The xx - Shelter (John Talabot's Feel It Too Remix)
Posted by Rhian on 29 July 2010
Mercury nominees The xx have been on the receiving end of what feels like hundreds of remixes and refits since the release of their debut album last year, from the bizarre (here’s looking at you, Shakira) to the beautiful, so it’s no surprise that yet another one has cropped up. This time, Barcelonian John Talabot is taking the once sobering Shelter to task and twisting it into something much more appropriate for sunnier climes.
Where once there was space for the few notes present to reverberate and cut through the silence, there’re now handclaps and Balearic beats. No longer a comfort for the broken hearted, Talabot’s made Shelter an irresistible, sunkissed ode to spending summer nights on the dance floor.
Spitting It Concrete Like The Golden Sun God
Posted by Rhian on 29 July 2010spitting it concrete like the golden sun god WU LYF from LYF on Vimeo.
The video for the exhaustingly-titled ‘I Got Dem Wu Wu Teef Busted Spitting It Concrete Like The Golden Sun God’ sees our favourite spotlight-shy Mancunians come over all cinematic in a clip that sees men in uniforms rise from the sea, make island natives bleed in technicolour via the use of some old school truncheons and then get chased back to the waters by those same, somehow unscathed natives. Strange doesn’t even begin to describe it.
As for the song itself, it’s yet another astonishing addition to the Wu Lyf hymnbook. The now ubiquitous gutteral howl that leads the rest of the congregation is still the main focus here, conducting the alt-choir with gut-wrenching emotion. “Spill no blood, spill no blood/Close to God, close to God”, Wu Lyf chant with such powerful urgency that you’d have to be half dead not to get swept up in it all. We still don’t know too much about who the hell this lot are but if that means getting more great stuff like this, then so be it.
Amari - Tiger (Cécile Remix)
Posted by Rhian on 28 July 2010
Fresh-faced Italian producer Cécile has got his mitts on fellow countrymen Amari’s latest single and reworked it so much, you’d never guess the two were essentially the same song. Still keeping the big cat-fearing narrative in (albeit way more ethereal), Cécile transforms it from slap bass heavy, poptacular singalong to Italo-disco dance floor swooner without breaking a sweat. It’s already been bigged up by ‘lectro heavyweights Erol Alkan and Aeroplane, and for good reason.
Coma Cat - Tensnake
Posted by Imran on 05 July 2010
Blame the football, but K’naan’s ‘Waving Flag’ aside (which I’m ashamed to say I’m kind of obsessed with) it feels like a summer that’s been short on massive anthems. So I was pleased when my friend Chris sent me this great track from Berlin’s Tensnake . It starts off like ‘Nothing Going On But The Rent’ then moves swiftly into hands in the air territory at the 1:30 mark. It’s also called ‘Coma Cat’. What’s there not to like ?
New Kano, Wiley and Aidonia is haaaaaaard
Posted by Imran on 01 July 2010As tweeted by Giggs Kano’s back with a video for his massive new tune ‘Get Wild’. Featuring Wiley & Aidonia, produced by Boys Noize, recorded in London, Berlin and Kingston, it’s huge!
Klaxons - Echoes
Posted by Rhian on 01 July 2010
Just over a month ago, Klaxons broke their three year silence by stomping back onto the musical landscape with the thunderous ‘Flashover’. Since then, they’ve unveiled some feline friendly artwork and showcased new album ‘Surfing the Void’ at some low key shows around the Home Counties.
Whereas ‘Flashover’ was a spiky, thrashy return, ‘Echoes’ is a way mellower follow-up that fits in snugly with ‘Myths of the Near Future’ material. Not a million miles away from ‘Golden Skans’, it’s almost certainly going to be one of the highlights of Klaxons’ headlining set at Reading and Leeds next month.
Hear ‘Echoes’ here…
Get People
Posted by Rhian on 30 June 2010Super new exotic pop creators Get People found their way onto our radar a couple of months ago now, impressing us with their tribal rhythms and sweet, shiny uber-pop vocals. Back then, they felt it was too early for the blogosphere to get involved, asking us (very politely) if we’d mind holding off until they were ready. Not wanting to be like a pushy would-be lover, we agreed and distracted ourselves with other pursuits, like making podcasts and things.
Now, they’re ready but they’re still being a little coy. The only info we’ve managed to glean from them so far is their names are Caspar, Dom and Martin and they see themselves as makers of pop/tropical/electronica. You can catch them dropping bangers (possibly) at some DJ sets they’ve got booked but you won’t be able to experience the Get People live extravaganza until September. It seems these boys like to take things nice and easy….
Bloggerheads - Featuring MIA, Washed Out and new Dave Sitek
Posted by Imran on 17 June 2010
It’s been a bit quiet on here this last week but for good reason. We’ve been squirrelled away working on a secret project, which we can now unveil to you.
Bloggerheads is a brand new music radio show that gives voices to some of the best Bloggers around. You’ve read them, you like their taste in music, and now you have a chance to hear what they’ve got to say, and check out their latest musical recommendations. It’s a blog you can listen to on your iPod.
Recorded earlier this week, the inaugural episode features three of the biggest bloggers in the game, who collectively have had more hits than Hayley from Paramore’s Twitpic account: Scott Pinglewood, Sahil from Transparent and Jamila, the brains behind the Fucking Dance blog. You can download it here to listen to on your computer, or takeaway to hear whenever you like on your iPod. Or listen on the Sound Cloud below.
Bloggerheads Show 1 June 2010 by abeano
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Tracklisting
MIA – Steppin Out
MIA – Xxxo (Jay-Z remix)
Washed Out – You And I (feat. Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek)
H.U.N.X. – Can A Man Hear Me
D/R/U/G/S – Love (Love/Lust Darkmix)
Sleepover – Outlimits
Becoming Real – Get Hype
Maximum Balloon – Tiger
Thanks to Roman for the incredible job he did stitching the show together.
We’re gonna post all these tracks up individually asap…