So today Spotify released a demo of the mobile app that they’ve been working on in private: ever since the programme came into existence it’s only been a matter of time before they did this.So what does this mean for music listeners? Most frequently, it’s been argued that it’s the end of the iPhone (the [...]
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….and then we came to the end: Spotify announce mobile app
Rap Rundown- Wayne keeps busy, Jay kills Auto-Tune, Drake comes of age.
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NB- Apologies- slow site and very little content over the last week. Working out the server-side problems, and should have some cool site improvements coming your way in the next few weeks. Thanks. WDoes the guy ever sleep? I’d appreciate any inside info on his work arrangements, as Lil’ Wayne must be spending the majority [...]
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Florence And The Machine- Cosmic Love
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Florence And The Machine- Cosmic Love (Link 2)Two Suns was incredible. I’ve long kept my distance from the work of singer songwriters, but Natasha Khan (or Bat For Lashes) definitely had the pedigree to draw me in- Mercury Award Nominations work wonders with the press. And let’s not forget Laura Marling, an altogether different proposition- [...]
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Cool stuff for the weekend.
Well, first I hope you are all having a fantabulous weekend- I must apologise for a continuing lack of updates, loads of stuff going on for me at the moment.I have some very good news, however. I’m currently working on an entirely new design for The Cold Cut. I’ve been hoping to do this for [...]
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Showing: Gossip- Heavy Cross. FIERCE
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Music videos are interesting little additions to the image a band projects. And for so many years, since they first came to public fruition, I’ve been waiting for a video of the Gossip just being ‘there’- none of this cartoon background larkey of “Standing In The Way…”or the busy “Listen Up”. With some bands, I’m [...]
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Update: Patrick Wolf- Who Will Remix, Hard Times Video + Remix
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Update: About an hour after this original post went live, Buffetlibre sent through this equally brilliant remix of Who Will. Finally, its great to see Patrick’s work getting some remix attention! This version has a definite disco vibe, with really nifty vocal splicing. Neat trick. Now all we need is a decent remix of Vulture [...]
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Patrick Wolf- Hard Times Video + Remix
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Patrick Wolf- Hard Times (Jack Beats Remix) (Link 2) (Link 3)Patrick Wolfs ‘The Bachelor’ finally arrived on June 1st… the reviews are much better than we had expected- 7/10 from NME, and 4/5 from Q magazine. I personally love the album, for all it’s inherent flaws (strings, overblown, close to collapse!). I just hope Patrick [...]
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Stag & Dagger- Shoreditch, London, 21.05.09
Will: To welcome in the summer, we attended Stag & Dagger, an independent music festival held in Shoreditch, a place some call the hub of the indie community in London. I would probably agree- the pure quantity of checked lumberjack shirts, aviators and perilously skinny jeans suggests that Shoreditch is a living, breathing fashion statement. [...]
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Introducing – LoveLikeFire
As the Yeah Yeah Yeahs move further away from art-punk and towards the dancefloor, the Coldcut finds itself asking where the next great female-fronted band is coming from (we still haven’t quite got over the break-up of The Long Blondes)The answer is San Francisco, and the band are LoveLikeFire, who appear to be something very [...]
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Absolute: Triggerman/Revolver/who knows?
I’ve just spent the majority of the last two hours trying to find a definitive story on the latest Lil’ Wayne track. Provisionally titled ‘Triggerman’, a 1 minute snippet featuring Lil’ Wayne arrived a few weeks ago, only to be followed up a few days ago with a full length track. It’s a messy leak [...]
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Remix After All- Robot Rock (Immuzikation Remix)
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So, here we are. Remix After All has arrived (well, in parts…). Any enterprising person could now run around the ten participating blogs (peek below) and snap up the full album. I’m telling you though, just wait. For tomorrow, each blog involved with this project will be posting the album in all it’s glory, at [...]
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Untouched: Julian Plenti- Paul Banks finds a release…
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Julian Plenti- Fun That We Have (Link 2)Paul Banks is a most introverted frontman. Brooding, melancholy and with his distinctive baritone voice, he cut a lonely figure, even amongst the other members of Interpol. He is, however, willing to put out and take risks.Banks (along with the rest of us) has clearly become disillusioned with [...]
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Eurovision 2009 Liveblog.
Well, things are moving along nicely with The Cold Cut, so it’s time to change the formula. For the first time in recent memory, the UK have a chance at the Eurovision song contest, largely due to the duo of Jade Ewen and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber. I’ll be covering the event via Live blog- [...]
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Queen Latifah returns
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UPDATE: Both Rihanna and Lady GaGa deny the song features them, as some had suspected. The question remains: whose song is this and why did Kanye say it was Rihanna’s? Lady GaGa ft. Queen Latifah- Poker Face (Link 2)Lady Gaga is again tightening her hold over the music industry. Although, it has to be said, [...]
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Untouched: Zuper Blahq- Will.i.am in disguise…
Zuper Blahq- Here We Go (Link 2) (Link 3)Amidst ‘Boom Boom Pows’ deserved domination of the charts, one member of Black Eyed Peas has been crafting a sneaky side project. Whilst he denies it, everyone and their pet dog knows that Zuper Blahq is, in fact, Will.i.am. He must be playing the long game- both [...]
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Kanye vs. Dido- Here With Kanye
Kanye West vs. Dido- Here With Kanye (Link 2) (Link 3)I’m not ashamed to admit I’m a little bit of a bass junky, and my current standing is that very few things in recorded music can be quite as stunning as a well executed mash-up. Thankfully, the collective blogosphere is close to collapsing under its [...]
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VW Brown - Shark in the Water
……and like the eponymous killer, this will creep up on you and take your legs away.This ray of sunshine pop starts innocuously enough with some wafting calypso guitar and backing vocals, but soon bursts into a chorus that IS going to soundtrack your summer.It already has all the crucial ingredients of a UK summer hit: [...]
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The Gossip- Heavy Cross
The Gossip- Heavy Cross (Link 2) (LINK REMOVED)Have they sold out? The Gossip’s ultimate intentions haven’t been clear for a long time. The force of nature that is Beth Ditto has other things to think about now- her style, her socialite status, her clothing lines. Oh, and her new doll (see above). Where does music [...]
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Topical: Part II Songs/Album Development
Black Eyed Peas ft. Kid Cudi- Boom Boom Style (Zuper Blaqh Remix) (Link 2)Black Eyed Peas ft. 50 Cent & Cîroc Obama- Let The Beat Rock (Boys Noize Mix) (Link 2)Black Eyed Peas- Boom Boom Pow (Mr. Gaspar Remix) (Link 2)Black Eyed Peas recently commissioned a ‘Boom Boom Pow’ Megamix. Prominently featured on the mix [...]
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Official Secrets Act - Understanding Electricity
Official Secrets Act - So TomorrowAbsurd, slightly crap name? Check. Overly-mannered vocals? Check. Band members who resemble civil servants repressing their true identities as a-soon-to-be-massive-indie band? Check. Give a warm, lusty, but hushed welcome to England’s next brilliant group. OSA make postured, strange and poppy music of a peculiarly English type, and on this debut [...]
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