Feb 17 2009

Red Blooded Women & Designer Drugs take on the Mode

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What can we say about covers of ‘Enjoy The Silence’? Everyone tries it at least once, most fail miserably. You can’t blame them for trying, though, it is one of the greatest songs ever written after all.

A few succeed…

Luckily, sultry London SynthPop trio Red Blooded Women fall into the later category with this fantastic cover of Depeche Mode’s classic, here given analogue dancefloor treatment by reMixers of the moment Designer Drugs.

♫ Red Blooded Women – Enjoy The Silence (Designer Drugs reMix) (ZShare) (MediaFire)

‘Enjoy The Silence’ is released on 29th March and includes reMixes by Parralox, Heads We Dance, 7th Heaven and Bassmonkey.

The ‘You Made Your Bed’ EP is still available below:

Red Blooded Women @ Planet Clique

Feb 15 2009

It’s Giantess!

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It’s a damn shame it’s February, ‘cos listening to Giantess just makes you want it to be summer!

This Massachusetts lot have a sound where filthy analogue growling jostles for place with bright lead lines and cheeky vocals all done with tongue firmly in cheek!

♫ Giantess – You Were Young (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Giantess – Tuff ‘N’ Stuff (zShare) (MediaFire)

They look like they are a lot of fun live too, hopefully they will make it to these shores soon.

Giantess are currently unsigned but you can give them some MySpace love, there are more tracks there.

Giantess @ MySpace

Feb 15 2009

Heads We Dance cover Kraftwerk

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The Buffetlibre DJs Rewind project claims another victim, this time Leeds ElectroPop dramatists Heads We Dance have only gone and covered Kraftwerk, ain’t they!

♫ Heads We Dance – Computer Love (Kraftwerk Cover) (BL Rewind) (zShare) (MediaFire)

It’s quite a cool, fun, cover in HWD’s usual Electro/Disco style.

Pretty fitting for a band who’s entire catalogue appears to be about some form of machine lovin’ or other, including their 2008 ‘hit’ ‘Love In The Digital Age’

♫ Heads We Dance – Love In The Digital Age (zShare) (MediaFire)

HWD’s clubby ElectroPop goodness is available now!

Heads We Dance @ Amazon

Feb 15 2009

LIGHTS

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Ahh, that timeless story of a girl and her keytar….

Let me introduce to you LIGHTS.

Why?

Well, ‘cos it’s Sunday and LIGHTS is kinda’ ‘Sunday SynthPop’. It’s some pretty chilled tunes, but without being dreary or ambient. This is singer/songwriter stuff. Actually, there is a hint of a female The Postal Service going on here, albeit more optimistic, or a less folksy Lykke Li.

Like I said, girl and her keytar…

Did I mention she’s from Toronto?

♫ LIGHTS – Drive My Soul (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ LIGHTS – The Last Thing On Your Mind (zShare) (MediaFire)

There’s more on her MySpace.

LIGHTS will be here in the UK for a few shows in April and her just released her début EP, which is available below along with a bunch of other cool stuff like comic books and headbands!

LIGHTS @ Lights Store

Feb 13 2009

‘Dem Boots

Last night was wicked. Fan Death didn’t play…boo! But they were replaced by Heartbreak…yay!

Both Heartbreak and Simian Mobile Disco rocked hard!

Little Boots tonight!!! In honour of the occasion, here, have a video of Victoria performing ‘Meddle’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’.

Boots needs boots!

Little Boots @ Beatport

Little Boots @ 7Digital

Little Boots @ Juno

Little Boots @ Amazon

Feb 12 2009

New Marsheaux

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SynthPop superstars Marsheaux, this week, have given us a taste of what to expect from them in the future. The girls are still in the studio putting the finishing touches to their forthcoming album and this track, ‘Breakthrough’, is the first to be completed.

If this is what we should be looking forward to then we are salivating for the full release! This is, IMHO the best track Marsheaux have ever done!

Absolutely spot-on, no-bollocks, classic SynthPop. This is how it should be done!

♫ Marsheaux – Breakthrough (zShare) (MediaFire)

Marsheaux defiantly deserve your attention!

Marsheaux @ 7Digital

Marsheaux @ Amazon

Feb 11 2009

Frankmusik Vs. Fan Death Vs. Frankmusik

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Frankmusik‘s new single ‘Better Off As Two’ is set to drop on April 2nd and is exactly the kind of ElectoPop goodness we’ve come to expect from the guy.

Reporting for reMix duty are Italo-Disco-Art-Kooks Fan Death who bring home the storming Disco bacon with this one!

♫ Frankmusik – Better Off As Two (Fan Death reMix Instrumental) (zShare) (MediaFire)

There had better be a vocal version on the single or someone’s gonna’ pay!

The man brings himself some noise on his own reMix.

♫ Frankmusik – Better Off As Two (Frankmusik reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

All good stuff! Frankmusik and Fan Death can both be devoured at one of the the eateries below.

Frankmusik @ Beatport

Frankmusik @ Juno

Frankmusik @ 7Digital

Feb 7 2009

WestEndGirls drop Pet Shop Boys penned track

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Seriously, what’s not to like about WestEndGirls?

For starters Isabelle is the daughter of Hans Erkendahl from The Mobile Homes, that makes them SECOND GENERATION SYNTHPOP!!! Who’d have thunk such a thing would ever exist?

Secondly, crazy dresses Swedish girls covering, exclusively, Pet Shop Boys songs…duh?!?!

Well, ‘covering, exclusively, Pet Shop Boys songs’, until recently. Now the girls are ready to release an original tune…written by Pet Shop Boys, how convenient! The track was originally going to be part of PSB’s 2001 musical ‘Closer to Heaven’ but never made it.

You can tell it’s a Tennant track, but I get a Depeche Mode vibe for it as well. See what you think.

♫ WestEndGirls – A Little Black Dress (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘A Little Black Dress’ is released on 9th February, and the girls last album, which is all Pet Shop, all the time, is still available.

WestEndGirls @ 7Digital

WestEndGirls @ Amazon

Feb 6 2009

Empire Of The Sun ‘Walking On A Dream’ reMixes

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We’ve finally got hold of the full version of Danger‘s reMix of Empire Of The Sun‘s ‘Walking On A Dream’. We previewed it here, and it doesn’t fail to deliver in Danger’s retro synth stylee.

♫ Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Danger’s Racing Club Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The single, out now , also includes a reMix by Neon Neon.

♫ Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Neon Neon Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go check it out.

Empire Of The Sun @ Beatport

Empire Of The Sun @ Amazon