Merry Christmas! Here’s some new music!
The Bloody Beetroots are a couple of dudes from Italy who make seriously good electro music . Their tracks are massive and explosive bringing a sense of cocaine induced danger to the dancefloor, total club bangers.
16 years ago
The Flaming Lips release The Dark Side of the Moon cover album
A few weeks ago I mentioned that The Flaming Lips were set to release a cover of Pink Floyds, The Dark Side of the Moon.
16 years ago
Rage Against The X Factor
The New York Times recently printed a really cool story about a man and a dream . The man is Jon Morter and the dream was trying to get the song 'Killing in the Name' by Rage Against the Machine to sell more copies than the new single 'The Climb' by Joe McElderry from the British tv show 'The X Factor'.
16 years ago
New Radiohead!
Thom Yorke and company are heading back into the studio this January to record a new album, and that is awesome! It’s been almost 3 years since the release of the acclaimed In Rainbows record and even though Radiohead have released two brand new songs this past August via their website, Dead Air Space, ‘Harry […]16 years ago
Vibrant Society
Vibrant Society is three guys that create massively heavy rock and will stone you until you bleed . And they live right here in your very own city! A few months ago I was lucky enough to be introduced to their debut EP 609 and was instantly hooked.
16 years ago
RIP Brittany Murphy
Not only did Brittany have the chops to make it as an actor she wasn’t too bad of a singer either. Check it… Read about Brittany here. sean.16 years ago
Fabriclive 49: Buraka Som Sistema
Fabric is a much venerated dance club and record label housed in London who book quality acts and release quality records from electro artists who span the globe.
16 years ago
Mixtape Mixers
Old Fashioned Recipie 2 oz bourbon whiskey 2 dashes Angostura bitters 1 splash water 1 tsp sugar 1 maraschino cherry 1 orange wedge Mix sugar, water and angostura bitters in an old-fashioned glass. Drop in a cherry and an orange wedge. Muddle into a paste using a muddler or the back end of a spoon. […]16 years ago
New Music: Olga Bell
If Bjork had a little sister with big talent her name would be Olga Bell. Also known as Bell, she was born in Moscow, raised in Alaska and has been making the rounds in NYC for the past three years to much acclaim. Her vocals drip with restrained emotion over the lush and spacey electro […]16 years ago
Pretty Lights is pretty amazing
As I write this I'm being taken aback by just how Pretty Lights can sound like nothing I've ever heard . It's electro, dancey and upbeat like lots of music I've listened to yet this music sounds completely fresh and original.
16 years ago
Fridays Mixtape: Karin Dreijer Andersson
The Knife (link to ) are an electro pop duo who hail from Sweden and are without question one of the most impressive acts making the rounds today. Karin Dreijer Andersson's haunting and shrill yet whimsically childlike vocals wreak havoc on your heart while her beat production savant brother Olof creates music that defies the laws of awesome. Listen to the mixtape episode here. (link to
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16 years ago
The Smashing Pumpkins release new music.
Neo-psychedelic alternative rockers, The Smashing Pumpkins, are back with a brand new album. Well, sort of. The only lasting member of the band, Billy Corgan, is going to give this music thing one more shot and has announced a new web-based project that he’s calling Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. Corgan will be releasing 44 new singles […]16 years ago
Sean’s Night Out: Dance Party U.S.A.
Sean dances it out at Fighter X, Lexicon Don, and Keenhouse show at Nectar.16 years ago
New music videos from the artists you need to love.
Chromeo. If you like sensual seduction and sex-laced synthpop, then this is for you. If not, then stay away from here! Peaches. If you you like dance parties mixed with sexy parties then you will like her. She rules the school, when she’s not skipping class or smoking around back. sean.16 years ago
A night of metal at El Corazon
This past Friday my buddy Erynn and I headed over to El Corazon, a small rock club that hosts mainly hardcore and metal bands, to check out local guys Akimbo.
16 years ago
Annie doesn’t like your band.
I first stumbled upon Norwegian electro pop sweetheart Annies debut cd, Anniemal, several years ago whilst at the library. I popped it in my cd player and loved it, especially the track ‘Heartbeat’ which was co-written by another really awesome Norwegian outfit called Royksopp. Annie has the kind of breathy vocals that make the hair […]16 years ago
The Flaming Lips cover Pink Floyd.
A couple of days ago I wrote about cover songs and how I've found a new respect for them . Well isn't it convenient that I stumble upon the fact that The Flaming Lips, one of the best psychadelic experimental rock bands around has recorded a cover of Pink Floyds' 'Dark Side of the Moon' album.
16 years ago
She & Him Vol 2
For those of you who fell in love with the indie folk duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward known as She & Him I have some very good news. She & Him Vol 2 has been recorded and will be released in the spring of 2010! Here’s a little of what M. Ward had […]16 years ago
Cover your ass
聽 聽 Paste has put out a 30 Best Cover Songs of the Decade list and for the most part these songs are actually pretty good. I’ve always believed that the original composition of whatever it is that you’re enjoying, whether it be music, movies, television shows and so on is all that you should […]16 years ago
Name that tune.
This Friday’s mixtape is going to knock you off your feet! I’ve got a few mixes at home that are a work in progress and I figured why not just start one right here. So, Kristina and I gathered up some really great songs that all have someones name in the title and went to […]16 years ago
Listen to Memory Tapes
I’ve just heard about this guy from New Jersey called Dayve Hawk, aka Memory Tapes. He makes electro pop that is really, really good. Hawk blends spacey, atmospheric vocals with bleeps and bloops sprinkled throughout and smooth yet dancey grooves that carry you away. Memory Tapes’ full length debut album ‘Seek Magic’ is out now […]16 years ago
Seans Night Out: Squirt
Squirt is a band that you really need to see live in order to fully appreciate the raw energy and extreme rock and roll that is so fiercely shoved in your face. That’s why it’s too bad you’ll never get to see them play. Ever. Here’s a brief history of the band from their Myspace […]16 years ago
Sleigh Bells.
Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss have been involved in the music scene for a while now and it's only recently that I've known of their existence.