The Monitors
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and industry news - 05-02-12-11.35am
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HIghlife. Good name for a feelgood band, mixing african guitars (a la vampire weekend) with percussion, a hint of naive folk jangles… warm and happy vocals from Sleepy Doug Shaw, New York Resident and friends with the likes of Gang Gang Dance, Animal Collective and Black Dice.
Definitely hanging in the right circles and just released his first EP, which has been very well received by all the right people, i get the feeling we’ll be hearing and seeing more of Highlife, though perhaps a little too late for this years festival scene.
Check out this track, F Kenya RIP and keep your ears peeled for more for the man.
Combining deep 60s psychedelic grooves with the minimal looping work recently found within work by the likes of Walls and Caribou, Django Django come along and add a hint of spice to the sound. The glazed expression of the music perfectly fits the Beta Band electronic feel their going for; from the Beach Boys influenced ‘Life’s A Beach’ and ‘Silver [..]
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New disco does Stargate, Star Trek, Star Wars! Anything which touches the sky has touched the inspiration behind the latest video from this funky dance collective. The multiple universe theory goes hay-wire and the world turns into a massive disco stage.
Heineken have just launched the ‘Serenade your Date’ Facebook app which helps you record a song in order to ask the lady/gentleman of your Facebook dreams on a date. apps.facebook.com
May 04, 2012 Koko
The Camden Crawl is back an bigger and better than ever this year, and to celebrate they’re kicking things off this year with a special Friday event at the legendary Koko venue, headlined by Death in Vegas. Long time member Richard Fearless had this to say about [..]
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