Everyone around me has been gushing incessantly about Lana Del Rey -- the Daisy Duke-clad young woman whose picture you see above -- for weeks now. Continue Reading...
Cocaine, it is said, is a helluva drug. And on "Cocaine Blues", Brooklyn disco aficionados Escort decided to bust out a few lines for everyone at the party. Continue Reading...
Here's an unexpected, daft and simply terrific re-edit from Hamburg's Tensnake of Radiohead's "Everything In It's Right Place" which might be new or ... might not be? Either way, I love it. Continue Reading...
I figure it's been a while since I posted any proper remixes on the blog, this one arrived just in time for me to notice, listen, and add it to the queue via osmosis. Continue Reading...
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With sadness, we can now confirm rumors of the passing of Poly Styrene, punk rock icon & lead singer of seminal U.K. punk band X-Ray Spex. According to a posting on her official Facebook page by her long-time friend Symond Lawes, "i just spoke to her mother and its very true, she passed away quietly last night, her mother and daughter were with her, bless you marianne. symond xxx". The news was further confirmed by her PR team, saying "We can confirm that the beautiful Poly Styrene, who has been a true ...
Hailed as "America's first king of Dubstep", 12th Planet has been scorching the Earth from one end to the other with his prescient dubstep production and DJ skills. Continue Reading...
Nick Catchdubs, pretty much one of the best DJ's you're going to hear and co-founder of the inscrutable Fool's Gold Label, dropped a grip of new tracks last night/this morning live at my alma mater radio station, WNYU. Continue Reading...
Every Saturday night at Senses in Memphis starting 9 April 2011, Memphis EDM mainstay (and founder of EDM internet radio station LFO Radio) Justin Hand will be hosting an evening called FREAKOUT. The kickoff event features a long-overdue first Memphis appearance from Chicago house music legend Derrick Carter. Continue Reading...
Sometimes I get around to things fast, and sometimes I wait for them to simmer. It's never really my intention to forget bands that are headed to SXSW. But Paris-based Chateau Marmont's songs have been in rotation here since the end of February, and it probably should have been much sooner. Continue Reading...
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