Monthly Archives: July 2008
Free Shit Friday
Everyone likes free shit. Even better when it is free stuff that you might normally pay for. So this post is here for me to give you free stuff. First up: the always entertaining Pedestrian magazine are going back to their roots and pumping out another of their DVD zines. The best part is you [...]
Ilija Rudman
This track woke me up from my daily siesta (it’s not a nap) in the best mood ever. If you live in Melbourne and are coming to Rubicon @ Euro tonight the odds are you will hear this at some stage. Ilija Rudman – After Midnight (L.S.B. remix). Thanks 20jazzfunkgreats! xox ned
Zach Hill – Astrological Straits
What would you get if you extracted key members from math rock mega-group, Hella, gave their high-profile drummer the conductor’s baton and let him flesh out his ultimate musical fantasies with the likes of Primus’ Les Claypool; the Advantage’s Robbie Moncrief; Deftones/Team Sleep’s Chino Moreno; and The Smell royalty, No Age? If your answer was, [...]
Flashguns
So here’s another one of those bands who inexplicably enjoy very little hype (machine or otherwise) and yet are so ridiculously likable it seems like such a shame. Flashguns are a charming four-piece band from Brighton whom I’d venture to suggest sound like a young Mystery Jets, only this time no one’s dad is hanging [...]
Like Woah! Remixes Damn Arms & ZZT
Bang Gang Records signees and local Sydney boys, Like Woah! have just let a few brand new remixes slip. It’s about time someone else remixed that ZZT track, although I suppose following Justice is no mean feat. I’ll always love the Justice remix the best, but Like Woah! can definitely hold their own with this [...]
Lismore
I really like Lismore. The band, not the NSW hippie den. Thinking about it, I’ve been actively tracking Lismore for at least a year now, so why exactly it’s taken me this long to do a post on them is quite beyond me. Thankfully Penelope and Stephen Lismore (that’s just shorthand, I don’t think they’re [...]
One Day As A Lion
“One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept.” Trust Mr de la Rocha to come up with something so dramatic. Literally moments after I made the above my Facebook profile picture, I found One Day As A Lion . Coincidence? Entirely likely, but it is odd that I would [...]
Midnight Juggernauts Remixed By Grandmaster Flash
August 11 marks the release date for teh Midnight Juggernauts “Into The Galaxy” as a single. The track was first released last year on their massive release Dystopia but now comes sporting fresh insight from Danger, Metronomy, Shy Child, Chateau Marmont and Grandmaster Flash. That’s a lot of remixes! The release will be out on [...]
Evil Nine Return
God, it’s been a while. As a reasonably devoted Evil Nine fanboy (check out some earlier tracks here – the Hazy Way remix and Crooked must both be jostling for a place in my top ten dance tunes of all time), it was with a heavy heart that I realised Tom and Pat had overlooked [...]
Heartbreak
The 80′s are alive and trapped in the Heartbreak of London. This disco revival duo is led by frontman Sebastian Muravchix and Ali Renault on keys. I think what grabbed me about these guys is how genuine the keys and vocals would sound in an 80′s setting. Now wave? Popjustice disgustingly describe their sound as [...]
Calling In Sick is Fully Ill
Good God, what a horrendous pun. I’m not even black. At least I didn’t go with my first title ‘Calling in Sick: An Adventure in Bile Inducing Awesomeness’. Ain’t no party like a bile party. Ask Ned. Anyway, Calling in Sick are… ill. In a good way. CIS are two Sydney party boys who seem [...]
THE RAPTURE, NO SEX FOR BEN
I was driving over to a mates place last night and i happened to come across this morsel of goodness. Incredible latino drums a hook that will make you scream your arse off and as many people witnessed enough DANCE to make any self respecting man bounce like a lunatic in his car. No sex [...]
Crystal
Crystal is a Japanese synth-heavy four piece based in Tokyo. Like Astrolabe, Crystal cite acts like Yellow Magic Orchestra, Depeche Mode and Human League as influences along with 80′s Jpop groups like the Moon Riders and Cosmic Invention. Their sound is a combination of these influences and the inspiration from the success of more modern [...]
Chemical Brothers Remix Oasis
Only because I’m having a clean (literally and figuratively) weekend could I wake up this early on a Saturday morning and find that this has leaked. I didn’t think I would like this, but I do. Oasis are releasing their new album, Dig Out Your Soul, on the 6th October. They’ve lost a lot of [...]
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