The Tape

CHEW LiPS is a band of only 6 gigs old. They have 3 members named Tigs, Will and James. They’re playing soon in London and Paris. They sound pretty sweet. Their song Solo starts out with a favorite thing of mine, some 8 bit sounds! Tigs starts to sing over the chiptune beat, chanelling Karen O and her contemporaries. The song starts to pick up as the bass gives definition. The lyric “We don’t wanna wait there’s no time no time” repeats sounding more at home each iteration. The song finishes not much higher than how it started, its climax told the same way. But it makes sense, the song has few places to go, almost perfection on the first go. CHEW LiPS sounds like a band that can do great great things and since this only a demo I expect an EP to sound fantastic. Keep an eye on these guys lest they sneak up behind you and get stuck in your head.

CHEW LiPS - Solo (Demo)

One of my favorite bands recently put out a new song along with a video entitled “Mercury.” Bloc Party is starting to turn very electronic, and I for one like it. This and flux together hint at a very electronic new album, very different from their first two. Video and MP3 below.

Bloc Party- Mercury

From the label that brought you Danger and DatA comes a tale of food and noise. This summer/March one dough will become CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. And it really does sound great too. Oh yes the new Pepites EP available at your local iTunes and Beatport is a delicious blend of almost hilarious vocal snippets and banging choruses all wrapped up in a nice little 5 song package.

I present to you the music video theme of the week. Which I’ve never actually had before, but still…Futuristic music videos.

The Touch - Le Night Dominator

Kap10kurt - Dangerseekers

Justice - DVNO

I don’t know much about Just A Band except that they sound a lot like Boys Noize and Teenage Bad Girl in a very good non plagiarizing way and that it’s also impossible to effectively google the name. After myspacing them I have concluded that they are a french duo. They are a french duo making electro to reiterate. Considering that everyone within a 100 mile radius of Paris has a laptop and Ableton you guys are just gonna have to trust me on this. These guys are good.

Walk On Down (Mediafire because uploading here is spazzing out for me)

When you hear the word grum, many thoughts come to your mind. About 90% of them are unappealing. However, as unappealing as his name may be to your ears, his music more than makes up for it. Its maximal, yes. But it has those elements of funk that make Daft Punk so great. It’s groovy, yet very heavy. I’m trying to coin a term for the genre that he falls into. The one with Bloody Beetroots, Toxic Avenger, all the Ed Banger peeps, Hot Pink Delorean and so on. I’m thinking of “Blog House.” Simply, it is house that gets posted a lot in is often on the Hype Machine.

Enjoy Grum on Myspace

First we have a track from some Swedes with a keytar so you know that’s gonna turn out great.

All This Love - The Similou

And then an excellent remix from Boys Noize, which I’m pretty sure is why it’s an excellent remix. It only pumps up the excitement I have for Cut Copy’s new album more.

Lights And Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix) - Cut Copy

And here is a track by Siriusmo who you may or may not have heard of. He remixed Boys Noize, released songs on the Boys Noize label, and is from Germany. His connections to Boys Noize couldn’t get any closer unless he was related by blood. Which would make that an excellent family. The track has a very Oizo vibe to it which is quite different than the other tracks of the EP/Mini album.

Femuscle - Siriusmo

Then there’s Dusty Diamonds who for only having two songs on their myspace, one being a remix, sound pretty damn good. If you’re a fan of SebastiAn or loud drum sounds or both this should be checked out with gusto.

Bangedup - Dusty Diamonds

And finally is a DatA remix. DatA.

I Say You Can’t Stop (DatA Remix) - Nelson

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Grafton Primary brings their funky, Treasure Fingers meets Ghostland Observatory, Australian electro to the world with their Relativity EP and they’ve made a fan in me. I still don’t know if they can cook but check out some tracks.

Grafton Primary - I Can Cook

Grafton Primary - I Can Cook (Miami Horror Remix)

I’m beginning my new segment, copy and past(e), where I will detail a much listened-to track from the present and the song it samples. For the first post, I’m taking a crack at Justice’s epic “Phantom Pt. 1″ and “Phantom Pt. 2″ which were sampled from Goblin’s “Tenebre.” Goblin are an Italian progressive rock group that did many soundtracks for Dario Argento. In 1982, a reformed band recorded “Tenebre” for Dario Argento’s movie of the same title. In 2007, with their album †, Justice sampled the track. Both parts to the epic “Phantom” use bits and piecies from the funky original.

Goblin - Tenebre

Justice - Phantom Pt. 1

Upon arriving home I was promptly handed the new Hot Chip by my dealer H-Dog with which I went upstairs to immerse myself in. I had been waiting for the album for months refusing to download it or read reviews of it because I want my virgin listening experience bad. The first 3 songs on “Made In The Dark” absolutely rock, they make me want to move and do white boy dance moves like a good Hot Chip song should. The sound is not cluttered but feels more packed with things happening which definitely works for those little ditties. Out At The Pictures is my favorite on that album for sure but it has its singles that we’ve all heard before. Once Hot Chip drops its dancable goodness is where the album lost some serious points for me. Too many ballads guys…

Regardless the album is Hot Chip and is therefore a must have, just ignore those weak songs and shake a fist to Made In The Dark. (Tristan’s review is to come shortly)

7.256631/10 (First Impression) After more listenings 8.2