How far must I go to gain respect? Umm well, its kind of simple, just remain your own Or youll be crazy sad and alone. Industry rule number four thousand and eighty, Record company people are shadyyy!! – Tribe Called Quest (Check The Rhime) I’ve been in the music industry for a long [...]
With high expectations, rebel citizens of the millennial generation leave the tired and corporate ruled world of radio to begin a new life in music blogs… Raid the radio! Cause we’re tired of hearing the same old song. We’re gonna change the dial to something new. Bring some truth to this town.” – General Electriks [...]
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Also tagged Air France, Amadou & Mariam, Bad Veins, Calvin Harris, Friendly Fires, Metric, Moby, The Golden Filter, The Temper Trap, The Twelves, White Rabbits
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
To say the least ’09 was an eclectic year for music, from Animal Collective to Kid Cudi, The Xx to Miike Snow, it seems like everyone had their 15 minutes of fame or should I say 15 seconds, I mean it is the internet age after all. However, when it’s all said and done, there [...]
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
As if Le Miel du Mois wasn’t already on fire, Steph and Kristin of Forthebeat took the popular mixtape’s best of the best to provide you with 9 of ’09, 9 remixes and 9 originals from our first official year in business. Just when you think this tape is gonna slow down and its safe [...]
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Also tagged Air France, Delorean, Florence and the Machine, La Roux, Lykke Li, Miike Snow, Sleigh Bells, Telepathe, The Virgins, The Xx, White Rabbits, Whitest Boy Alive, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Everything’s easy when you never have to choose.” Four months and hundreds of remixes later, the day has finally come when I can listen to Manners again and actually enjoy it. In terms of modern song writers Lykke Li is my muse but Michael isn’t too far off. The introspect, love and energy he captures [...]
Sleepyhead is like 20 years old in blogs years and I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to sit through another remix until I ran in my latest muse, Sleepyhead (The Knocks Remix). Most of you know the Passion Pit story by now but for those who don’t here’s a cliff notes version. This [...]
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Word on the street is Passion Pit played at Bowery last night and revealed three new songs from their upcoming LP. I unfortunately missed it, instead I spent the night being a workaholic – the gift & the curse. We posted Sleepyhead last week and figured posting Smile Upon Me would make us feel better about [...]