Brand Nu Top Three 05 03 10
March 6th, 2010 by admin
Brand Nu Top Three 05 03 10
1) PROFESSOR GREEN – ‘I Need You Tonight’
2) FOALS – ‘Spanish Sahara’
3) French Horn Rebellion – ‘Beaches’ (THE TWELVES Remix)
With an Honorary mention to JANELLE MONAE – ‘Tightrope’
This week’s “great but not quite”:
R KELLY – ‘Be My No 2’
PAUL WELLER – ‘Waking Up The Nation‘ (and DJ ZINC Remix)
DJANGO DJANGO - ‘Wor’
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The Backstage Old People’s Home
March 5th, 2010 by admin
Ok the big, big, big track of midweek has without doubt been PROFESSOR GREEN’S 80s sampling-tastic ‘I Need You Tonight’, not only is this going to cross over into the mainstream it will commit full-on GBH on the Top Ten and will I suspect be one of those cross-genre smashers that everyone loves… until it gets overexposed and overnight no one can stand it anymore!
On a very different tip, and acknowledging what a broad church we New MUsic Lovers are, I never thought I’d be bigging up R KELLY?! His new tune is a proper soulful disco gem, this would have sounded mint in 1978. Still sounds pretty lush in 2010. Just don’t anlayse the lyrics of ‘Be My No 2′ too close, hope she’s over-age!
Speaking of seasoned performers defying time’s intention for them to chill in the Backstage Old People’s hone whilst the young pups take up the baton. Really feeling the new single from PAUL WELLER ‘Waking Up The Nation‘, the DJ ZINC Remix aint to shabby either.
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HEAR THE TRACK:
PROF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEwf4C5znqg
KELLY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJh0rCS6c0s
WELLER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrpOYgnf7bA
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SOSix MUSIC
March 2nd, 2010 by admin
See what I did there?
If you love New Music I find it hard to conceive how you could be happy about its threatened closure. This station without doubt showcases, highlights and supports New Music all over the UK.
The good news is something can be done. Whether you want the BBC to continue running it or have it privatised and run by NME, Xfm, Absolute etc action needs to be taken now!
Please let the BBC Trust know 6 Music must live on – be that publicly or privately.
You can tell them here: https://consultations.external.bbc.co.uk/departments/bbc/bbc-strategy-review/consultation/consult_view
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Lilos
March 2nd, 2010 by admin
like a lilo losing air…
What an epic line contained amongst the lyrical midst of brand New Music from FOALS. It’s called ‘Spanish Sahara’ and I love the way it builds and builds, and of course the way it pays homage to that oft forgotten inflatable source of fun the lilo.
Been trying to find out for ages which mix of French Horn Rebellion’s ‘Beaches’ it was that was sending every dance floor I happened to frequent absolutely MENTAL to the power of MENTAL (MENTAL squared you could say). The answer is THE TWELVES Remix. Always preferred them to eleven and as for that pesky thirteen…
DJANGO DJANGO deserve a mention based purely on the Amzonian Rainforest Tribe vibes of their name. Throw in their excellent use of an air raid siren (a much under used sonic contributor), a slight Jonny Cash guitar aura and you have a spot on musical package. Hi Five ‘Wor’.
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HEAR THE TRACK:
FOALS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7tyLdKaru0
12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFK6b7BG9PQ
WOR: http://www.myspace.com/djangotime
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Brand Nu Top Three 26 02 10
February 27th, 2010 by admin
Brand Nu Top Three 26 02 10
1) SRE – ‘This Is’
2) J ZAY – ‘On To The Next One’
3) WE HAVE BAND – ‘Divisive’
With an Honorary mention to JESSICA HOOP – ‘Feast Of The Heart’
This week’s “great but not quite”:
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - ‘Oh No!’
CITADELS – ‘Chemical Song’
GEORGE FITZGERALD – ‘Don’t You’
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The Smell Of Your Own Farts
February 26th, 2010 by admin
The energy on SRE’s ‘This Is’ is insane. In your face, frenzied, ghetto funk this would wake a 103 year old great-granny out of her coma and get her saggy ass straight onto the dancefloor. Big, big tune. Horrible, horrible image.
Even as I find myself recommending one of her tracks I’m still unsure about the MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS album, I am pretty sure that I do really like ‘Oh No!’. But then again…
Any track uses THAT Chris Brown Transformer sample is always going to be beloved to me. It’s just the most base level, grimey, infectious sound I’ve pretty much ever heard. J ZAY works it to totally sick, disgraceful down and dirty levels. This is like that oh so unique simultaneously foul + beautiful sensory experience that is enjoying the smell of your own farts. ‘On To The Next One’ is the boss.
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HEAR THE TRACK:
SRE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUaCuRFhm-g
MARINA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWJnwoUuVOo
J: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1RChZk1EU
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Screwdriving Your Feet
February 22nd, 2010 by admin
Absolutely loving the minimal 80s funk vibe of WE HAVE BAND’s ‘Divisive’. That’s it really, big track!
This CITADELS track ‘Chemical Song’ ain’t too shabby either. Very different to the above but to my ears just as engaging. It has quite an uplifting vibe musically, for some strange reason could imagine it becoming a Christmas anthem! Not sure the lyrics embrace the festive spirit as the Pope would see it but hey ho (see what I did there? With the ho whilst talking bout Christm… yeah ok).
Now as the blog post category subtly implies this is a post inspired by the musical antics of my weekend. As such no surprise to find me sharing with you what I call a ‘Warehouse Moment’. Some lush Minimal Techy House that screwdrives your feet into the dancefloor so intensely they can’t leave. GEORGE FITZGERALD ‘ Don’t You’, oh yes.
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HEAR THE TRACK
BAND: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQb0KlSrAho
SONG: http://www.myspace.com/citadelsmusic
GEORGE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJUFq8IXQMo
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Brand Nu Top Three 19 02 10
February 20th, 2010 by admin
Brand Nu Top Three 19 02 10
1) RONIKA – ‘Paper, Scissors and Stone’
2) J2K – ‘Don’t Let Go’
3) JOHANNA – ‘Think About Life’
With an Honorary mention to EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING – ‘Anxiety’
This week’s “great but not quite”:
KATE NASH – ‘I Just Love You More’
LATE OF THE PIER - ‘Best In Class’.
DAN BLACK – ‘Gorecki Fix Up My Girlfriend Some More’
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The Fiesty Girl In The Year Above
February 19th, 2010 by admin
I know only two things about JOHANNA. In his New Music Wisdom Xfm’s John Kennedy has made them his band of the week and even more importantly (you’ll understand yes JK?) they are damn ass funky! Their tune ‘Think About Life’ is awesome.
You and I have chatted about our fondness for unsigned artist RONIKA a few times over the last year so it was great to read the masses catching up as the Guardian today laud her electro pop brilliance.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/18/new-band-ronika
Whilst we’re on Ronika she has a new EP on the way and what a surprise its rather super duper smashing great. Check out ‘Paper, Scissors and Stone’ on her new Do Or Die EP now.
It’s funny how I’m finding more and more New Music not via myspace or some crazy internet radio station but You Tube. Was checking out the song that made me fall for KATE NASH the incredible ‘Pumpkin Soup’ and what dya know she’s got a new song, and I love it! In your face, aggressive, all the energy that send men weak at the knees when catching the eye of that incredibly feisty girl in the year above. ‘I Just Love You More’ has indeed increased my love for Miss Nash a notch or three.
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HEAR THE TRACK:
RONIKA: http://www.myspace.com/ronikamusic
KATE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5X1yvv8Eo
JOHANNA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT73be9pefM
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Shake It, Murk It, Donk It Etc
February 15th, 2010 by admin
You’ll have gathered by now I have a rather obsessive love for LATE OF THE PIER, they surf that indie/ electronic music wave that I fall off so often, so well. Which means they could release a deadly virus and I’d still be enthused by it, check out ‘Best In Class’. It’s neither deadly nor viral.
DAN BLACK is not an artist I am overly familiar with, maybe it’s the Holy vibes of his music that have captured my soul making a pact with the lord (or should that be satan?) not to release it until I share the love here on BN. I am defo finding myself very much enraptured by the weirdly named ‘Gorecki Fix Up My Girlfriend Some More’. And I can’t quite explain why.
No explanation issues with J2K’s ‘Don’t Let Go’. Quite simply a monster of a club banger set to get asses, phat and pert, shaking all over the United Kingdom and further afield. Shake it, murk it, donk it etc (I wonder if the phrase ‘donk it etc’ has ever been uttered before?)
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HEAR THE TRACK:
PIER: http://ow.ly/18cQ1
DAN: http://creamteam.tv/?p=2022
J2K: http://www.grimeforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47930
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