I won’t lie, I haven’t been giving the remix-osphere its due these days. Partly we can chalk this up to autumnally crisp temperatures (and the need for corresponding soundtracks: hello, local folk-pop acts!); the rest of the blame lies at the feet of scarce blogging time and a dearth of quality remixes. But the ol’ [Read Full Post...]
Bands, especially good ones, have this tendency to release new music. Fans of these bands then go crazy about it, and everyone talks about this great new music for awhile. You know what gets a bad rap in all this? Old music. Old music can be awesome. Sometimes, buzz or no buzz, a band made [Read Full Post...]
Let’s just jump right in, shall we? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I AM JUST NOW FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS?! Danish producer Anders Trentemøller did this unofficial remix of Bruce Springsteen’s “State Trooper” sometime in late 2009 and by some inexcusable cosmic accident, I only just heard it last week – and then only because [Read Full Post...]
The first trailer is out for Sofia Coppola’s new film, Somewhere. Any new work from the director of the revelatory Lost In Translation is cause for excitement, but for us music lovers there is an extra piece to pay attention to. Buzz band Phoenix will be doing the score/soundtrack for the film, obviously because they are [Read Full Post...]
#70 Superstar Tradesman – The View Album: Hats off to the Buskers Year: 2007 Sometimes a song comes along that just slaps you in the face with how awesome it is, and how much it makes you want to drive pretty fast on a sunny day. Not a complicated impulse, but not everything needs [Read Full Post...]
#80Dizzee Rascal – I Luv UAlbum: Boy In Da CornerYear: 2003Grime’s big break-through hit to date is a delicious-sounding piece of British hip-hop. The futuristic squelches of bass and the burbling synths encapsulate everything jarring and addicting about grime’s sound, while Dizzee tears through the track, tossing off diatribes about (what else) girls. #79Raekwon – House [Read Full Post...]
Here is the conclusion of my year-end countdown. My top 10 tracks of the year (click on the song title for a download link I’ve set up for you) are as follows: #10 Vampire Weekend – HorchataYes, it has ridiculous lyrics. Yes, it pushes even further into Afro-fetish territory than their last album. But above [Read Full Post...]
The second of four posts unveiling my favorite songs of the past year, with a few words to honor each. I’d love for you to post any of your own favorite songs in the “comments” section. Note that each song on my lists has a link to an MP3 download/stream option via Box.Net, a very [Read Full Post...]
In a good way. A great year for electro-indie artists remixing one another (and pretty much everyone else), as remix-only EPs sprouted left and right. Here are the best of the best, with kudos to remix guru Classixx and bedroom-pop auteur Passion Pit for double hardware in their trophy case. Top 10 remixes of the [Read Full Post...]
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