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LISTEN TO THIS, stomp stomp stomp, grrr, grrr, grrr, nrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHH, yeah! Its basically a Dan Garber double bill, since he sent me the track, but he didn’t write anything, so now its me introducing it to you (even though you may have heard it before).
Anyway, So So Modern, hailing from NZ, fourpiece, fellas, back from a lengthy European tour which i missed. Instrumental, walls of guitar, chunky beats and electronics, definitely from the Holy Fu?k school of electronics
They also accompany their music with performance, or thats what their bio says. Anyway, rock meets tech, or as they call it themselves “futuristic schizoid noise pop’ and if you wanted to you could say they sound something a bit like Errors, Battles and the klaxons.
Its been while since we heard from Mr Manuva. Now he has joined forces with a producer by the name of WrongTom to release a new project entitled Duppy Writer. The album features reworked tunes from Roots lengthy back catalogue with each track covering a different era of reggae. In true Roots style the album is filled with (admittedly electronic) dub reggae vibes of the highest order. And despite the nature of the material there is a freshness that makes it better than merely a remix album.
Now here something really cool – ‘Girl Crisis’ an all-female troupe with a twist. The idea behind it was to a) name themselves as a joke on Boy Crisis b) exist only in web-video form featuring c) an essentially revolving cast of indie Brooklyn sirens that d) have nothing for sale and will not play live shows but e) are a “long-term” project that records covers of classic songs. All songs are preformed in a Greenpoint living room of one of the singers on Super 8mm camera. Wicked!
September 08, 2010 Luminaire
One of our favourite bands this year – they cant be called a new band as this is their second album, but it sounds so fresh. Amazing rockabilly and to huge critical acclaim. I saw them on a very small stage a few week for a launch at the Levi’s store, and I cant wait to see them on the great stage at the great venue that is the Luminaire. Bursting out from all side this will be an explosive live show!
With amazing support from John & Jehn and Mary Epworth and The Jubilee Band.
Plus a DJ set from Django Django
it is going to be one hell of a celebration!!
Purchase ticket here