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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