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New Diamond Cut
Electrorash favourite, Diamond Cut, has very kindly taken time out of his crazy schedule to send us his latest remix, that of British pop duo, Booty Luv’s new single, “Say It.” Dude has totally straightened out the rather textbook original with his driving bassline and those eternally lovely synths that I’ll probably never grow weary [...]
Knightlife – Crusader
With his brand-new track, ‘Crusader,’ we can finally catch a glimpse of Knightlife’s second EP, the appropriately titled, II. Melbourne’s Cutters Records will of course be looking after this release, with more news of it to come in the following months. I’d love to gush about how nice this track is (because it is) but [...]
Jakwob
Initially I’d observed this year’s escalation of dubstep in a rather disdainful manner, but figured there was only so long I could hold out before I’d start to look like a wilful idiot. I might still look like an idiot for being so reluctant to embrace it in the first place, but at least now [...]
The Shoes Remix Golden Silvers
Acquired from the hallowed corridors of the Grindin network,* Reims’ The Shoes have given London’s I-guess-they’re-a-buzz-band-aren’t-they? Golden Silvers the remix treatment with their latest single, Arrows of Eros. It’s all tinny percussion, crunchy guitars and broken vocals, which is admittedly a little unremarkable, and yet it is fun, and The Shoes are nothing if not [...]
Emil & Friends Remix Little Boots
In true Little Boots fashion, we’ve already seen a billion and one remixes of her latest single, New in Town, but this one warrants a mention for its awesome new direction. Emil Hirsch and his gang of nameless sidekicks have crammed Victoria Hesketh’s pretty vocals through a vocoder, letting them ooze out alongside some mercurial [...]
SALEM on Big Love
When people ask which new bands they should be listening to right now, SALEM (and Telepathe) are easily my first response. Their tormented lo-fi electro with its crooked, otherworldy vocals might at times seem an uneasy listen, but there’s so much depth to it, it’s an addictive uneasy listen. Following their first two releases on [...]
Discovery – Orange Shirt
Aptly described by Derek Neon Gold as a combination of Vampire Weekend, The Postal Service and R. Kelly, with references to Japan both lyrical and aesthetic, Vampire Weekend keyboardist, Rostam Batmanglij, has teamed up with Ra Ra Riot’s Wes Miles, to form a new side-project, Discovery. Set to take 2009 by storm, this lively duo, [...]
Poney Poney’s WDYWSW?
My first weekend off work in like forever (and all I want to do is sleep), so we have Poney Poney’s jittery garage-pop track, “When Do You Wanna Stop Working?” The now downsized Parisian two-piece have just released it as their third single on Institubes’ new pop-focussed offshoot, Unsunned. Produced by Para One, it’s an [...]
New Pégase
Here is some more ethereal loveliness from France’s star-gazing Pégase. These are two of my favourite tracks to come out of the Valerie collective of late, and my favourite Pégase ones so far. With every release Raphaël edges noticeably further away from the soft ambience of his earlier work, and towards the more confident, melodic [...]
Fagget Fairys Remixed
Music For Dreams, the record label run by the Palms Out Records signee, Kenneth Bager, is set to release the affianced Danish duo, Fagget Fairys’, debut LP tomorrow. “Feed the Horse,” which features the sold-out lead single of the same title, is a darkly sassy, eastern-vibey saunter through the sexy world of bilingual lesbiancore, with [...]
CHEW LiPS Remixed by Tepr
London’s new dance-pop three-piece, CHEW LiPS, are looking to join the bourgeoning ranks of acts with strong female leads such as La Roux, Little Boots and Marina & the Diamonds. Frontwoman, Tigs, had a fairly unsuccessful solo career a couple of years back, releasing a debut album, Cut With Fire, which did little to rescue [...]
Kolt13
I know what you’re thinking: “Good lord, another Digitalism remix? No one needs that shit filling up their hard drive,” and ordinarily I’d be right there with you, but this one is actually pretty great. Unknown to most of us before his high-energy Tigersapien and Kickdrums remixes appeared on Missing Toof and elsewhere a few [...]
Local Natives
This is what it takes to snap out of the uninspired stupor I’ve been in of late. LA-based five-piece, Local Natives, have just let slip another track from their upcoming debut album, Gorilla Manor. Combining elegant three-part harmonies with clever rollicking percussion and some almost cripplingly-good melodies, this unsigned instrument-swapping folk-pop outfit should expect a [...]
Diamond Cut Remixes Cinnamon Chasers