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11/14/11

Belated Album Review: Valerie and Friends

So basically there's only one reason that I'm reviewing this album. It's not that I want to trash it, although there's plenty of albums in existence that I should probably review on here so that I can trash them. But no, the reason I'm reviewing Valerie and Friends is that I can't believe it took me so long to find this album when it describes all that is in my soul. Their crunchy basslines, gentle filters, and airy synths feel like a vision of what electronic dance music would be playing if you walked into a space station's nightclub. Oh, how I want to live on that space station right now.

This is the only link I could find to the compilation, but you can find it on Spotify or iTunes.

10/27/11

Mighty awesome way to end October

October's not gone yet, but Mighty Mouse has already given us something to look forward to in November. It's not Thanksgiving, the earlier sunsets, the crunchy leaves or the frosty weather. Rather it's the drop of the bass, the buildup of another disco track, and the seductive vocal tracks featured in his November mixtape. It's the feel of cold night air after burning it up in the club.

Mighty Mouse November 2011 Mixtape by Mighty Mouse

10/26/11

Parties and a Scooter

This is mostly to distract you from the video below, which you SHOULD NOT WATCH. CROTCHFACES, OK? DO YOU LIKE THOSE? NO, YOU DON'T.

But I guess it's also about some awesome things coming up:

1) Old news - Dancetoberfest was totally rad. Firedancers were TOTALLY AWESOME. Wine and cider were AWESOME, sound system was... uncooperative but the DJ's were AWESOME. Also, if you enjoy listening to repeated requests for "Stepping Razor", we had those too.

2) Halloween is coming up, which should be awesome. Playing at THE PALACE with the awesome guys from AWESOME PHYSICAL POWER. This is pretty much what it's going to be like (via Kid RB):

3) I Just got a scooter. It's like the coolest thing around. Consequently I have christened it with a scooter mix, which I made last night. Well, more accurately I made a mix last night and couldn't think of what to call it, so it's the Scooter Mix now.

The Scooter Mix by THE SHITSHOW

12/21/10

RUMOUR MILL: NATALIE PORTMEN REUNION TOUR!?!?!?

Folks, this is what we've all been waiting for pretty much our entire lives. I've heard through some of my undisclosed and totally anonymous sources here at THE SHITSHOW's news desk that THE NATALIE PORTMEN are getting back together for a winter reunion tour. Where will they play first and when? No one knows. The band has yet to release an official statement, although members of the SHITSHOW STEERING COMMITTEE are hopeful they will do so through our media outlet.

11/19/10

FRIDAY: WE CAN FIND OUT THE SCIENCE

I know she's actually saying "We can fight our desires". But what I'm hearing is "We can find out the science", and for obvious reasons I think those lyrics are superior.

For more La Roux escapades, I'd of course recommend downloading some LAZERPROOF.

11/11/10

Further proof that scandinavians know what's up

Norway has fjords, and also SKWEEE, which is essentially 80s synth grooves played poorly but successfully.

Here is an example of an excellent track from dødpop's new compilation (vol. 2):

And this is what Skweee is, from the horse's mouth:

More to follow, if I'm not lazy...

UPDATE:
Big Up has an excellent podcast of Daniel Salvo mixing up the skweee.

Still more to follow, but the dissertation comes first.

10/28/10

VICTORY MONTAGE

For some awesome and amazing reason, DSJ (Dirty South Joe) and DJA (I don't know what that stands for) have combined forces to create the most epic thing ever. "Oh, that's just another exaggeration, another overuse of of the term 'epic'", you might be saying. But wait! Has any mix tape prior to this one so inspired you to engage in a training montage, to eventually emerge hungry for victory? I think not. This is the best combination of songs that has ever been assembled together. I can't even write this anymore, I'm too fucking amped to do anything but WIN!