Monday, 31 October 2011

MIXTAPES INIT

Happy Halloween y'all.

So while we currently am covering ourselves in what we're told is 'fake' blood a quick one to say that we're very much digging the current offerings that the Berlin's amazing BUTTERCLOCK has done over at thesupersuper.com

Def worth a listen while you're deciding whether to go out tonight as a sexy zombie or a smurf...for the fifth year running.


Butterclock - Sweet 17 Mixxtape by The SuperSuper


words: FFFU

Friday, 28 October 2011

AURAL SECTS

We reckons you must have been living in a box (or let’s say coffin...lulz guys...ya get me?) for the last few years to not have heard of Tri-Angle and Disaro Records...or at least some of their acts. The rise of the likes of SALEM, oOoOO and Witch House (can it not go back to being called drag?) has pushed those skewed, slowed down, eerie hip hop vibes well into the spotlight/ghostly candlelight (enough now pleez..)

But it’s also seemed to be primarily a US kinda thing up to now...so it’s nice to discover this new (?) label AURAL SECTS who apparently hail all the way from sunny Wigan, just round the corner from our native Manchester. They describe themselves as ‘A dark electronic/experimental/Witch Haus musical collective and netlabel’ which sounds mad cool to us. From a look on their bandcamp its clear that they’ve been busy too...with already tons of bands signed up. Whether any of these acts will progress from what we suspect is still bedroom-producer-mode remains to be seen however but for now the whole thang def worth a check out y’all.....and all are free downloads......which is cool by us. Here’s a sample of some of our faves:






And props to me for managing to write this without the usual blogger-ease cliché of mentioning hard to pronounce band names/use of symbols......wah......nearly


words: R.P. Stereos

MAD RAVE TIMES NOW PLS

Pictureplane and Teengirl Fantasy recently got together to do some shows and from what we can see from this vid it was one of the best raves/gigs like eva! 

Check it out and just pray like us that this line up comes to some sweaty UK clubs sometime soon....

BE THE DRIVER...

If you haven’t seen the best film of the year yet we suggest you get on a torrent site quick and download it....there's sweet 10/10 quality DLs all over the web (we’re told...as we wouldn't condone or take part in any such naughtiness.)

Anyway, this is the best song from what is also one of the best film soundtracks for a coupla years......well, until the dude from Chili Peppers who isn’t flea or the other one gets involved around track 6 anyway..



Hell you can even get the jacket if you got spare dolla and wanna get involved in them Gosling vibes...like, who doesn’t?






words: Andre Bestbuy

BUZZBABEZZ

So you've heard Lana Del Rey right? Is that a silly question in these final months of 2011? So where do you all stand? Cos It seems everyone has an opinion presently (and when I say everyone I mean this microcosmic bitch-fest we call blogland) Is this cos she’s new? Cos she’s not 4Real? Cos she’s getting massive hits? Cos she’s a woman? Cos she’s a total hotee? It just seems a bit bizarre where all this vitriol stems from when its no secret that most pop acts are run through the old PR mill before being presented to the world.

Whatevs anyway doe, at BARE VIBES we like old Lizzie – we like the ‘Gangster Nancy Sinatra’ line – we like the lips (fake or not)....and most of all we like the tunes... 

This new remix could possibly be seen as a cynical attempt on both acts parts to cash in on the buzz (‘The Internet’ being the new ‘brand/band’ of Odd Future’s Syd the Kyd) but on another level it’s a good tune made better with a cool electro-hip-hop beat that’s bordering even on witch house. Definitely one for the top of the pile of LDR remixes. Likes...

BLUE JEANS Odd Future's The Internet Remix by P5757575757575



Though can’t help thinking this is pretty rad too so ignore all that ‘k:






words: FFFU


Greetings...

Despite the multitude of photo blogs and fashion blogs and music blogs and misc blogs already overcrowding the internet we felt there was still room for one more.....so we did this. Cos there’s still loads of wicked bands and super cool things around that no one is picking up on or writing about. We hope to be the people to do that. So...welcome then people to this new blog...


words:  R.P. Stereos