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A new video from one of our favorites, Orenda Fink (O+S, Azure Ray) has a new album out on Saddle Creek. This video comes from that album. Enjoy. [Official Site : Buy Ask The Night @ Lala]
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VIDEO: Orenda Fink – “That Certain-Something Spring”
Twilight 22 – “Electric Kingdom (Extended Version)” | #MusicMonday
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A breakdance classic, this got played on K-97 in Memphis *ALL* the time when I was growing up. If you don’t have it already, well — now you do.Twilight 22 – “Electric Kingdom (Extended Version)”
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Skinnerbox : Jazz outfits, New Wave mouths and Disco bodies #MusicMonday
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The duo of Olaf Hilgenfeld and Iftah Gabbai is definitely not your run-of-the-mill techno, disco or jazz. So then, color me intrigued by Skinnerbox & their unusual (and efficient marriage) of disparate styles, particularly when it matches so clearly with the musical calico I’m hearing out of European electronic music lately. There’s a [...]
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Ali Love : Diminishing Returns (Luca C & Brigante Remix) : #MusicMonday
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I guess we’re going to start off this Music Monday with a sweet electro track from the remix team of Luca C & Brigante. The remix of Ali Love’s new single, “Diminishing Returns” (which is out in limited release) comes from his debut album, due in 2010. You may not know Ali Love [...]
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Lisa, Go Stick It, I Got my Bonnaroo Ticket | Bonnaroo 2010 Pre-Sale starts November 27th, 2009
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Artist:Gary Chardonnay
“Lisa Go Stick It, I Got My Bonnaroo Ticket” by Gary Chardonnay from Bonnaroo on Vimeo.I don’t know what this is, but I’m posting it in honor of my favorite music festival. Come hell or high water, by hook or by crook, with or without another colloquial southern cliche in this post, I plan [...]
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Sub Pop offers glimpse into Beach House’s new album with free download
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For three years now, we’ve watched as Beach House has gone from humble, subtly hypnotic Baltimore slack-key-core twosome to a fully realized and accomplished recording act. With the forthcoming release of Teen Dream on their new home label of Sub Pop, the team of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally will have completed a transformation [...]
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Magnetic Fields announce 2010 North American tour.
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Slowly but surely, the machinery of Magnetic Fields is cranking back up. With their new album Realism set for release, they’ve decided to embark on a wee bairn of a tour. Check out these tour dates — (Tour dates/links thanks to The Music Slut)February 4 (Thu)WASHINGTON, DCLisner Auditorium @ George Washington UniversityFebruary [...]
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Gil Scott-Heron returns from the edge with a new album.
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The legendary Gil-Scott Heron, the black radical poet, musician, composer, author, purveyor of spoken word and singer (whom many refer to lovingly with titles like “the black Bob Dylan” and “the godfather of rap”), has been long presumed dead due to his conspicuous absence from music. Though kept alive through retrospectives and reverential referencing [...]
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Kutiman’s prodigious ThruYOU named one of Time Magazine’s 50 Best Inventions of 2009.
If you take a look at the recently-published list of Time Magazine’s “50 Best Inventions of 2009″, you will find many technologically significant inventions — NASA’s missles, a racing car made entirely out of food, and even a human-powered vending machine. Among these inventions, a surprising (and deserved) addition has appeared: the YouTube remix [...]
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VIDEO: Beyoncé (feat. Lady Gaga) – Video Phone
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I’m still on the fence about this, but the video, which leaked today, is pretty good IMO. But uh… Lady Gaga though? I have tried so hard to “get” Lady Gaga. I guess it comes down to this: I have to see her live to “get her”. Meh, dance y’all. If you came [...]
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DJ AM Memorial Fund auctioning 800 pairs of DJ AM’s beloved sneakers for charity | Auction begins November 14th
If you were one of DJ AM's millions of fans, there was no way to think of him without recognizing his public appeals regarding his personal struggles with addiction. At the height of his fame as DJ, Adam Goldstein was irrepressible and tireless in his quest to help those suffering from addiction, through both [...]
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Juan MacLean to DJ benefit show in memory of Jerry Fuchs on November 20th at San Francisco’s Mezzanine.
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We just got news about a benefit, at which Juan MacLean will DJ, to take place on November 20th at San Francisco's Mezzanine nightclub in tribute to Jerry Fuchs. Jerry, the drummer for !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Maserati, LCD Soundsystem and The Juan MacLean to name just a few, died tragically last week at [...]
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Kutiman changes the game with THRU YOU | Remixing YouTube
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(Editor’s note: this originally appeared on Loudersoft on 4 March 2009. I’ve updated the post to include MP3’s of the tracks so that, hopefully, it will pull people from MP3 search engines to discover Kutiman and his site. It’s definitely my favorite website of 2009 and, without a doubt, one of my favorite [...]
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Au Revoir Simone’s new single ‘Another Likely Story’ out November 16th | Remixed by Aeroplane, Neon Indian and Social Disco Club
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The ephemeral Brooklyn indie pop trio of Annie, Erika, and Heather make up Au Revoir Simone, and if you’re here you’re likely already a fan. Their album Still Night, Still Light has been a mainstay amongst twee pop fans the last few months and, now, they have a new single from the album set [...]
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Le Le continues their quest to be glitter hitters with remixes of “Disco Monster”
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Those wonderful Dutch ghettotechin’ blip wizardy-wizards in Le Le hit us up today with a perfect hot mess — remixes of a track called “Disco Monster” from their last EP, Marble. Le Le’s super-human electro-insanities and skin-tight grooves can be heard in mixes from Erol Alkan, Busy P, DJ Medhi, and a whole mess [...]
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ON THE MOVE: O’Spada releases new single “Ten Strikes”.
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I don’t know anything at all about O’Spada, but I intend to find out more. The Stockholm act’s soulful funk, reminiscent of Prince, Rick James’ production style or the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis grooves of the 80’s, is getting some heavy attention and rotation. Apparently their last single “Time” got out in [...]
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Magnetic Fields to release ‘Realism’ on January 26th
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Although we currently know next-to-nothing about what this album will sound like, we’re definitely excited to hear that a new Magnetic Fields album will be released on Nonesuch Records this coming January. Stephin Merritt fans may rejoice quietly as they look at the album cover (above) and the tracklisting (below) which was revealed to [...]
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In the “future of music”, will the casual music fan have a place?
Are you a die-hard music fan? Â Are you the most dedicated to a core of independent artists, many of whom you feel you have developed a “personal” connection with thanks to social networks like Twitter, Facebook or MySpace? Â As the models for artist survival in the music industry widen and mutate, there’s a growing focus [...]
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Res comes back hard with a FREE album for download, and we agree — Black. Girls. Rock!
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There is nobody in music quite like the one known as Res (pronounced ‘Reese’). A classically-trained born-and-raised Illadelphian vocalist with a soaring range, Res was raised on the strains of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Teddy Pendergrass. However, as her musical boundaries expanded, she developed a prurient interest in rock music — diverse artists [...]
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