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New Whitest Boy Alive Video - “Golden Cage”

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:12:59 +0000

Italian online TV station QOOB held a fan-made video contest for Erlend Øye-project The Whitest Boy Alive, and the winning clip is a treat for your computer-burned retinas. Vid-maker Mauro Vecchi sets some famous optical illusions to the laggard, dry...

Let it bee

magnusk — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:53:00 +0000

An Italian label, My Honey Records, has just released a compilation CD featuring f.e. Luisa Mandou um Beijo, The Smittens, Celestial, Mutt Ramon, Mocca, The Shermans, Watoo Watoo, Locas in Love and lots of other bands, all in all 20 bands from all over the world. The songs all have a common theme, namely bees and/or honey.

Should you fancy a copy, contact Paolo at info@myhoney.it.

Complete tracklisting

Tom Waits Finally Settles

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:39:41 +0000

Way back in September '05, we mentioned the lawsuit Tom Waits initiated over an ad campaign run by a German division of GM, mimicking his vocal style without permission. And we ran a Tom quote on the issue, just 'cause...

New Cold War Kids Video - “Hang Me Up To Dry”

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:57:36 +0000

It's flapper girls, confession booths, and post-war period-piece attire in this rather stylish "coming attraction" type vid for one of our fave Cold War Kids tunes, "Hang Me Up To Dry." The Mallory Bros. (White Stripes, Foo Fighters) produced and...

Search With Meat Loaf

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:07:45 +0000

While Googling your ex-girlfriend's name at work, ever wish, "what would really make this net-sleuthing session great is an image of Meat Loaf, looking down on me knowingly, saying 'I'd do anything for love -- even that?'" Well your deviant...

Yo! MTV Crap: “Don’t Give Up”

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:19:14 +0000

Twice a week we dig up a music video so ill-conceived it's no wonder MTV stopped playing the damn thing. But hey, at least we learned something... "Don't Give Up" Peter Gabriel (Feat. Kate Bush), 1986 THE CONCEPT Peter Gabriel...

Lily’s Pick For Most Overrated Pop Star

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:34:16 +0000

Everybody's-MySpace-friend Lily Allen is on the verge of a US invasion, beginning with a 2/3 performance on SNL and followed by a string of big city shows -- making this a perfect time for loudmouthing. And we bit. Here's Lily's...

The Shins’ Marty Crandall Lists His Top 5s

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:31:26 +0000

Less exciting that crawling inside Thom's iPod, sure, but we're always curious to know what's rocking our favorite artists' headphones. And since today is Office day, why not go with Jim Halpert's favorite band? The Shins keyboard man Marty Crandall...

Gilmore Girls Indie Talk Overload

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:51:33 +0000

Sometimes we have Gilmore Girls nights. Especially when we're asked (forced) to. And though Gilmore always throws in indie references, this exchange seemed a little over the top (starting with pregnant Lane's Eddie Argos love). Watch it here, sorta halfway...

Review The View

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:15:37 +0000

The latest buzzy sensations from the UK are The View, and we'll be the first to admit that we're plenty late with 'em (we've had just about enough of the bratty, post-Libertines ska-punk-rock-what-have-you). Listened a bit awhile back, didn't think...

Jay-Z Coming To The LES?

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:35:42 +0000

Pardon the NY-centric news for a second, guys; if you've never been on the Lower East Side, you (hopefully) know nothing of the cheeseball-attracting, blemish of a club called Libation. Its recent closing was enough to get blogs talking, giving...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Mercury Lounge, NYC 1/25/07

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:30:29 +0000

The Clap's 1AM show at Mercury was officially the worst kept "secret" in NYC yesterday (err, today?). A long line of ticket holders and list dwellers froze while the door was sorted, and we (like good little concert whores) stayed...

Shaun Slaughter

Rchrd Oh?! — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:48:58 +0000

Shaun Slaughter is a DJ from Sacramento who has been at the decks for more than nine years. With about six years of mixing under his belt this boy is sure to stick it to the beat. He runs a few night clubs in Sacramento(Lipstick, Vicious) and even has a residency at club night Nouveau in New York City. The DJ’s and musicians that he’s shared turntables with is too extensive to list, and he has won numerous awards for his talents.

His mixes are not your ordinary remixes. They don’t stray too much from the original song, yet still make most of these older songs sound new and refreshing. It’s good to hear someone pulling off original material with just hands and records. Not only is he not a laptop DJ(no offense) but he has a great personality and he “loves fucking music.”

Check this guy out if you see him on the bill and go read his blog here, where you can download many of his mixes for free. This is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

If you are in San Francisco go check him out for Club Loaded at the Rickshaw Stop with Nightmoves(Kitsune) and DJ’s Omar, Audrock, and Ricky Hailey on Friday February 2nd.

Daft Punk- “Primetime of Your Life” (Shaun Slaughter Remix) (mp3)

I’m A Cliche

Casper C. — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:20:00 +0000

pic: dirtydirtydancing

I sometimes find it hard to believe just how consistently fantastic Claude Von Stroke's output is. He came straight out of leftfield with some of my favourite tracks of last year, and he seems to have done it again with this great job on the flip of Mikael Well's Silmarions. Sometimes I find it hard to avoid playing several CVS tracks in the same set, and this slow burning banger certainly adds to the dilemma.

Mikael Well - Silmarions (Claude Von Stroke Remix)
Buy From Phonica

Another couple of acts I find it hard to leave alone are Buraka Som Sistema, and our Fluo buddies Bonde Do Role. The Gasolina track has just promoed with further remixes from Radioclit and Scottie B, and Gorky was kind enough to 'lend' us this little DJ friendly dub for your delectation.

Bonde Do Role - Gasolina (Buraka Som Sistema Dub)
Check Ben Skull Juice's Phonica Chart

Ok, we all know the UK is going to reclaim the dance music crown this year, with the rise and rise of Dubsided, the new Simian Mobile Disco studio album due out in April and, of course, a certain member of the aristocracy who we have mentioned on here a couple of times. But with Yuksek poised to be yet another French star of the electronic scene, perhaps this musical Waterloo isn;t about to end any time soon. Ths remix for Franz and Shape, on Relish, is another piece of stabbing electro which just works wonders on the dancefloor.

Franz and Shape - Maximum Joy (Yuksek Remix)
Pursue Forthcoming Maximum Joy

I can't even remember where, why or how I came across this remix, but a remix of Smack My Beat Up has to be worth sharing with the world. Quite frankly, I am a little sick of the DJ axis caning this song right up to the present day, it sounded amazing at breaks clubs throughout the 90s but has kind of lost a little of the surprise factor now for any one other than the greenest nightclub pedestrians... This remix isn;t going to change the world but, hey, it's a fresh twist on the original, and by my reckoning would mix perfectly into the Digitalism re-rub of The Cure in any fluffy electro-house establishment you'd care to mention... As far as I can tell though, Mantrix appear to be a psy-trance outfit by day, which doesn't surprise me quite honestly.

Mantrix - Smack My Bitch Up
Go Home, And rethink Your Life

Indie Love Songs

scott@stereogum.com — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:10:45 +0000

In the mood for love, indie kids? Released this week in the UK is It's A Beautiful Thing: Indie Love Songs, a collection of, yep, Indie Love Songs. (We love explanatory album titles.) Here's the tracklist:01. "English Rose" - The...