It happens every year, after I've done my year end list, there's one criminally neglected artist not featured on the list. This year it's Ladyhawke from New Zealand who flew under my radar. I knew she released "Paris Is Burning" over the summer as it was one of my mainstay summer jams. I didn't know until just recently that they put out a slammin' debut album. Everything on there is rock solid,...
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Ladyhawke Back Of The Van Remixes!
Red Light Company Covers The Ting Tings! & Remixed By School of Seven Bells!
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The Red Light Company is a rising band from England whose line-up consists of 4 British guys and one American bassist who sold everything to play with the band in London. With that kind of dedication their music is bound to turn some heads. Their music springs forth with anthematic hooks that the Arcade Fire or Stars would be proud of and a classic rock fervor that Sebastien Grainger would su...
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Muke's "Shutterspeed Lullabies" are an Otherworldly Bedtime Hymn!
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Muke is the project of Madeline Liebowitz and Luke Kuzava who met in the dorms their freshman year at the University of Oregon. Out of boredom one day they decided to record a song into an iBook and lo and behold, something fresh and new was born out of the disparate influences of each member. Their sound is something like if Lykke Li was backed with acoustic guitar with the "shoegaze rock fi...
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Svelt St. Provides some Indie Flavored Rap
Svelt St. is a married dynamic duo who consist of vocalist Feelmore and Emcee Bang! Cheeto. together they craft inventive dance/rap/pop. The track "Po' Boy" kicks off like a track by an indie songstress like Lykke Li or Maybe Robyn with a bouncy electro beat and soft female vocals before Bang! Cheeto starts rapping about "99 bottles". Bang! Cheeto has some interesting credentials, having worked...
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Svelt St. Provides some Indie Flavored Rap
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Svelt St. is a married dynamic duo who consist of vocalist Feelmore and Emcee Bang! Cheeto. together they craft inventive dance/rap/pop. The track "Po' Boy" kicks off like a track by an indie songstress like Lykke Li or Maybe Robyn with a bouncy electro beat and soft female vocals before Bang! Cheeto starts rapping about "99 bottles". Bang! Cheeto has some interesting credentials, having work...
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Mason Proper Covers Kanye West & LCD Soundsystem... At the SAME TIME!
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Mason Proper , who in some way shape or form are always on the move somehow have released a new free cover of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown" and LCD Soundsystem's "Get Innocuous", not as two separate tracks, but as one whole entity. It sounds like the plot of some funky mad scientist, but the result is irresistably infectious. Could this be the future of the mashup? A live mashup/remix/cover? E...
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The Jellyfish Bandits, Lo-Fi Indie Electro Pop!
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Artist:the jellyfish bandits
The Jellyfish Bandits are Melinda Tracy and Aaron Leck from Portland Oregon. Their lo-fi electronic indie pop is akin to other bands in that vein like Chairs in Arno and Figurine. Although thier music can be distinctly more alternative at times, even including some simple guitar riffs. Their lyrics are mostly whimsical, but when they feel like using harder language they pull no punches. The b...
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Neon Man's "Knights of Error" is Full of Chimey Charming Guitam
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Artist:neonman
Berlin's Neonman is composed of Ben John Osborn from London, UK and Bastian Asdonk from Berlin, Germany. Together they make post-punk rock that at times swooshes and sashays with a punk ferocity and other times confidentlstrides plods forward with a signifigant dub and reggae influence. At their best they call to mind the post punk explosion of the late 70's and early 80's. Imagine XTC mergi...
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New Murder Mystery Song
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NYC band Murder Mystery are back with a new single entitled "The World" that is a nice mellow tune that draws on the best of the Psychedelic Furs, The Cure and the Strokes. Above all the chiming guitars and pulsing synth is vocalist Jeremy Coleman's charming vocals and lyrics. If you're starving for some new Strokes material, this will definitely hold you over. Murder Mysery - The World ...
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Review: Division Kent's Gravity is a Heavy Trip
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Division Kent is a two piece from Zurich, Switzerland that plays swirling, dark new wave rock composed of two members; vocalist Andrea B. and instrumentalist Sky Antinori. Their music is at times dark and heavy, calling to mind the work of psychedelic indie band Midnight Movies due to the ominous melodies and sultry voice of Andrea B. While this is the primary musical mode the band is set in ...
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New Jersey's Thing One is Movin' on Up!
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Artist:Thing One
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Album:You'll Be Fine
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Track:Move It
Thing One is a dance-rock quartet from from Glen Ridge, New Jersey that create bouncy, catchy songs with just a touch of electronic flourishes. At times their music takes on an old school punk/dub sound and other times it takes on an LCD Soundsystem-like sound with percolating beats and spare synths. One thing that makes them stand out is that they create a nice cushion of sound and melody in...
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The Jellyfish Bandits, Lo-Fi Indie Electro Pop!
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Elizabeth Willis is a Soulful Singer/Songwriter from New York City
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Album:Elizabeth Willis (Bonus Track Version)
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Track:In Your Eyes
Elizabeth Willis is a singer/songwriter from New York City who has been classically trained in violin and piano since the age of four. She's got some soulful pipes on her, and her compositions lean heavily towards classical composition. She's been getting some national attention from the likes of NPR and Newsweek.Elizabeth Willis - In Your Eyes Elizabeth Willis MyspaceAZLTRON MUSIC BLOG
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A Flurry of Dirty Disco Youth Remixes!
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Dirty Disco Youth is the project of Phil Speiser who resides in Hambug, Germany where he spins his prodigiously hard mixes.Bloody Beetroots - Rombo (Dirty Disco Youth Remix) Deadmau5 - ghosts n stuff (DIRTY DISCO YOUTH REMIX) Digitalism - Taken Away (Dirty Disco Youth Remix) Stardust - Music Sounds Better (dirty disco youth remix) Dirty Disco Youth MyspaceAZLTRON MUSIC BLOG
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Heads We Dance Covers Kraftwerk's "Computer Love"!
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Leeds England's own Heads We Dance have flawlessly stepped into the skin of an old Kraftwerk Classic and put their own signature stamp on it. It comes complete with boy girl vocals, vocoder, and plenty of twinkling melodies. A minimal dance extravaganza perfect for a snow day dance party.Heads We Dance - Computer Love Heads We Dance MyspaceAZLTRON MUSIC BLOG
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Music For Swedish Lumberjacks! The Sweet Serenades!
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The Sweet Serenades are the next in a long line Swedish pop-smiths who craft bouncy catchy tunes that are sure to make you forget your wintertime woes. Check out their video for their single "Mona Lee". The Sweet Serenades - Mona Lee The Sweet Serenades MyspaceAZLTRON MUSIC BLOG
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The First AZLTRON Mix of 2009!
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I've been collecting a bunch of cool songs to put in a mix, and I figured now is as good a time as any to put them out there.Emil & Friends - Downed Economy Solid Gold - Get Over It Pic Vicious - LA Dreamer Pretty Good Dance Moves - Demons Dancing Division Kent - Offshore Red Light Company - Scheme Eugene (James Yuill Omega 3 Mix) Holiday For Strings - Two of You Jen Feldman - J...
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Nicktoons to Air Wolverine and the X-Men! New Cartoon!
This is a little off the beaten path for a music blog, but I will admit that I have been a comic geek from way back. Since like, 1992-1993, and in no small part to the 90's X-Men series. Due to that series and it's somewhat mature themes I have been collecting and studying comic books since I was in 1st grade. I owe a huge amount of graphic influence to that series and as well as many other M...
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The BPA release Iggy Pop Video of "He's Frank", and More!
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The BPA have released the backing video that Norman Cook has been using during his performances of the track that features Iggy Pop on vocals. Pretty standard fair as far as club remixes go, but I'll be darned if you can resist the child-like joy exuded by Iggy in the video. Can you believe that he's 61? I feel like hitting the gym. The BPA - He's Frank If you feel so inclined there is now...
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Exclusive! 10 Questions with Thieves Like Us!
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10 Questions with Thieves Like Us (#2 Best album of 2008!) By: Aaron Z. Lee Thieves Like Us is an electro band that's two thirds Swedish, and one third American that creates indie electro pop that's akin to a sonic mix of New Order and Daft Punk. I corresponded with their singer, Andy. 1. You've said that Play Music is your autobiography. What kind of events and experiences do you d...
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