This performances bodes well for their Dublin date next week. A band that have come on leaps and bounds. Plus… BASS SOLO!
This weekly chart consists of ten of my favourite tunes right now including a some fine instrumental electronica from Monk Fly and The Boog-A-Loo Crew, the new MGMT-esque single from Baby Monster on BigStereo records, remixes of Massive Attack and UGK, new Reverse Engineering (remember them?) and new tunes from Warp’s Gonjasufi and the intriguing Sunglasses.
- Sunglasses – Whiplash – must see music video below.
- Baby Monster – She Comes Alive – More info at BigStereo
- Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto remix)
- Monk Fly – Hurry Chops – Order from Daly City
- Reverse Engineering – Boa (feat. Jasmine) - More on Soundcloud
Vermont choral-folk three-piece Mountain Man deliver a stunning performance in a reverberating tunnel for Yours Truly. Soothing stuff. Two more after the jump but this is the pick of the bunch.
Thankfully, this We Are The World have NOTHING to do with this. ‘Clay Stones’ is the first single in IAMSOUND’s The LA Collection is a series of limited edition split 7-inch vinyl singles. This first release from dance music’s beekeeper lookalikes We Are The World is not a split but expect further releases in the series to include the likes of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Moonrats, Fool’s Gold, Local Natives, Dead Man’s Bones, Rainbow Arabia, Nosaj Thing, IO Echo, Pocahaunted, Signals (ex-Mae Shi), Actually and Imaad Wasif. Sounds awesome.
MP3: We Are The World – Clay Stones
Pre-order. WATW’s debut album is out on Manimal Records on April 6th in North America and May 10th in Europe, though if you’re smart you can already get in on eMusic.
Stereogum debuted another track from the band called ‘Fight Song’ today.
This viral series is beginning to feel like a saga. At least, it’s nearly at the end. This time around we get puppies playing in the snow, actual music, a bee and closeup shots of the girl’s face. Still no idea who it is but I don’t think it’s Christina Aguilera anymore though funnily enough, it looks a lot like Lady Gaga. Margaret Berger is the latest likely contender. The video title translates to: M.A.N.D.R.A.G.O.R.A. C.
Good news for fans of men doing delightful things with light boxes and noise. Daedelus is releasing a new EP called Righteous Fists Of Harmony on flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder on the 22nd of March in the first of the label’s internationally distributed releases.
The 8-track EP will be less beat-heavy than his last album Love to Make Music To if the bossanova-chill of ‘Order Of The Golden Dawn’ featuring his wife Laura Darlington and the accompanying celestial fairytale promo video featuring another EP tune ‘Fin De Siecle’ is anything to go by.
The title comes from the name of Chinese secret society and resistant fighters in the time of The Boxer Rebellion in 1898 who believed they had magical powers. They were martial artists, practised calisthenics, believed they were bulletproof and able to fly. Oh, and that they could raise the dead. Daedelus plays Dublin on March 31st. Tracklisting after the jump.
Egyptian Hip Hop are a young four-piece who are are not from Cairo and don’t make rap. Who would of thought?
Instead, the much-touted yet very young Mancunians make burgeoning…, well it’s almost too early to tell really, but you can include an impressive ability to explore synths, off-kilter guitar music and post-punk rhythms. ‘Heavenly’ is the best thing they’ve done so far but the 12 minute experimental Battles-esque collaboration with LA Priest ‘Nifeo’ is just as interesting in concept. Like with any young band worth their salt these days, the drummer has delved into remixing too by remixing fellow city-dwellers May 68 and their own tunes.
Look out for the debut single on Late of the Pier’s Zarcorp label available for Pre-Order from Pure Groove.
MP3: Egyptian Hip Hop – Heavenly
We’ve had two singles from The Golden Filter since they appeared this time last year. ‘Solid Gold’ and ‘Thunderbird’ were knockout tunes that boded well for future material. Well that time is almost here. The debut album Voluspa is out on April 23rd through Brille and they’ve just debuted the newest single ‘Hide Me’ from it.
On first listen, Voluspa has plenty going for it – it’s a great mix of disco, electronics, ambience, synths and strings and ‘Hide Me’ might just be the poppiest thing they’ve done thus far.
MP3: The Golden Filter – Hide Me
Videos and tracklisting after the jump.
A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin.
Lots of great local lineups this week around town with a couple more Haiti benefits as well as recommended international gigs from Beach House (sold out), Tune-Yards, Breakage (Roots Manuva and Burial appear on his forthcoming album – hear his Roots and Flying Lotus collaborations below), DMX Krew, Midlake, The Leisure Society and more. Sample MP3s below too.
Tuesday 9th February
- Trashed (Indie/Electro club) @ Andrew’s Lane Theatre (10.30pm, €5)
- C U Next Tuesday (indie/electro/pop/dance) @ Crawdaddy (11pm, €3/5)
Wednesday 10th February
- Jamie T @ The Academy (Sold Out)
- Antics presents Neosupervital (indie club @ Crawdaddy (€5, 11pm)
Thursday 11th February
- Sidetracked (Indie, Dancey Disco) @ Chocolate Bar, The Pod (8pm – 11pm, Free)
- David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) @ Whelan’s (€15)
- Jonny Fun & the Hesitations, Land Lovers, Seeping into Cinemas @ Anseo (€5)
- Trinity Arts Festival: Heathers, We Cut Corners, Little Green Cars, Wounds @ The Village (€8)
- Cancelled: Drop Haiti’s Debt: Cathy Davey, Julie Feeney, Villagers & more @ Vicar Street, Dublin (€20)
- Soundcheck Celebrity premiere @ Spy (7pm / Free before 11pm, €5 after – Screening of The Room from 9:30pm)
- PANDAmonium! Relaunch with Kieran Delorentos, Aero vs Loro @ Shebeen Chic (Free)
While I can’t say their new album Oversteps does anything for me at the moment (Autechre are mostly something to be appreciated not loved*) this rare FACT mix indeed does push all the right buttons.
A surefire mix of everything the duo love, it’s got hip-hop from the Wu Tang, Q-Tip to drill and bass, sub-quaking distortion and a metal song interlude. No tracklisting is available as yet. Autechre play The Button Factory with Rob Hall on April 23rd thanks to U:Mack.
* Some individual tracks from Amber and Tri Repeatae are amazing examples of ’90s electronica at its best like Tri Repeatae’s ‘Clipper’:
MP3: Autechre – Clipper
Here is a related mix from Irish act Solen who mashed up The Wu-Tang with Autechre over the course of 30 minutes to breathless effect.
RAPIDSHARE ZIP: Solen – Wutechre mix
Also, remember the glorious headfuck of a video for ‘Gantz Graf’? See it after the jump. More..»
