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SPINELESS LAUGH
X-Spine (vol.10)

This is the time! Volume #10 for X-Spine, the periodic release by Spineless Laugh, hosted 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, starting from tonight New Year’s Eve.
Shake it and enjoy!

ARTIST: AA.VV. selected & mixed by Spineless Laugh
TITLE: X-Spine (vol.10)
LABEL: Spineless Media
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 2010
TIME: 78:05 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/splaugh/

01. SPINELESS LAUGH – Intro (hey remix) [@00:00]
02. THE TINGS TINGS – Shut Up and Let Me Go (left/right remix) [@02:32]
03. THE SCANNERS – Baby Blue (the chaotic good remix) [@07:28]
04. WOLFMOTHER – New Moon Rising (tits & clits remix) [@11:40]
05. YOU SAY PARTY! – There’s XXXX (within my heart) (beckwith & tombstone remix) [@16:48]
06. WE HAVE BAND – Oh! (friendly fires remix) [@21:56]
07. CIRCLESQUARE – Dancers (russ chimes vs. anoraak remix) [@25:56]
08. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Dance Yrself Clean (the slips remix) [@30:00]
09. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – Dissolve (the bloody beetroots remix) [@34:09]
10. GOOSE – Can’t Stop Me Now (jester dub remix) [@36:59]
11. AUTOKRATZ – Kick (katfyr remix) [@42:09]
12. NIRVANA – Rape Me (indiekid remix) [@46:07]
13. TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB – I Can Talk (french horn rebellion remix) [@48:49]
14. FUJIYA & MIYAGI – Uh! (toomy disco remix) [@52:24]
15. LIKKE LI – I’m Good I’m Gone (fred falke remix) [@55:10]
16. DELPHIC – This Momentary (lightsoverLA remix) [@59:38]
17. METRIC – Stadium Love (dj jmp remix) [@63:03]
18. LADYTRON – Ghosts (toxic avenger remix) [@67:59]
19. ROBYN – Indestructible (a-trak remix) [@71:10]
20. KAVINSKY – Nightcall (moonbeatz remix) [@74:15]
21. SPINELESS LAUGH – Outro (sorry remix) [@77:01]

Spineless Laugh – Intro (hey remix)
Spineless Laugh – Outro (sorry remix)

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KLAXONS
Landmarks of Lunacy

Before their latest album Surfing the Void, Klaxons had a collection of material in 2008 that was rejected by their label. Pushed aside and buried away for two years, this material is now resurfacing as an EP titled Landmarks of Lunacy: given for free on their website, it has been released on X-Mas day.

ARTIST: Klaxons
TITLE: Landmarks of Lunacy
LABEL: Polydor
RELEASE DATE: December 25, 2010
TIME: 22:28 min.
WEB: http://www.klaxons.net/

01. The Pale Blue Dot [04:05]
02. Silver Forest [03:29]
03. Ivy Leaves [03:30]
04. Wildeflowers [04:04]
05. Marble Fields [07:20]

Klaxons – The Pale Blue Dot

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KLAXONS
Surfing the Void

Surfing the Void is the second studio album by 2007′s Mercury Music Prize winners, the Klaxons. Shedding the Nu Rave tag by working with esteemed producer Ross Robinson (Slipknot, Korn, At The Drive-In), the group revel in more dense and cosmic influences ranging from progressive rock to space-age folk and kraut-rock. Constructing vast and imaginative soundscapes with their trademark harmonies and melodies, thisis their most adventurous and boldest recording to date.
Includes the tracks Flashover and Echoes.

ARTIST: Klaxons
TITLE: Surfing the Void
LABEL: Polydor
RELEASE DATE: August 25, 2010
TIME: 38:24 min.
WEB: http://www.klaxons.net/

01. Echoes [03:45]
02. The Same Space [03:12]
03. Surfing the Void [02:30]
04. Valley of the Calm Trees [03:17]
05. Venusia [04:08]
06. Extra Astronomical [03:17]
07. Twin Flames [04:20]
08. Flashover [05:07]
09. Future Memories [03:42]
10. Cypherspeed [05:09]

Klaxons – Twin Flames

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JON HOPKINS
Monsters O.S.T.

Like the film that it soundtracks, Jon Hopkins’ score for upcoming Brit sci-fi Monsters is a wonderfully understated treat. Known for his collaborations with Brian Eno, Coldplay and countless other artists, this is his first solo score, a work of wonderful delicacy, intricacy and intrigue.

ARTIST: Jon Hopkins
TITLE: Monsters O.S.T.
LABEL: Double Six
RELEASE DATE: November 29, 2010
TIME: 31:24 min.
WEB: http://www.monstersfilm.com/

01. Prologue [01:15]
02. Journey [02:53]
03. Candles [02:29]
04. Water [01:19]
05. Underwater [02:01]
06. Spores [01:47]
07. Campfire [02:36]
08. Dawn [01:58]
09. Attack [01:58]
10. Temple [02:30]
11. Encounter [05:49]
12. Monsters Theme [04:56]

Jon Hopkins – Monsters Theme

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HYPERTEXT
Astronaut Kraut!

Hypertext is a norwegian six piece located in Bergen (Norway) consisting of Anders Bjelland, Erik Johan Bringsvor, Ivind Hatleskog, Joachim Amundsen Trana, Susanne Sundfr and Snorre Sturla Lyngstad. After releasing their debut album Corrente Elektro in 2007 the band have been touring Norway and Europe, and are in 2010 releasing their second album Astronaut Kraut!.

ARTIST: Hypertext
TITLE: Astronaut Kraut!
LABEL: Emelie
RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2010
TIME: 33:06 min.
WEB: http://www.hypertext.nu/

01. Travel Agency [03:41]
02. Spiral Out of Control [02:39]
03. Mary [02:44]
04. Walk Me Down When I’m Running [03:05]
05. Stellarwind [04:41]
06. Ivy League [04:04]
07. Static Rhythm [03:26]
08. Ost & Kex [04:35]
09. Parallel Circles [04:15]

Hypertext – Mary

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THE DECEMBERISTS
The King Is Dead

The Decemberists‘ new album The King Is Dead is a set of 10 concise, country-based songs, marking a deliberate turn towards simplicity after the band’s wildly ambitious and widely acclaimed 2009 song-cycle The Hazards of Love. Produced once again by Tucker Martine, The King Is Dead features special guest appearances by Americana luminary Gillian Welch on seven tracks and legendary R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck on three tracks.

ARTIST: The Decemberists
TITLE: The King Is Dead
LABEL: Capitol
RELEASE DATE: January 18, 2011
TIME: 40:43 min.
WEB: http://www.decemberists.com/

01. Don’t Carry It All [04:17]
02. Calamity Song [03:50]
03. Rise to Me [04:59]
04. Rox in the Box [03:10]
05. January Hymn [03:14]
06. Down by the Water [03:42]
07. All Arise! [03:10]
08. June Hymn [03:58]
09. This Is Why We Fight [05:31]
10. Dear Avery [04:52]

The Decemberists – Down by the Water

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THE ELECTRONIC ANTHOLOGY PROJECT
The Electronic Anthology Project

Have you ever thought, “Hey, I wonder what Built to Spill songs would sound like re-imagined as synth-filled, 12-inch remixes from the 1980s”? Of course you have: who hasn’t?
Now you can go out your curiosity with The Electronic Anthology Project, the rather odd but really awesome brainchild of Built to Spill singer/guitar god Doug Martsch and bassist Brett Nelson. Quite simply, the duo has re-recorded seven Built to Spill songs “in the vein of the 80’s 12-inch remix”: each song even has a new title that is an anagram of its original.
Pretty crazy.

ARTIST: The Electronic Anthology Project
TITLE: The Electronic Anthology Project
LABEL: The Electronic Anthology Project
RELEASE DATE: July 7, 2010
TIME: 30:38 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/527249283

01. I Dim Our Angst in Agony [05:26]
02. Age I Felt [05:08]
03. At the Where [04:31]
04. Eels [02:28]
05. What If You Dull [04:12]
06. A Gloss Siren [03:35]
07. Far Path Tall Sign [05:18]

The Electronic Anthology Project – Eels

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CONSOLE
Herself

An electronic music project by Martin Gretschmann, the lead programmer for German band The Notwist. Relying heavily on elements of electronic music, Console‘s Herself is reminiscent of some electro bands, such as Ladytron and Miss Kittin, heavily filtered by kraut-post-rock (Saroos, To Rococo Rot).

ARTIST: Console
TITLE: Herself
LABEL: Disko B
RELEASE DATE: December 7, 2010
TIME: 57:29 min.
WEB: http://www.console.li/

01. She Saw [06:17]
02. A Homeless Ghost [05:41]
03. Walking the Equator [04:10]
04. Cutting Time [04:00]
05. Bit for Bit [04:27]
06. Dropped Down [05:57]
07. Upon [06:21]
08. Her Eyes [04:53]
09. Leaving a Century [06:06]
10. Of Time [04:45]
11. For Herself [04:52]

Console – A Homeless Ghost

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YOOP
Levels

In 2007 Luca Sammartin, young producer from Vicenza (Italy) also involved into some other really interesting projects such as Gleamer and ContaineR, recorded some tracks under the moniker Acidhead: dreamy atmospheres wistfully projected towards the future, soft IDM sometimes recalling Apparat. Levels by Yoop is a remixed and remastered collection of those tracks.

ARTIST: Yoop
TITLE: Levels
LABEL: Snowy Peach
RELEASE DATE: November 7, 201o
TIME: 30:06 min.
WEB: http://www.snowypeach.com/site/artists/yoop/

01. Sleepless [02:54]
02. Never Born [04:40]
03. Nothing but the Light [04:15]
04. Loftflare [05:23]
05. Ice Crusher [04:35]
06. Wash Up [04:35]
07. A Message [03:44]

Yoop – Never Born

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FUJIYA & MIYAGI
Ventriloquizzing

Using the concept that ventriloquist dummies are creepy things that indicate split personalities as a jumping off point, English electronic krautrock disciples Fujiya & Miyagi have crafted what they say is their darkest and most propulsive album to date with Ventriloquizzing, their first album since 2008′s Lightbulbs. The quartet took this concept to an extreme, commissioning the creation of actual ventriloquist dummies in their likenesses. The album is also the first time the band has loosened their self-producing reins, bringing in Thom Monahan (Vetiver, Silver Jews, Devendra Banhart) to help man the boards.

ARTIST: Fujiya & Miyagi
TITLE: Ventriloquizzing
LABEL: Yep Roc
RELEASE DATE: January 25, 2011
TIME: 39:21 min.
WEB: http://www.fujiya-miyagi.co.uk/

01. Ventriloquizzing [04:10]
02. Sixteen Shades of Black & Blue [03:30]
03. Cat Got Your Tongue [03:55]
04. Taiwanese Roots [02:44]
05. Yoyo [03:11]
06. Pills [03:00]
07. OK [02:49]
08. Minestrone [04:31]
09. Split Milk [02:29]
10. Tinsel & Glitter [04:37]
11. Universe [04:25]

Fujiya & Miyagi – Tinsel & Glitter

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SKY ARCHITECTS
The Reflection

A lot has changed, since five young guys recorded their self titled debut-EP Sky Architects in 2008, which demonstrated a band that knew how to construct good melodies within an epic sphere. Where the debut showed how diverse the band could sound, their new record The Reflection shows a band with a more coherent and direct sound, but without compromising with their love for the epic melodies. Sky Architects isn’t post-rock, metal, indie or pop, but a hybrid of all of these genres and more. First and foremost, Sky Architects play with their hearts, and it is therefore up to the individual listener to create their own experience of the sounds that have been created.

ARTIST: Sky Architects
TITLE: The Reflection
LABEL: self-released
RELEASE DATE: December 2, 201o
TIME: 24:16 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/skyarchitects

01. Reflections (intro) [02:53]
02. The Day On Our Side [05:43]
03. These Walls [03:50]
04. Cave In [05:38]
05. Burst [08:00]

Sky Architects – These Walls

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SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO
Delicacies

The third studio album from British tech-heads Simian Mobile Disco, Delicacies, is, naturally and hilariously, made up of tracks named after bizarre foods that the band members sampled during their travels all over the world. Musically, the album is said to embrace the darker/clubbier side of the band’s already darkened, clubby sound. As a nice bonus, Delicacies comes with an extra CD that mixes all the songs into a seamless studio edit.
Only for radioSpin readers, a third CD is available, with the album promo mixed by Spineless Laugh who cut the songs in small parts and put them in the blender for a new way of cooking SMD menu.

ARTIST: Simian Mobile Disco
TITLE: Delicacies (mixes edition)
LABEL: +1
RELEASE DATE: November 30, 2010
TIME: 3:15:39 min.
WEB: http://www.simianmobiledisco.co.uk/

01. Aspic [08:02]
02. Nerve Salad [09:41]
03. Casu Marzu [08:15]
04. Thousand Year Egg [08:16]
05. Skin Cracker [07:09]
06. Hakarl [09:24]
07. Sweetbread [09:36]
08. Ortolan [07:30]
09. Fugu [07:17]

01. Delicacies (simian mobile disco mix) [51:51]

01. Delicacies (spineless laugh mix) [68:37]

Simian Mobile Disco – Aspic

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DARKSTAR
North

With their first long player, Darkstar have produced an album many bands with far more experience and many more releases and under their belt can only dream of. Downbeat, breezy, sometimes melancholy, sometimes just plain sad, at others optimistic and affirming, and always gracefully elegant, North will surprise many, a classic record for short days and long nights.

ARTIST: Darkstar
TITLE: North
LABEL: Hyperdub
RELEASE DATE: November 2, 201o
TIME: 39:43 min.
WEB: http://www.hyperdub.net/

01. In the Wings [02:53]
02. Gold [04:21]
03. Deadness [04:40]
04. Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer [05:12]
05. Under One Roof [04:32]
06. Two Chords [03:59]
07. North [03:53]
08. Ostkreuz [02:31]
09. Dear Heartbeat [03:44]
10. When It’s Gone [03:58]

Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer

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JOHNNY GREENWOOD
Norwegian Wood O.S.T.

Jonny Greenwood, you know, is the lead guitarist in the British band Radiohead from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. He also plays piano, organ, viola, synths, glockenspiel and harmonica, among a host of other devices used to enhance the soundscape of many Radiohead songs. He also uses modular synthesizers, a Korg Kaoss Pad, and a laptop (for voice clips/modulation) on newer tracks. Johnny is also one of the most prominent users of the Ondes Martenot, an early electronic musical instrument with a keyboard and slide. Apart from his work with Radiohead, Greenwood is also a composer and has produced several neo-classical works as part of his tenure as the BBC’s composer-in-residence. He also composed the soundtracks to the films Bodysong (2003) and There Will Be Blood (2007).
Now it’s time for Norwegian Wood, inspired by the homonymous 1987′s novel by Haruki Murakami.

ARTIST: Johnny Greenwood
TITLE: Norwegian Wood O.S.T.
LABEL: Zoom
RELEASE DATE: November 16, 2010
TIME: 68:59 min.
WEB: http://www.sodapictures.com/norwegianwood/

01. もう少し自分のこと、きちんとしたいの [04:22]
02. 草原、風、雑木林 [01:38]
03. Mary, Mary, So Contrary [06:14]
04. また会いに来るからね [04:37]
05. 時の洗礼を受けていないものを読むな [01:51]
06. レイコ [02:39]
07. Bring Me Coffee or Tea [06:46]
08. 直子が死んだ [03:41]
09. いい子だから黙ってて [02:23]
10. あてもなく歩き回った [01:52]
11. クォーター・トーン・ブルーム [02:55]
12. Don’t Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone [03:43]
13. 私をとるときは私だけをとってね [04:02]
14. 激しい幻聴 [04:36]

Johnny Greenwood (feat. C.A.N.) – Bring Me Coffee or Tea

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THE GO! TEAM
Rolling Blackouts

It’s been nearly three and a half years since their last album, but next February The Go! Team returns with a new full-length, Rolling Blackouts. Frantic, seesaw brass stabs and delay-pedal vapor trails: this new album is epic and bratty, subtle and sweet. From the two-minute opening slammer of T.O.R.N.A.D.O. to the album’s title track featuring Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast), it’s all restless and relentless energy. Cosentino also lends vocals to Buy Nothing Day, a hyper girls-in-the-garage jangle, while rising Tampa rapper Dominique Young Unique dominates the psych hip-hop call and response of Voice Yr Choice and goes tag-team on the string-led space race of Apollo Throwdown. Deerhoof‘s Satomi Matsuzaki leads the way on Secretary Song, evoking an asymmetrical Tokyo office with elevators opening on the beat, typing in time and phones ringing in rhythm. With Ready to Go Steady, the Team delivers their first straight-ahead love song, a nimble pocket-rocket symphony.

ARTIST: The Go! Team
TITLE: Rolling Blackouts
LABEL: Memphis Industries
RELEASE DATE: Febraury 8, 2011
TIME: 40:47 min.
WEB: http://www.thegoteam.co.uk/

01. T.O.R.N.A.D.O. [02:10]
02. Secretary Song [03:33]
03. Apollo Throwdown [03:20]
04. Ready to Go Steady [02:45]
05. Bust-Out Brigade [02:43]
06. Buy Nothing Day [03:59]
07. Super Triangle [01:46]
08. Voice Yr Choice [03:35]
09. Yosemite Theme [04:10]
10. The Running Range [03:45]
11. Lazy Poltergeist [01:40]
12. Rolling Blackouts [03:31]
13. Back Like 8 Track [03:50]

The Go! Team – T.O.R.N.A.D.O.

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WE HAVE BAND
WHB

Long-awaited debut album for We Have Band, who spent most of 2009 touring the world and the rest of the time in the studio with producer Gareth Jones (Grizzly Bear, Interpol, Depeche Mode, These New Puritans). They won Glastonbury Festival‘s 2009 Emerging Talent Contest. Pounding drum machines, dirty basslines, even dirtier synths and a neat line in hypnotic, Hot Chip-style vocal hooks, WHB‘s sweaty electro is simply irresistible.

ARTIST: We Have Band
TITLE: WHB
LABEL: Naive
RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2010
TIME: 45:20 min.
WEB: http://www.wehaveband.com/

01. Piano [02:32]
02. Buffet [04:24]
03. Divisive [03:46]
04. Love, What You Doing? [04:18]
05. Oh! [03:08]
06. How to Make Friends [04:02]
07. Honeytrap [03:46]
08. Hear It in the Cans [03:53]
09. Centerfolds & Empty Screens [03:49]
10. You Came Out [03:27]
11. WHB [03:07]
12. Hero Knows [05:08]

We Have Band – Oh! (star guitar remix)

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