War Tapes, a Los Angeles based post-punk outfit, successfully create epic anthems of angst, blending the attitude and edge of today’s post-hard-core scene with an appealing nod to 80’s darker new-wave and post-punk. Like Interpol and fellow Californians She Wants Revenge, they are inspired by bands such as The Cure, Joy Division andThe Sisters Of Mercy but maintain their own unique identity, combining their alternative, post-punk and new-wave influences into an amalgamation of incredibly addictive songs.
Although War Tapes may lean towards the dark side (which can never be a bad thing, right?), they still manage to marry monstrously dark soundscapes with sing-a-long choruses and huge hooks. Aided by a wall of angular guitars drenched in reverb and a pulsing drum rhythm pumping the blood through its beating bleeding heart, Neil Popkin's baritone vocals make gloom feel gratifying.
Despite releasing their self-titled EP only a few months ago, War Tapes have already toured with the likes of mainstream acts such as Smashing Pumpkins, Shiny Toy Guns and The Bravery and have amassed quite a following in no time. With a debut album in the works, they definitely look like a sure bet for 2009. Visit them on Myspace and get your own copy of War Tapes EP now!
If you have been listening to my show, you should know by now that I'm a big fan of mashups. Now before you ask, a mashup, bootleg or blend (also mash up and mash-up) is a song or composition created from the combination of the music from one song with the a cappella from another. So, a mashup is a song created out of pieces of two or more songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the music track of another.
In full swing at the end of the 20th century, mashups have been described positively as "ultimate post-modern pop song" or "culture jamming in its purest form". They have also been described negatively as "the logical extension of the sampling fever of the '80s taken to its dumbest extreme". Due to the questionable legal status of mash ups and little chance of profits "there's a real punk rock attitude attached to the movement". So, love 'em or hate 'em, mashups are here to stay. The mashup scene is really thriving, so why don't you give it a try yourselves? Even I managed to make a bunch of mashups! Anyway, 'nuff said, here are my top 20 mashups of 2008. Bynar's Top 20 Mashups of 2008
Superbass vs. New Order vs. Bronski Beat - A Smalltown Monday Solution (Copycat)
Metallica - Electro Sandman (Dunproofin')
The Kooks vs. Beastie Boys - Sabotaging The Kooks (DJ Schmolli)
Bloc Party vs. Kate Perry - Party Kisser (Divide & Kreate)
Beastie Boys vs. Daft Punk & Sebastian - Intergalactic Human (DJ Earworm)
The Clash vs. The Bloody Beetroots - Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Aggro1)
Depeche Mode vs. Blaqk Audio - Stiff Martyr '08 (The Illuminoids)
Klaxons vs. Bronski Beat - Golden Boy (Hi-brid)
MGMT vs. Adam Freeland - We Want Your Kids (Starters)
TV on the Radio vs. Rihanna Feat. Jay Z - Wolf Like Rihanna (ToToM)
Bon Jovi vs. Dragonette - You Get Around (A Bad Name) (DJ Matt Hite)
Metallica vs. Coldplay - Until It Talks (Divide & Kreate)
The Stooges vs. Flo Rida vs. Dakar & Grinser - Low Dog (DJ Fox)
New Order vs. Thirteen Senses - Into the Crystal Fire (ThE hOmOgEnIc ChAoS)
Ian Brown vs. Opus III - F.E.A.R.D.A.Y. (LEEDM101)
M.I.A. vs. New Order - $20 Monday (A plus D)
The Killers vs. Client - Killer Client (Bobby Martini)
Underworld vs. Jeff Klein - Guns Of Brixton's Underworld (Apollo Zero)
Red Hot Chili Peppers vs. Snap - Rhythm Is A Baby (Martinn)
Air vs. The Do - Sexy Boy On My Shoulder (Electrosound)
1/4 Sophie Solomon - A Light That Never Dies (ft. Ralph Fiennes) Antony Heggarty - If It Be Your Will Katy Perry - Careless Gay Whisper Massive Attack - Safe From Harm Daniel Martin Moore - It's You Joe Dassin - A Toi Inga Liljestrom - Coming Back Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
2/4 Blur - Coffee & TV Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire Wakey! Wakey! - Falling Apart Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds Oh Sweet Music - My Trip To Asia Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me
3/4 Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance The Boy Least Likely To - I Box Up All The Butterflies Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You Mark Ronson - Oh My God (ft. Lily Allen) Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl The Bird And The Bee - Love Letter To Japan Ladyhawke - Love Don't Live Here Spooks - Things I've Seen
4/4 New Order - Blue Monday '88 Garbage - When I Grow Up Melanie C - Goin' Down Kings Of Leon - The Bucket PJ Harvey - This Is Love MGMT - Of Moons Birds And Monsters (Holy Ghost Remix) I Monster - Daydream In Blue
Eleutheria Arapoglou presented her new collection with her unique way and waveradio.gr was there
DIGITARIA Launch Party celebrating the new DIGITARIA menswear and womenswear collection Thursday 18th December 2008 @ K44
Warboy's print collection "Fashion Kills for DIGITARIA" Performance by London singer and musician Bishi Film screening of the new DIGITARIA collection featuring London performers and artists: Scottee, The-O, Warboy, Dan Szor, Gio Black Peter, Neil Monieur
Preview of the new collaborative book by photographer Ellis Scott and performance artist Scottee
Trentemoller - Miss you (album version) Olafur Arnalds - 3055 Album Leaf - Broken Arrow Calder - system Bosques de mi Mente - Paseo 1, Primavera French Teen Idol - Your Fault The American Dollar -Supernova Landslide World's End Girlfriend - We Are the Massacre This Will Destroy You - They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light A Silver Mt. Zion - Built Then Burn (Hurrah! Hurrah!) The Evpatoria Report - taijin kyofusho Antennas To Heaven - Domino Whore This Is Your Captain Speaking - 6pm Elements Of Something Really Beautiful - MyAutumnReason Vanessa Van Basten - Floaters Worm is Green - Synthia Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson - Yet We Continue to Build There, the Structure Balmorhea - the winter Priva - All Dead Souls The Shadow Project - Voices The Workhouse - peacon
2008 was a good year in music. We had great debuts from bands like MGMT and Glasvegas, returns from The Cure, Portishead and The Killers... and of course (believe it or not) Chinese Democracy was finally released (and I liked it)!!! So, here are my top 20 albums for 2008 (and by albums I mean WHOLE albums, not just a couple of catchy singles), along with my top 20 tracks.
The Dark Romantics. The name in ninetieth-century America referred to a literary sub-genre under which names like Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson and Nathaniel Hawthorne fell. These Dark Romantic authors were defined by a pessimistic view of the natural world as a place that is "dark, decaying, and mysterious." These days we know The Dark Romantics as the brainchild of indie rock mavens, Eric Collins (ex Denison Marrs, The Party People) and Dean Paul (ex Denison Marrs, The Party People, John Ralston).
In 2006 the band released their critically acclaimed debut record, Some Midnight Kissin' which drew comparisons to Interpol amongst others. Never resting on their laurels, the band perfected their rollicking guitar-dance-rock sound and demonstrated a relentless work ethic, releasing an iTunes exclusive EP, The Artificial EP, in February 2008, as well as a 7", Lonely Roads (New Granada Records), in May 2008.
And now, Heartbreaker, 13 tracks of dark, sexy, transcendental rock and roll. Building on themes of love, pain and -well- heartbreak, the album boasts the most impressive vocals we've seen from Collins so far, who's been compared to A.C. Newman (New Pornographers) and Thom Yorke (Radiohead). His brooding vox is matched with eclectic instrumentation. An engaging and carefully crafted string section works it's way into the mix as well. "Heartbreaker differs from past records in that it's much more dark, and much more romantic," says Collins, "it's is a complete thought with different dynamics and moods."
To sum things up, if you like the style of The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol and The Strokes you'll absolutely love these guys. Go to their page on Myspace to check out their tunes and concert dates.
1/4 Elbow - Back To Black Ivana XL - Sweetie Pie Mystery Jets - Bleeding Love Coldplay - Green Eyes Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel - Baby, It's Cold Outside Iron & Wine - Cinder Smoke The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary Kanye West Vs. The Rolling Stones - Lockdown Shelter Max Vernon - I Kissed A Girl
2/4 Koop - Koop Island Blues Lowry - Whiskey Adele - Last Nite Brigitte Bardot - Moi Je Joue Nouvelle Vague - Dance With Me Matt Elliot - Broken Bones Martha Wainwright - Love Is A Stranger of Montreal - Spoonful of Sugar
3/4 The Dandy Warhols - We Used to Be Friends UNKLE - Keys to the Kingdom The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World MGMT - Supervolcano Lamb - Sweet Wakey! Wakey! - Brooklyn
4/4 Mousse T - Is It Cos I'm Cool? Feist Vs. New Young Pony Club - My Man My Bomb Lily Allen - Womanizer Roisin Murphy - Checkin' On Me Peaches - Downtown Garbage - Driving Lesson Bloc Party - Signs
5/4 dEUS - Instant Street Gloria Jones - Tainted Love The Killers - All These Things That I've Done Dar Williams - Midnight Radio Interpol - No 'I' in Threesome Dolly Parton - Drives Me Crazy Kate Nash - Christmas Wrapping
An extra 30' of show - no picture for you tonight... So listen up!
Thank you all for listening. We had an amazing time with you guys. Here is all the tracks we played tonight. Surf on our waves until next Wednesday.
- Dolibox and Ark - Deep At All - Vera - My Little Disco (Shakey Our Booty mix) - Reboot - Vandong - Robert Dietz - Sunshower
- Markus Fix - Release Yourself - Mara Trax - Let Goose - Kreon - Lemos (Reboot remix) - Dop feat. Nôze - Romeo
- Mikael Delta - Keep Silent - Lesser Panda - Ghostdance (Moscow remix) - Nikko Patrelakis - Shortcut (Kaito remix by Hiroshi Watanabe) - Kraak And Smaak - California Roll - RóisÃn Murphy - You Know Me Better (Samim remix)
- Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond - Whispers (Love Affair remix) - Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Serge Santiago version) - Lulu Rouge - Bless You (Minilogue remix) - Sia - The Girl You Lost To Cocaine (Sander Van Doorn remix) - Björk - Declare Independence (Matthew Herbert 12")
1/4 The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build A Home The Submarines - Xavia Bloc Party - Biko Turin Brakes - Dark On Fire Adele - Hometown Glory Calexico - Two Silver Trees The Mountain Goats And Kaki King - Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle Neil Patrick Harris - Everything You Ever
2/4 Albert Hammond, Jr. - GfC Blondie - One Way or Another Journey - Don't Stop Believin' Beach Boys - God Only Knows The Supremes - Baby Love Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Toto - Africa The Just Joans - What Do We Do Now?
3/4 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Bell - It's Oh, So Quiet Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor) The Killers - Human Two Of Cups - Breathe Pixies - Where Is My Mind Muse - Time Is Running Out Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
4/4 Jem - Aciiid! Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Madonna - Ray Of Light Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Bjork - All Is Full Of Love
Patrick Wolf will release new double album in Spring 2009 called "Battle" Patrick had a disagreement over musical direction with his last label, so is releasing this one independently. Patrick has said they wanted him to make a sequel to Magic Position.WELL DONE PATRICK!!!
We had an amazing discussion on air, for all the events happening these days in Greece while listening good music and chatting with all the amazing people in waveradio.gr chatroom.
Here is the playlist
emergency selected:
- Nikko Patrelakis - Arco Iris - Kalabrese - City Blues - Mikael Weill - Broken - Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts - They Only Come Out at Night - Stimming - Die Schatulle(Federico Molinari remix)
- Chloe - Be Kind To Me - Steve Mill - Nothing Comes To Mind (Eelle Kleijn One Giant's Leap remix) - Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know (Joey Negro Destina mix) - Andy Hunter - Stars (The Camel Rider mix) - WhoMadeWho - Tv Friend (Hot Chip remix Tomboy edit) - Nikko Patrelakis - Shortcut
Nikko Patrelakis selected:
- The Doors - Strange Days - Kira Neris - Through Dimensions - Unforscene - This Is London - Parov Stelar feat. Luke - Your Fire - Hybrid feat. John Graham - Choke - UNKLE - Chemical - Thom Yorke - Analyse - Digitonal - After The First Death - Random Movement - A Good Start Is Saying No - Two Banks Of Four - Flags and Words - Asian Dub Foundation - Burning Fence - Coldcut - Everything Is Under Control (Qemists remix) - Nikko Patrelakis - Rememberance (The Guitar mix by K.Bhta) - Low - Will The Night
Nothing suffocates you more than The passing of everyday human events Isolation is the oxygen mask you make Your children breathe in to survive
But I'm not a slave to a god That doesn't exist But I'm not a slave to a world That doesn't give a shit
And when we were good You just closed you eyes So when we are bad We'll scar your minds
Fight, fight, fight, fight
You'll never grow up to be a big- Rock-star-celebrated-victim-of-your-fame They'll just cut our wrists like Cheap coupons and say that death Was on sale today
And when we were good You just closed you eyes So when we are bad We'll scar your minds
But I'm not a slave to a god That doesn't exist But I'm not a slave to a world That doesn't give a shit
The death of one is a tragedy The death of one is a tragedy The death of one is a tragedy But death of a million is just a statistic
The "brave" policemen who are here to protect us all. Your watching too many Rambo films may prove hazardous to our health.
The politicians that keep on feeding us with lies, sucking our blood like some hip vampires with Armani suits (thank God they come in XXL, too). BTW, does blood have so many calories or they are just FAT?
The ignorant people that keep on voting for them.
The Greek priests that wear more gold than 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Lil' Wayne put together (and do good business, too - if you're looking for some good real estate agency give them a shout).
Every poor Greek guy who has to waste a whole year of his life peeling potatoes and mopping floors in the army (hey, at least he gets 8,90 euros per month).
The TV stations that keep on showing trash on TV.
The idiots who watch this trash. Read a bloody book you retards!
The mob who hide under their hoods and trash everything because they CAN! There are other ways to show how macho you are, you know. Now go home and play TEKKEN or Grand Theft Auto, will you?
Wake up people! KNOW YOUR ENEMY!
Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
Huh! Yeah, we're comin' back then with another bombtrack Think ya know what its all about Huh! Hey yo, so check this out Yeah! Know your enemy!
Come on!
Born with insight and a raised fist A witness to the slit wrist, that's with As we move into 92 Still in a room without a view Ya got to know Ya got to know That when I say go, go, go Amp up and amplify Defy I'm a brother with a furious mind Action must be taken We don't need the key Well break in
Something must be done About vengeance, a badge and a gun cause I'll rip the mike, rip the stage, rip the system I was born to rage against 'em
Fist in ya face, in the place And I'll drop the style clearly Know your enemy...know your enemy!
Yeah!
Hey yo, and dick with this...uggh! Word is born Fight the war, fuck the norm Now I got no patience So sick of complacence With the d the e the f the I the a the n the c the e Mind of a revolutionary So clear the lane The finger to the land of the chains What? the land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy?
Now something must be done About vengeance, a badge and a gun cause I'll rip the mike, rip the stage, rip the system I was born to rage against 'em
Now action must be taken We don't need the key We'll break in
I've got no patience now So sick of complacence now I've got no patience now So sick of complacence now Sick of sick of sick of sick of you Time has come to pay... Know your enemy!
Come on! Yes I know my enemies They're the teachers who taught me to fight me Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite All of which are american dreams (8 times)
According to NME, a DJ based spin-off of the phenomenally successful Guitar Hero game is due out next year. The DJ Hero spin-off has long been rumoured to be in the works by developers Activision, but the cat has apparently been let out of the bag by Dutch techno DJ Tiësto.
A newsletter apparently from the DJ was sent out to fans, saying: "We are proud to announce that Tiësto has teamed up with the game developer Activision and their latest DJ project. I am very excited about this! I think this is a great way to introduce people to DJing. Maybe they realise it's not as easy as they think. I am sure this brings new fans to the scene, dance music is not far from hip-hop for example. Hopefully the music I have composed appeals to all kinds of fans!" However, the DJs reps are questioning the validity of the statement and say that while he has been in talks with developers, his involvement has not been finalised. Anyway, I think we’ll finally get to test out our ‘scratching’ skills on a pair of USB decks real soon!
For those of you that have been living in a different planet, Guitar Hero has been a global phenomenon, selling 23 million units worldwide. It is now in its fourth incarnation, Guitar Hero: World Tour (now I know what to ask Santa for Christmas). What's next then, Activision? Bouzouki Hero anyone?
Cheshire Cat is a Gothenburg-band consisting of four members. Martin Trygg on vocals, Patrik Eriksson and Martin Söderberg on the electric guitars, and Oskar Clase on the synthesizer and programming. They have released two official EP’s so far, "Souls" and "Welcome To Our Town", and are currently working on their debut album.
Drawing from of the original sounds and aesthetics of the post-punk sound and influenced by bands like The Cure, Joy Division and New Order, Cheshire Cat's offerings are an amalgamation of early 80's new wave and melancholic Mancunian post punk, sprinkled with indie pop melodies. If you're into Interpol, Editors and the like watch this band...
The title tracks of the 2 EP's are available for free from klicktrack. For a better taste of Cheshire Cat visit the band on Myspace.
1/4 Imogen Heap - Hallelujah Natalie Merchant - One Fine Day Sia - Gimme More Hajen - Sharks Matt Pond PA - I'm Not Okay The Boy Least Likely To - The First Snowflake Guillemots - Black & Gold Susanna And The Magical Orchestra - Love Will Tear Us Apart Scott Matthew - Language
2/4 Sufjan Stevens - Chicago Cars Can Be Blue - You're So Cute The Wrong Trousers - Video Killed the Radio Star Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus Mike Flowers Pops - Crusty Girl Newton Faulkner - Foundations Amelie-les-Crayons - Le Sapin Dengue Fever - Tiger Phone Card
3/4 Hello Seahorse! - Bestia Trolle/Siebenhaar - Numbed The Submarines - Boys Don't Cry The Notwist - One With The Freaks Jon Auer - Beautiful Stranger Filastine - Fitnah (feat. Jessika Skeletalia Kenney) TV On the Radio - Dancing Choose (Prefuse 73 Remix) Kaki King - I Think She Knows
4/4 Mike Bones - What I Have Left (Brian Degraw Remix) Robyn - Bum Like You (feat. Snoop Dogg) Roisin Murphy - Tell Everybody Pallers - Humdrum Lykke Li - I'm Good I'm Gone [Black Kids remix] The Longcut - You Got The Love Placebo - Running Up That Hill
Electrocute is a Los Angeles-based electronic rock 'n' roll band. Nicole Morier, from Albuquerque New Mexico, USA, started the band with former member Mia Dime in Berlin, Germany in 2002. They formed a duo motivated by the explosive electro-pop/electroclash music scene happening in Berlin. After releasing one EP (A Tribute To Your Taste) and one LP (Troublesome Bubblegum) on the now defunct Emperor Norton records, Mia left the band. Morier eventually moved to Los Angeles where she met AussieLegs Le Brock and recruited her to Electrocute. Together they bring a mix of electro dance beats, guitars, and what they describe as being a naughty but clever lyrical design.
Electrocute's latest release is the On The Beat EP, produced by Dutch DJ/Remixer Extraordinaire Junkie XL and released digitally through iTunes, Amazon, Napster, etc. If you like Le Tigre, Chicks On Speed, Peaches, Soho Dolls, CSSor any other bands that make highly danceable and super lovable tracks, you've hit the jackpot! Put on your dancing shoes and visit Electrocute on Myspace for some free downloads.
- Kalabrese - Skamel - Audio Werner - Getting Up - Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - They Only Come Out At Night - Dolibox - Long Approach - Portable - Body To Body
- Dop - Icarus - Mikael Weill - Broken - Le Chien Perdu - Rows Garden - Kreon - Jauce (Original mix) - Christian Burkhardt - Maison Noire
- Minilogue - We All - Lullabies In The Dark - Iridium (Superpitcher remix) - Boys Noize - Shine Shine (Apparat remix) - Lykke Li - Little Bit (AutoErotique Bootleg remix) - Santogold - Lights Out (Kid Gloves remix) - Robyn - Cobrastyle (Mason vocal mix)
- Hercules and Love Affair - You Belong - Ursula 1000 - Electrik Boogie (Product.01 remix) - LeLe - Breakfast (Mercury remix) - Sia - Buttons (Chris Lake remix)
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY, IT'S A DATE!!!
Inspired by band such as Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Libertines and Franz Ferdinand, art-punkers Flakes are a band currently based between London (United Kingdom) and Patras (Greece).
Consisting of Yodashe, flop guitarist Jarvis, flip guitarist Stam, bassist Velli and drummer Nath4niel, Flakes’ music is a mix of angular sonics with pop structures. The band came together and recorded their first demo in 2006, followed by fiery live performances in Greece and the UK during 2007-2008. In July 2008 while being in the studio for the recordings of their debut album “Lick Your Fingers, If You Like It” the band was selected to perform in Exit Festival (Novi Sad, Serbia) for MTV ADRIA’s Live Music Stage. Just a few weeks before, the band had been invited by DJ-producer Dousk to participate as guest musicians in his second album “Kind Of Human” (Klik Records, 2008).
Flakes’ debut album was released in Greece and Cyprus on the 20th of October 2008 by Inner Ear Records. The album features spiky, punk guitars, drumming exhibiting un-typical indie sharpness and screaming, bluesy, provocative vocal worlds that establish the band’s artistic direction trying to merge diverse influences into a hybridized alternative soundscape. Get the album online via Inner Ear’s online store and visit Flakes on Myspace for upcoming tour dates.
click to download my Old Tracks-New Tricks techno set [zip file includes tracklist]
1 Dj Rush - Motherfucking Bass 2 Guy Mcaffer - Get On The Floor 3 Hertz - Lucky 13 (Hertz Mix) 4 Greg Dorian And Bryan Cox - Freaks On The Floor (Original Mix) 5 Alexander Kowalski - Speaker Attack 6 Dave Clarke - Just Ride 7 Bryan Zentz - Watch The Sun 8 Jamie Anderson - Latin Energy (Michel De Hey & Literon Mix) 9 Kobaya - Douglas Track 10 Mr Sliff - Rippin And Dippin Part 2 11 Paul Mac - (A1) Cards On The Table (Ben Sims Hardgroove Mix) 12 Pedro Delgardo - Tango (Original Mix) 13 Tomaz Vs. Filterheads - Sunshine _ Chris Liebing - Next Try (Ben Sims Rmx) 14 Umek & Valentino Kanzyani - Recycled Loops Vol. 4 15 Cave - Speleon (Ben Sims Remix) 16 Tom Hades - Automation 17 Thomas Schumacher - When I Rock 18 Renato Cohen - Pontape (Original Mix) 19 Player - Rub On Ya Titties 20 Oxia And The Hacker - Last Test Part 1 (Reworks) 21 Ignition Technician - B2 Untitled 22 Hertz - Lucky 13 (Hertz Mix) 23 Adam Beyer & Lenk Feat. Tiga - Heartbreak 24 Claude Young - (B2) How Is Your Dna? (James Ruskin Rework) 25 Gaetano Parisio - B2 Unreleased Track 1 26 Adam Beyer & Marco Carola - Drumcode 16 B1 27 John Starlight - Blood Angels 28 Marko Nastic - Sweet N Juicy (B2) 29 Joris Voorn - Incident click to stream the show
Brooklyn based outfit Cruel Black Dove have been making their own brand of dark electronic Lynch-esque rock since 2007. Comparisons to PJ Harvey, Garbage, Placebo, Curve and Depeche Mode aren't inappropriate, but Cruel Black Dove are still a force of their own, full to the brim with infectious sound and fury. Singer Anastasia Dimou has an impressive stage presence and vocal ability that meshes well with the skilled playing of her bandmates.
Although the band only formed last year, if they continue cranking out the darkwave blues numbers, they're sure to be a hit. Full Powers is their debut EP, with a proper album currently in the works. So, if you're looking for a sound full of sex, spite, angst, hurt and revolution, visit Cruel Black Dove on Myspace.
1/4 Scott Matthew - In the End (Acoustic) Larkin Grimm - Blonde and Golden Johns Sia - Sunday Teddy Thompson - Seperate Ways Robyn - With Every Heartbeat (Acoustic Version) I Come to Shanghai - Houses on the Shore Noah and the Whale - Girlfriend in a Coma The Bird and the Bee - Spark
2/4 Lowry - Africa Mike Flowers Pops - Talk Ben Folds - The Frown Song Mates of State - My Only Offer The Submarines - The Wake Up Song Lenka - The Show The Postmarks - One Note Samba Micky Green - Did It
3/4 Kylie Minogue - Did It Again Maria Mena - Just Hold Me Dan Wilson - Breathless Jenny Owen Youngs - Hit Me Baby One More Time SoKo - My Enemy Fol Chen - The Believers Marianne Faithful - OO Baby (feat. Antony Hegarty)
4/4 The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind (Kleerup Remix) of Montreal - Gallery Piece (Mintel Rose Remix) Hot Chip - Touch Too Much Garbage - Why Do You Love Me? CSS - One Way Or Another Vs. Teenage Kicks Vampire Weekend - One (Blake's Got A New Face) Devendra Banhart - Don't Look Back in Anger
Greetings from the Nation of Wave! (And mind your head).
A month ago I made a post about a band I've recently discovered. They're called CatPeople and hail from Barcelona, Spain. CatPeople released their debut Reel #1 two years ago and now they're back with their sophomore effort entitled What's The Time Mr Wolf?
Managing to avoid the difficult second album syndrome, CatPeople have made an album that is even better than its predecessor. Forget album fillers, all the tracks really rock this time. Angular guitars, dark ambient synths, violins (!), everything that made Reel #1 a great debut is still there.
If you're into Interpol, Editors or She Wants Revenge and can't wait till their next release, do yourself a favour and buy this album. Definitely in my top-10 list for 2008! You can listen the new tracks from CatPeople's Myspace and judge for yourself.
Leeds based band Heads We Dance write "custom chromed aerodynamic pop" (Losing Today) influenced by Daft Punk, Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, Timbaland and Pet Shop Boys. Taking their name from a Kate Bush lyric, Heads We Dance are inspired by the early sci-fi visions of 'Metropolis', Aldous Huxley and Philip K Dick, and a fascination with love, modern life and the internet. Heads We Dance played their first show at the Dead Disco single launch in September 2006, three weeks after forming, and have since been described live as achieving " an unfathomably glamorous and energetic take on disco pop... damn, it's great to watch" (Tasty fanzine) .
The Transisters were formed in Venice, Italy in 2005. They are a New Wave/Electro/Post-Punk band, blending electronic music with good solid rock riffs. During the past 3 years they've played everywhere in Italy and opened for Kaiser Chiefs, The Raveonettes and White Rose Movement amongst others.
Their Debut LP “Under Control” was released last July by the German netlabel afmusic that the band got in contact with quite simply, through MySpace. “They were impressed by our sound and we decided to work with them, explains Matteo Scarpa, the band’s singer-bass player. Giving music out for free is ok for us, we don’t play for money but because we love it.”
Amidst an Italian indie scene where, according to Matteo, “the average level of quality of bands is not so high”, The Transisters certainly stick out. The band is busy working on their second album at the moment, and plans a future filled with “more gigs and more good songs. We’re positive about it.”
So if you're looking for anxious beats, angular guitars and sober vocals, you're in for a treat. Fans of Joy Division, Bauhaus, Gang Of Four and She Wants Revenge won't be disappointed. The album is available as a free download and you can get it here. And don't forget to check out The Transisters on Myspace!
The Prodigy blast back with Invaders Must Die! The follow-up to 2004’s Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned features 11 tracks of rock-infused dance mayhem which might just remove your head cleanly from your shoulders. Now, on Invaders Must Die, Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim all feature on the album, which is the first time since the release of Fat Of The Land in 1997.
“All fucking bands say their new record’s their best, but this just feels really triumphant for us,” Liam Howlett tells Kerrang!. “It’s on fire. It’s all about the three of us together and what we can do. You know what we deal with: it’s beats in a predominantly electronic style and it’s full of fucked -up guitars!”
Finding themselves disinterested by the latest crop of rock-slash-dance crossover bands, Howlett feels it’s time to shake things up again. And whilst steering away from collaborations with outside vocalists, a certain Mr. David Grohl climbed back behind the drum kit for the album’s standout track Run With The Wolves. “Dave emailed us to see what we were up to and offered his services,” smiles Howlett. “It was really inspiring. It’s definitely the most venomous track on the album. Keith really goes for it on lead vocals. It’s wicked.”
Invaders Must Die will be released on March 2 through Take Me To The Hospital/Cooking Vinyl.
Tracklisting
1. Invaders Must Die 2. Omen 3. Thunder 4. Colours 5. Take Me To The Hospital 6. Warrior's Dance 7. Run With The Wolves 8. Omen Reprise 9. World's On Fire 10. Piranha 11. Stand Up
To celebrate the imminent release of their new album, The Prodigy are giving away an edit of the eponymous single. Visit www.theprodigy.com for the download.
Toni Bass and David Penn are the masterminds behind this floor-killer duo "Deux" They are from Madrid Spain and they are giving us house - electronica sounds.
Their new single is out and it's called "Same Way"
According to Rolling Stone Magazine #1066, before Depeche Mode began recording their new album, the group’s guitarist and chief songwriter, Martin Gore, went out and bought a bunch of vintage gear. “It’s helped to shape the sound of the album,” says Gore. “The sounds we are making are more akin to stuff we did in the late 1980s, around Violator. That was a real creative high for us.”
The group has been recording off and on for their as yet untitled 12th studio album release for nine months in New York and in a studio near Gore’s Santa Barbara, California, home. On its last release, 2005’s Playing the Angel, singer Dave Gahan contributed songs for the first time in Depeche Mode’s 25-year career. So far, he’s given four new songs to this currently untitled set. “I think it’s natural,” says Gore — who was the group’s sole songwriter for most of its career. Gore says it’s too early to discuss specific tracks, but he says the album has a strong spiritual feel. Let's hope that Depeche Mode will not let us down and deliver something as good as Playing The Angel to say the least. They're visiting Athens on the 12th of May and absolute mayhem is guaranteed... Visit the band's website to find out the rest of their upcoming European tour dates.
Yesterday Roisin Murphy performed in Brussels. This show was video recorded, so we are going to have all these beautiful Roisin's personas online soon.
1/4 Lykke Li - Melodies & Desires Alaska In Winter - Your Red Dress Johnette Napolitano - The Scientist Jenny Lewis - Badman's World Megan Mullally - Lonely at the Top Beth Orton - Central Reservation Cat Power - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Garbage - It's All Over But The Crying Sia - Soon We'll Be Found (on Letterman)
2/4 Phantom Planet - California Frightened Rabbit - The Twist Of Montreal - Instant Karma Britney Spears Vs. Department Of Eagles - /No One Womanizes Like You The Spells - Bat Vs. Bird Rogue Wave - All You Need Is Love Animal Collective - Brother Sport
3/4 Kylie Minogue - Koocachoo Jem - Keep On Walking SoKo - I'll Kill Her Lenka - Trouble Is A Friend Meiko - Boys With Girlfriends (Acoustic) Giulia y los Tellarini - Barcelona Petra Haden - Don't Stop Believin' Fol Chen - No Wedding Cake Oh No! Oh My! - Be A Star
4/4 My Brightest Diamond - Tainted Love Clinic - Come Into Our Room Christian Falk - Dream On (Feat. Robyn & Ola Salo) The Music - Strength In Numbers Omikron - Favourite Game (Feat. Baby Queen) Mama Shamone - Over The Beatles - Tour Da Elenor Rigby (Soulwax Remix) The Octopus Project - I Saw The Bright Shinies
War Tapes, a Los Angeles based post-punk outfit, successfully create epic anthems of angst, blending the attitude and edge of today’s post-hard-core scene with an appealing nod to 80’s darker new-wave and post-punk. Like Interpol and fellow Californians She Wants Revenge, they are inspired by bands such as The Cure, Joy Division and The Sisters Of Mercy but maintain their own unique identity, combining their alternative, post-punk and new-wave influences into an amalgamation of incredibly addictive songs.
