Super hyped Danish Brooklynite Oh Land just got remix treatment by two of the best in the electro field. In the same vein of Annie, Robyn and Fever Ray this should see heavy rotation on late summer mixtapes.
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1. Deeper – Nacho Lovers (w. Jump In The Pool (Wild Geese Remix) – Friendly Fires)
2. Shark In The Water (Zombie Disco Squad Remix) – VV Brown
3. King Of Africa (Homework Edit) – Douster (w. What Happened To That Boy (Inst.) – Birdman)
4. Kid Conga (feat. MC Miltinho) (Dubbel Dutch Remix) – Daniel Haaksman
5. United Groove (Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team VIP Dub) – L-Vis 1990
6. Daylight – D.A.M.B.
7. Kiwi (Tony Senghore Remix) – Para One
8. Train to Bamako (Canblaster Remix) – Myd
Somewhere between Deerhoof, Blonde Redhead, and the long-since-forgotten Mu, re-emerges Stereo Total. Although the French/ German band has been making music for many years, it’s been 3 since their last proper album Paris-Berlin. The track-list for their recently released Baby Ouh! confirms they only included 17 songs on the album, but they’ve reportedly recorded 40 or so in the sessions since Paris-Berlin. To me, that means not only can we look forward to another record much sooner than 2013, but also that there will probably be lots of surprises as they work through these songs in a live setting.
With an album title like The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist, I woudn’t blame you for being a little scared to check Junius out in such an intimate room like Backspace. But, don’t let their agressive front fool you, this music isn’t head-ache inducing screams and snarls. The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist is actually more rife with straightforward melody than you might expect. Sure, it’s still very intense, but that intensity is born from a more emotional aesthetic than a confrontational one. In fact, it really reminds me of Interpol’s epic anthemics more than anything else… that is, if Interpol was still making music that was worth writing about.
Check out Junius at Backspace this Tuesday, if only for an excuse to go check out a show at Backspace. One of the coolest all-ages venues we have left in Portland.
Moby, Benny Benassi & Paul Van Dyke. So reads one line of Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival poster, and really… that alone can inspire awe. But allow your jaw to drop further, as the rest of the lines boast names like Lupe Fiasco, Flying Lotus, Holy Ghost, Claude VonStroke, Benga, Boys Noize & the Chemical Brothers. And that doesn’t even cover all of the stages (or the after-parties).
The first ever North Coast Music Festival takes place the first weekend of September in Union Park, and we’ll be there to cover it all. You can be there too for the meager price of $40 per day. That’s about how much one of these artists alone would cost!
Check out our breakdown of the 3-day festival’s must sees:
Interesting new track from Does It Offend You, Yeah? Certainly not what you’d expect at first, but it all ends up being a pretty typical DIOYY affair. That’s a good thing.
From their forthcoming record Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You.
This year, the awesome folks at Mad Decent took the show on the road, hitting up NY, Philly, LA & Chicago. I was lucky enough to grab an all access pass to the Chicago stop and grab some great photos. Check em out:
This shit was very very fun. Check out 100 or so more photos down here.
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And lastly here is a link to where you can buy the whole Spaceballers album, digitally of course.
Doorly (Afterparty Events Director / Ibiza Rocks / Reclaim The Dancefloor / Wax:On / Wax:On Music )
Just (ahem well a while ago, i’m terrible at checking my email) sent me these two bangers. Enjoy!
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Hey there. If you live in Portland (as with the last post), we are throwing a show friday night.
Yeah we do those occasionally.
Bobby Antics is spinning electro, Avery is spinning electro.
It’s like it’s 2007 again.
For those that don’t want to squint, it’s 320 SE 2nd. And its free.
You simply can’t be two places at once, which is the central conflict with Music Fest North West each year. Spread across five days, and practically the entire city of Portland, the festival brings so many worthy artists, picking which shows to see can be an inner debate that persists until the very last minute.
As somewhat veterans of the festival, we’ve decided to compile a list of the shows, by day, that we intend to catch. Of course, being that we’re a month away, this list is likely to change more than few times.
Because A-trak knows what’s good for a dance-floor, he got a bunch of his buddies together for a series of evenings across the country called the Stones Throw x Fool’s Gold: Discotheque. The Rules: Strictly Disco-Boogie and House Music.
I had the pleasure of attending this past weekend in Chicago and all I can say is, what an epic line-up. Although this will change a little from date-to-date, the core elements in DJ sets by Stones Throw’s Peanut Butter Wolf, and Fool’s Gold’s A-Trak make the journey. Portland’s Line up is as follows:
A-Trak
Nacho Lovers
Peanut Butter Wolf
J Rocc
Check out some photos from last night after the jump, and consider this your motivation to make the show this coming Saturday. After Chromeo Friday, and this show Saturday, I fully expect to hear about some hellish hangovers.
We’d be embarrassed if you knew how often Chromeo was mentioned on this site (plz don’t use the search function to find out), but we’d be equally embarrassed if you knew how many times we’d seen em live. Try every time they’ve ever played Portland. Try more than a few times out of town on top of that. By themselves, they do things to us we reserve solely for the dance floor, but with the group they have going on tour right now… well forgive us if we’re even more excited than usual.
Do you live in the Pacific Northwest? Do you live far away but like to buy impulse plane tickets? There is a bunch of notable amazement in the next month. Here is a partial guide to sweaty rooms and beer fueled friendships.
Samiyam
Splatinum
Nordic Soul
Tyler Tastemaker
Friday August Sixth The Crown Room
205 NW Fourth Ave
Right now, this is happening pronto. Fresh VS Decibel festival.
Chromeo
Friday, August 13th
Roseland Theater
8 NW 6th ST Night by Night…
Distal
Ben Tactics
Lincolup
Friday, August 13th The Crown Room
205 NW Fourth Ave Check Distal here.
JD Twitch (Of Optimo) (Glasgow)
Honey Soundsystem DJs (San Francisco)
Linger & Quiet
Thursday 19th of August Holocene
1001 Southeast Morrison Street Optimo is pretty f’n amazing.
Flosstradamus
Rude Dudes
Lionsden
Serious Business
Cory O
Saturday, August 21 Rotture 315 SE 3rd AVE
Block party, almost.
Dubstep Weekly, Every Tuesday Come meet us. The Crown Room
205 NW Fourth Ave
& Electro every third Thursday at Beauty Bar
Other admins should add on to this with their own picks, yeah?
Mowgli – Belly Dance (Solo Remix)
LA Riots – Bombah (Mowgli Remix)
Headshotboyz – NIA
The Shoes – Stay the Same (Harvard Bass Remix)
Mom & Dad – Bazic
Foamo – Here Comes
Nujax – Beat Gon Boom
Smalltown Romeo – Love Tempo (Malente Remix)
Gingy & Bordello – Vapourizer (Rynecologist Remix)
Manaré – Voodoo
Flutuance & Dreamtime – Make
Yeah! Woho! – Pushing
Emperatron – King Riddim (Sharkslayer remix)
Dooze Jackers – Euh!
Canblaster – Chicken Run (Rob Threezy remix)
Sam Tiba – Barbie Weed (Subkittenz remix)
Green Velvet – Harmageddon
Nacey – Six Million
La Riots – I Want to
Tony Senghore – Burnin’
Beataucue – Untitled
Noob – Benga
Savage Skulls & Douster – Bad Gal (Crookers rmx)
Laserkraft 3D – Nein Mann
Skrillex – With your Friends
This, as always, is an event not to be missed. Newsom’s presence on record is one that is ardent and personal, the type you might not think would translate too well to a large room. But what’s commonly misunderstood about music that strikes such an individual chord is the fact that the louder it is, the more it tends to consume you. You don’t have to be bedroom-pop to resonate as relatable.
Newsom proves this with her live shows. Her godess-like presence behind the harp takes you up and away from what may have made her records so personal, out into a space where all you can do is sit back and imagine her inspirations, and how one person could possess so much talent. With her magical fingers, she wisps the audience away into a dream.
Thank god she’s playing the Aladdin Theater this weekend (Friday & Saturday), because you’re going to want to be seated for this one.
This shit is not going be approved by serious DJ’s who frown upon mashups and vocal party blends. Everyone else will find the sonic minutes just great for a random sunny day, a nice mix running between classics and genres from NYC’s DJ duoOverture. Put this on loud and go water your lawn. Why Can’t We Be Blends (Part 1) by Its Overture
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