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The Lost World



For this week's Dollars To Pounds I spoke to the retardedly awesome Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. Head over to the FADER blog and grab an exclusive new track. We are going on holiday so it will be a bit quiet around here next week. See you soon.

Posted by: Scott 26/06/09


Deep Purple



How To Plunge A Respectable Slice Of West Country Soul Into Deranged G-Step Psychosis, Part 9. Starring The Heavy and Joker.

The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (Joker Radio Edit) [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 26/06/09


I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK


Marina And The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot

In which the awesome Marina, Rankin and several gallons of glittery body paint combine.

Posted by: Scott 25/06/09


Black Clouds



I don't write many live reviews. Mainly because I'm shit at it. But last night I went to see Jack White's new megaband The Dead Weather and you can read my ill-considered opinions at the NME blog.

Posted by: Scott 24/06/09


Turning Tide



Our pal His Clancyness is bound to cause waves (HA!) with this crisp and wayward cover of So Bored, but hopefully he will avoid a drug-induced on-stage meltdown. Get well soon, Nathan!

His Clancyness - So Bored (Wavves cover) [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 22/06/09


321 : Mazes



Mazes are one of our favourite new bands. They write jams. Jams about knives and awesome Grandparents. Read the very sweet story behind Bowie Knives at our NME blog and after the jump main dude Jack Cooper does the 321. [Continues...]

Mazes - Bowie Knives [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 19/06/09


Shallow Grave



A Grave With No Name's amazing debut EP came out yesterday so I spoke to main dude Alex Shields for my FADER blog. I asked him utterly retarded questions like "what is your favourite happy song" and he answered in good humour. He rules. Here is a great little track I found at Meal Deal Records.

A Grave With No Name - Sofia [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 16/06/09


Hush-A-Bye


The XX, live at Point Ephemere, Paris (29.04.09)

Sometimes when it is late and we cannot sleep (will Chuck and Blair's love last?) we see The XX sitting at the end of the bed staring at us with benign smiles and after a moment we plunge into uneasy dreams. It is spooky but comforting and much better than the nights we see Blazin' Squad.

Posted by: Scott 12/06/09


321 : Highlife



F KENYA RIP is the work of Highlife, AKA Sleepy Doug Shaw from White Magic. You can read about the awesome genesis of this great song at the NME blog. Sleepy Doug told us the phrase he repeats in F KENYA RIP has "been heard as 'Les Dames a l'eau', which though probably spelt wrong here, roughly translates as 'The Ladies in the Water, but the actual phrase is 'Madame Zehae Ala.'" So now you can sing along. Sleepy Doug (I love that name) kindly sent over a newly mastered version of that song and took time to answer our 321 questions. After the jump he tells us about Lions in Comas and hanging out with RZA. [Continues...]

Highlife - F KENYA RIP [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 10/06/09


Going For Gold



Gold Panda is responsible for my favourite sentences of the year: "I'd like to see a monkey slap that Bare Grill (or whatever his fucking name is) idiot. I'd like to see a monkey slap him off a fucking cliff." Read more at this week's Dollars To Pounds on the FADER blog. Here is his dizzying remix of Telepathe's classic (already?) Chrome's On It sent our way by the lovely Laser Club who play host to Mr Panda this Friday night at the Legion.

Telepathe - Chrome's On It (Gold Panda Remix) [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 08/06/09


Bronze Age



There was a girl who lived in London town, but the scenes and sounds they would only bring her down, and yet she did enjoy that weekend spent dancing to weird disco in the basement of a Dalston chicken shop, but actually that was probably just the ketamine.

Golden Silvers - Arrows Of Eros (Rat Scallion Remix) [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 05/06/09


The Young & The Restless



The title of this Memory Cassette song reminded me of an awesome old reality TV show called Shattered which was like Big Brother except people were only kicked out when they fell asleep. It was boring until the fourth day when the remaining contestants started talking to invisible dogs and forgetting how to walk and see. I don't remember how it ended, but maybe Friend does. Maybe that girl who went blind imagined herself to an island paradise where she danced to steel drums that were never really there. Or maybe she won a car.

Memory Cassette - Last One Awake (Friend Version) [mp3] [Buy from Acephale]

Posted by: Scott 03/06/09


Doctor D'Amour


Photo by Billy und Hells

Dear Internet, recently we have neglected you. Sorry about that. Expect a higher frequency of our bullshit over the coming weeks. Thankfully, this drivel will be backed up by music so good it will make your ears bleed daydreams. At our NME blog you can grab a new track from the spookily great Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. It's coming out on the amazing Big Love Records, for whom we have enormous affection. They're also releasing this skronked-out, Afro-Bontempi marvel by Jessie Evans , which just about makes reading this paragraph worthwhile.

Jessie Evans - Scientist Of Love [mp3]

Posted by: Scott 03/06/09


Freak Scene


Banjo Or Freakout in Vasto

Banjo Or Freakout! Phil Spector! Laser Owls! Gentle Friendly! Exclusive Ronettes cover and EP track! All at this week's FADER blog.

Posted by: Scott 01/06/09