Scottish left-field ElectroPoppers Silver Columns have just re-released their single ‘Brow Beaten’ and this time it’s got itself a video.
The clip, directed by Kieran Evans is on long training montage with a twist.
‘Brow Beaten’ is out now on Moshi Moshi.
We missed out on posting this a few days ago, dunno’ why, just one of those things.
Anyway, this is the new, fascinating, video from ElectroPop artist Mr. Fogg. It’s amazingly well co-ordinated and all shot in one take.
Apparently, Mr. Fogg, took the idea to the label and various video producers who all said it would cost a shit-load, so he thought ‘fuck it’ and did it himself on next to no budget (and no camera tricks or cuts!). Seriously, that amount of organizing in Trafalgar Square would have been a nightmare!
The song’s pretty cool too!
‘Answerphone’ is out s21st March 2011.
More X-mas tunes for you, this time courtesy of our favourite Bedroom Pop producer I Am Noxious.
Or is it an X-mas tune? In Mr. Noxious’ own words “It’s a X-mas song. Well it’s not really. But it’s got bells, a melancholic pop melody, naive lyrics and the word “Snowman” in the song title so basically it is… But it’s not.”
Well, it sounds X-massy to me, in that particular self-deprecating British way all the best 80’s X-Mas Pop tunes were. With it’s nice use of electro toms and arpeggios in a sleigh-bell kinda’ way and it’s optimism-in-the-face-of-adversity it seem to me to sit in the same X-mas category as Jona Lewie’s ‘Stop The Cavalry’. Or maybe, as the listener, I am just as naive as the metaphorical titular snowman, but this song makes me think of School Discos and mistletoe.
Keep an eye on I Am Noxious’ MySpace, I’m sure he has big plans for the new year!
It’s pretty fair to say I’m a little obsessed with Bag Raiders’ ‘Way Back Home’, in fact their whole self-titled début album is a work of genius.
Considering I can’t get enough of the track new reMixes are always welcome. Enter Sydney man-of-mystery Universe who pulls the ElectroPop powerhouse of a track into Tropical, Cosmic Disco, territory. Turning the upbeat, almost anthemic, original into a lazy, hazy, summer jam with some rad percussive touches.
♫ Bag Raiders – Way Back Home (Universe reMix)
‘Way Back Home’ is taken from Bag Raider’s album, out right now!
Today see the release of Canada’s finest sleazy DiscoPop duo AXXE ’s début ‘proper’ EP on Montreal house label Mile End Records.
Titled ‘Mainstream’ the EP is a collection of reMixes from their self released double A-side single ‘Hard Candy’/’S.A.T,.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ that wend down so well with us early in the year. Featuring the skills of the likes of Worship, Neon Workout, Cavaliers Of Fun, Zakolski, Meroz and these two reMixes here. Dave Allison bring his appropriately named ‘Disco Dust Dub’ to the EP, which is, as it sounds, a deep Disco groove and a real 4am on the dancefloor track. Blond:ish & Stephen Hoffman reMix is altogether Techier, and is pure Big Room House goodness.
♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (Dave Allison’s Disco Dust Dub)
♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (Blond:ish reMix By Blond:ish & Stephan Hoffman)
The original tracks were awesome, and some of the names associated with this reMix package make it a definite purchase!
Here we have recent DFA signing Woolfy’s video for his new EP ‘Looking Glass’
Woolfy is LA based Londoner Simon James who’s new EP is a particularly epic, Post-Punky, journey through Dirty Disco and SynthPop and includes a reMix by Canyons.
The gorgeous video was directed by Collin LaFleche.
The ‘Looking Glass’ EP is out now.
Lindbergh Palace started life as Jonathan Benedict, Josh Harris and some pretty high profile reMixes for the likes of Rihanna and The Killers. Now alongside singer Leah Hayes and Alex Hamadey they are carving out their own unique space in the world of interesting ElectroPop.
Lead by Jonathan and Leah the Brooklyn based outfit have an EP coming out later in the year, this track ‘Scary’ is a perfect example of their audio adventures with analog synthesizers and old drum machines. Musically equal parts Minimal-Synth, ElectroPop and Indie-Electro and topped with Leah’s sometimes wistful, sometimes haunting vocals, all four tracks on the EP are defiantly worth a listen. Particularly the shuffling rhythmd Electro of ‘Starz’ and ‘Day’s Don’t Fade’, which sounds kinda’ like Dreamwave with a New York flavour.
Lindbergh Palace’s début EP is out in December, until the go check them out on MySpace and pick up some of their reMixes:
Ex-Depeche Mode man Alan Wilder’s Recoil will be bringing it’s ‘A Strange Hour’ tour to the US as well as releasing ‘Selected’, a hand picked collection of some of Recoil’s finest work.
The album contains many of Alan’s collaborations spanning 22 years of the Recoil project including Diamanda Galás, JoeRichardson, Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb), Nicole Blackman, Samantha Coerbell, Toni Halliday (Curve) and Maggie Estep.
‘Recoil Selected’ is available now to download and as a 2CD set.
Check Selected-Recoil for tour dates.
A few months ago a band I’m in had the pleasure of gigging with May68, back then they were, like, a New York style garage Indie-Rock band. Since then they have gone all DiscoPop and caught the attention of Kitsuné Music.
Their second single, after ‘My Way’s, with be ‘The Prisoner’ released next month. To mark the occasion they re giving away this reMix by Manc electronic legend Mark Reeder who gives the track a nice 90’s Dance Pop feel.
♫ May68 – The Prisoner (Mark Reeder’s
Runaway Radio reMix)
‘The Prisoner’ is out next month with reMixes from Cécile, Vicarious Bliss & Tomb Crew.
Looks like it’s video day!
WE ARE FROM L.A. have put together this video for Yelle’s new single ‘La Musique’, it’s like a crazy pop-culture obsessed animated disaster movie.
Enjoy:
‘La Musique’ came out this week!
