05/14/2008
Long Live Sharevari! Detroit Italo Disco At Its Finest
Who needs electroclash when there is "Sharevari?" This 1981 single by Detroit's own Number of Names is for fans of Kraftwerk and Italo Disco. This is the kind of song most of today's technicolor club-rat DJ's wish they wrote. Check out th ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/14/2008 4:26 PM EST in Electronic, New-Wave, YouTube, Italo Disco | Permalink
05/13/2008
Music Video Created Using Apple's Mac OS X Interface Features The Bird and The Bee's "Again & Again"
So someone (or some people) really into Bird and the Bee's sugary pop tune "Again & Again" and Mac software have created a clever video using the OS X interface and its applications. The song fits the idea, and it's fun to watch, even though ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/13/2008 4:13 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, YouTube | Permalink
05/09/2008
Midnight Juggernauts Live @ Johnny Brenda's: Interview, Review + Photos
In the falltide, fellow Walruser Michael gave some love to three Aussie prog-rockers otherwise known as Midnight Juggernauts. Sweet find! Thanks to this hawt tip, I grabbed an opportunity to shoot the shit with the Juggernauts before a sweaty-as ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/09/2008 1:06 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Experimental, Interview | Permalink
05/06/2008
Lykke Li, Midnight Juggernauts, Hot Lava, Aunt Dracula, Death Set All Playing Philly This Week (and Next)
This week, and into next, it looks like Philly's Johnny Brenda's pretty much has a monopoly on live shows featuring awesome new/semi-new bands. Here's a run-down:
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/06/2008 2:58 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Experimental, Local Music, Events | Permalink
04/29/2008
Get Ready, Get Death Set, Go!
I posted about Baltimore's The Death Set a few months ago. I was diggin them then and I am definitely diggin them now, especially after hearing their debut album, Worldwide. It's a post-punk pinball blitz with battle-cries, electro-beats and cas ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/29/2008 10:49 PM EST in Electronic, Post-Punk, Video | Permalink
04/28/2008
Dood Pass The 3-D Glasses, I Wanna Watch the New Bjork Video
Yep, that forever-innovating Icelandic chanteuse is at it again. This time, Bjork is helping us to relive the three dimensional cinematic spectacle that was once unheard of beyond the walls of the sticky and sometimes cramped movie theaters. Her ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/28/2008 6:22 PM EST in Electronic, Experimental, Video | Permalink
New Stereolab: It's Alive! Alive!
I've been begging and pleading with the sweet baby jeebus above for Stereolab to go back to their energetic days of old, or at least receive a much needed shot of B-12. Pitchfork recently premiered a new track from the groop and appropriately ca ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/28/2008 6:05 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic | Permalink
04/25/2008
Hot Chip Remixes Caribou...For Way Too Long
Oh how Hot Chip love their electronic sound-making-gadget-plug-in thingies. Then again, who could blame them? They are usually pretty awesome at using them. However, on their new remix of Caribou's "She's the One", they take what was once a 4 mi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/25/2008 11:44 AM EST in Electronic, Remix | Permalink
04/22/2008
New Music: First Floor Power - The Jacket (Karin of The Knife Remix)
To me, everything that The Knife touches turns to gold. So, when I saw this Karin Dreijer's (singer of The Knife) remix of First Floor Power's new single "The Jacket" posted on Discobelle, I downloaded it immediately. The original, which you can ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/22/2008 11:07 AM EST in Electronic, Remix, Disco | Permalink
04/17/2008
Paris 1919, 1973, and 2007
It's no surprise that I don't like much new music. I listen to a lot of it, but only find a teeny bit actually interesting. That being said, I understand the importance of historically contextualizing things for the kids of today. Enter Owen P ...
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