Kid Rock - Mama Kin Live - KIDKEL69 Bok Bok feat. Bubbz: ‘Citizens Dub’ | FACT magazine: music and art Available on: Blunted Robots 12″ Dan Hancox, a friend of mine who writes for FACT, The Guardian, The New Statesmen and tons more, referred frequently last year to the “seasick synths” on a remix of Jinder’s ‘Youth Blood’ by Night Slugs founder Bok Bok. Bok Bok himself, in an interview with XLR8R later referred to 2009 as the “year of the neon synths”, a collective reaction to years of dubstep and garage’s preference for the greyscale. And indeed, his remix of ‘Youth Blood’ paired Jinder’s cyberpop vocals with overbearingly colourful, wonky – not Wonky – synth melodies that rock back and forth like a boat rolling on waves. But if you thought that was seasick, then it’s nothing compared to ‘Citizens Dub’, Bok Bok’s new 12″ for Brackles and Shortstuff’s Blunted Robots label. Brackles and Shortstuff provide the single’s B-side with ‘Pipey D’, a typically taut, broken house track with sing-along vocal samples, but it politely defers to this single’s incredible A-side. Tom Lea
Rocking Fun Music Plastic People vs the Ministry - The Arts Desk - Arts Reviews, Features and News TechCrunch Starkey on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos Letter to Axl Rose - | Blog MySpace de Kellie Levans Poptimist: Poptimist #25 "Not long ago a man who wrote a hit song could not only buy that house in the country but everything that went with it... now a man who writes a hit song is lucky if he gets his last year's overcoat out of hock with the proceeds." So wrote a spokesman for ASCAP-- the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers in 1932. Like industry voices today, he was complaining about technological change shaking up the economics of music: In this case, the collapse of the sheet music industry in the face of recordings. The story of ASCAP's crisis is told in Elijah Ward's excellent recent book, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock'n'Roll. The story fascinates me because it pitches the content of pop squarely against its use. This dance between music and the use to which it's put continues to the present day. The move toward thinking of pop as an artform was also led by technology and usage, as Wald's book makes clear. In fact when a critic openly rejects those ideas, it can misfire horribly.
Download Herve’s actually-quite-good edit of Wiley’s next single | FACT magazine: music and art Oh Wiley, let us count the ways. The godfather of grime’s latest career move is to follow previous number one attempt ‘Take That’ (which was horrendous) with a cover of White Town’s cult pop-noir classic ‘Never be your Woman’ (which is – like the original – very good). On today’s Daily Download, Cheap Thrills boss Herve gets busy with a surprisingly toned down re-edit of the tune, and it’s this version that’s been the FACT DJs’ version of choice when playing out lately. Can you get a bigger recommendation than that? Well, yes, obviously. But it’s still good. ‘Never Be Your Woman’ is out on February 28 via Virgin / Relentless.
BBC Radio 1 Programmes - Gilles Peterson, kode9 live in the studio songs:illinois » Music Blog, MP3 Downloads, Reviews Big Boi – Shine Blockas (ft. Gucci Mane) at Pretty Much Amazing! Just as it’s big cousin “Int’l Players Anthem” did so well not but two years ago, Big Boi’s Hail Mary, fourth-quarter whopper “Shine Blockas” has arrived not a moment too soon, hell-bent on royally fucking up your 2009 best-of list. – Pitchfork And royally fucked up my 2009 best-of list, it did. I believe there isn’t much to say about “Shine Blockas,” except maybe, “thank you Big Boi for giving me everything I ever wanted in a rap song.” Big Boi has proven to be one of the most prolific MCs I’ve ever come across. Big Boi – Shine Blockas (ft.