Pitchfork recently compared Australian dance band The Presets to Cheetos, saying that they’re not quite good and you know the product’s going to leave fingerstains (?) but they’re still totally awesome. I heart you, Pitchfork, but I don’t agree. They’re more like a Bloomin’ Onion at Outback. (Just kidding). Come on, PF! The Presets are [...]
OK, so, basically, Justice recently did a mix for Dior’s new line, and every blogger this side of the Atlantic is feverishly trying to post up with their own point of view. Well this girl has a simple one: Justice is whatever. They did not have me at “bonjour.” I interviewed them in [...]
I’ll never forget my first Chromeo show — both because it was totally awesome and also because it was nearly impossible to get into regardless of who anyone said they were. Lead vocalist Dave 1 was standing outside the Empty Bottle wearing his typical garb: V-neck tee under a tight leather jacket, skinny jeans, [...]
These came out a few months ago, but Download.com is now offering all of the remixes of Ghostface Killah’s “Charlie Brown” track for free. No Zshare bullshit, either — click here to enjoy. My favorite is by far the DJ Mehdi remix — reminds me of the track Cassius did with GZA back in the [...]
Junior Sanchez is once again dropping the fire with this mix of current jams and unreleased Brobot tracks (IN BOLD). Tracklist and link below — you definitely want this one!
JUNIOR SANCHEZ - THE BROBOT MIXX
1. junior intro
2. santogold - creator
3. buy now - body crash jnrsnchz remix feat hollywood holt
4. soloman cortes - permanent lover- [...]
Unlike you, I am not an MIA fanatic. This is probably my only “favorite” MIA track — although I always thought Timbaland’s appearance on it felt forced and didn’t fit MIA’s style in the least (with Tim bringing dumbed down lyrics to the table e.g. “I just wanna break you off and say goodbye”). [...]
Who doesn’t love themselves a pair of cool Canadians? I interviewed Jokers Of The Scene (JOTS) at an Armani event last March in Miami and they made me laugh the whole time. I guess the name fits? Anyway, the Ottawa dudes — who are signed to ATrak’s Fools’ Gold recs — are coming correct [...]
There are two things you can count on when it comes to the current dance music scene in Chicago. Firstly, “World’s Best Dance Club” Smartbar will always bring in the best artists to play on its unrivaled sound system, and secondly, lanky young Milwaukee export James Amato — the club’s booking agent and new [...]
Just wanted to get ya’ll up on probably the hardest gay rapper you will ever meet (no pun meant, but whatev). A dirty pop rap star, Johnny Dangerous is from Minneapolis and resides in Chicago (but attention old house fans: he’s not the ‘beat that bitch with a bat’ guy - although that sounds like [...]
Please forgive the plug here, but I wanted to post a link to an article that I wrote for URB (’Disco At The Edge Of The Universe’) about the upfront disco phenomena in dance music of late. Went to both Detroit and New York for this one to interview Ghostly International’s Osborne, DFA’s Hercules [...]
