Celebrity Squares
Is this the gadget that will finally make me give up my vinyl? I'm not sure, but it certainly looks a lot of fun. And a lot of sexy.
It's a 120Gb MP3 player, that also lets you mix tracks together. A pocket DJ system if you will.
I would question whether it's really a good idea to make it even easier for people to become DJs, as sometimes it seems these days that a fast internet connection and a CD wallet full of the latest downloads has replaced a deep and long-standing love of music as qualifications.... but maybe like punk, DJ democracy will turn out to be a good thing.
Time alone will tell.
Then again:
And i'm not sure there'll be much panic at the disco with today's selections. Much as i'd love to go 'here's the SebastiAn remix of Rage Against the Machine, it's AMAZING'.... I won't. Because it's absolutely fucking dreadful.
Have some indie goodness instead.
First we have The Answering Machine, a band that seems to follow in the joyful jangliness of Los Campesinos!. Of course the lyrics aren't very happy happy joy joy, but that won't bother the sweaty teenagers who will bounce around shouting 'and i'll drink till i'm sick'. Before sicking on each other. Probably. Teenagers eh!
THE ANSWERING MACHINE - SILENT HOTELS
Polytechnic are blessed with a fantastic name, which is half the trick in this pop stardom lark. Unfortunately i've heard quite a few of their songs, and they're all good but I just can't quite get orgasmic about any. This forthcoming single is a good example. It's a re-release of a previous single on Transgressive, and it's undoubtedly really good. Just not quite brilliant. It's a classic kind of indie pop that will always and forever soundtrack the broken hearts and shattered dreams of generations of shy boys & girls wearing second-hand shirts and mascara. That was a long sentence. Thank god i'm not using Word or it would have all gone green & started FRAGMENTING at me.
POLYTECHNIC - WON'T YOU COME AROUND
A band that I thought through listening alone would probably do the previous lot of fey indie prancers in a fight are These New Puritans... however having seen this photo i'm not too sure.
Probably realising that no-one has done a 13-minute indie epic since The Family Cat's 'Steamroller', these Southend droogs have funnelled their ambition to be a futuristic marching band into this Homeric saga. Well I say that, although I haven't the slightest idea what this is about. The singer sounds like a slightly more tuneful Mark E Smith, and verses and choruses come & go without drama or announcement. I guess about 8:30 in is where the the 3-minute single suddenly reveals itself, however it wouldn't sound right unless preceded & followed by all that yelping, sloganeering and guitar riffing.
THESE NEW PURITANS - NAVIGATE, NAVIGATE
Again this isn't going to be playing at many discos this weekend, however it popped onto itunes while I was having a bit of a lie down, and as I lay & listened I went from 'what the fuck is this' to 'what the fuck is this, it's brilliant' over the course of its 9 minutes.
Quiet Village of course have made a couple of timeless records on the Whatever We Want label... which has just released the brilliant Map of Africa album (the one i've not quite got round to writing about yet). Well this isn't quite as chillpop as their singles. At all. But it really rewards careful listening. Preferably with some fragrant buds.
JAMES YORKSTON - WOOZY WITH CIDER (QUIET VILLAGE REMIX)
But look, here's me forgetting myself. It's a bank holiday. Woo! Well I can't deny you some dancefloor diesel so here's a mix i've been enjoying by The Black Ghosts. I get sent quite a lot of mixes, but unfortunately I never have time to listen to them. This one has the dual advantages of a: being only 30 minutes long and b: being packed full of great records.
THE BLACK GHOSTS - 30 MINUTE MIX
Tracklisting:
Harco Pront "Night"
Emperor Machine "Rimramramrim"
Clinic "The Second Line"
Soul Savers "Rumble Fish" (Simian Mix)
Supercollider "Darn Cold Way Of Loving"
Electrelane "The Valleys"
The Jonzun Crew" "Space Is The Place"
Good Books "Leni (Crystal Castles Mix)
Heaven And Earth "Feel The Spirit"
The Firebirds "Soul Sonata"
Blowfly "Sesame Street"
Silver Apples "Lovefingers"
Gianfranco Reverberi "Nel Cimitero Di Tucson"
Metronomy "Trick Or Treatz"
Milton Hamilton "My Love Supreme"
101 Strings "Karma Sitar"
Can "Vitamin C" (Ghost 1 And Ghost 4 Edit)"
Zongamin "Spiral"
Brian Eno "Sky Saw"
Frankie Valli "Beggin" (Pilooski Edit)
The Whip "Muzzle #1" (The Black Ghosts Mix)
Beck "Sexx Laws" (The Wiseguys Mix)
The Black Ghosts "Amyway You Choose To Give It" (Fake Blood Mix)
The Dykeenies "New Ideas" (The Black Ghosts Mix)
So yes, it's a bank holiday. And it's going to be pissing it down. So personally i'm going to be leaving the caravan at home & raving it up here:
Here's hoping you have fun & good times. Or failing that, cheap beer & a leg over.
It's a 120Gb MP3 player, that also lets you mix tracks together. A pocket DJ system if you will.
I would question whether it's really a good idea to make it even easier for people to become DJs, as sometimes it seems these days that a fast internet connection and a CD wallet full of the latest downloads has replaced a deep and long-standing love of music as qualifications.... but maybe like punk, DJ democracy will turn out to be a good thing.
Time alone will tell.
Then again:
And i'm not sure there'll be much panic at the disco with today's selections. Much as i'd love to go 'here's the SebastiAn remix of Rage Against the Machine, it's AMAZING'.... I won't. Because it's absolutely fucking dreadful.
Have some indie goodness instead.
First we have The Answering Machine, a band that seems to follow in the joyful jangliness of Los Campesinos!. Of course the lyrics aren't very happy happy joy joy, but that won't bother the sweaty teenagers who will bounce around shouting 'and i'll drink till i'm sick'. Before sicking on each other. Probably. Teenagers eh!
THE ANSWERING MACHINE - SILENT HOTELS
Polytechnic are blessed with a fantastic name, which is half the trick in this pop stardom lark. Unfortunately i've heard quite a few of their songs, and they're all good but I just can't quite get orgasmic about any. This forthcoming single is a good example. It's a re-release of a previous single on Transgressive, and it's undoubtedly really good. Just not quite brilliant. It's a classic kind of indie pop that will always and forever soundtrack the broken hearts and shattered dreams of generations of shy boys & girls wearing second-hand shirts and mascara. That was a long sentence. Thank god i'm not using Word or it would have all gone green & started FRAGMENTING at me.
POLYTECHNIC - WON'T YOU COME AROUND
A band that I thought through listening alone would probably do the previous lot of fey indie prancers in a fight are These New Puritans... however having seen this photo i'm not too sure.
Probably realising that no-one has done a 13-minute indie epic since The Family Cat's 'Steamroller', these Southend droogs have funnelled their ambition to be a futuristic marching band into this Homeric saga. Well I say that, although I haven't the slightest idea what this is about. The singer sounds like a slightly more tuneful Mark E Smith, and verses and choruses come & go without drama or announcement. I guess about 8:30 in is where the the 3-minute single suddenly reveals itself, however it wouldn't sound right unless preceded & followed by all that yelping, sloganeering and guitar riffing.
THESE NEW PURITANS - NAVIGATE, NAVIGATE
Again this isn't going to be playing at many discos this weekend, however it popped onto itunes while I was having a bit of a lie down, and as I lay & listened I went from 'what the fuck is this' to 'what the fuck is this, it's brilliant' over the course of its 9 minutes.
Quiet Village of course have made a couple of timeless records on the Whatever We Want label... which has just released the brilliant Map of Africa album (the one i've not quite got round to writing about yet). Well this isn't quite as chillpop as their singles. At all. But it really rewards careful listening. Preferably with some fragrant buds.
JAMES YORKSTON - WOOZY WITH CIDER (QUIET VILLAGE REMIX)
But look, here's me forgetting myself. It's a bank holiday. Woo! Well I can't deny you some dancefloor diesel so here's a mix i've been enjoying by The Black Ghosts. I get sent quite a lot of mixes, but unfortunately I never have time to listen to them. This one has the dual advantages of a: being only 30 minutes long and b: being packed full of great records.
THE BLACK GHOSTS - 30 MINUTE MIX
Tracklisting:
Harco Pront "Night"
Emperor Machine "Rimramramrim"
Clinic "The Second Line"
Soul Savers "Rumble Fish" (Simian Mix)
Supercollider "Darn Cold Way Of Loving"
Electrelane "The Valleys"
The Jonzun Crew" "Space Is The Place"
Good Books "Leni (Crystal Castles Mix)
Heaven And Earth "Feel The Spirit"
The Firebirds "Soul Sonata"
Blowfly "Sesame Street"
Silver Apples "Lovefingers"
Gianfranco Reverberi "Nel Cimitero Di Tucson"
Metronomy "Trick Or Treatz"
Milton Hamilton "My Love Supreme"
101 Strings "Karma Sitar"
Can "Vitamin C" (Ghost 1 And Ghost 4 Edit)"
Zongamin "Spiral"
Brian Eno "Sky Saw"
Frankie Valli "Beggin" (Pilooski Edit)
The Whip "Muzzle #1" (The Black Ghosts Mix)
Beck "Sexx Laws" (The Wiseguys Mix)
The Black Ghosts "Amyway You Choose To Give It" (Fake Blood Mix)
The Dykeenies "New Ideas" (The Black Ghosts Mix)
So yes, it's a bank holiday. And it's going to be pissing it down. So personally i'm going to be leaving the caravan at home & raving it up here:
Here's hoping you have fun & good times. Or failing that, cheap beer & a leg over.
posted by headphonesex @ 12:22 AM
