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On Air

We don’t often post radio mixes, but then they don’t usually sound like Timbaland raping a Gameboy. Hudson Mohawke is doing strange and amazing things to R&B. Marvel at his appearance on this week’s Mary Anne Hobbs show. Hudson Mohawke – Exclusive Mix for Mary Anne Hobbs on Radio 1 [mp3]

25.08.08.

Dollar Bin

Jeezy may not have made the all-star

25.08.08.

Desert Storm

Lawrence Arabia – Talk About Good Times Like a fuzzy mirage of psych-pop awesomeness, Lawrence Arabia‘s debut LP only recently appeared on our horizon. Somehow it came out in 2006 and has just been rereleased in the UK. Can our favourite album of 2008 be two years old? OF COURSE IT CAN. Lawrence Arabia – [...]

01.08.08.

Splitsville

Nelson – I Say You Can’t Stop In which Parisien quartet Nelson prove they started the split screen revival, not Magistrates.

01.08.08.

The End Of The Affair

Metronomy – Heartbreaker In which the great British seaside mends a broken heart. This is the sound of our summer.

01.08.08.

Dark Knights

Twin Crystals – Two Girls Video Homage #1: In which director Dandilion Wind channels Joel Schumacher with a budget recreation of the fluro gang party in Batman and Robin.

01.08.08.

Jumper

Spiritualized – You Lie, You Cheat Video Homage #2: In which director and dick-obsessed art turd Jake Chapman shamelessly rips off an old Jam sketch.

01.08.08.

Be Kind, Rewind

YACHT – Summer Song Video Homage #3: In which YACHT undertake a shot-for-shot remake of a scene from 1988′s ridiculous Tapeheads. (With thanks to FADER.)

01.08.08.

Yo Homes, Smell You Later

Shad – The Old Prince Still Lives At Home Video Homage #4: In which the opening credits from Fresh Prince Of Bel Air are lovingly (and hilariously) recreated. Shad – The Old Prince Still Lives At Home [mp3]

01.08.08.

ON: Supersoul Recordings

Today is a day we will spend drinking and dancing and not going to the toilet in roads around west London. It also sees the release of Nobody Knows Anything, an anthology of tracks from Berlin’s Supersoul Recordings on DFA‘s Death From Abroad imprint. Across two glorious CDs you will find many genres ending in [...]

01.08.08.

The Past