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)

...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

dream of a disco

As some of you may already know, music pioneer, humanitarian/activist, and co-founder of West End Records, Mel Cheren passed away on Friday, December 7, 2007. A memorial tribute is being planned around his birthday, January 21, 2008, so stay tuned.

Mel also agreed to do an interview for Logo network to discuss his HIV status openly. In this interview, Mel is brutally honest, but the message is clear: PROTECT YOURSELF AND GET TESTED REGULARLY NO MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE!

West End Records gave us some of the best disco and soul music the dance community has ever heard. His loss will be greatly felt by all those who continue to spin, listen, and dance to the music he made possible.

Mel Cheren's Last Interview (CBS News on Logoonline.com)

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confessions on a dancefloor

I want to start this post by saying, I have never up to this point liked Britney Spears.

With that being said I can't get through the new album without getting a big ass smile on my face. This is mainly do to the fact that im not only listening to a Britney Spears album but i actually like it. Which i can accept but for some reason i feel the need to defend the fact that i really like the album. i'll quote my friend pat "Just cause I like it doesn't make it good"...hahaha. That about sums it up. The truth is its not all that hard to swallow for 2 reasons.

1)i have a soft spots for walking messes.(Courtney Love, Lohan post-disney pre rehab, Amy Winehouse, Tara Reid , Winona Ryder) I mean the girl can't sing for shit, the only live performance shes done this far was so half ass she seemed half asleep, and finally did enough shit to get rid of the kids she seemed to not really want. She's basically a coked up whore and yet she still gets paid and still manages to have a hit record....i mean how can i not respect that just a litte?

2)i've always been a sucker for the underdog.


In all seriousness its just pop music. So why all the shame i'm feeling? haha. Besides i have a long history with cheesy pop bitches who cant really sing for shit but i love anyways. I'll leave you with a little Mp3 timeline of my favorite shall we say...vocally challenged icons and put my self on blast one more time

....If she tours i am seriously gonna go. Partly cause i like the album and partly cause i wanna see what that mess is gonna try and pull off half drunk. God sometimes i even shock myself?


Downloads:

Radar-Britney Spears...take note ladies, if you can't sing just synth out your voice till it gives it a "futuristic" sound. Dance artists have been doing it for years.

Cassie-Miss your touch...i have no idea why i enjoy her so much but i seriously do.

Dannii Minogue-Baby Love...ok so maybe shes not completly talentless, but i just love this song

Janet Jackson-When i think of you....yeah yeah yeah, she may not be talentless either but she treads close

Lisa Lisa and the cult jam-I wonder if i take you home....even though her voice is annoying i am still drawn to any dancefloor that will spin this record

France Joli-Come to me...i love how she tries to hit the high notes despite that fact that she clearly doesnt have the vocal capacity

Diana Ross-Love Hangover...dont get me wrong i love this bitch but a talented singer she is not

Time goes by so loli

words cant describe this video.....simply amazing is all i can say

I know I'm wrong and right

So its been a hot minute since i've written anything in here. I've been busy, lots going on...moving blahblahblah. Anyways just thought i'd finally check up on you all and post a little something, Yes work is that dull today. The other day i was wathing MTV(a new luxury while in my transitional stage) and was surprised at some of the videos they were playing. It seems as though the underground is peeking its head out and feeling its way around the pop landscape. Not to say that MTV is supporting anything even remotly interesting but i am noticing a definite influence which i think has more to do with the current state of the record industry than the want to promote anything worthwhile. Either way i did notice that while alot of mainstream "rock and pop" music has had a slight turn towards self production and a semi DIY ethic, the world of hip-hop seems to be going the oppisite direction. Seeing people like Kanye at the forefront riding on some sort of guise of independent thought makes me sad that the people that are doing it different, blazing a new path are often not really acknowleged as much. While i'm a big fan of hip hop i find that most of it i dont buy based on the simple fact that i cant relate to it. It seems odd that having grown up in the same "inner city" enviroment that alot of these rappers say they are portraying, i stil don't respond to about 70% of it.

One exception to the game is my girl Jean Grae. A huge part of the reason im a huge fan is the things she speaks about in her songs. There is no label dropping, there is no bragging about a lifestyle many of her fans will never know. Instead she speaks about being broke, being drunk, and being a bit of a work in progress. It's hard to believe that Jean Grae is poor, but she is, and will usually be the first to admit it. Near-poverty is a reality for a lot of struggling rappers, something the general public is largely unaware of. Says Grae, "I was reading some Web site the other day about how artists like Jean Grae can still live comfortably making $70,000 a year, and I was like, 'Whoa...is this the other Jean Grae?...because I want to make $70,000 a year!'"

"I want a chance to play," Grae continues, "I just want a chance to play on my own terms." This independence and refusal to compromise, while admirable, may be the reason why she has yet to experience the fruits of labor one would expect a person with such immense talent would already have. "It's not like I'm choosing to go left," she explains. "I just don't know how to do the formula. I honestly don't know. If I could do it, I probably would be, but I just don't know how."

She also expresses an understanding that like punk, and dance music it isnt always about lyrical/musical talent. "I definitely understand that it's easier to love celebrity and love the life," she states. "That's sort of an illusion of what your life could be, and that's what sells...that's what drives. If I were living a different lifestyle, I might be talking about that. Since I'm not, I have to talk about what I know."

Here are the lyrics and Mp3's of some songs that i've been listening too alot. Both of these i love maining for the lyrical content. The first song "dont rush me'(which is off her album "this week") discusses how a knowlege of self can be the antidote to all the insecurities the world can ignite indside of you. The second "You, Me, All of us" talks about social conciousness, about realizing your part in the process towards working towards a solution. I feel the message of the song is that the best you can do to help things progress and move foward is to keep to your path, to your truth, kinda linking back to the first track. Hope you enjoy the tracks...go down to the bottom to download...peace bitches.



Dont Rush Me-Jean Grae

[Intro]
...Sometimes you got to get to know yourself
You gotta travel a little bit
Look at yourself from another perspective
So I try to do that
Come on

[Verse 1]
Listen, there's nothing like knowin' yourself
Like the way I know that smokin's kind of broken my health
Like the way I know my flow don't make appropriate wealth
I can't change that
But funny I'm sayin' that when it's money I'm aimed at
I give a fuck if you frame that or quote it (shit)
I meant what I said cuz I wrote it, point noted
I know I'm overly sensitive when it comes to, well
Just about everything
And I'm so hardheaded, I don't need your help
Like no advice for these records 'less it's me, myself
Like I don't ever want to breathe if it requires assistance
Just, just shut down my system
I'm a victim of choosin' bad love, bad luck Lucy
Every man touched seems to be a doozy and plus
I'm attached to this looseleaf, stand on my two feet
So it's hard enough to even have to physically move me
Go ahead, try

[Hook]
I know I'm on the right path
To who I'm gonna be at last
Don't rush me nigga
I know I'm wrong and right
At the same time, both I'm the dark and light
And they say life needs everything to live
At the same time I got everything to give
Just don't rush me
Don't rush me

[Verse 2]
I gotta be more disciplined
I'm listenin' more to straight logic
Blockin' random shit that's driftin' in
Age is a motherfucker (damn right)
Find myself starin' at the little kids
Thinkin' "I can beat 'em like a stepmother"
Creepin' on a come up at thirty soon
But lookin' twenty ooh
The food catches up to you now plenty
Attendin' christenin's of my best friend's children
And then askin' who's next
And I'm wishin' for six more wishes for Christmas or
Kids on the wish list
Or time machines to be in existence
I'm a team player, not
The dry wit is similar to Arizona weather
Say it, nigga, hot
Patent leather sole, tappin' at my bowl
If the album's not platinum then I'll have to rack a gold
This rappin' ain't for nothin'
Unless I hold plaques so I can sit up on a boat like Colin, roll that
And you know that

[Hook]
I know I'm on the right path
To who I'm gonna be at last
Don't rush me nigga
I know I'm wrong and right
At the same time, both I'm the dark and light
And they say life needs everything to live
At the same time I got everything to give
Just don't rush me
Don't rush me

[Verse 3]
See this here is the most serious that I've ever been
The most clear headed
My gear fetish clearly needs an accountant
So if I need I'll smoke 'em all like Dennis Leary in a mountain
Beef's great though, thanks for addin' more insecurities
Just as I was findin' my level of maturity
Just as I was mindin' my business
Tried to murder Jean's confidence
But lucky for me, you're all incompetent
Road block in this, yes
I see him try to put a stop to my obnoxiousness but
I stay long winded like sayin' George Papadopoulous
I know but I write from this heart with this
So I've got some things to work on
My moodiness like masturbation gets its jerk on
My fascination with the fast pace
Money's encapsulated in my mind space like what a thrill
Past dated and I know I'm not in last place
But it's hard to work through it with this masked face
And maskin' tape on all the windows keeps the cold out
And everytime I'm layin' down my back breaks because it's old now
I yell too much, get stressed too quick
But the best thing about it, I can change that shit
And still remain who I came down to Earth to be
It's not Jean Grae, that's just a name, you'll see

[Hook]
I know I'm on the right path
To who I'm gonna be at last
Don't rush me nigga
I know I'm wrong and right
At the same time, both I'm the dark and light
And they say life needs everything to live
At the same time I got everything to give
Just don't rush me
Don't rush me




You, Me, All of us-Jean Grae

[Hook]
[You] Gotta get your damn hand up
[Me] Must keep on giving my all until
[All of us] Got it locked for real, and stay strong till the truths revealed
Keep on my niggas...

[You] Gotta get your paper tight
[Me] Gotta get my paper right until
[All of us] Then invest get it back, stay flippin it, they doin it
Heads up nigga...

[You] Stay maintaining this rock
[Me] Must speak truth, every drop
[All of us] Still stay running from the cops
ya'll know aint nothing changed much...

[You] Gotta know who you are and
[Me] Must take this further man till one day
[All of us] We can all stand strong together
and no man is ???, no not ever

[Verse]
I see the responsibility
I'm clever-er than most others
don't smother, these bars
I don't clutter it with garbage
Won't mutter it unless its simply marvelous
Ang i need to know im a part of this
Rennisance-Shift over the marketin
Wont bother me, hardly
My mind, since back to starvin
Part partial to startin
Huge riots started by new br(i)-ats
Move out the way biatch or end up in triage
We got more this year
Severe rain increased the flame
Little bit highter
So fire slips out the frame
Untill i retire, thats never
yall can remain ambivalent
Cause from this point nothings changed the sentiment
Quitting is now just hard to say like cinnamon


[Hook]
[You] Gotta know when its time to stand up
[Me] Must keep everybody crunk
[All of us] Must speak when want, don't sleep its important
Trust i wouldnt lie to ya

[You] Must get your hands in the sky
[Me] Will keep this party live until
[All of us] Fall out
Now its time for some of yall to get called out

[Verse]
I gotta build every record, keep reachin
Lover of free speech
Fucker of these beats
Bubbling names
Struggle fame made stronger by
Ducking our aim
Sucking pain
I'll bomb your chain
Right off your torso, and also
Disconnect your neck from your poor throat for
Tryin to take mine
Glory and my shine
You'll get floored till your pourin it south
beyond permanant pause at the coroners house
Time is the case
And i'm on a fine pace
In a line so proper from my momma i'm laced
And my pockets got poppin
but i'm on the paper chase
And i don't fuck around, you better shut your mouth
Till me, spill rounds, all us running out
I've got a cunning mouth
You got a cunt in yours
i'm out

[Hook]
[You] Gotta get your damn hand up
[Me] Must keep on giving my all until
[All of us] Got it locked for real, and stay strong till the truths revealed
Keep on my niggas...

[You] Gotta get your paper tight
[Me] Gotta get my paper right until
[All of us] Then invest get it back, stay flippin it, they doin it
Heads up nigga...

[You] Stay maintaining this rock
[Me] Must speak truth, every drop
[All of us] Still stay running from the cops
ya'll know aint nothing changed much...



Dont Rush Me MP3-Jean Grae

You, Me, All of us MP3-Jean Grae

when you are not a girl nobody buys you flowers

Been awhile since i posted anything new so i decided to post a little something. This past weekend turned out to be more expensive and fun that i anticipated. Went to see Dj Colette at Deep on Sunday night, very awesome. I'll be sure and post something about her later in the week but today i was really excited to discover Emilie Simon. One of the more obvious comparisons I've been reading about is bjork but i think more on a visual level that a sonic one. I actually had never heard of her but while at amoeba this past weekend the CD cover caught my eye(the picture above). I think maybe a staff member had recommended it so they had placed a little card with a brief description of the album, They used the words "creepy lullabies" and "Nordic but sung in french and English" so i read on, once i saw she covered "i wanna be your dog" i was sold. Best discovery of the month. Here are some videos and a couple of songs to download. enjoy bitches!!!


Emilie Simon - Dame de Lotus


Emilie Simon - Fleur de Saison


Emilie Simon - Flowers


Emilie Simon - I Wanna Be Your Dog


Downloads:

Emilie Simon-I Wanna Be Your Dog

Emilie Simon-Dame de Lotus

Emilie Simon-Fleur de Saison

Emilie Simon-Song of the Storm

i am no good for you

i just saw this video for sia's new single and i am absolutely loving this shit. The song is great, yes, but the video is fucken genius. It reminds me more of her first album tittled "healing is difficult" that wasnt realesed in the US. I'm sure by now it's a little easier to find but it came out a little before her single "destiny" with zero 7 blew the fuck up. That whole album made me fall in love with her. Majority of the songs are about being fucked up or breaking up with someone whos fucked up. "breathe me" was a great single and an amazing song but i kinda felt like i wanted the sia i fell in love with back. Hopefully this song is some kinda of indication that she is. Here's a couple of songs from the first album. Enjoy...if you want.

So it seeems the assholes at Universal have restricted embedding the video so here is a link and the live version
Sia-Buttons Video



Get me-Sia

I'm not important MP3-Sia

Healing is Difficult-Sia

don't forget your on your own

Lately I've been getting really bored with dance music in general. Seems everyone is forgoing vocals for a repetitive "vocal sample" that is synthesized and distorted. Yesterday i decided to come to work early and work a little overtime, after the first couple of hours i was already looking for diversions when i stumbled across Marsheaux. They kinda remind me of client. Not just for the obvious reason, i mean yes they are two hot girls playing catchy synth pop music but with titles like "dream of a disco" and "what a lovely surprise"...i had a sense that i was gonna love them. Once i heard the cover of promise i was sold...that song has always been able somehow transport me back to high school for some reason. Love it. Repping a label i have never heard(Undo Records), they apparently have 2 albums both available for purchase on their myspace. I am so getting my hands on a copy fo sho'....way to excited about finding this band. To top things off when i came in to work today(another early day) Cheri sent me links to their videos on youtube. Watch and cream boys.



hanging on



Popcorn



pure

Another great find yesterday is the band Itenef. Big up s to fucken Greece for beings so god damn sexy. These guys have more of a history in the electronic music world. before becoming Itenef the went by the name Trance 95 in the mid 80's. Drawing less from bands like Soft Cell and Depeche Mode, they sound more like a really sexy Kraftwerk or a more human Cabaret Voltaire. I wasn't able to find any videos other than one they released while still trance 95.



Desire to desire 88

So with all that said i guess my love of synth pop will never die. Guess I'll just anxiously await a time when people realize pop doesn't have to mean devoid of emotion and depth. I'll end with my absolute favorite synth pop band of all time SOVIET. i would have this mans babies if it were possible. Love at first listen for me.



breakdown


Soviet-Breakdown mp3. in case you wanna download it. Peace bitches

time has come today

The time has finally come, as some of you that know me know that i have been waiting for these bitches to announce the LA date for the upcoming MIA tour. I finally got word yesterday and immediately bought my ticket...should have bought 2 but wasn't thinking thru all the excitement and blood rushing to my head. If you hadn't heard she is touring with some amazing talent. First off my girl Santi White who has since the breakup of her band Stiffed has started a solo project. I have heard the word MC being thrown around and while that is kinda accurate Santogold is so much more than that. Almost sounding like a completely different band she is moving into the world of dance music. The first time i heard it i thought it was very M.I.A.-esqe but alot of the songs switch up musical styles from dancehall, to indie pop and hip hop. Seriously i may be even slightly more excited to see her seeing as how i was never able to catch stiffed while they were together. Either way she was a perfect choice for a opening act. I'm assuming Amanda Blank will go on first seeing as she has the least amount of exposure as of yet. She is someone i would consider more along the lines of an MC but equally as brilliant of a choice for an opening act. The 3 women represent a new school of DIY genre-hopping artists. They will be at the echoplex in echo park on the 30th. I'm hoping to get there as early as possible to not miss any of these 3. If you haven't gotten tickets yet there may still be some available online but i did hear that they would also have some at the door the night of the event.

Also on a completely different topic I was chatting with my girl Cheri talking about what the fuck they're putting in baby formula now adays. Seems kids are not only hotter and seem more grown faster but they are also more in the know then alot of people my age. Its crazy, I attribute it to the internet. I mean yes, it was available when we were younger but not used by so many people as today. You can really know just about everything going on in the underground if you have the time to look...and who has more free time then teenage kids so i guess it makes perfect sense. Anyways 2 notable teens doing the damn thing i found online today are rye rye a 16 year old rapper/dancer out of Baltimore,MD. Check out the song "shake it to the ground" and "reasons"....bitch straight sampled earth, wind and fire. If that's not impressive for a 16 year old girl i don't know what is. Just take a look at her musical influences and you get an idea of what I'm talking about. While on her page i got linked to Makrophone another kid not even old enough to buy tobacco related products. Check out his remixes of Pull up the people by MIA and Brooklyn Lovin' by the late great Biggie. Seriously me and cheri were both creaming over the MIA remixes and I'm usually not a big fan of remixes but he did a great job. The thing is it isn't over done...he's not shoving his hipness down our already over stuffed throats. I was just impressed at the amount of talent and the knowledge of music these kids have seemed to posses at such a young age. Makes me feel like i wasted my teen years obsessing over Tori Amos B-sides. haha. Peace out heffas.

at night my dreams they shake me awake

This week has been pretty uneventful following Sunday and Mondays debauchery. Basically i was broke since Sunday so i haven't really had much of a chance to do anything. I do however, get paid tomorrow and despite my rent and phone bill, plan to try and make my money last.(yeah right!) The upcoming weekend actually looks pretty promising.



Starting tonight, This band I've been meaning to catch, lion of panjshir is playing a free show tonight(fucken perfect). And in a venue that only sells beer...even more perfect. So me and my trusty flask will be down at the hyperion tavern(1941 hyperion avenue) at 9pm if anyone reading is interested. Listen to the song San Fransisco and i dare you not to love it. They are promising an almost acoustic, strings only set, so I'm rather excited. I don't do enough things alone and i think this past weekend has brought me new confidence in my ability to not only handle but enjoy stillness and quiet. incase myspace is fucked up you can listen to it here too. Lion of panjshir-San Fransisco MP3

Then Friday i'm supposed to meet up with some guy i have recently been chatting with a bit. I'm actually pretty excited about meeting him even though he has a boyfriend. I know sucky right? We seem to have alot in common and I'm really gonna try and respect his boundaries, but only if he respects them himself....otherwise all bets are off.(just kidding, i swear) The thing is he's a writer and has a really interesting story. So we'll see how it goes. I'm honestly not expecting anything other than meeting a cool like-minded guy. Seriously, this time.

Saturday is cinco de fucken mayo bitches. I know if you know me and zandra then you know all our cinco de mayo celebrations. This year without our trusty city of Long Beach we're gonna settle for dinner and margaritas at a Mexican place nearby and safari smas later that night. Should be fun although the OG plan was to go to Alvera street and eat churros(I'll survive). As far as things with the story go i have made little progress this week actually. Spent most of the week letting my body heal, so that left very little time for actual thinking. I'm gonna try and get something accomplished this Sunday and post something up next week. Either way you'll hear something soon.