I’d be surprised if you haven’t yet heard this little ditty from Neon Neon, a collaboration between Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and way-out-there hip-hop producer Boom Bip. The 80’s big beat and synthesizers give me flashbacks to roller skating parties from yesteryear. Did somebody say this song was “couples only”?
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What’s going on in Canada? Our neighbors to the north have given us yet another band who likes to play with toys…known simply (and quite terribly) as Holy Fuck. This time, not only are we greeted with toy keyboards as with their fellow countrymen, Sunset Rubdown, but also a cacophony of toy phaser [...]
Electronic music can sometimes be a guilty pleasure, especially when it’s the kind of electro-funk groove you know is being played at the nearest shitty club. But what Sam Sparro offers is something a little bit different. This young whiteboy from Australia and his gospel-trained vocals have drawn comparisons to both Prince and [...]
I remember seeing The Bird and the Bee at the Silverlake Lounge about 3 or 4 years ago when they were still a blip in the mess that is the Los Angeles music scene. Since then they’ve released three studio albums, one EP and two LP’s, and have managed to ride the fine line [...]
Having a great name always helps, but I’m a little bit biased about Champagne, Illinois’ Headlights because they played a party in my shitty Hollywood living room way back when. They’re finally picking up some long-awaited steam so look for ‘em wherever it is that you shop for music these days…be it the iTunes [...]
