i hope he remembers me when he's famous

do you remember a couple of months ago when i posted a remix by joel jagger? it was the most popular song i have ever posted according to hype machine plays and was at number one in their charts. nobody else seems to have picked up on this man. how? i've been waiting for his next remix for a while now, and when i saw an email from him sitting in my inbox today i almost let out a little wee. i was almost nervous to listen to it because i was praying it would be good. thank fuck for that. it's beyond. not as frantic as his bloc party work, but the perfect complement to those fellas from massachusetts. when you're signed to ed banger and hanging out with busy, justice and uffie you better invite me to the parties joel.

passion pit / sleepyhead (joel's inch from the end of the bed version)
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je m'appelle excited

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i like air. moon safari is my all time favourite album. the new album, love 2 is out in october. this is the first single.

air / do the joy
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a few weeks late

this is is one of those occasional posts i do about an artist that has been blogged to buggery, but i can't stop listening to at the moment. therefore you've probably read about her on a blog that isn't written by somebody who is hungover 99% of the time and a bit slack when it comes to posting. anyway, starry eyed is a fascinating 3 minutes of pop. i almost described it as electro pop there, but ellie goulding is not the latest little boots of la roux clone, she is something else. i want to use the word euphoric for some reason. there, i've used it.

ellie goulding / starry eyed
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ellie goulding / starry eyed (jakwob remix)
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he doesn't like chocolate

you can tell that helicopters put a lot thought into their music. it crosses genres, is interesting and most of all... works. they may cite various influences from the whole musical spectrum, but in years to come they could well be the influencers, not the influencees. the catchy hook of white lily no soul is one of the best of the year so far.

helicopters / white lily no soul (a.catalyst remix)
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moshing in the electro room

chromeo invite banana dynamite over to enjoy the sun and have a nice relaxed bbq. it's all going swimmingly and then suddenly the south korean dj gets out the ketamine* and the whole thing goes a bit mental. this is the best way to describe what he's done to call me up. this is also a good thing. i like mental remixes.

with his latest solo offering he doesn't bother waiting around for anybody to invite him anywhere. he just gets on with it on his own from the very first second. once again it is mental. once again it is brilliant.

banana dynamite / re-play
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chromeo / call me up (banana dynamite remix)
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*please note that i am in no way suggesting that banana dynamite goes around peddaling drugs to other electro artists.

super anto world

photo: lastnightsparty

knock knock
who's there?
anto
anto who?
anto the swedish producer who warps together atari chic and electro energy to amazing effect. imagine if kavinsky was a short fat italian plumber jumping on turtles.

anto / fantasy
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kevin keegan would be proud

this blog has got quite electro centric recently, so when i was going through my emails earlier it was a pleasant change to see one from an indie pop outfit from canada called the perms. upon listening i have decided that they remind me off weezer, and i like weezer a lot. i hope you feel the same because that's what you're getting. very catchy, very summer, very good. that is all that really needs to be said.

the perms / running away
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edit - i've just realised that i've gone down the indie route a lot more than i realised recently. you can pretty much ignore my reasons for posting this other than i like it.

damn you swine flu

that's right people. i'm making a reference to something that hasn't been in the news for weeks now. up. to date. anyway, i should be in london right now, in a bar round the corner from the ica ready to see lissy trullie in her first uk gig. instead it has been cancelled due to her bassist being ill. i can only assume swine flu because i have very little imagination. anyway, to appease myself i have uploaded her cover of just a friend in glorious (and when i saw glorious, i mean shit but it's all i had) 64kbps. she also has a new video for the supreme boy boy, so check that out too.

if you need some background read my first post ages ago about her here.

lissy trullie / just a friend (ft. adam green)
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lissy trullie / boy boy
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the perfect combination

if there are two things i love in this world it's the maccabees and cheese. the video for can you give it is all about cheese rolling. there is no way i can't post it.

the maccabees / can you give it
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against the ropes

this is great. it's all lyrical brilliance with a bit of a nineties feel. i'm amazed i didn't know of the ropes before the email dropped into my inbox earlier because it's the kind of indie pop i love. sort of reminds my of the indelicates, who should also be getting more exposure than they are. i hope that their prediction that this will be played in clubs in europe forever happens because i want to hear it more.

the ropes / clubs in europe forever
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