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We love Agyness Deyn. We do not love her new song. Songs by British supermodels always suck. Thankfully, songs about British supermodels are reliably awesome.
Arab Strap - Kate Moss [mp3] [Buy]
The Long Blondes - Erin O'Connor [mp3] [Buy]
Noir Boys Club - Agyness Deyn [mp3] [Source]
Posted by: Scott 09/05/08
Turn And Face The Strain
Daedelus is the Zelig of beats. A globetrotting musical chameleon for whom reinvention is a daily operation. He is also a fan of Obama and Star Trek. Ninja Tune loves the new A-List of electronic producers (did you hear Switch is producing the next Coldcut record?) and here Daedelus gets a coat of spiky gloss from XXXChange.
Daedelus - Make It So (XXXchange Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 09/05/08
Jiggle It
Annie Get Shakes. We get palpitations.
Annie - I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me (Get Shakes Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 07/05/08
A Good Sport
There is a photo of me aged six winning a race at a sports day. In the photo I am running and neither of my feet are touching the ground. Because of this I spent the best part of a decade believing I could fly. Sportsday Megaphone makes records like that photo. Here he turns messy teenage sex into perfect summer pop. Look out for his debut album So Many Colours / So Little Time on Sunday Best.
Sportsday Megaphone - Young Lust [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 07/05/08
Better Late Than Never
Late Of The Pier - Focker
In which the UK's best new band jam so hard their keyboards melt, then their faces melt, then a physical manifestation of their insane music beams down and dongs them all. Focker was directed by Daniel Brereton and is half of a double A-side release. The other half, Space And The Woods has a video too and you can get a free remix by signing up to the band's mailing list.
Posted by: Scott 06/05/08
Giveaway: Santogold Album Launch Tickets
Our primary WGI (What's Good Indicator) is Songs The Tough Schoolgirls At The Back Of Our Bus Are Blasting Out Of Their Phones. This week it's Akon & T-Pain, Trim mixtape cuts and Santogold. Yes, when they're not arguing about whether or not Shaun is a wasteman, our girls are screeching the AAH AH AH AHHH AHH AYAH AYAAH bit from the beginning of Creator and it sounds awesome. Proof, if it were needed, that Santogold is the truth. Her amazing debut album is out on Monday and we are giving away a pair of tickets to the launch (12/05/08 @ Old Blue Last); your chance to admire Santi's incredible styling and S1W dancers in a dirty east London pub. And we might even buy you a drink. To enter please email us your favourite bus jam. The winner will be contacted in a few days.
Posted by: Scott 05/05/08
Fatal Attraction
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
In which Alice CC confirms our suspicion that dating her would be 50% awesome 50% terrifying.
Posted by: Scott 02/05/08
Friendly Fire
We Have Blog. We Have Music. We Have Hangover. We Have Band's name is as infectious as the music they make. From London and Manchester this trio wear their disco-rock influences like a flak jacket. Armed with sassy basslines, whipcrack rhythms and a trident of refreshingly diverse vocals they have laid siege to our ears and will not relent until We Have Surrendered. See them at Adventures Close To Home tomorrow (02/05/08), along with the also awesome Zombie Zombie.
We Have Band - Oh! (demo) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 01/05/08
Way Out West
As another April shower soaked our furrowed brows this morning, our minds turned to sunny California. People of LA, half of your state may be on fire, but at least the dye from your jeans isn't turning your shoes blue. Sample 208 is from LA and makes beats that share the elegant sheen of Carl Craig and the doomy pop of Dangermouse. Look out for his album later this year (featuring Guilty Simpson, Master Ace and Sole) and a release from his band Pollyn. We bet his shoes are the exact colour they're supposed to be.
Sample 208 - Driving Away Just Gets You More Lost [mp3]
Sample 208 - Losing Musical Equipment [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 30/04/08
Bright Young Things
Even if they hadn’t written a song about the park at the end of our road, we would still love The Chap. They're like LCD Soundsystem fronted by Evelyn Waugh. Their dry-witted glitch-pop and haughty English ways have found a new home at the always-amazing Ghostly International, who'll be releasing their new album, Mega Breakfast. Ghostly have joined forces with Adult Swim for a fantastic free compilation and this is The Chap’s singular contribution.
The Chap - Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 29/04/08
Brain Candy
Maximizing Blog Coverage Through Canny Remix Guest Choice, by Kidz In The Hall.
Kidz In The Hall Ft. Pusha T, Bun B & The Cool Kids - Drivin' Down The Block (Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 28/04/08
Great White Hope
Man dies from a shark attack, music blog responds by posting cover of Split Enz classic Shark Attack! Wildly inappropriate start to the week or unfortunate coincidence? It’s the latter, we promise. Thanks to its furious fretwork this punked-up version of the Finn brothers' ode to meeting a maneater has been a highlight of Cut Off Your Hands live shows. Here, fresh from the studio, is a killer recording.
Cut Off Your Hands - Shark Attack [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 28/04/08
Wired For Sound
Next week our pals at Dazed are hosting an exhibition called BODYMORE, MURDALAND. It's Baltimore DJ and Milkcrate impresario Aaron LaCrate's photographic tribute to his hometown. As every good philistine knows, the best thing about any exhibition is the opening night party. This one is different. On 01/05/08 Plastic People plays host to LaCrate, dapper Grammy dude Mark Ronson and rapper Verb. We will spend the night quoting Omar and dreaming up our own exhibiton provisionally titled, CHOKE NEWSTINKGUN, SMACKNEY. [Flyer after the jump...]
Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir - Jeep Ass Gutter Ft. Masta Ace (Vocal Mix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 25/04/08
Love Thy Neighbour
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down
In which the spoof 80s video craze gets really out of hand.
Posted by: Scott 24/04/08
Naysayers
Every morning we fire up the internets and google "SEXY+AUSTRALIAN+LASER+ROCK+BAND". Every morning the same: No results found. Thanks to 123 Amazing we think tomorrow will be different.
123 Amazing -I Said No (Demo) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 23/04/08
On: The Cool Kids
When we spoke to Chitown's finest, the Cool Kids, they had a few words for their detractors. “People think they got us figured out," said Mikey Rocks. "All these hip-hop guys say ‘oh, you make cool music, but you can’t rap, not really,’ even though we’re rapping our asses off in every song. Don’t get it confused, man. We will rap your ass into a hole. We are writers and you will get demolished.” Courtesy of OnSMASH here's their latest minimal masterpiece ("I made this track with my mouth and a bell") and after the jump they talk about juke, jams and meeting Barry Obama. [Continues...]
The Cool Kids - Sup [mp3] [Source]
Posted by: Scott 22/04/08
Disco Bloodbath
Taking An Indie-Pop Chanteuse Down To Funkytown, Part 9 (Starring Leslie Feist and Escort).
Feist - I Feel It All (Escort Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 21/04/08
Where Is My Mind?
Being simple-minded, we thought an eerie song that begins 'here we go' would be a great way to start the week. Now we're not sure we thought it at all. We think Telepathe used their art school voodoo to make our brains do their bidding. They also want you to know that they're playing Stag & Dagger in May.
Telepathe - Chrome's On It [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 21/04/08
Paper Clips
Thanks to the Observer who said nice things about us yesterday. We promise to use our new fame for good, starting with a trip to Mexico where we will mediate the Emo Wars.
Posted by: Scott 21/04/08
On: El Guincho
We recently chatted to Pablo Díaz-Reixa AKA El Guincho AKA the One-Man Tropical Rave Machine about how he manages to make music that’s wilder than his crazy hair. He explained that while his album might sound like Mardi Gras on Fun Island it’s actually kind of depressing. After the jump he explains Palmitos Park to those of us who no hablo español. [Continues...]
El Guincho - Palmitos Park [mp3] [Buy]
Architecture In Helsinki - Like It Or Not (El Guincho Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 18/04/08
Pop Music
Pop Levi - Never Never Love
In which a red and blue palette, hotpants and chunky knitwear combine to illustrate three dazzling minutes of snap, crackle and glam pop.
Posted by: Scott 17/04/08
Eyes Down
We love Shoegaze. The word and the music. Any genre that unites bands through a collective lack of stage presence is alright with us. The people at Sonic Cathedral agree and have been spreading the good word. Their latest 7" features the new kings of dreampop, Maps and M83, remixing each other. The results will leave you slack-jawed and staring at the floor.
M83 - We Own The Sky (Maps Remix) [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 15/04/08
Dead Beat
You are the world's most stylish 59-year-old zombie. The guy from Spank Rock produced your last album. You are engaged to Kate Moss. Yet still something is missing. What is it you crave? A dubstep remix. That and BRAAAAAAAAAIIINS.
The Kills - URA Fever (Jazzsteppa Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 15/04/08
Over Easy
Le Le - Breakfast
In which Parra brings to cartoon life a song that Monsieur Le Le says is about "bitches and eggs".
Posted by: Scott 14/04/08
Stiff Little Fingers
Words used by critics to describe Speck Mountain's recently reissued 2006 album, Summer Above: ethereal, magical, enthralling, dreamy, psychedelic, shimmering.
Words used by us to describe Speck Mountain's new b-side, Backslide: this, is, great, do, you, think, it, ends, abruptly, after, four, and, a, half, minutes, because, their, fingers, hurt, from, playing, those, chords?
Speck Mountain - Backslide [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 11/04/08
Heartbreaker
Grovesnor writes synth pop jams that sound like neon-lit skyscrapers and looks like Ringo Starr in a flatcap. He also does a mean Robyn. We love this dude.
Grovesnor - With Every Heartbeat [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 10/04/08
Whistle While You Work
If Disney ever remake Snow White but replace the seven dwarfs with seven tiny robots then High-Ho will sound like this...
Matmos - Rainbow Flag [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 09/04/08
Divide And Conquer
How To Make An Anti-Corporate Post-Hardcore Anthem Bang For The Club, Part 5.
Fugazi - Long Division (Emynd's Disco Edit) [mp3] [Mixtape]
Posted by: Scott 08/04/08
Dark Nights
A collaboration between doom metal titan Justin K. Broadrick and avant-garde vocalist Jane Jarboe might sound like something you'd need a Wire subscription to enjoy, but the resulting album is gothic, Balearic and surprisingly accessible; a collection of queasy lullabies that induce uneasy dreams of white beaches scarred with molten black eyeliner.
Jarboe & Justin K. Broadrick - Romp [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 07/04/08
The Name Game
teenagersintokyo might be sexy Australian robots from the future, but they're neither teenagers nor from Tokyo. Don't trust these bands and their non-literal names. Did you know Foals aren't baby horses and Mystery Jets are not airplanes, enigmatic or otherwise? Crazy.
teenagersintokyo - Very Vampyr [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 05/04/08
Slackness
The new issue of FADER is out today and nestling amongst interviews with Boosie, Telepathe and Glass Candy you'll find a feature we wrote about Slack, the amazing Japanese menswear label whose new collection was inspired by Hot Chip. Get it here.
Hot Chip - One Pure Thought (Supermayer Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 02/04/08
Easy Rider
Kenneth Bager - Fragment Eight
In which we encounter countless crazy motorbikes on the streets of Vietnam.
Posted by: Scott 02/04/08
Harping On
Wasn't it great the way Hercules & Love Affair transformed Antony from hammy, maudlin balladeer to hammy, maudlin disco diva? Now that Joanna Newsom is making the gossip pages we think it's high time she too was transformed into a k-fueled club freak. Imagine it: a harp and silver hotpants. That is a world-beating combination. Anyway, it seems her reinvention is already underway. Pocketknife set the ball rolling with a suitably dreamy makeover for the very excellent Tambourine Dream EP and and now dubstep dude Clouds has drowned her in bass. Right on!
Clouds - Shallow [mp3] [Buy]
Joanna Newsom - The Book Of Right On (Pocketknife's Scowling Owl Remix) [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 31/03/08
New Romance
Sometimes it feels like the world is overrun by electro troubadours. Those camp dudes and their laptops are everywhere. Then we heard the awesomely droll toytown pop of Esser’s new vinyl-only single and saw people throwing raw bacon at him in the video and realised, of course, that these dudes rule and we need more of them.
Esser - I Love You [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 29/03/08
Björn Again
Hey Peter (of Bjorn & John fame), we know how you feel. Talking to people sucks. And thanks, not for your literate Paul Simon acousticness, but for providing our second melodic George Michael reference in two days. We're calling this a revival and have already started sculpting our stubble.
Peter Morén - Social Competence [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 27/03/08
Wham Jam
We love rap music in 2008. It’s like somebody has dropped it on its head and the resulting brain injuries have led to bizarre and inspired decision making. Here Diplo flips the new kings of 90s sampledelia back a decade and reveals the hitherto unknown menace within Careless Whisper. A full LP of this stuff is forthcoming on Mad Decent and the good dudes at Gorilla vs Bear have a sampler.
PRGz - Bama Gettin Money (Diplo Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 26/03/08
Night Hawks
Ladyhawke - Back Of The Van
In which Modular's new pop queen channels Bonnie Tyler for the latest (and hopefully last) chapter of faux-retro sexual seduction.
Incidentally: Ladyhawke, Ladyhawk and Adeyhawke... is this the future of band names? Multiple variations on the same word? Remember you read this on Pinglewood.com. Not Pinglewoode.com or Pingelwood.com.
Posted by: Scott 25/03/08
Love In The Afternoon
It's the Easter holidays and we are full of joie de vivre. Probably because we're listening to the Mystery Jets new album 21, a record so exuberant it could make Chris Partlow smile. Here le dudes from The Shoes give Young Love a subtle synthesizing.
Mystery Jets - Young Love (Shoes Mix) [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 21/03/08
Hit Factory
We wrote about Striken City recently because their demos are amazing and their singer's surname is Raa which sounds like a roar if you say it right. We're simple folk and things like that please us. Now we have their new Factory Sessions EP and dudes have more than paid off on their early promise. Will McGillivray from Adventures Close To Home and Andy Chatterly have shined them up and given them a grand, melancholic edge while Raa doesn't so much roar as purr loudly. The EP will be out soon on ACTH Recordings whose output is every bit as awesome as their parties.
Stricken City - Tak o Tak [mp3] [Buy]
Stricken City - Bardou [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 20/03/08
River Dance
Chromatics - Killing Spree
In which Johnny Chromatic films Ruth Chromatic swimming with a wolf while the sun dances on the water in glorious monochrome. This is hypnotically beautiful. If you're feeling a little worse for wear today, watch this 20 times in a row and feel soothed. It's working for us.
Posted by: Scott 19/03/08
Party Over Here
DJ Pants
We rarely leave the Tower Of Pinglewood. We're not agoraphobic, just effort haters. But our pals Alex Chase and Charles II have coaxed us out to miscue records at their Roll Call party tomorrow night. We'll be joining actual DJs like Floss Daily and Stones Throw's resident ladies man, James Pants. Peanut Butter Wolf will be there too, guarding our rider. So come and join us! It's free and we are all good looking.
ROLL CALL with
Peanut Butter Wolf [Stones Throw]
James Pants [Stones Throw]
Floss Daily [Tomorrow's World]
Pinglewood
and the residents...
Alex Chase [Stones Throw, One-Handed Music]
Charles II [Shhhhh.co.uk/]
Tuesday 18th March, 7-11pm, 3 Blind Mice, 5 Ravey Street, London
James Pants - Ka$h [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 17/03/08
Semi-Detached
Micachu is a 21-year-old wunderkind composer/songwriter/DJ who's pally with Matthew Herbert. Her new mix is full of creepy off-kilter digitronics, manic grime and her own woozy vocals. In her semi-conscious Rotoscoped world filthy friends like Man Like Me, Toddla T, Ghost Poet and Golden Silvers slowly drift in and out of focus. It's not so much a mixtape as an East London fever dream.
Micachu - Filthy Friends : The Mixtape (59:10) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 13/03/08
Lost Highway
It's 1981 and ESG and John Carpenter have covered Roy Budd's theme from Get Carter, except it's not and they haven't, it's now and Zombie Zombie are scoring amazing horror films that don't exist. Here they provide an end credits soundtrack to the long, dark road down which our hero travels after a movie's worth of undead slaughter. Kurt Russell would be great in this.
Zombie Zombie - A Land For Renegades [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 13/03/08
Over The Lazy Dog
We used to think foxes were cool because they’re wily rule breakers with great hair. Then we lived next to a churchyard for a while and found out they wail like strangled babies. Fleet Foxes have wisely kept the cool/great hair part and replaced the creepy moaning with hymnal harmonies. Well played, vulpine dudes.
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 12/03/08
Call Of The Wild
Last week we watched a funny TV show about the poor bastards who work in call centres. The obscene opening soundtrack/rant was provided by Johnny Trunk, the genius behind oddball archive label Trunk Records. Some people really don't like cold callers.
Johnny Trunk - Scooby Don't [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 11/03/08
On The Ropes
The Shoes are French and play keyboards so of course they're all over l'internetz. Knock Out! their Rocky-referencing paean to pugilism is out soon and if you like that you'll enjoy their recent dust-ups with Primary 1 , Mystery Jets and Get Cape Wear Cape Fly.
The Shoes - Knock Out! (80Kidz Remix) [mp3] Update- we've replaced the original with the 80kidz remix
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - Waiting For The Monster To Drown (The Shoes Remix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 10/03/08
Boomin' System
We like A1 Bassline because his name makes a promise and the music delivers. In his remixes bassline house, fidget house, rappy rap and speed garage boil and bubble over bone-shakingly low, seismic frequencies.
Cadence Weapon - House Music (A1 Bassline remix) [mp3]
Damaged Goods - Yo Righteous (A1 Bassline remix) [mp3]
A1 vs Daft Punk - HBFS (Been Done A Million Times But Not Like This mix) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 07/03/08
Portrait Of An Artiste
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
In which super Santi sits astride a horse and people murderize each other on the streets of east London using all kinds of amazing special effects. This is star-making stuff.
Posted by: Scott 06/03/08
Beach Party
Tane Mahuta is a giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand (Thanks Wikipedia!). This song is a giant totem of fun that's taken permanent root in our brains. It's still winter but the Ruby Suns's new album feels like sand between our toes. We can't wait to listen to this with sunstroke.
The Ruby Suns - Tane Mahuta [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 05/03/08
Champion Sound
Buraka Som Sistema (ft. DJ Znobia, M.I.A., Saborosa and Puto Prata) - Sound of Kuduro
In which Buraka Som Sistema and pals declare war on all dancefloors.
Update! BSS are in London next week. Go see!
WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH / LIVE AT HOXTON BAR & KITCHEN
THURSDAY 20 MARCH / DJ MC AT YO YO, NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB
FRIDAY 21 MARCH / LIVE HEADLINE AT FABRIC LONDON
Posted by: Scott 02/03/08
Blood On The Dancefloor
How To Make An Indie Rock Favourite
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Superprince Edit) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 02/03/08