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Deluka – Cascade

May 4, 2010

During the chorus of “Cascade,”  you could swear you’re listening to Siouxie Sioux and it’s 1985… or at least what I imagine 1985 was like. It’s actually Deluka‘s frontwoman, Ellie Innocenti, who struts her stuff in the UK band’s debut single. Despite the line “my heart beats like a drum,” it’s not a drum beat [...]

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Booka Shade make the most on More!

May 4, 2010

Booka Shade has had somewhat of a charmed career. The success of “Body Language,” their breakthrough 2005 single with M.A.N.D.Y., gave them entre into disco techno university; they’ve never had trouble getting a gig since. Still, there’s room to grow into Hot Chip status, and on More! we get the impression they just might go [...]

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Dan Black – Symphonies feat. Kid Cudi (Dada Life remix)

April 30, 2010

Kid Cudi is not the magic ingredient here; Dan Black’s chorus of “give me give me symphonies” and the violin swooshes from the original still reign supreme in between an aggressive Dada Life reworking of this tune. This track, along with remixes by Chris Lake and Passion Pit, will appear on a Symphonies EP, due [...]

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Concrete Blonde has apparently not heard it all before, will launch a vampiresque tour this summer

April 30, 2010

Every time I hear about Homeland Security secretary and former Arizona governor Janet Napolitano I wish it was actually Johnette Napolitano in our midst. Sadly, the former Concrete Blonde frontwoman is not as ubiquitous. Outside of the band’s top 20 hit, “Joey,” and some intermittent solo work from Napolitano, what does anyone really know about [...]

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Timo steps to the mic with K-X-P

April 29, 2010

Most electropop lovers know Timo Kaukolampi from his work with Annie. He collaborated on her debut and toured with her as well. Now, the Finish DJ/musician/producer is synth-deep in K-X-P, a “drum, bass, and synth trio” that makes the kind of noisey experimental music Scandinavians should make more often. This project has actually been in [...]

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Trentemøller – Sycamore Feeling (remix edit)

April 29, 2010

Trees, a woman in a fur coat, a drag queen in a fur coat, and all the ways these things can be translated sonically appear in Trentemøller‘s “Sycamore Feeling.”

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Empire of the Sun walk in for a three date dream

April 28, 2010

Such teasers these Aussies. A year after Empire of the Sun‘s stellar debut, the duo of Nick Littlemore of Pnau and Luke Steele of the Sleepy Jackson are coming to North America for a short little tour. Right now, it sits at four dates but we’re hopeful there will be more. The dynamic between Littlemore [...]

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Kelis works hard to make us hear those symphonies

April 27, 2010

Kelis is an amazing recording artist with a solid catalog that most people haven’t heard in its entirety and most artists would envy. That said, her live shows have often lacked something – namely a consistent vocal. With a few club dates recently in support of the forthcoming Flesh Tone, Kelis is working hard to [...]

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