Brand Nu Top Three 23 07 10
July 24th, 2010 by admin
Brand Nu Top Three 23 07 10
1) BAD BAD BIRD – ‘Marco The Ripper’
2) THE GALLOPS
3) MAGNETIC MAN – ‘I Need Air’
With an Honorary mention to
This week’s “great but not quite”:
LINDSTROM AND PRINS THOMAS Remix of The Chemical Brothers – ‘Swoon’
KID KUDI – ‘All Summer’
HOLY WON – ‘Song 2 Too’
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Bad Bad Bird, Lindstrom and Prins plus Kid Kudi
July 23rd, 2010 by admin
BAD BAD BIRD appear to be about as off the radar and undiscovered as you can get, I can’t imagine that will last that long. Apart from anything else there’s about a million of them so they just need all their mums to buy their track and they’ll be number one for sure.
Their music and band personality fight each other to see who can be more quirky whilst out and out catchy pop melodies (and funky basslines) end up keeping the peace and proving the true star of the story. And I haven’t even mentioned the singer wearing his pjs…
All their myspace tracks are fab, ‘Marco The Ripper’ possibly the most fabulous.
I love how the LINDSTROM AND PRINS THOMAS Remix of The Chemical Brothers ‘Swoon’ has totally transformed it. As you know I liked the track in previous guises, the fact it can be transformed in so many ways for me shows what a great track the original was. Like the considered, slower funk vibe of this remix, Aeroplane style if ya will.
I’m not a fan of the idea of artists making tunes specifically for corporate brands but if that’s the only way ya can pay the bills I won’t hold it against ya KID KUDI, especially if they are all great like ‘All Summer’ is.
Nml
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HEAR THE TRACK:
BIRD: http://www.myspace.com/badbadbirdnest
SWOON: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLKQ5Vr6iGI
SUMMER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW_r5zE3R0U&feature=related
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Magnetic Man, Holy Won and The Gallops
July 20th, 2010 by admin
MAGNETIC MAN’s ‘I Need Air’ has grown on me massively over the last few weeks and is now officially my fav of the leaked tracks so far, will they send dub to the top of the charts??
HOLY WON’s ‘Song 2 Too’ is an absolutely inspired remake of Blur’s Song Two. We don’t normally bother here on Brand Nu with what might potentially be called a cover, this is much more, this is a musical transformation. Taking the Britpop’s thrashiest and punkiest moment and mellowing out in a chilled reggae infused sun-setter. Genius. And slightly blasphemous.
Feeling the unique sound of THE GALLOPS. Vocal free, heavily lightly electronic if that makes any sense and just pretty damn unique and original. I’m struggling to describe, I like, I like a lot.
Nml
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HEAR THE TRACK:
MAGNETIC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2vWQFHP3D0
HOLY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bOov2B3wzU
GALLOPS: http://www.myspace.com/thegallopsband
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Brand Nu Top Three 16 07 10
July 17th, 2010 by admin
Brand Nu Top Three 16 07 10
1) The XX’s – ‘Crystallised’ (THE DARK SKY ROUGH BOUNCE REMIX)
2) MUMFORD AND SONS – ‘Lover Of The Light’
3) MORNING PARADE – ‘Marble Attic’
With an Honorary mention to DUCKSAUCE – ‘Barbara Streisand’
This week’s “great but not quite”:
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Mumford and Sons, Morning Parade and Remixes of The XX
July 13th, 2010 by admin
I made the trek to Bradford last night and oh was it worth, what an incredible gig it was, definitely more than ‘average’ (in-joke if you were there) I will never forget my evening with MUMFORD AND SONS, Laura Marling and the Dharohar Project. Incredible. Amongst the first album gems and the new EP we did get two new tracks, ‘Lover Of The Light’ my sound like a Phil Collins track (and was delivered as such with Marcus singing and drumming) but it stood out as gem.
A big, big, big sounding You Tube discovery this morning in the form of new band MORNING PARADE. They’re definitely a band but with a real euphoric dance feel too (if this track is anything to o by) BUT that description will incorrectly get your thinking of Bloc Party or Late Of The Pier. These guys are more like what Bruce Springsteen might have produced had he been born in 1984 in deepest Essex brought up on a late 90s teenage diet of UK Garage.
THE DARK SKY ROUGH BOUNCE REMIX of The XX’s ‘Crystallised’ is immense. Nuff said.
Nml
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HEAR THE TRACK:
PARADE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAaodugf1c
XX: http://www.mediafire.com/?lnmmm1int5l
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Brand Nu Top Three 09 07 10
July 10th, 2010 by admin
Brand Nu Top Three 09 07 10
1) MUMFORD AND SONS ft LAURA MARLING and the DHAROHAR PROJECT – ‘Dharohar EP’
2) ENVY – ‘Normal’
3) KANO – ‘Upside’
With an Honorary mention to L-VIS 1990 – ‘Reprise’
This week’s “great but not quite”:
JAMICA – ‘Short And Entertaining’
NETSKY ft JENNA G – ‘Moving With You’
AEROPLANE – ‘We Can’t Fly’
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Jamica, Netsky and Envy
July 9th, 2010 by admin
I’m feeling new (at least to me) band JAMICA, their track ‘Short And Entertaining’ is bubbling up nicely on You Tube with 3000+ views and a high quality posting does justice (do your homework and you’ll understand the pun) to this great track.
On the DnB vibe really feeling the new NETSKY track hooking up with one of the few DnB vocalists I’m much aware of, that fine individual being JENNA G. It simultaneously has that chilled liquid aspect of DnB that I love so much but also quite a high energy frenzied vibe all topped off with a great vocal. Oh Yes.
ENVY’s ‘Normal’ is a really powerful piece of homegrown UK urban music, don’t think they could make a tune like this over the pond. Its part grime, part hiphop, part symphonic. It is an epic in your face piece of tuneage powered by supersonic (verbally and linguistically) MCing and a heavy orchestral sample. Freaky video too.
Nml
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HEAR THE TRACK:
JAMICA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY4CvDeje8I
NETSKY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzR2N8xytRc
ENVY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym2nP8axM-s
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The Moment Of Sexual Transition
July 6th, 2010 by admin
It seems such a strange thing to say about a folk band but I just love the on-it, forward thinking innovative nature of MUMFORD AND SONS, a nature embodied beautifully by their new musical project resulting from their time in India. Collaborating with some Indian folk musicians and LAURA MARLING their new ‘Dharohar EP’ is super duper.
I’ve been a fan of AEROPLANE for time now, they just have an amazing ability to lay down a groove and you know how much I love a groove. ‘We Can’t Fly’ lays down a particular slow paced and considered groove but a groove it undoubtedly is, you almost feel it’s going to metaphorically stall but it keeps pushing (and grooving) on. Love this track.
And now for something slightly different. The new KANO track is big, epic, in-your-face largeness. Listening to this after the previous two tracks is like that moment when the act of love making you’ve been enjoying suddenly transforms into raw, passionate sex. Both experiences are amazing but in many ways it’s the moment of transition that is most magical/ orgasmic. Check out ‘Upside’.
Nml
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HEAR THE TRACK:
MUMFORD: Available immediately via iTunes
AEROPLANE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcxELgEH06U
KANO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJzbRlceYw
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Brand Nu Top Three 02 07 10
July 3rd, 2010 by admin
Brand Nu Top Three 02 07 10
1) SKIMAN – ‘Top Of The World’
2) KLAXONS – ‘Echoes’
3) KANYE WEST – ‘Power’
With an Honorary mention to
This week’s “great but not quite”:
HAIGHT-ASHBURY – ‘Freeman’
BENGA + KATY B – ‘On A Mission’
COUNT AND SINDEN – ‘After Dark’
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The Loch Ness Monster’s Gangsta Beats
July 2nd, 2010 by admin
Ok get your ears ready for a totally fucked up mixture of brand new tunes to throw the way of your ear canal.
Kicking off with the very randomly called HAIGHT-ASHBURY, their new tune ‘Freeman’ town has a kind of musical momentum about it. It just roles and roles, like a big piece of cheese down a country hill on a summers day at sum nutty village’s May Day celebrations.
SKIMAN is a really exciting artist. Good flows and great beats, and if this ‘Top Of The World’ track is anything to go by quite an innovator too, I’ve never heard a beat like this. Imagine the Loch Ness Monster making gangsta beats with his bagpipes and you have some idea.
So a band, a rapper lets finish with a producer making some grimey electronic music courtesy of BENGA and KATY B’s ‘On A Mission’. Dubstep with more than a hint of Four To The Floor (which is possibly why I’m feeling it) this is that still rare thing in my opinion, a dubstep track genuinely complemented and maybe even enhanced by a vocal.
Nml
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HEAR MY TRACK:
ASHBURY: http://www.myspace.com/haightashburyuk
SKIMAN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKAiU0-Lods&feature=player_embedded
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