this is the rhythm of the night

So tomorrow....my day off. Perfect day for a free show at Mcarthur Park. Chana has been in my walkman and on my late IPod(RIP) for the last year. If you have a chance, come out and have a few drinks with me in the park. Below is a video of hers as well as my favorite scene from a movie shot in the infamous park.

http://www.levittla.org/en/nightrhythms.html#chana

http://www.myspace.com/chanamusica


Chana-No me mandes flores


Hehehe

Holy Hell!!!!

Fuck this site...hehe. They blocked my links so for this one just copy and pate it into your browser. I stumbled across the Santogold/Diplo mixtape today while trying to look for the old M.I.A one for a friend of mine. Anyways this shit is amazing. Amanda blanks cover of LL's I need love is fucken classic. Then they go there and mix in the B-52's. The Anne remix is stunnning. I'm running out of words...just listen.



Link(Copy/Paste):


http://www.zshare.net/download/15896225a915034c/



TOP RANKING: A SANTOGOLD/DIPLO DUB
Tracklist:
1. Dub Selection Intro
2. 3-6 Mafia - Late Night (Unstoppable Mix)
3. Santogold - Shuv It (Disco D Blend)
4. Santogold - I’m A Lady (Diplo Mix Ft Amanda Blank)
5. Sir Mixalot - Posse On Broadway
6. Santogold - Lights Out (Diplo’s Panda Bear Mix)
7. Aretha Franklin - Save Me
8. Devo - Be Stiff
9. B52’s - Mesopotamia
10. Gerri And The Holograms - Gerri And The Holograms
11. Santogold - Anne (Switch Mix)
12. Santogold - LES Artistes (XXXchange Mix Ft Movado)
13. Cutty Ranks - Dutty Six Pack
14. Santogold - Find A Way (Graeme & Switch Mix Ft Kid Cudi)/ Lunar Camel
15. Richie Spice x Ratatat - Marijuana
16. Desmond Dekker - Shanty Town
17. Santogold - Guns Of Brooklyn
18. Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
19. Tony Matterhorn - Big Belly Guns
20. Santogold - Get It Up (Radioclit mix Ft MIA & Gorilla Zoe)
21. Mark Ronson In Studio
22. Trouble Andrew - Run - Hide
23. Sister Nancy - Pigeon Rock
24. Nora Dean - Barbwire
25. Shinehead - Know How Fe Chat
26. Clash - Ghetto Defendant
27. Warrior Queen - Check It
28. Santogold x Benga - Unstoppable / Night Dub
29. Shawty Lo x Skream - They Know / Stagger
30. Santogold - Creator (Mumdance Mix ft Jammer, Badness, Chronik Rage, Slikman & Tempz)
31. Xray / Turbulence Duplate (Starstruck Diplo Mix)
32. Barrington Levy - Send A Moses
33. Prince Jazzbo - Ital Corner
34. Santogold - Icarus
35. Santogold x Diplo - Right Brigade (hidden track)

vs.

Ok so this isn't a cover but a genuis use of a sample. I have problems picking which one i like more...and yes i realize i'm a huge fag.



Dannii Minouge-When you touch me



Sylvester-You make me feel(mighty real)

...but i just can't justify your love

Holy Fucken Shit!!!!!! Anyone remember happy fucken hardcore. I spent so much of my raving years fucked up in Happy hardcore rooms as a kid. Little Boots just took me back ages by posting a version of Heart of Gold. She talks about the Bonkers version but i was partial to the Force & Styles version. If you don't know or have never heard of happy hardcore....Imagine the disney lightparade on speed and everyone dancing in fastfoward with tiny hearts and stars shooting from the speakers. Here are some of the classics....the formula is basically you take any song with cheesy vocals, speed it up to a ridiculous pace and hope all the kids drop E.Ahhhh......memories



Little boots-Heart of Gold


Force & Styles-Heart of gold


Bang!-Shooting Star


Everytime i close my eyes-Scott Brown


Love of my life-Dougal & Vibes

so love sick together

Ummm.....sometimes i seriously love LA
This is one of the reasons

http://www.myspace.com/workechopark


Work-Sassafrass

I'm watching the city tonight

I just ran across a pretty cool blog today. Always looking to further educate myself about my own city above all other things, i kinda was surprised i hadn't run across it before. This is what they say about them selves:

The Deli is an 3 years old independent publication and website that focuses on local indie music scenes and emerging artists (from rock to folk, with a little bit of hip hop). The Deli LA only reviews music from artists based in Los Angeles and surroundings, but currently publishes a printed magazine about the NYC music scene and has daily updated , separate webpages tackling the new emerging music in NYC, LA, SF and Nashville.

The Deli LA is a daily updated website focused on the independent music scene of the LA Area. Its used as a resource for Los Angeles musical artists and fans. We want to be a place for bands to share their music with others, and for fans to make their own decisions about what local music they enjoy.

http://www.thedelimagazine.com/la/

don't make me say remember when

I've probably seen Castledoor and the Flying Tourbullion Orchestra about 3 times each and i have to say they get better every time. Castledoor being the better of the two. I also love that all the shows they've played I've been able to walk to from my house. They are one of those bands that are unmistakably L.A by that i mean they're perfect sunny pop, catchy and depressing at same time. Just as the city can be such a paradox of realities for some, they manage to capture that in these amazing 3 minute songs. I bought their E.P. the first time i saw them at the Echo and instantly loved it. The song remember when can almost bring me to tears at times. If you live in LA and have some free time tonight check them both out. They will be at the Scene out in Glendale and play between the hours 10:30-11:15. Its definitely worth suffering thru the crowd of hipsters wearing leather headbands and fringe. Oh yeah...and they're also play Sunset Junction this year so if you miss out make sure to catch them then.



Remember When

make it solid gold

Just started my day at work(wahhhhh) and i already stumbled upon GOLD. haha. Just found this band out of NYC called The Golden Filter Shit sounds amazing. Just last night my boyfriend and I were discussing(being that he's only 20 and hasn't been to many) clubs and how very few provide a soundtrack that is worthy of the cover charge. It all gets to boring and the beats are often way to hard(i.e Justice, Daft Punk ...and all that French shit hipsters cream over) for me to get into. i wanna dance to something dreamy, drink in hand, heart swelling in my chest, all the good stuff i remember from the raves of my youth. I never get that feeling anymore and it's kinda sad. Anyways these guys(or girls, who knows?) are helping me rebuild and keep the dream of that disco in my mind that may very well never be a reality.


Download:

The Golden Filter-Solid Gold

i'm not the man you think i am

Usually I'm not into stuff like this but you throw cute Asian girl vocals on just about anything and I'm sold. Enter TYSKERHAR a Berlin based duo who pump out fucken dirty ass beats. You could compare them to sooo many people so i won't. I just ask you to listen to 5 Bit Combo and dare you not to giggle at their use of samples from mortal combat. I hated that game as a kid cause i could never beat my cousins at it. Whatever the reason i love this shit its besides the point. Basically I'm just in love with her. haha. Which is the case with so many bands i get into. Its all about the vocals for me.


In other news kinda bummed cause me and my friend were supposed to go see White Lies at the Echo tonight but because of a club later that night the show starts at 7:30. WTF. I just can't get home on the train that fast from work. It sucks cause i kept seeing flyers all over and thought to myself "who the fuck is that and why are they everywhere". i just figured they were a local band but they re actually from the U.K. Wierd. Also another really great band is making rounds in a couple of weeks. Telepathique who hail all the way from Sao Paulo, Brazil will be in LA on the 14th of august. I have a deep love for Brazilian music and rhythms....almost anything that comes out of there is gold. I think they're album is released next month via the Control Group. the duo just seem to just ooze sex quite like Tetine but in a less experimental approach. The only sucky thing aside from the fact that they haven't announced a venue yet is that in NY they are opening for fucken Metric. Whyyyyyyyy? Ugh, well anyways here is a new and old video by them and some Mp3s. Love them both. Supersex. Blahblahblah. Peace Bitches.


Telepathique-Im not the man you think i am


Telepathique-Eu Gosto

Downloads:

Tyskerhar-5HitCombo

Tyskerhar-My Prada

Telepathique-Eu Gosto

Let's get fuuuucked up

Oh yeah and also.....



Let's go get fucked up

Nite time feelings...

So day 2 of my attempt to get back into blogging is going well. Despite the earthquakes and moneylessness I'm experiencing today it's actually been pretty good. Work is changing up a bit which is a very good thing. Just relocating this week, meaning I'm now sharing a space with my boyfriend(and his ex roommates stuff...but I'll get into that when i get to my breaking point). Sadly a byproduct of that is I'm separated by what feels like an ocean from my music/computer. Not saying I'm not happy with things just feels like I'm still in transition but frankly I've been in transition for the better part of a year and I'm over it.

With all that said last week i stumbled on some pretty amazing shit. First off the band Cosmetics. They remind me of Glass Candy on acid. Listen to the song nite time and suck me off later. From them i was linked to Ice cream(thanks myspace) and finally reflektionss and their label Disco Fizz which only boasts 3 bands total. Its all very Italians Do it Better but a bit more head trippy. So needless to say i love them all. Even though 2 of the bands deleted me. i have a feeling its about all my bulletins i post during my extremely boring workday and the fact that neither has more than 300 friends total. Which is fine...I'll rep them despite that. I searched all the major sites and couldn't find a damn thing. Could be due to the fact that they mostly release records and (god love them) cassette tapes. I did snag some stuff from reflektionss myspace which i may post later but you can just get them from their myspace directly. They also have a blogspot which has all the releases in detail at cosmicbubblegum

In other news saw the duke spirit play Amoeba in Hollywood yesterday. It was as amazing as i remember them being. Only wish i could have smoked a little before but my lack of money kept me from that. They were great anyways played mostly new stuff but managed to squeeze in a few oldies despite their lack of a piano. The crowd was a little lame but when the did Love is an Unfamiliar name all was forgiven.

wreck ya, check ya, disrespect ya

Been to long since i've updated but with the slump at work i'm gonna try to get back on the ball with this. I know the whole mix tape thing has been around forever but only recently (since the death of my Ipod and a need to find something to listen to at work) have i been roaming blogs and fully appreciating them. I almost creamed my pants when i heard about the upcoming Santogold/Diplo mixtape in the works. Anyways i've been on Nola Darlings jock for awhile but they just relesed thier first "mini" mix tape. If you have some free time and are sorta into female MC's (they sound somewhere inbetween left eye from TLC and a poppier Lauryn Hill and still sprinkle in a little femminest rhetoric on a few tracks all while mixing in songs from Black Sheep, Phil collins, and Rupaul) check em out and if you haven't copped already....




DOWNLOAD THE NEW MINI MIXTAPE FROM NOLA DARLING AT RAPPERS I KNOW







Oh yeah and add them
http://www.myspace.com/whoisnoladarling

The song kids kinda sucks but the rest are pretty great