Long before the terms blog house and indie dance were coined to differentiate the harder sounding rock-influenced beats of recent years, there was a breaks DJ from Brighton UK who mixed the influences of rock, reggae and punk into his sets when no one else was. Adam Freeland is already a legend in the electronica […]
‘One Day’ by The Juan Maclean Remember that VHS tape that went around in the movie ‘The Ring’? This video appeared later on in the footage and when played, John (Juan) Maclean and Nancy Whang (of LCD Soundsystem) would bust through your television screen and force you to dance. From the sophomore album ‘The Future […]
I wasn’t writing for this blog in September when Soulwax remixed Get Innocuous by LCD Soundsystem. But I will admit that it took the placement of the track in one of the Grand Theft Auto 4 commercials to remind me it existed. While the Sounds of Silver definitely did not turn heads like LCD’s previous […]
We are approaching that big summer party weekend here in Canada. If you’ve been on my site before, you’ve probably ready here and here about my fascination with fireworks and a tradition I’ve upheld for a couple years now. Everything is in the works for this to happen as planned. I’m really looking forward to […]
Its the name of the new LCD Soundsystem single. I’ll admit, I’ve been only a casual listener of this group. These days, I’m liking their songs more and more. ‘All My Friends‘ is really simple in structure, one of those two chords songs that keep building, not so much about verses and choruses. And a […]