I know I’m like the UNKITSCH with the least posts but I hope that gems like the one I’m about to share with you right now will more than make up for my long absences. (Find the downloadable mp3 link at the end of the post!)
I was in a car in the sunshine when this crazy song by Yolanda Be Cool and D Cup got put on by the man on the radio… He loved it so much he played it AGAIN right after the song finished — clearly, that says something. This is a very refreshing turn for the old and tired techno vibes. And it’s just so quirky and cheerful! It’s so brazenly EUROtrash and proud to be just the way it is, how can you not like?
On another note, I’ve opened an online boutique on Etsy. If you’re into curious wearables like the rings I’ve made and pictured above, come and show me some love. Over and out.
If you like dark songs that you can brood with but still jam to at the same time, let me introduce you to O. Children. I read an awesome blog a few months ago (forgot what it was, otherwise I would credit it!! sorry) that described their sound so perfectly: like if Johnny Cash rose from the dead and became the undead frontman of a band of sexy zombies.
Now that Summer’s here and the sun’s out, like, all the bloody time, who knows how much longer this Vampire / Zombie / general-fascination-with-the-dead Fad is going to hold up. Better enjoy it while it lasts.
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When was the last time you listened to your Hot Chip tracks..?
I know I’ve neglected them for awhile. Ready For The Floor was one of the most overplayed songs remixed and deformed into a bazillion renditions on a bazillion indie clubs that eventually made its way to shittier and shittier clubs before it was eventually everywhere and I came this [ ] close to deleting that track entirely from my computer… but theeen along came One Life Stand! I was so pleased because they’ve finally found a way to still sound ultimately Hot Chip; still dancy, still catchy, still repetitive, but with a refreshing twist of je ne sais quoi that’s enough to reawaken my long lost love for them. Listen and you can probably visualize their slow but sure babysteps towards a harder, better, faster, stronger Hot Chip.
Here are a few tracks off the new album for you, they will rape your ears and you probably won’t resist. Watch out for the fun tropical beat inserts in One Life Stand, the epic build-up opening to Thieves In The Night (if it sounds familiar it’s because it’s already spreading like some kind of STD as we speak), the chaos in Take It In as well as the breezy lightheartedness of Alley Cats that’s perfect for cold days dreaming of Spring.
I recently started listening to Warpaint, who are SO good. With quite a lot of bands I either really like all their stuff but they all sound kind of the same after awhile, or I’d maybe really really like one or two key pieces and that’s it. Warpaint is amazing because they do such a wide range of styles but they do them so effortlessly that they make it sound cohesive, like it all belongs.
The track Billie Holiday is all ethereal and lo-fi acoustics while Burgandy is this beautifully haunting pagan post-rock-esque tribute. Stars reminds me of a much more succinct Blonde Redhead. Elephants has psychedelic elements to it that’s uniquely complemented by shoegaze vocals. Krimson makes me want to cry, in a good way. Other artists they’ve been compared to include: Atlas Sound, Surfer Blood, and Trailer Trash Tracys.
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Most Sundays I wake up usually around mid day — afternoon. Some Sundays I wake up and feel like listening to pop all day: while showering, pooing, doing the dishes, staring into space, etc. Some Sundays I like to drink coffee and listen to Mozart on spotify. Some (select) Sundays I don’t even wake up at all. It’s like a void in my life where nothing happens in anticipation of everything that must happen the following day.
This Sunday, while some go to worship at church, I feel like doing my worshipping at the church of Electronica. Today’s sermon will be carried out by Thieves Like Us, a Swedish-American trio who combine dark electronic beats with nonchalant shoegaze vocals. When you leave this place you will find in you a newfound faith in Electronica.
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My taste in music is not something you’d call discriminatory. I’m not one to say that I’m too good for mainstream, indie, dance, rock, pop, funk, rnb, hip hop, new, old — whatever. I don’t tend to listen to bands because of what they’re socially associated to, although when they happen to be things I agree with it just makes me like them even more. I just like things that sound good to me. It’s really as simple as that. Right now I’m feeling the 70s-80s post-punk girl vibes, because I find it easy to focus and do work with. So it’s got to be Patti Smith, Nico, Judy Nylon, Siouxsie, and Blondie for you today.
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Have you ever fantasized about owning a tiger as a pet? I know I have, so you can imagine my joy when I read this article today. Apparently the Indonesian government has decided to legalize the domestication of Sumatran tigers in an effort to encourage breeding and therefore avoid extinction.
There is a catch though. Well, many, in fact. The tigers have to be bought in pairs, and they will cost you a down payment of 1billion Rupiah — which is sort of like £50,000 or $33,333 — followed by a yearly tax for the government (who knows what for?). You will also be required to own at least 5000 square meters of land for the tigers to freely romp around in.
Although I’m (obviously) excited about this new development, I’m doubtful of how successful this plan will work out. By the end of this century, Sumatran tigers will probably be fully domesticated by their rich and bored owners. They will become nothing more than just great big cats. Surely that will fuck up the food chains within their original habitats. What if their domestication leads to the extinction of other animals? Will we start to domesticate giraffes, pandas, and loads of other endangered animals too in an effort to try and ‘save’ them? I guess we shall see.
In the meantime, here’s some music for you to help digest and absorb the shocking information you’ve just been presented with.
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What is the deal with all the recent (and really great) bands having like a token Asian chick member. I LOVE IT. Maybe I should join / make a band. Dictaphones aren’t too expensive, I can play two classical instruments – I could totally be lo-fi. Plus, I already have a fringe and straight black hair so I’m already marketable by default. Hardy ha ha.
Peggy Wang-East is the keyboardist and vocalist for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The track Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan is one of my favourite summer tunes to date. It reminds me of bicycles, long summer days and high school crushes – in the best way.
Veronica So is a friend and fellow student at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design who just recently graduated. She is the shrieker / human-noise-maker of the band – ‘vocalist’ being too vague and formal a term for TEETH!!!, which is by the way, always to be spelled in capitals and exactly 3 exclamation marks. Experimental sounds to the max. Tom Rowsell did a super awesome interview with the band that you should definitely check out.
C-Bird, D-Bird and X-Bird are the names these girls have chosen to dub themselves as part of their lo-fi tribal grunge-rock band: An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. Bit of a long name, but if you’ve heard their stuff and seen them live, you’ll cease to care.
Breakbot does it again, this time a mix done for Alex Metric’s BBC Radio 1 “In New Djs We Trust”.An amazing compilation of tracks, Breakbot got it kicking with funk and soul, old and new and a little Barry White which… never hurts. This 15 minute mix is defintely worth listening to. Heres is the track list:
Lew Kirton — I Can’t Live Without You Silver Convention — Fly Robin Fly The Cool Notes — My Love Is Hot Eddie Conard — U Are Unique BB and Q Band — Dreamer BB and Q Band — Dream (Shep Pettibone Edit) Grandmaster Flash — The Message (A Capella) The O’Jays — Cry Together Marvin Gaye — Please Stay Joe Walsh — Things Barry White — Love Theme Journey — Don’t Stop Believing Foxy — Lady Macho — Montreal Doobie Brothers — What A Fool Believes Index — Starlight (The Break) M83 — Run Into Flowers (Midnight Rmx By Jackson)
Enjoy!
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So I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but G33k Chic is in, and it has been, for quite some time now. I can’t quite say when it really began, or who pioneered it per se, it was more of a slow but sure emerging trend that has only completely manifested itself recently. How many of you have friends who now wear glasses even though they have 20/20 eyes? Since when is it cooler to stay in, get drunk, and play video games instead of going out to a club? And even when you do go to the clubs everyone there is headbanging to 8-bit nintendocore rave tunes, in pixelated t-shirts, wearing glasses they don’t need. At least that’s what it’s like these days in Central London anyway.
i-D magazine recently launched an issue on G33k Chic with Lily Allen on the cover. She did a whole interview / article with them, posing naked in some pictures, explaining why she really is the biggest geek ever. Suddenly being geeky is sexy. It’s awesome, really, so I thought I’d do a post on all things geektastically spectacular.
Deadliest Warrior is Spike TV’s latest show, currently airing their second season. Ever wondered who would win if a Ninja battled a Spartan warrior? Or maybe a Viking VS. a Samurai? Scientists, Doctors, Historical and Weapon Experts alike are brought together in this technologically stimulating show to help you find out. Episodes can be found on various sites online or bought / downloaded from both iTunes and Amazon.
If you live in the UK and have been on the amazing BBC iPlayer, you will probably have already seen this documentary of the Man on Wire. Both substantial and beautifully made, it was a real experience to watch. Philippe Petit is an inspiration to geeks worldwide, here’s proof that you can be geeky / slightly crazy and still become successful in life (and love) as long as you persevere.
Sabrepulse describes himself as a Laptop Musician. His music is at times CRAZY but always nostalgic. If, like me, you’ve had a childhood dominated by generations of game consoles and grew up to enjoy electronic music, you need to have this in your playlist.
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