Monthly Archives: January 2008
Buffetlibre DJ’s “Music Tastes Better With You” Tour
As the title suggests Buffetlibre DJ’s are kicking off their “Music Tastes Better With You” tour in London this Saturday at the Casino Royale Club at Barfly in Camden and then kicking on to Barcelona, Madrid, Paris… They will be spinning their characteristic mix of bleeding edge electro with some old favourites thrown in for [...]
Does It Offend You, Yeah? Debut
It sort of feels like UK electro/punk band, DIOYY? has been around forever, quietly letting a handful of their tracks float around the net for the super-vigilent to keep track of, but in terms of “official” releases they’ve been a bit slow. And I was getting frustrated. Until they announced the release date not only [...]
Big Day Out: A Retrospective
I went to the Big Day Out and it was good. It’s the eighth I’ve been to, and while it wasn’t VERY good, it was still good. Melbourne’s new venue at the Flemington Racecourse (as opposed to the Showgrounds located at Flemington racecourse – go figure) was very spacious and well managed. You could stand [...]
Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder is fucking amazing. While Calvin Harris record “I Created Disco” is a great piece of disco-electro-pop it’s title might as well be a quote from Giorgio with proper attribution. From Music Thing’s description of “how Giorgio Moroder invented the holy trinity of dance music: 1. In 1975, Moroder’s label boss, Neil Bogart, played [...]
Triple J Hottest 100
January 26 is Australia Day where we celebrate being how much better we are at cricket, swimming and electro than the rest of the world. Every year the largest national youth radio station, Triple J, also broadcast their hottest 100 tracks of the past year as voted by listeners in the largest listener poll in [...]
Lillica Libertine Australian Tour
Well, well, well, hasn’t young Nottingham native, Lawrence Matthew Blake, come a long way since we last visited him. As Lillica Libertine, the favourite son of Britain’s underground electro scene, he’s progressed from the relative unknown he was last year, to joining the ranks of similarly flourishing artists such as Danger and The Bloody Beetroots [...]
Cool Kids Australian Tour
I recently interviewed DJ Craze about his upcoming Fabric Live mix that is coming out early February (fucking good, posting end of this week). One of the questions I asked him was who he thought were the next up and comers, the people to watch out for. His stone cold and single answer was the [...]
Cut Copy – Lights And Music Video
Ok so I am a little behind the 8-ball on this one but this clip is great. Cut Copy always do a great job of their video clips and this is no exception. It’s all about the Lights and Music. xox nek
When A Liar Falls Down…
I ADORE Liars. Words cannot describe the level of affection that I have for that band. Well, if I was forced to pick a couple, I’d probably say, ‘crazy’ followed by ‘obsessed’ would actually be quite sufficient. For me they are musically, lyrically and conceptually flawless and if you don’t agree with me, I’ll fight [...]
Matt & Kim Australian Tour
Matt & Kim look like so much fun. So much fun that at the end your mum has to say to you “I think it’s time you had a lie down now” but you are so excited and energetic you just want to drink more cordial and climb a tree. Well that’s what they do [...]
David E. Sugar
As a general rule, the jarring bleeps of the 8-bit music world remind me a little too forcefully of the long, under-stimulating hours spent on childhood camping trips with naught but a Gameboy for company. However, there is a certain breed of artist that can successfully restrain these mighty beasts of chiptune, and thus not [...]
The Scientists of Modern Music
If you’re Australian, then you’ve heard of Boags Draught, Boags Premium Lager and Boags St George Super premium Lager, but what else is Tasmania (mainland Australia’s shunned little brother) good for? Well, Nek and myself (ie: Duncan) went to see Tasmania’s hottest new export last Friday at the Espy in Melbourne. They’re called The Scientists [...]
La Mode Mix
I love the La Mode guys, as you know from this post. And this mix only makes things worse. For me. Because my love grows stronger…. La Mode – Hugh Jass Mixtape Still here? Well then here’s the playlist. 1. la mode – Salami 2. Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler (A-Track Remix) 3. Leonard de [...]
The Presets – Apocalypso (New Album)
Thanks to the delightful lads at DiscGo IsUm (no idea what that name means) I have learnt about the new Presets album Apocalypso. This is something I have been eager to hear for two years now since Beams rocked my little world. Beams gave me faith that Australia could produce amazing electro music that wasn’t [...]
Calvin Harris