Welder

Do you all remember Eskmo? Well he released a wicked good beat heavy s/t album last year but now it seems the San Franciscan has gone on to concentrate on something a bit but luckily not completely different. That being his Welder project. Welder has just released a new album titled Florescence. The new stuff is more percussive and adventurous than Eskmo, and somehow sounds more like the Ninja Tunes material we're used to hearing than Eskmo's album which actually was released on Ninja Tunes. The man (Brendan Angelides) says making the album helped him through a tough period of his life and I can imagine that same would apply to those listening to it.
Get the album here http://www.weldersounds.com/ or stream it below.

Run (mp3)

James Vincent Mcmorrow - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)

Sexy voiced Irish songsmith James Vincent Mcmorrow loves doing cover versions. Well, I don't know if that's true. Maybe he hates them and they're just some record company's gimmick but when he does them he does them well. The man gained a somewhat cult-ish following after his cover of Willow Smith's 'Whip My Hair' and now he's at it again with a version of Chris Isaak's 'Wicked Game' which is perhaps more widely known as my choice of karaoke song. Oh yeah, I could go on forever about that time I got a 99% score on the easy level of the Wii's version of Singstar doing this song, but I'll save that for another time.

This is James Vincent Mcmorrow doing Wicked Game (mp3). (not sure if he'd beat my 99% score though)

Fair Ohs - Pacific Rim

To celebrate the fact that today is the first time in two months that my new shitty little usb modem has picked up the 3G network I thought I'd write a post. For all you non tech-savvy folks like myself 3G means good happy times whereas 2G means punch-yourself-in-the-face frustration. Great to see I'm getting my money's worth.

Anyway, what would be a better way to return to the blog than long time AGDTC favorites Fair Ohs, who've now released a limited edition 7" recording of their early more garage punk style tunes called Pacific Rim. Most of the tunes here are rapidfire in-your-face energized frenzies which tend to clock in at just under 1 minute. See 'I'm A Woman, I'm Your Wife' (mp3)


Get the whole thing over at Tough Love Records

If you need convincing, the whole thing's up for listening on soundcloud this week.
http://soundcloud.com/tough-love/sets/fair-ohs-pacific-rim-early

Spotify playlist of my favourite songs of 2011

Watch me go! 3 posts in one day. I'm on fire baby.
Ok you might argue that none of my posts are any good or well written but, whatever, it's all the about the music baby... Am I right?

Good.

Because I bring thee my Spotify playlist of Doom! And by Doom! I mean favourite songs of the year so far. I'm gonna keep on updating this baby as long as I keep finding ace tunes.

Spotify playlist of Doom!

(Oh yeah, you might need Spotify to make this work. Just a hint.)

Justice - Audio Video Disco

Lalalaalaa

Here I am watching the new Justice video for Audio Video Disco on a school computer without sound trying to remember what the song sounds like. I heard it over the weekend a few times but now have no idea how it goes. Picturing how the images go together with the sounds...
Why do they have guitars in the video? Are there guitars in the song? I can't remember. My brain is like a fucking sieve.

Here I am wondering if the Justice song I've just made up in my head is actually better than the real thing. Who knows? Right now it's a mix between Phantom pt. 2 and Mr. President's Coco Jambo, but it keeps morphing and I don't know what's coming next.

Anyway, as Arsene Wenger would say: "Ere eez ze viideo for Audio Video Disco." And you can download the mp3 from here


Justice - AUDIO, VIDEO, DISCO. by justice

Hiatus & Shura

Yet another one, that's taken me ages to post. But now I'm back at uni I can use these computers.
Easy-peasy.

Anyway.

Is this one of the best songs I've heard all year?
- Yes

Is this the kind of music I'd love to make if I were that way talented?
- Hell yes

Does this show that a dubstep influenced producer can work seamlessly with a singer-songwriter?
- It most definitely does. (if you perhaps weren't entirely convinced by James Blake & Bon Iver...)

Hiatus (Cyrus Shahard) released his debut album Ghost Notes last year and it featured this cracking tune which was released as a single this April on the 30th anniversary of the Brixton riots in London. It seems somewhat ironic that I heard his new track, his collaboration with songstress Shura (Aleksandra Denton), at roughly the same time as the latest London riots. New track Fortune's Fool isn't much of a political statement though. 'Tis a good old fashioned love song but, you know, with sexy beats and Shura's beautiful haunting vocals and guitar-work looped up and down and all around. Oh Yes.

Starsmith - Lesson One

Under Seige 2 was on TV last night but because I haven't got a TV (take note Finnish TV-licence inspectors and stop wasting your time) I couldn't watch Steven Seagal kick shit-loads of ass.

But as everyone rushed home from our football game in time to get in on that action, I remebered an e-mail I recieved from this dude with an incredibly similar name to Mr. Seagal telling me about Starsmith's new EP 'Lesson One' and how I should probably listen to it and that I should probably write about it on here.

Fair do's. This happened ages ago and since then the EP's already seen the light of day as it dropped on August 22nd but I'm still gonna get in on that action.

You might have heard of Starsmith before as he's been producing all sorts recently but perhaps what he's most known for is his work on a certain Ellie Goulding's debut album.

Now however it's time to spread your own wings Mr. Smith and get your own beats out there.

Starsmith - Lesson One by Vulture Music

Starsmith - Champion by Vulture Music