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GOGOL BORDELLOTrans-Continental Hustle

2010 release, the eagerly-awaited fifth studio album from the gypsy-punk outfit and the first to be release since 2007′s Super Taranta!. Produced by Grammy award-winning producer Rick Rubin, Trans-Continental Hustle combines the band’s radical invocations of positive primal energy and planetary consciousness with music infused with ska, metal, punk, rap, dub and intimations of indigenous Brazilian sounds to produce a party maelstrom of electrifying proportions. Led by revolutionary change agent and provocateur Eugene Hutz, Gogol Bordello, a nine-piece juggernaut of gypsy rebel soul, has become an international force to be reckoned with.

ARTIST: Gogol Bordello
TITLE: Trans-Continental Hustle
LABEL: Columbia
RELEASE DATE: April 27, 2010
TIME: 53:51 min.
WEB: http://www.gogolbordello.com/

01. Pala Tute [04:05]
02. My Companjera [03:22]
03. Sun Is On My Side [04:25]
04. Rebellious Love [03:57]
05. Immigraniada (we comin’ rougher) [03:46]
06. When Universes Collide [04:48]
07. Uma Menina [04:34]
08. Raise the Knowledge [04:57]
09. Last One Goes Hope [04:35]
10. To Rise Above [03:47]
11. In the Meantime in Penambuco [03:11]
12. Break the Spell [04:07]
13. Trans-Continental Hustle [04:17]

Gogol Bordello – Pala Tute

PANTHA DU PRINCEBlack Noise

Pantha Du Prince fuses house, techno, shoegazy electronica and psychedelic electro-acoustic soundscapes into music that is at once both beautiful and bewitching. He has released several recordings to date through the respected German label Dial Records, which is run by and for its artists. His previous album This Bliss, was a bittersweet take on techno, which appealed to both dancefloors and living rooms alike and was hugely successful. As a result he has become an in-demand remixer and has done tracks for Depeche Mode, Animal Collective, Bloc Party, and many others.

ARTIST: Pantha du Prince
TITLE: Black Noise
LABEL: Rough Trade
RELEASE DATE: February 09, 2010
TIME: 70:15 min.
WEB: http://www.panthaduprince.com/

01. Lay in a Shimmer [06:37]
02. Abglanz [06:04]
03. The Splendour [05:59]
04. Stick to My Side [07:51]
05. A Nomads Retreat [06:41]
06. Satellite Snyper [05:28]
07. Behind the Stars [06:50]
08. Bohemian Forest [07:24]
09. Welt Am Draht [07:10]
10. Im Bann [03:26]
11. Es Schneit [06:45]

Pantha du Prince – The Splendour

CRYSTAL CASTLES
II

Crystal Castles was never exactly a groundbreaking force in the whole 8-bit, chiptune, whatever-you-want-to-call-it genre they emerged from. What made vocalist Alice Glass‘ and multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath’s take on it so exciting was the energy, the pop sensibilities, and attitude they brought to the proverbial table. It wasn’t wholly original, but they had some interesting ideas, and… well, it didn’t hurt that Glass is so easy on the eyes, either. On their sophomore effort II, which is a self titled one like their first (they’re too cool to title their albums, you know), they downplay the glitchy bleeps a bit to flesh out their sound a bit more, and it pays off wonderfully.

ARTIST: Crystal Castles
TITLE: II
LABEL: Motown
RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2010
TIME: 52:54 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles

01. Fainting Spells [02:44]
02. Celestica [03:48]
03. Doe Deer [01:38]
04. Baptism [04:13]
05. Year of Silence [04:54]
06. Empathy [04:11]
07. Suffocation [04:02]
08. Violent Dreams [04:35]
09. Vietnam [05:08]
10. Birds [02:31]
11. Pap Smear [03:43]
12. Not in Love [03:33]
13. Intimate [04:45]
14. I Am Made of Chalk [03:09]

Crystal Castles – Suffocation

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HIGH PLACESVs. Mankind

High Places’ debut album of 2008, an eponymous collection that rightly attracted its share of plaudits, was capped by a song of such exquisite elegance that it’s effectively obscured its makers’ other efforts ever since. That track, From Stardust to Sentience, has proved a blessing and a curse: its ethereal splendour continues to captivate, but it’s far from the sole feather in this duo’s multi-coloured cap.
High Places vs. Mankind, album two excluding a compilation affair, sets out to shatter any notion that this Los Angeles via Brooklyn is a one-trick pony: the more beat-based numbers on their debut tended to be overlooked; but here, from the very outset, these pulses and thuds, rattles and taps take centre stage.

ARTIST: High Places
TITLE: High Places vs. Mankind
LABEL: Thrill Jockey
RELEASE DATE: March 16, 2010
TIME: 39:27 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/hellohighplaces

01. The Longest Shadows [05:54]
02. On Giving Up [03:25]
03. She’s A Wild Horse [04:40]
04. The Channon [02:36]
05. Canada [03:02]
06. Constant Winter [05:09]
07. On a Hill in a Bed on a Road in a House [02:42]
08. Drift Slayer [04:06]
09. The Most Beautiful Name [03:59]
10. When It Comes [03:59]

High Places – On Giving Up

HEADMAN1923

Headman returns with a brand new astonishing album: 1923. After releasing three albums on Gomma, he returns with this new record on his own label Relish. This marks the start of a new era for Robi Insinna, the man behind the Headman guise. It’s an incredible work of art: ten tracks of pure gold that show and highlight the rich talent at work here. The forward-thinking, evolving sound of a true artist. It bridges the different sonic worlds Robi has created for himself over the years. Everything from techno to post-punk, disco and pop are in some way evident in these ten recordings, which holds together as a body of work unlike anything he has done before.

ARTIST: Headman
TITLE: 1923
LABEL: Relish
RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2010
TIME: 43:43 min.
WEB: http://www.headman.org/

01. Random Disco [04:55]
02. Gimme [04:18]
03. Blue Boys [05:14]
04. Private Show [04:29]
05. New Zombie [04:13]
06. Keep On Keeping On [03:01]
07. Dirt [03:25]
08. Assassin [04:21]
09. Voices [04:45]
10. Fluctuation [04:53]

Headman – Dirt

SPINELESS LAUGH
spinGrooved

First collaboration for the new-born radioSpin: Spineless Laugh takes a bunch of LastGrooves Tracks of the Week (TOTW) and mixes them together into a long, uniform clubbing tune. As usual, it’s Sick Mix selection and that’s means deep-house. And it’s Spineless Laugh mashing, that means hard-mixing.
enjoy and give some feedback.

ARTIST: AA.VV. selected by Sick Mix & mixed by Spineless Laugh
TITLE: spinGrooved
LABEL: Spineless Media / Mu-Sick
RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2010
TIME: 79:11 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/splaugh/

01. SPINELESS LAUGH – (naked) Intro [@00:00]
02. BLACKSTROBE – Sometimes Funky People Are Dressed in Black [@01:17]
03. K-SCOPE – Electrickiss [@05:33]
04. PABLO BOLIVAR – Out of Place [@11:08]
05. NEWWORLDACQUARIUM – The Force [@14:12]
06. ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ feat. MAX C. – About This Love (instrumental) [@19:02]
07. ALIF TREE – Aurevoir (john gazoo remix) [@22:37]
08. SOLOMUN – Hypnotize (tobi neumann feat. ilhem remix) [@27:29]
09. JOHN DALY – Meltdown [@34:39]
10. JAY TRIPWIRE – Never Go Back [@39:30]
11. KEVIN YOST – Right to Your Soul (aki bergen remix) [@42:51]
12. GEDDES and MIC NEWMAN – Lost Souls [@48:44]
13. SOLOMUN – Deadman [@53:21]
14. SIOPIS – Really Love Ya [@58:13]
15. ANDRI – The Change [@61:51]
16. HIPSTERS – Remember (aiello edit) [@65:46]
17. MOTORCITYSOUL – Deliver Me [@70:22]
18. JAMES TEEJ – Spending Life [@76:46]
19. SPINELESS LAUGH – (wasted) Outro [@78:11]

Spineless Laugh – (naked) Intro
Spineless Laugh – (wasted) Outro

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CARIBOUSwim

With its absorption of club culture sounds weaved within subtle pop frameworks, Swim is Caribou‘s masterpiece the record he’s wanted to bring to fruition for as long as he’s been making music. A Canadian from small-town Ontario now based in England, Daniel Victor Snaith (previously known as Manitoba) has been a leading figure in electronic music over the past decade. He surprised critics and fans with 2007′s Andorra, a brilliant, electro-tinged pop breakthrough with a timeless grace that made most year-end Best of lists and won Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize.

ARTIST: Caribou
TITLE: Swim
LABEL: Merge
RELEASE DATE: April 20, 2010
TIME: 43:16 min.
WEB: http://www.caribou.fm/

01. Odessa [05:16]
02. Sun [05:45]
03. Kaili [04:42]
04. Found Out [03:19]
05. Bowls [06:21]
06. Leave House [05:12]
07. Hannibal [06:16]
08. Lalibela [02:26]
09. Jamelia [03:59]

Caribou – Odessa

THE NIROBest Wishes

Second album, following the good 2008 debut, for Davide Combusti, a.k.a. The Niro, who proves again to be one of the best italian musical expressions. Best Wishes is made of folk arpeggios, electric strikes, great Buckley-voice and never featureless melodies.
Check it out.

ARTIST: The Niro
TITLE: Best Wishes
LABEL: Universal
RELEASE DATE: Apr 16, 2010
TIME: 39:47 min.
WEB: http://www.theniro.com/

01. No Innocence [02:58]
02. In My Memory [04:07]
03. The Wrestler [03:48]
04. London Theatre [03:06]
05. Stop It [03:01]
06. Johnny [02:55]
07. Best Wishes [04:11]
08. When Your Father [03:06]
09. Circle [10:38]
10. He’s a Pray [03:55]
11. Post Atomic Dawn [04:48]

The Niro – Circle

65DAYSOFSTATICWe Were Exploding Anyway

2010 album from the ever evolving post-rock pioneers 65daysofstatic who take a new direction once again on this, their fourth album: having pushed instrumental guitar music through textural and tempo barriers for three albums before this one, 65daysofstatic have now reeled in the complexity and instead emphasised volume and dynamics. We Were Exploding Anyway seems to dispense with the subtlety and glitch-laden rock of yore, replacing it with the kind of cavern-defying hooks that The Prodigy, or even drum’n’bass goons Pendulum, could hinge their entire careers on. Known for their stunning live shows and having toured with The Cure all over the world, this is sure to be a record destined for your collection.
Features Come to Me with  Robert Smith on vocals.

ARTIST: 65daysofstatic
TITLE: We Were Exploding Anyeway
LABEL: Hassle
RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2010
TIME: 51:13 min.
WEB: http://www.65daysofstatic.com/

01. Mountainhead [05:34]
02. Crash Tactics [03:48]
03. Dance Dance Dance [04:02]
04. Piano Fights [03:51]
05. Weak4 [03:54]
06. Come to Me [08:00]
07. Go Complex [04:05]
08. Debutante [07:21]
09. Tiger Girl [10:38]

65daysofstatic – Crash Tactics

SPINELESS LAUGH
X-Spine (vol.08)

Volume #8 for X-Spine, the periodic release (approximately three times in a year) by Spineless Laugh, hosted for the first time on radioSpin. As usual the collection presents a compilation of the newest remixes of the coolest indie tunes hardly mixed by Spineless Laugh, ready to be burned and to rock your parties.
enjoy!

ARTIST: AA.VV. selected & mixed by Spineless Laugh
TITLE: X-Spine (vol.08)
LABEL: Spineless Media
RELEASE DATE: March 31, 2010
TIME: 79:23 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/splaugh/

01. SPINELESS LAUGH – Intro (rolling remix) [@00:00]
02. YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Heads Will Roll (a-trak remix) [@02:56]
03. THE KILLERS – Smile Like You Mean It (fischerspooner remix) [@07:55]
04. TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – Undercover Martyn (jupiter remix) [@11:37]
05. CHEW LIPS – Salt Air (two door cinema club remix) [@15:04]
06. LA ROUX – I’m Not Your Toy (data remix) [@18:10]
07. ROYKSOPP feat. KARIN DREIJER ANDERSSON – This Must Be It (rex the dog remix) [@22:37]
08. GOLDFRAPP – Rocket (penguin remix) [@28:33]
09. EDITORS – You Don’t Know Love (caged baby remix) [@34:06]
10. DELPHIC – Doubt (build remix) [@40:29]
11. GROOVE ARMADA feat. SAINT SAVIOUR – I Won’t Kneel (the bloody beetroots remix) [@42:56]
12. THE XX – Crystalised (keljet remix) [@46:38]
13. BLUR – Song 2 (vengeance remix) [@49:42]
14. THE HIVES – Because I Wanna (hyper breaks mix) [@54:05]
15. WE ARE TERRORISTS – Ground Zero (dilemn remix) [@59:59]
16. GORILLAZ feat. MOS DEF & BOBBY WORMACK – Stylo (alex metric remix) [@63:11]
17. RADIOHEAD – Idioteque (david starfire remix) [@66:26]
18. THE FAINT – Forever Growing Centipedes (la dolce vita remix) [@71:24]
19. LIKKE LI – Little Bit (gilgamesh remix) [@74:50]
20. SPINELESS LAUGH – Outro (mega-byted remix) [@77:32]

Spineless Laugh – Intro (rolling remix)
Spineless Laugh – Outro (mega-byted remix)

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U.N.K.L.E.Where Did the Night Fall

U.N.K.L.E. release their new album Where Did The Night Fall through their own label Surrender All. The album was recorded in studios in London, Ibiza, Melbourne and Los Angeles over the last year and the band claim it is influenced by “psychedelic rock to afrobeat”. Guests on the record include Mark Lanegan, Sleepy Sun, The Black Angels, Gavin Clark, Autolux, Elle J of Dark Horses, Joel Cadbury, The Heritage Orchestra and Katrina Ford of cabaret punk trio Celebration.

ARTIST: U.N.K.L.E.
TITLE: Where Did the Night Fall
LABEL: Surrender All
RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2010
TIME: 57:14 min.
WEB: http://www.unkle.com/

01. Nowhere [00:41]
02. Follow Me Down [04:23]
03. Natural Selection [04:11]
04. Joy Factory [03:59]
05. The Answer [04:41]
06. On A Wire [04:53]
07. Falling Stars [05:49]
08. Heavy Drug [01:13]
09. Caged Bird [05:08]
10. Ablivion [04:30]
11. The Runaway [03:49]
12. Ever Rest [04:21]
13. The Healing [04:27]
14. Another Night Out [05:12]

U.N.K.L.E. (feat. katrina ford) – Caged Bird

LCD SoundsystemThis Is Happening

Not since Kid Creole and the Coconuts got both yuppies and no-wavers moving in the 1980s has an electro/synth/dance/punk outfit achieved the crossover success of LCD Soundsystem. In addition to the bona fide hits on Sound of Silver (North American Scum and All My Friends among them), James Murphy and crew have released exclusive product for Nike and scored the soundtrack for a Ben Stiller movie (Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg). With This Is Happening, the group released its third official full-length hinting at more of the same, however, with a musical palate as broad and refined as Murphy’s, such a notion is ultimately meaningless.

ARTIST: LCD Soundsystem
TITLE: This Is Happening
LABEL: DFA
RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2010
TIME: 65:32 min.
WEB: http://www.lcdsoundsystem.com

01. Dance Yrself Clean [08:58]
02. Drunk Girls [03:44]
03. One Touch [07:48]
04. All I Want [06:43]
05. I Can Change [05:54]
06. You Wanted A Hit [09:12]
07. Pow Pow [08:25]
08. Somebody’s Calling Me [06:55]
09. Home [07:53]

LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls

A TOYS ORCHESTRAMidnight Talks

Fourth album for the salerno-based indie-rock outfit A Toys Orchestra. Three years after the wonderful Technicolor Dreams the band releases another great album, steering directly towards a more energic and passionate sound. High-quality radio-friendly pop-rock, with power roots à la Badfinger, symphonic ouvertures and hard psych-parenthesis almost prog.
Midnight Talks can really label A Toys Orchestra as a self-consciuos band.

ARTIST: A Toys Orchestra
TITLE: Midnight Talks
LABEL: Urtovox
RELEASE DATE: April 02, 2010
TIME: 47:36 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/atoysorchestra

01. Sunny Days [02:04]
02. Red Alert [02:49]
03. Mystical Mistake [03:36]
04. The Day of the Bluff [04:15]
05. Celentano [04:00]
06. Plastic Romance [02:34]
07. Plastic Romance (pt.2) [02:12]
08. Pills On My Bill [03:46]
09. Frankie Pyroman [03:08]
10. Backbone Blues [03:35]
11. Look in Your Eyes [04:13]
12. Summer [04:38]
13. The Golden Calf [03:17]
14. Somebody Else [03:29]

A Toys Orchestra – Mystical Mistake

THE KICKDRUMSCoachella (the indio sessions – day three)

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual festival organized by Gholdennvoice held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. The event features many genres of music including alternative rock, hip hop, and electronic music. The Kickdrums were suggested to make a mixtape combining all the genres showcased at Coachella with some Kickdrums’ songs in the mix. They liked the idea and knocked it out! That’s how you get this energetic blend of music designed to showcase the biggest tunes from some of music’s most promising emerging artists and some classics from back in the day as well. Here’s the third part.

ARTIST: The Kickdrums
TITLE: Coachella (the indio sessions – day three)
LABEL: Gholdennvoice
RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2010
TIME: 33:10 min.
WEB: http://www.thekickdrums.com/

01. SLY AND THE FALMILY STONE – Single a Simple Song (intro) [01:46]
02. THOM YORKE – Black Swan [01:53]
03. THE KICKDRUMS – I Had to Much to Dream Last Night [01:47]
04. GORILLAZ feat. LOU REED – Some Kind of Nature [01:55]
05. SPOON – Written in Reverse [01:22]
06. BEN HARPER – Lay There and Hate Me (the kickdrums remix) [01:30]
07. B.O.B. – Nothing On You (dj kue edit) [02:34]
08. MATT & KIM – Yeah Yeah (flosstradamus remix) [01:29]
09. PHOENIX – 1901 (mike balance re-rub / jason bee edit) [01:31]
10. FLORANCE AND THE MACHINE – Raise It Up [01:59]
11. SPOON – Nobody Gets to Me But You [01:33]
12. GORILLAZ – Dare (soulwax remix) [01:22]
13. TROUBLE ANDREW feat. AMANDA BLANK – Stay Till the Morning (prod. by diplo) [02:32]
14. DE LA SOUL – Saturdays [03:08]
15. PHOENIX – Lisztomania (alex metric remix) [02:03]
16. ORBITAL – Satan [02:15]
17. B.O.B. feat. PITBULL – Across the World [02:31]

Phoenix – Lisztomania (alex metric remix)

THE KICKDRUMSCoachella (the indio sessions – day two)

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual festival organized by Gholdennvoice held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. The event features many genres of music including alternative rock, hip hop, and electronic music. The Kickdrums were suggested to make a mixtape combining all the genres showcased at Coachella with some Kickdrums’ songs in the mix. They liked the idea and knocked it out! That’s how you get this energetic blend of music designed to showcase the biggest tunes from some of music’s most promising emerging artists and some classics from back in the day as well. Here’s the second part.

ARTIST: The Kickdrums
TITLE: Coachella (the indio sessions – day two)
LABEL: Gholdennvoice
RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2010
TIME: 36:22 min.
WEB: http://www.thekickdrums.com/

01. THE KICKDRUMS – Day Two (intro) [01:14]
02. MGMT – Flash Delirium [02:10]
03. THE GOSSIP – Listen Up! (punks jump up remix) [02:07]
04. TEMPER TRAP – Sweet Disposition (alan wilkis remix) [01:55]
05. HOT CHIP – Ready for the Floor (la riots & villains remix) [02:00]
06. MUSE – Uprising (does it offend you, yeah? remix) [01:38]
07. THERE MIGHT BE BLOOD – Walking Dream [01:33]
08. GIRLS – Lust for Life [02:13]
09. THE KICKDRUMS – Out to Get Me! [01:27]
10. DIRTY PROJECTORS – Stilness in the Move [01:43]
11. MAJOR LAZER vs. GUCCI MANE – Hold Up I’m Wasted (terry urban remix) [02:59]
12. FAITH NO MORE – Epic [02:07]
13. THE DEAD WEATHER – I Cut Like A Buffalo [02:32]
14. THE XX – Shelter (them jeans edit) [01:37]
15. THE GOSSIP vs. ELASTICA – Standing in the Way of Connection [01:35]
16. TOKYO POLICE CLUB – Cheer It On (girl talk remix) [01:24]
17. HOT CHIP – Colours (fred falke remix) [02:24]
18. BEACH HOUSE – Zebra (them jeans edit) [02:15]
19. DEVO – Red Eye Express [02:49]

Muse – Uprising (does it offend you, yeah? remix)

THE KICKDRUMSCoachella (the indio sessions – day one)

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual festival organized by Gholdennvoice held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California.  The event features many genres of music including alternative rock, hip hop, and electronic music.  The Kickdrums were suggested to make a mixtape combining all the genres showcased at Coachella with some Kickdrums’ songs in the mix.  They liked the idea and knocked it out!  That’s how you get this energetic blend of music designed to showcase the biggest tunes from some of music’s most promising emerging artists and some classics from back in the day as well. Here’s the first part.

ARTIST: The Kickdrums
TITLE: Coachella (the indio sessions – day one)
LABEL: Gholdennvoice
RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2010
TIME: 40:29 min.
WEB: http://www.thekickdrums.com/

01. THE KICKDRUMS – Day One (intro) [00:54]
02. LA ROUX – I’m Not Your Toy (data remix) [02:04]
03. PASSION PIT – The Reeling (calvin harris remix) [02:10]
04. FEVER RAY – Triangle Walks (tiga’s 1-2-3-4 remix) [02:11]
05. WALE feat. LADY GAGA – Chillin’ (benzi & willy joy remix) [02:02]
06. YEASAYER – Sunrise [02:25]
07. ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN – Lips Like Sugar [01:54]
08. JAY Z feat. ALICIA KEYS – Empire State of Mind [02:13]
09. GRIZZLY BEAR feat. JAY Z – Two Weeks [01:58]
10. SPECIALS – Ghost Town [01:40]
11. THE KICKDRUMS – Things Work Out [02:59]
12. THEM CROOKED VULTURES – New Fang [01:43]
13. PUBLIC IMAGE – Public Image [01:35]
14. WALE X TREASURE FINGERS – Cross the DCFloor [01:23]
15. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House [01:55]
16. DEADMAU5 – Harder Faster Stronger (ghosts n’ stuff remix) [01:54]
17. IMOGEN HEAP – Hide and Seek (hot noizes remix) [02:16]
18. VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Kids Don’t Stand a Chance (chromeo remix) [02:40]
19. THE KICKDRUMS – Death of a Dream Machine [04:33]

La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy (data remix)