September 2008
SeptemberSep 30 Tuesday 08
Video: HSBC gets granola with Joanna Newsom
The commercial spot is called "Lumberjack" and it uses the delightful cackle/cat yawn of Joanna Newsom with "Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie" from the Milk-Eyed Mender LP. We have to applaud HSBC as this may be our favorite and most emotionally-stirring ad we've seen …
Photos: No Big Deal on September 26
Aside from the cops breaking up the party at 1am (a lot of kids were just filtering in), the guys at Finger On The Pulse and Palms Out Sounds brought out the goods with live performances from Tijuana and Sgt. Sass and a wild DJ set that was cut too short by Red …
Live: The Antlers embark on first ever tour
It's fair for us to say (at least, we think it is) that if you happen to catch The Antlers on any of these dates, you and/or your girlfriend/younger sister/female cousin/etc. will fall in love with Peter Silberman, the shaky-voiced mastermind responsible for some of …
mp-FREE: Katy Perry - "I Kissed A Girl (DJ Dunno's Wrong Wrong Wrong remix)"
This will be the last remix of Katy Perry's now-totally-annoyingly-ubiquitous summer 08 jam. It's not due in any part to this track being bad. On the contrary, the remix is a glorious banger, filled with clicks and wamp wamps all up in every nook and cranny of the …
Emerging: Cut Off Your Hands
You know when you get that feeling in your head that makes you stop what you're doing, like none of what you were doing at the time matters anymore, like dropping a glass on the floor and realizing you can't just stand there anymore looking at the shards on the …
mp-FREE: Britney Spears - "Womanizer (Brad Walsh remix)"
We hadn't heard the new track from Ms. Spears, er, Britney (bitch) to this point, but this remix by our good friend and downtown luminary Brad Walsh makes us feel like the track must be a complete and utter lift from Robyn's camp, because it reeks of the hip-as-fuck …
SeptemberSep 28 Sunday 08
mp-FREE: Black Dominoes/Immuzikation - "Live At Go Bar"
Hot off the presses, we've got this banging 30-minute mix of blends, treatments and remixes from Kellen aka Black Dominoes and Alfredo aka Immuzikation (who we've been bumping to for what seems like forever now) that was recorded live about a week or so ago at Go Bar …
Photos: Unstoppable Perfect on September 25
Alex Moulton, head of Expansion Team Records and owner of one of the best coifs in town, popped by Happy Ending on Thursday night to throw down some tunes from his wildly adventurous debut LP, Exodus. Moulton wanted his record to be more along the lines of an …
mp-FREE: The Legends - "Seconds Away"
Taken at face value, the description of what "Seconds Away" is, as described by Johan Angerg
SeptemberSep 27 Saturday 08
News: "No Limit" finally revealed!
For the past few weeks, there have been a handful of cryptic viral videos popping up all over the place (our inbox, for one), each under a minute long and all single-shot and single-person populated, with only the words "no" and "limit" repeated in various fashions. …
mp-FREE: Neon Coyote premieres more remixes
Well shit on us. Here's some hot off the grill remixes by our favorite (and somehow most productive) minors, Neon Coyote. They've also included a new original track for good company, so, er, awesome. Please enjoy these today, often, whenever. Keep watching out …
SeptemberSep 26 Friday 08
mp-FREE: new tracks from Meterhead
Last we checked in with the duo from LA called Meterhead, it was to proclaim them as "emerging" and to pump the shit out of a few of their tracks that we really liked. And hey, guess what? We're doing the same thing again, only this time, the guys have new material …
Video: Ben Folds featuring Regina Spektor - "You Don't Know Me"
If there's anything to be said about "Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" creators Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, it's probably either along the lines of calling them visionary comedy geniuses or must-be-on-mushrooms-to-find-this-shit-even-remotely-funny morons. …
Tours: Pendulum take on the US + mp3s
Perth, Australia-based dance-rock crew Pendulum have been on notice here in the US for some time now, with a big proving moment coming at this year's Coachella festival this past April. The now nominees for an award at the BT Digital Music Awards in the category of …
Photos: Girls & Boys on September 24
Yes, apparently the guest DJs for this week's Girls & Boys, Dan Oh! and Gina Turner, are in fact, the cutest deejay couple on the planet. The galaxy? Maybe. They haven't found cute inter-space Serato geniuses yet, but we'll allow for that to maybe happen. We were …
mp-FREE: new Streetlab - "Twisted Up"
The newest of the new from NYC's very own mad-remix-scientists, Streetlab, "Twisted Up" features the sultry vocals of Christina Caceres, who may jog your memories as the vocalist for one of THE CULTURE OF ME's recent "emerging" artists, LEILOLAI. The track is a …
mp-FREE: Human Resource's "Dominator" gets fidgety remixes
A shocking seventeen years after its initial release, Human Resource's classic "Dominator" gets itself a face lift. Care of Crux Records (and head Bryan Cox), the release also comes loaded with
additional remixes by The Bulgarian, Jaimie Fanatic, 3 Is A …
Those Dancing Days cover Britney Spears in Sweden
(photo by Tobias Welander)
"Toxic" never sounded so bouncy, fun and more pop than with this cover by those cute-as-fuck girls in Those Dancing Days. The girls play Barfly in London tonight. We miss the Britney of yore, don't you?