, an act that dials in a frequency of...

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An interesting choice of song to make super ready for the clubs of the world, this edit of the confrontational track "Everyone's At It" from Lily Allen's latest record It's Not Me, It's You, which takes to task the world...

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Psychotic, freaky and fun, the Spaniards in electro rock outfit Crystal Fighters played the basement of Santos Party House this past Thursday night for a frenzied crowd of kids losing their collective shit to the band's anthemic tracks (see: "Xtatic...

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• Artist:
  Kleerup
• Album:
  Kleerup
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  Until We Bleed

Adieus, a newish and young bedroom producer, has just sent over a steady and subtle 4/4 edit of the Kleerup track "Until We Bleed" which features the lofty and airy vocals from supreme electro pop leading lady Lykke Li and...

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(photo by Megan Sharp) Burns, the electro technician we've been on the case of for a while now, is coming to New York City this coming week on the heels of his opening slot for house front-runner Deadmau5 when both...

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• Artist:
  Sia
• Track:
  You've Changed (Drlkt Freddie remix)

Last year, "You've Changed", the bouncy house pop tune penned by Lauren Flax featuring the vocals of her friend Sia, was one of the brightest spots on the sun when it came to undeniably fun and near-perfect tracks for any...

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• Artist:
  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!
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  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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