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JanuaryJan 27 Tuesday 09
Photos: No Big Deal on January 23
Moulinex and Xinobi, two rad-as-fuck DJs, just launched their own label called Disco Texas.
Getting Sassy with...Lady Sovereign
We here around THE CULTURE OF ME were once obsessed with all things relating to Sassy and Dirt
magazines.
Download: Miss Li - "Ba ba ba (Owl Vision remix)"
It's Swede-on-Swede action here in the halls of THE CULTURE OF ME as the Stockholm-based sophisticated pop ingenue Miss Li has her track "Ba ba ba" taken apart and glued back together by Gothenburg's Owl Vision.
Photos: Girls & Boys on January 23
After being at No Big Deal and staying to totally catch at least 1/2 of Moulinex and Xinobi's set, we booked it over to Webster Hall for the hotly-anticipated NYC unveiling of the Valerie Collective's live show, which featured sets by College, Russ Chimes, Lovelock and …
Download: Story Of The Sea - "Own Devices"
The Minneapolis by way of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan group Story Of The Sea grabbed our attention right from the first downstroked guitar.
JanuaryJan 25 Sunday 09
News: Son Lux remixes My Brightest Diamond
Maybe the coolest thing about this new EP of remixes from Son Lux of the second album from My Brightest Diamond, A Thousand Shark's Teeth, is that Lux refused to hear any of the original songs before or during the making of his own interpretations.
Download: Leif - "Black Magic (The Touch & Lina remix)"
(photo by Patrik Sehlstedt)
If you're not already way into Leif by now, better jump on that steamrolling train post-haste.
Download: Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train (DOT COM remix)"
Taking on the Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne in any sort of battle (whether legal or otherwise) always seemed to us to be too daunting a task when considered.
Photos: Steam Machine on January 22
With the help of Purple Crush and Mike Genius and those goddamn kids from Steam Machine (rekLES and Sean MFn Roberts), Happy Ending was pretty bumping on Thursday night, with all sorts of slithering electro jams, making the kids that came out dance through the night, …
JanuaryJan 23 Friday 09
News: King Magazine counts down the ten worst celebrity albums
And yes, the likes of Deion Sanders, Steven Seagal and the wondrous The Return Of Bruno are all on there.
Download: Purple Crush - "Love Lockdown (acoustic)"
(photo by Jocelyn Baun)
Maybe it's something in the waters of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, but this acoustic take by Isla and Jared aka Purple Crush (usually synonymous with dirty, sweaty, sexualized blog house and dance moves you haven't seen since "In Living Colour" …
Video: Matt and Kim talk Grand
Matt and Kim's sophomore record, Grand, came out this past Tuesday, and holy crap is it really really really good.
Download: Inward Eye - "Now Is The Time"
(photo by Roger Sargent)
Here's a looking-straight-ahead, pull-on-your-boots-and-shout-shout-shout anthemic rock track that should be well accepted by anyone who knows that the best sounds in the world have nothing to do with studios.
News: Dominik von Werdt releases "Fuck Yeah The Tape"
Bern, Switzerland-based Dominik von Werdt has a pretty rad, minimal style going for him and in this new mixtape he just put out called "Fuck Yeah The Tape", you can seriously see how that can make for a pretty exciting time listening to his choices, treatments and …
Emerging: BLACKBLACK
Okay, so maybe this isn't a story of overnight success, but success all the same.
Download: Tilly & the Wall unleash That Remix Sucks
A collection of previously released (and unreleased) remixes of tracks from Omaha's smiliest indie pop-slinging kids ever, Tilly & the Wall, That Remix Sucks (from Team Love) features the likes of CSS, James Yuill, Tom Knight, La La Lepus and No Context all trying …
Download: DJ Wool - "The Star of East Berlin"
DJ Wool aka Glen Brady aka one-half of The Glass (where is that new record guys?) has just put out a new single on Plant Music called "The Star of East Berlin" and, along with the original mix, he's offering up a whole package of remixes (including Sharkslayer, Mike …
Getting Sassy with...Peasant
We here around THE CULTURE OF ME were once obsessed with all things relating to Sassy and Dirt
magazines.
JanuaryJan 21 Wednesday 09
Live: Koko Dozo bring the Illegal Space Aliens out for b-day show
That's right you guys.