We've been fully on board the Lissie wagon ever since we experienced her literally AMAZING duet with Ellie Goulding at this year's Great Escape festival (phenomenal footage of which is viewable above), and her debut album Catch A Tiger and its lead single "When I'm Alone" were two of our favorite surprises of the summer. Leo Zero must have felt similarly, so keen was he to remix "When I'm Alone" that he approached Sony to let him have a go at the track long after the single campaign had run its course. We're glad he did, though, as the results are nothing short of magnificent. Not unlike the brilliant remix of Florence & The Machine's "Rabbit Heart" that he turned in last summer, his rework of "When I'm Alone" is a sprawling epic, an anthemic leviathan looming large in the mix for 8+ minutes of balearic bliss. Leo Zero we salute you, the world needs more remixes like this.
MP3: "When I'm Alone" (Leo Zero Remix) - Lissie [exclusive]
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
GET UP OUT MY SOUL.
MP3: "The Recluse" (Nero Remix) - Plan B
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
NIGHT HAS FALLEN LIKE A STONE.
Way back in late 2008, Bag Raiders changed our lives with their amazing "Shooting Stars", which remains to this day one of the most magical - and in our opinion most underrated - singles of the past few years. Now at long last their debut album is visible on the horizon, preceded by what their press release calls the official sequel to "Shooting Stars", the absolutely immense "Way Back Home". Featuring WIM's Martin Soloman on the vocal, the track utilizes the same formula that made "Shooting Stars" so special, it's brooding gloom-pop gradually giving way to anthemic majesty on the chorus before ultimately climaxing in an epic breakdown of tribal percussion in the song's final act. It's one of the best tracks we've heard in a long minute and has us beyond excited to experience the fruits of the Aussie duo's labor when their self-titled debut album drops October 1st on Modular.
MP3: "Way Back Home" - Bag Raiders
MP3: "Way Back Home" - Bag Raiders
Thursday, September 16, 2010
MEET ME IN THE RED SKY.
All aboard the Clare Maguire express, next stop: the stars. After what seems like an eternity, Ms. Maguire's debut single proper has finally arrived in the form of "Ain't Nobody", a dramatic stunner that showcases the Birmingham chanteuse's booming voice and knack for the epic. While it lacks the chart toppling potential possessed by some of the other Clare tracks we've heard behind closed doors, it's a perfect introduction to her expansive pop sound. Complete with a brilliant remix package featuring killer efforts from the likes of Coyote and Memory Tapes (download the latter below) and a windswept epic of a video that channels "Frozen"-era Madonna, "Ain't Nobody" drops 18th October as Polydor readies her debut album Light After Dark for release in early 2011.
MP3: "Ain't Nobody" (Memory Tapes Remix) - Clare Maguire
MP3: "Ain't Nobody" (Memory Tapes Remix) - Clare Maguire
STARS SO BRIGHT.
MP3: "Settle Down" (Penguin Prison Remix) - Kimbra [exclusive]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
STATIC TONE ON THE PHONE.
We've been banging on about how amazing Fyfe Dangerfield's cover of Girls Aloud megahit "Call The Shots" is for quite some time, so the fact that it's taken until now to get an mp3 up on the blog is somewhat unforgivable. Fyfe played NYC a few weeks back though and fully reignited our love for the track, swiftly helping us to realize the err of our ways in sitting on this track for so long. The Girls Aloud original is one of the better mega mainstream singles of the past decade (right up there bumping shoulders with "Rude Boy" and "Ms. Jackson") and boasts a Xenomania-penned topline that's one of the best in recent pop history, so the source material is pretty strong in itself, making Dangerfield's ownership of the track on his cover all the more remarkable. The mp3 below is a live recording from a recent BBC Radio 2 session, and while we still pray for the day a proper studio recording of the cover becomes a reality, this is pretty damn great for now.
MP3: "Call The Shots" - Fyfe Dangerfield
MP3: "Call The Shots" - Fyfe Dangerfield
Friday, September 10, 2010
WHEN YOU'RE FEELING DOWN AND LOW.
MP3: "When You've Got Music" - The Knocks
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
FOLLOWING YOUR EVERY MOVE.
The third and final installment of Russ Chimes' Midnight Club mini-film has arrived and it doesn't disappoint, wrapping things up in an epic finale soundtracked by EP highlight and next single "Targa", featuring a killer vocal from our main man Cass Lowe. The EP will be available for purchase soon, but for now revel in its accompanying mini-film directed by Saman Keshavarz, the finale of which is above.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
TRYING TO FIND THE INBETWEENS.
MP3: "Young Blood" (Pink Ganter Remix) - The Naked & Famous [exclusive]
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pink ganter,
the knife,
the naked + famous
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