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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Song My Schoolly Boys: Another MBV Mashup

Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:02 PM

Seattle DJ Lance Lockarm was ahead of the curve with this My Bloody Valentine mashup business. Back in 2002, he blended MBV’s “I Only Said” with the Beastie Boys’ “So Whatcha Want” and Schoolly D’s “Saturday Night.”

Scroll three-quarters of the way down on the right side of the screen to find the track.

And, no, I don’t feel like letting it go.

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Dancing / MP3 / Video The Fisher Queen Of Pop

Posted by Dean Fawkes on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:35 PM

Little Boots - 'New In Town'

Little Boots!

We didn't forget.

Here's "New In Town".

The first, proper, video-ready single.

If you cover one eye, it features a fabulous blossoming English popstar patronizing poor people with arch synchronized shopping-cart routines and hip-hop parodies, and who has always sounded effortlessly sophisticated and beautiful, but, until now, never who-gives-a-fuck fun.

If you cover the other, it's a sympathetic and reality-bending look into the mind of a schizophrenic bag-lady who filters her hopeless world of grief and madness through hallucinations of celebrity, magic, and dance-dance-dance.

If you cover both with 3-D glasses, you'll look stupid.

[Free Album Mini-Mix]

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Housekeeping Throwing a Party This Weekend?

Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:44 PM

You should invite Party Crasher to your house party. We have a squadron of sexy, sexy writers just waiting to visit your party and tell the world about it. Don't let the swine flu get you down—now is the time to party.

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Video Life With Blythe: The Black Lips Interview

Posted by Kelly O on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:28 PM

More in Black Lip'isms nice girl Blythe (along with Pearl from Champagne Champagne) got a great video interview with The Lips after their Neumos show last weekend. Check it out, and remember... "Metallica is racist as fuck!"

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Love The City and Pop

Posted by Charles Mudede on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:15 PM

How I love this image of Seattle at sunset...
Taken by iloveunicorns777, the image powerfully brings to mind these lines:

You feel it/You can taste it/You can see it/You can face it/You can hear it/You are getting near it/You want to make it because you can take it.

You belong to the city—that is what this image tells us. The rooms with the yellow lights, the red lamp, the darkening towers, the fleeing day, the arriving night, the artificial life of the city lights. You can feel it.

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News / Teh Internets Richie Hawtin to Tweet During DJ Sets

Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:36 PM

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Always on the cutting edge of technological developments, Richie Hawtin is now going to report on his own DJ gigs via Twitter using an application he helped to design. Looks like he will be sating trainspotters' insatiable appetite to know what he's spinning at any given moment. Dancing with mobile devices will soon be de rigueur at his gigs.

The press release from Hawtin's Minus Records publicist:

Richie Hawtin brings Twitter into the DJ booth and invites the world to see what's happening in real time!

It’s often the case that the advent of one idea heralds unexpected benefits and developments in other areas, and so it goes with Native Instruments’ Traktor Pro. Having already revolutionised the art of mixing, it could now be about to have a profound effect on the relationship between a DJ and their audience, not to mention the world of performing rights by making sure each and every artist, large or small, is properly compensated for the use of their work.

Twitter DJ is the latest brainwave from Richie Hawtin, who’s already spent much of his career pioneering new technologies as a DJ, producer and label owner, from the development of Midi enabled DJ mixers such as Allen & Heath’s Xone92 & 3D mixers, to Final Scratch DJ technology that gave way to Native Instruments’ Traktor software. At this year’s Time Warp event Richie built on ideas first explored during 2008’s Contakt tour, testing a custom version of Traktor Pro with a new background application that allows for real time broadcasting of all tracks played during a DJ set. The new application, developed in-house by Bryan McDade at Hawtin’s Minus label, works as a conduit between Traktor and the online messaging utility Twitter. Minus and Native Instruments worked closely together to optimize the Traktor software for this special use.

The Twitter DJ application utilizes feeds from an updated version of Traktor’s standard broadcasting technology to send 30 second updates during Hawtin’s set of what’s currently playing to a designated Twitter account, allowing anyone following the Twitter group to obtain a unique insight into how a DJ builds the atmosphere and dynamics of a set, track by track, and in real time. The track information is freely accessible from any Twitter configured personal mobile devices (even from the dance floor) and archived online on the Twitter page. This concept is also a significant step towards helping smaller independent record companies and artists to gain further recognition and free promotion when their releases are played as digital files.

However, the real potential comes to light when considering the benefits for performing rights societies: “By providing the necessary information to track what is really being played in clubs, the Twitter DJ application would not only drag the likes of GEMA, PRS and SOCAN kicking and screaming into the 21st century, but make sure the real artists get paid instead of performance payments simply being carved up between the Madonnas and U2s of the world. If record sales are slowing down and performance is now the key area where artists can achieve financial stability, better solutions need to be found and a workable structure put in place as soon as possible. We hope that our Twitter DJ application is a step forward in the development of these types of systems.“

Richie will be testing the beta version of the software on his next tour, starting on Wednesday 29/04/09. To see it in operation, contact rhawtin on Twitter (www.twitter.com/rhawtin)

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The Stranger Suggests

FILM

'Sin Nombre'

If you do one thing today, do this.

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MUSIC

Vivian Girls, Abe Vigoda

Or, do this.

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??!! / MP3 On That Willie Nelson Weed

Posted by Eric Grandy on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:19 AM

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The Black Lips ft GZA - "The Drop I Hold"

Kelly O has the backstory here.

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Video Prefuse 73 Waxes Ampexian

Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:56 AM

Hear Prefuse 73 (aka Guillermo Scott Herren/Savath & Savalas/Delarosa and Asora/Diamond Watch Wrists/Piano Overlord, etc.) discuss his great new album, Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian, here.

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Bumbershoot Bumbershoot Adds More Acts to Bill

Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:32 AM

Os Mutantes are the most exciting addition, in my estimation. Against the odds, these Brazilian prog-psych-Tropicalia survivors absolutely killed it at the Moore in 2006.

The press release:

JUST ADDED: Franz Ferdinand, Eugene Mirman, Os Mutantes, Keller Williams, and Janelle Monae

LABOR DAY WEEKEND: SEPTEMBER 5 — SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 AT SEATTLE CENTER

The partial music lineup for the Festival now includes:

Sheryl Crow / Modest Mouse / The All-American Rejects / Katy Perry / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Franz Ferdinand / Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan / De La Soul / Raphael Saadiq / Brett Dennen / Os Mutantes / The Long Winters / Sly & Robbie & the Taxi Gang / World Party / Keller Williams / MSTRKRFT / Roy Ayers / Common Market / UH HUH HER / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Eric Hutchinson / No Age / Matt & Kim / Dead Confederate / Janelle Monae / The Cave Singers / Swollen Members / Vieux Farka Touré / Lenka / Gang Gang Dance / Todd Snider / Holy F**k / DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid / Iglu & Hartly / Low vs Diamond / Sera Cahoone / Eleni Mandell / U.S.E / Carrie Rodriguez / The Honey Brothers / Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head / Extra Golden / Cordero / Forgive Durden / Hey Marseilles / Adrian Xavier, and many more to be announced.

***We regret to inform that The Ting Tings have cancelled their appearance at Bumbershoot, due to scheduling conflicts.

The immortal "A Minha Menina" and "Bat Macumba."

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Tonight Tonight in Music: Vivian Girls, Aqueduct and the Republic, Bangers & Mash

Posted by Megan Seling on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Vivian Girls - "Tell The World"

Vivian Girls, Abe Vigoda
In the mayfly hype/life-cycle of the average buzz band, it is already dangerously late in the day for Vivian Girls. Lucky, then, that the Brooklyn trio's dreamy, droney blend of girl-group pop and ramshackle punk is so far above average. Their self-titled debut is 22 too-short minutes of pop bliss that begs to be flipped over and spun again and again (and supplemented with 7-inches), and their live show is even more endearing. With L.A.'s Abe Vigoda, whose apocalypso punk is somehow simultaneously sunny and shady. (Neumos, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467. 8 pm, $12, 21+.) ERIC GRANDY

Aqueduct - "Living a Lie"

Aqueduct, the Republic, Josh Ottum
(Tractor) Where Aqueduct's pop is playful yet self-deprecating, the Republic's is compassionate and emotional. But there's room on the bill for both acts. At times, the Republic's ballads like "Let Down" and "One Last Mistake" sound a little too tender, like they were crafted for those touching moments on a WB drama. But the Seattle quartet do the dynamic indie-rock thing really well in songs like "A Hole to Hide Your Head"—they elevate an optimistic chorus even further with sparkling guitars and bright drumming... it's all very pretty. Afterward, Aqueduct will tear you back down with songs about how relationships always go wrong. MEGAN SELING

Drop the Lime live in Tel Aviv

Bangers & Mash: Drop the Lime, Nordic Soul, DJ Recess, Fourcolorzack, Tigerbeat
(See Sound Lounge) Tonight marks the debut of a Thursday-night weekly called Bangers & Mash that promises to shake things up at Belltown's swanky See Sound Lounge. Kicking things off is "international bass champion" Drop the Lime (aka Curses!, born Luca Venezia), who mangles Baltimore breaks, classic house, bassline, and anything else that abides a deep love of deep bass into dance-floor-killing frenzies. Supporting him are some of Seattle's finest party-starters: DJ Recess, Fourcolorzack, Tigerbeat (dude gets the people wilding out on fuckin' Mondays), and Nordic Soul, whose gleeful, anthem-blasting DJ set opening up for Simian Mobile Disco proves the Decibel head can work the hell out of a populist playlist. Future Bangers & Mash bookings include Tittsworth in May and Tommie Sunshine in June. ERIC GRANDY

There's more—see everything in this week's calendar.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Song / On Tour / History / RIP "Raging in the Plague Age"

Posted by Eric Grandy on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:58 PM

Here's one for the pigs.

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Genius Uh OH! Battle of the MBV mashups

Posted by Brian Geoghagan on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:13 PM

Dave, I kinda dig that Eric B mashup you posted but it's a bit too trainwrecky for me to listen to over and over. Fortunately, there's this wicked mashup featuring Lumidee's Never Leave You from a few years back laid over My Bloody Valentine's Soon. It's one of my favorite relics from the mashup era. Here it is in cheesy youtube fashion.

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Tonight Matt Corwine DJs @ Grey Gallery Tonight

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:47 PM

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Matt Corwine (aka Mister Leisure) is DJing at Grey Gallery 10 pm-12 am tonight as part of the Sonic Frontiers weekly there. He’s threatening to play whatever he wants, which is an exciting prospect if you know Corwine’s aesthetics.

[Two Block Hack Alert in full effect.]

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??!! / Video I Know You Got Moon Song

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:19 PM

Eric B. & Rakim’s “I Know You Got Soul” mashed up with My Bloody Valentine’s “Moon Song”? It's kind of trainwrecky and great at the same time. And, no, I don’t feel like letting it go.

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Song / Love A Springtime Playlist Quickie

Posted by Eric Grandy on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 3:38 PM

For this week's music lead, Christopher Frizzelle runs down the songs that have so far been haunting his iPod this spring. Read it—it's great, and like any good mixtape or playlist, it's got its own little moody narrative arc.

In that spirit, here's a brief playlist for my gray, supposedly spring day (ignore the shitty/non-existent videos for the first two, and know that for the third one I actually wanted "Like a Fool," although this song, also off Foolish, expresses more or less the same sentiment):

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Video Stuck In My Head Since Sunday

Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:03 PM

Megan Seling posted this pandemic flu song over on Slog, but I've had this song stuck in my head since I started paying attention to this Swine Flu thing (the song actually starts around 2:30):

Luckily, I love this song and so I don't mind having it in my head 24/7. I'm kind of surprised nobody's done a Swine Flu Remix yet.

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Decibel Decibel Festival Sets Dates, Goes Non-Profit

Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:20 PM

Digital-arts festival Decibel will happen Sept 24-27 this year. Decibel is also becoming a non-profit organization (501.c3 status). This move should enable director Sean Horton and his diligent staff to book elite talent and rent venues by soliciting grants and charitable contributions rather than maxing out their credit cards.

We'll keep you informed of the bookings as we learn about them.

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