U2 signed a mega 12 year deal with Live Nation, similiar to the Madonna deal, and includes worldwide touring, merchandising, and the band’s site. 12 years is a long time, huh?
Mos Def = Chuck Berry & Beyonce = Etta James in the upcoming film, Cadillac Records, about the Chess record label
Simion Mobile Disco, everyone’s new [...]

 
Poland’s Heineken Open’ Er Festival will take place in Gdynia, or Gdańsk, and will feature (yet again) my favorite line-up of the summer fests so far! Scheduled are Jay-Z, M.I.A., The Raconteurs, and a bunch of other awesome acts, including about 40 Polish bands (among them one of my favorites, *MYSLOVITZ).
If you feel like flying [...]

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Artist: Bomb the Bass feat. Fujiya & Miyagi
Track: “Butterfingers”
Album: Future Chaos
I guess this is more a videooftheweek rather than song (though the song is not bad…). Bomb The Bass, or more specifically, Tim Simenon, is an English dance and electronica DJ on Electric Tones (his own Amsterdam based label). His 7th release, Future Chaos, is [...]

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Artist: Bomb the Bass feat. Fujiya & Miyagi
Track: “Butterfingers”
Album: Future Chaos
I guess this is more a videooftheweek rather than song (though the song is not bad…). Bomb The Bass, or more specifically, Tim Simenon, is an English dance and electronica DJ on Electric Tones (his own Amsterdam based label). His 7th release, Future Chaos, is [...]

Bjork’s new Encyclopedia Pictura directed video for Volta’s “Wanderlust.” Oh, and you may need some 3-D glasses.
Sick.

Kylie Minogue X
US release of Kylie Minogue’s 10th studio album. Her disco-euro-pop is known well the world over, and the US only bonus track, “All I See,” feat. Mims may be the track that finally gives her a bigger name in the US. (“Speakerphone” = my fav).
Moby Last Night
Moby is a lot less his ambient [...]

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Helio Sequence’s 4th LP is a welcomed shift from their earlier records. Singer Brandon Summers apparently blew his voice out and had to re-learn how to sing, and it did wonders for the band’s overall sound (and you can clearly hear that his entire vocal approach has changed from 2004’s Love and Distance).
On Keep Your [...]

Just came across the site for Electrosound, a mash-up DJ from Besançon (Northeaster France). He has a ton of free MP3’s of his mash-ups, including Britney vs Nirvana “Gimme More Teen Spirit,” Justin Timberlake vs Daft Punk “Around the Sexy Back,” and Lady Sovereign vs Gorillaz “Love Me or Dare Me.”
Fun.

Apparently so.

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Artist: The Spinto Band
Track: “Summer Grof”
Album: Moonwink
The Spinto Band, an indie outfit from Wilmington, Deleware with 4 albums under their belt, have announced very little about the new video above. The video was posted up last week on the band’s myspace page, and comes along with an indie-rock tune that’s catchy as hell (who doesn’t [...]