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Why we love music

2008-10-04T12:32:00.002+01:00

Lykke Li with Bon Iver in LA...

Champagne is always in my veins and other things...

2008-09-16T00:04:00.009+01:00

To the question,
"Are You Romantic?"
Romain Gary answered
"Compared to shit,yes"

May be Im romantic too, just between Andre Rieu and E. Pearson but it started with Ciao! by Lush & Jarvis.

Kelley Polar--- Entropy Reigns (Pearson and Usher's Second Law Dynamix)

One of my top song of the moment by Esser

Esser---I Love You

Keep your finger on the pulse!

Oh Yeah Man

2008-09-10T14:16:00.005+01:00

New Remix of the french band Housse de Racket
by Tepr from Yelle band.

Housse de Racket----Oh Yeah (Tepr Remix)

2 Many Dj's... here we go!

2008-08-21T09:20:00.006+01:00

We're still waiting for their Kids' remix but this one can stand for it for the end of the summer...can't wait to play it !
Anyway be there in Biarritz on 24th this sunday The Rakes are playing for free

The Chemical Brothers----Hey Boy,Hey Girl (Soulwax Remix)

Cool Kids Will Die

2008-08-08T13:51:00.005+01:00

Crashers Party in Toulouse @ Classico
Rock street tapaa
Jim Stark
un whopper?

The Management ---- Kids

And It Was Awesome and You Were Special

2008-07-30T09:59:00.010+01:00

Here's the tracklist of the Biarritz " weirdo mix" or whatever you can call that thing...
and that's a good reason to listen to!

BIARRITZ MIX

Santogold-----------Get it up (Radioclit Mix feat MIA)
Aeroplane-----------------Whispers(Hercules and Love Affair Remix)
Toma feat. Henning----------------Moment of Hate
The Ting Tings----Shut Up and Let Me Go (Classixx Remixx)
Muscles------------------- Sweaty(Shazam Remix)
Pnau feat. Ladyhawke--------Embrace(Fred Falke and Miami Horror Remix)
Ice Cream I Sream---------------------Trust Issue
Stereolab--------------------------Valley Hi!
Midnight Juggernauts------------Tombstone
Poni Hoax-----------------------Images of Sigrid
Sebastien Tellier----------L'Amour et la Violence (Boys Noize Remix)
Primal Scream---------------Beautiful Summer
Mercury Rev---------------Senses on Fire
Bodies of Water---------Gold,Tan,Peach and Grey
Human Higway--------------Moody Motorcycle

Clap Clap Clap

2008-07-28T22:05:00.016+01:00

Been a long time!
It's not because Stereolab is one of my favorite band that I post again..
... yeah may be ...
The next album has brilliant songs like this 20's charleston rythm
called "Daisy Click Clack" . You could even hear some old melodies you loved on tracks like "mountain" from refried ectoplasm (1995... ouch!)
well really good album.
Other hits will come soon my friend with the album released on august the 19th on 4AD.

Stereolab----Daisy Click Clack

Next time a little playlist for the summer.

Pretty Good

2008-04-25T17:50:00.003+01:00

Third song of new Poni Hoax Amazing album "Images of Sigrid" released on 28th april on Tigersushi.

Poni Hoax--Pretty Tall Girls

Let's dance to electronic!

2008-03-21T17:49:00.007Z

Two killer tracks that makes me move my feet from recent days, especially the Late of the Pier remix ...really better than the original by the frenchy Toxic Avenger

Naive New Beaters--Live Good (The Bloody Beetroots remix)

Late Of The Pier--Space And The Woods (Toxic Avenger Remix)

Now Tell Me What You See?

2008-03-18T01:13:00.007Z

New band from Essex,UK supporting Black Kids in London with no label but TOP friends with MGMT, MIA and Vampire Weekend on myspace so it might be good for sure... well may be. OUAAH!

Magistrates--The InBetweens (demo)

Spirals of Love..yeaaahh

2008-03-04T17:06:00.004Z

Hellohh hippies it's the psychedelic post!
Some songs to ease your mind after your animal week end...

First a new video from the Baltimore band Beach House
the video of "heart of chambers" from their new album Devotion,
out 2/26/08 on Carpark.

The second song is from Jim Noir new album out 4/8 on Barsuk.

Jim Noir--Don't you worry

Have a nice trip!!

Six Kinds of Glow

2008-02-20T16:57:00.006Z

The Kills are back...
Their new album Midnight Boom is a mix of pure dancey
and intense tracks and high-gliding ballads. Out 10 March on Domino records.

Tape song has an exploding chorus that'll make
you want to play guitar and remind you the best of The Pixies shout out loud times.
A Hit on you.

The Kills--Tape Song [Track removed - Label request]

"Where do You Live?," he asks. "Next Door," she answers.

2008-02-19T20:37:00.010Z

The Syd Barrett-infused five-piece outfit Mystery Jets are back. Yeah, and they're not back on their own; Erol Alkan is behind the mixing desk. Together, they allow you to live -or relive the 80's vicariously, when unemployment was lower, the synths tackier, the sax soli ubiquitous..Enjoy. The LP "21" is out on March the 24th.

The Mystery Jets - "Girl Next Door"

Mighty as a Sword

2008-02-18T19:37:00.006Z

Nothing musical has truly and utterly shaken me this week, at the very least nothing that could make the headlines of our constantly evolving Gogocommando blog, so here follows a list of top enthralling readings.

The first two batches are mainly journalistic works. Consequently, don't be surprised here, you'll be faced with the propensity that many rock critics, rock reviewers or rock fans display for exaggeration and myth at the expense of truth. However, all the biographies or musical movement studies consist in in-depth researches, buttressed with a cautious treatment of sources and are in consequence totally exhaustive. I am talking about reference books here,'right?
Of course, you can exclude Bangs' Gonzo-ish work from such a search for objectivity. Ok I spare you all the chitchat about Gonzo, but, yeah, just a few words. The quest for objectivity is doomed to failure; starting from the premise that as soon as you talk about something, no matter how hard you try to be detached from the initial subject, you're irremediably biased. However, by definition, subjectivity is indeniably fraught with reality. Gonzo's stumblig block is to acknowledge the validity and celebrate the pre-eminence of this inherent subjectiveness.
Nevertheless, no need to introduce Bangs; everyone knows is a dogmatic c***.

The last batch is made of more theoretical works. They are extremely valuable and helpful in order to conceptualise a musical object or a subculture and learn how to consider it. They provide really useful information for the layman, and a clear outlook upon the research made in their branch of learning for the scholar. However, be careful. Hall's and Hebdige's books are great, and gound-breaking, but not flawless. Indeed the two authors engage throughout their book in a plethora of contextual elements, while completely omitting any treatment of music as text. When music is referenced at all, you'll see, it is done only in passing. There is a total prioritisation of context over music as text. It is therefore necessary to complete the reading of these books with journalistic works that take the music into account.
That's all for now.

Bangs, Lester. Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. New York: Albert A Knopf, 1987.
Bangs, Lester. Mainline, Blood Feasts and Bad Taste. London: Serpent’s Tail, 2003.
Gilbert, Pat. Passion is a Fashion: The Real Story of The Clash. London: Aurum Press Ltd, 2004.
Greil, Marcus. Lipstick Traces. Cambridge, Massassuchets: Harvard University Press, 1989.
Harris, John. The Last Party -Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock. London: Fourth Estate, 2003.
Haslam, Dave. Manchester England. London: Fourth Estate, 1999.

Lydon, John. No Irish. No Blacks. No Dogs. London: Plexus Publishing Limited, 2003.
Mathur, Paul. Take me there -Oasis the Story. New York: Overlook Press, 1997.
Reynolds, Simon. Rip it up and Start Again. London: Faber and Faber, 2005.
Robb, John. The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop. London: Random House, 2001.
Savage, Jon. England’s Dreaming. London: Faber and Faber, 1991.
Thornton, Anthony, and Roger Sargent. The Libertines: Bound Together. London: Time Warner Books, 2006.

Frith, Simon. The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Frith, Simon, and Andrew Goodwin. On Record. London: Routledge, 1990.
Hall, Stuart. Resistance Through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Great Britain. London: Hutchinson & Co, 1976.
Hebdige, Dick. Subculture-The Meaning of Style. London: Methuen &Co. Ltd, 1979.
Longhurst, Brian. Popular Music& Society. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995.
Roszak, Theodore. The Making of a Counter-Culture. New York: Double Days, 1969.

Madchestertransmission.

A piece of heaven

2008-02-11T17:45:00.000Z

Iris

The Greek goddess Iris, goddess of the rainbow, was also known to be the messenger of Zeus and Hera. Iris would take messages from "the eye of Heaven" to earth travelling on the arc of the rainbow. The word iris means "eye of heaven". It was the name given to the goddess, the flower, and the center of your eye. This means that each of us carries a piece of heaven with us. Since Iris is the Greek goddess of messenger of love, her sacred flower is considered the symbol of communication and message. Greek men would often plant iris on the graves of their beloved women as attribute to the goddess Iris, whose duty it was to take the souls of women to the Eysian fields.

Iris will appear on the Hercules and Love Affair self-titled great debut album, due for release on March 10th by DFA/EMI. A must-hear song of sublime loops and a heady melody with Kim Ann Foxman on vocals.

Terror!

2008-02-11T14:26:00.002Z

Dear reader, here follows a major announcement.
You scatterbrained indie freak, mujjahedin of breakbeat, ayatollah of pop songwriting, the world we live in is not safe. While you were busy searching for the best ever abstract hiphop hook, FoxNews tried to warn you about the hazardous course of the modern world on Monday, December 22, 2003 with its article "How to Reduce Chances of Being a Terror Victim"; of course you weren't listening.
In its great leniency, XX Teens has added a beat and a guitar to the 26 predications, so that it suits better to your ears. The lyrics are delivered in a slurred incantation à la Mark E. Smith, which turns out to be quite compelling.

You will thus find the song and the lyrics extracted from the FoxNews article below:

XX Teens - "How to Reduce Chances of Being a Terror Victim", Live from Brain Surgery on BBC 6 Music.

The single will be released through Mute Irregulars on the 25th of February. Apparently the band split, but it nonetheless might issue an album in May. I' ll let you know. Take Care. And watch your back.

Check the video if you cant download the track.Enjoy.

How to Reduce Chances of Being a Terror Victim

1. Use your instincts; if a situation appears suspicious, leave the scene.

2. Don't become complacent; never let your guard down, no matter where you travel.

3. Don't rely solely on the government to provide you with crisis or threat information -- do your own research, too.

4. Have a plan on where/when to meet family members in case of attack; map assorted evacuation routes from home/work.

5. Keep extra copies of your passport/birth certificate/ Social Security cards, other records. Keep copies in storage or with relatives, friends. Carry copy of passport when traveling overseas.

6. Never check luggage at curbside check-in at airports; carry luggage on board with you, if possible; carry as few bags as possible.

7. Spend as little time at the airport as possible; avoid heavily glassed areas.

8. When flying, wear comfortable clothing and shoes in case you need to quickly evacuate.

9. Try to fly on wide-body planes; terrorists often avoid hijacking them.

10. When traveling abroad, don't advertise your corporate affiliation or title on luggage or other items.

11. When traveling overseas, stay in an American chain hotel; security is usually more stringent.

12. When in a foreign country, don't advertise that you're American by speaking loudly, holding up maps, exchanging currency at airports, showing American flags, etc…

13. Try to avoid crowded areas, especially in large cities; avoid public transportation and major tunnels and bridges during heavy commuting times.

14. Never stay in a hotel with an underground parking garage and never park in such a garage -- terrorists love car bombs.

15. Stock "safe-haven" rooms in office and home with duct tape, plastic sheets, flashlight, food/water supply, first-aid kit, portable radio and cloth to fill gaps in doors so harmful agents don't seep in.

16. Store a decent amount of cash someplace in case ATMs malfunction.

17. Carefully inspect mail before opening; check for return address, postmark, excessive postage, etc…

18. Never take the first taxicab in line; hail a moving cab instead.

19. If ever a hostage on a plane, never make eye contact with captors, speak unless spoken to, or do anything to bring attention to yourself; familiarize yourself with typical airline hijackings.

20. Know what to do in case of a biological, chemical or nuclear attack in terms of symptoms, decontamination, etc…

21. Keep an eye out for unattended items when using mass transit or in airports.

22. Only carry essential money cards and identification.

23. When traveling abroad, read local newspapers to pinpoint dangers there; check the State Department's travel advisories.

24. Pay attention to: surroundings; someone paying an usual amount of attention to a prominent landmark; someone nervous or jumpy or trying to access off-limit areas; someone trying to hide something.

25. Make out a will and letter of instruction in case you die. Get fingerprinted, get your blood samples and obtain dental X-rays so your body can be identified in case you fall victim to attack.

26. Do not live or work in a highly urban area that most likely would be a terrorist's target, such as New York City, Washington, D.C., or San Francisco.

Stay Positive - The Death Set, ''Negative Thinking"

2008-02-06T13:20:00.001Z

I'm really supposed not to like that: the homemade feeling of incompletion, the predictable bass line that kicks in right in time for the chorus, the polaroid nostalgia, the a priori unsubstantial hedonism..
Well, that would be negative thinking. Fuck that.
This song is ace, infusing DIY vibes, 2.14 minutes of raw joyful intensity, no tricks, verse, chorus, instrumental break, verse, chorus, the end. Springtime in February my friend. And the polaroids are top too: blood, sweat, live music, beards and whiskers, lucha libre wrestler..
Contrary to its title, ''Negative Thinking" entails a thrive for renewal, spurring to get rid of the remnants of the past, to live by oneself, for oneself ( ''In hindsight I don't want to be like the people I've liked'').
Allright now get your guitar and form a band. Or get your dancing shoes and stamp on the dancefloor. No? Get a pen and write a pamphlet. Whatever. Good luck anyway.

Ninja Tunes offshoot Counter Records will release The Death Set's debut album, Worldwide, April 7 in the UK and April 22 in North America.

I'm not gonna teach black kids how to dance

2008-02-06T12:45:00.000Z

Ok, here is a treat for guys, a video by the much talked about minority-friendly Florida quartet Black Kids..
What did yousay? It looks like a Topshop advert? Yep, you're right there..
Just listen to the song then, 'cause that's what it's all about, erm? The music. And the clothes. And the hairdo. And a genuine interest in the society you live in and in the lot of your contemporaries. And rightheousness. And subversion.
Ok, let's say ''I 'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You" is only a good, catchy 'look on the Pulp side of life' song.
Careful of the hype.

The Hanging Over Sunday Playlist

2008-02-03T12:43:00.000Z

It's sunday it's sunny
and it's musical

Radiohead--Nude (In Rainbows-2007)
Broadcast--Pendulum (Pendulum Ep-2003)
Beirut--Cliquot (The Flying Club Cup-2007)
Hercules and Love Affair--This is my love (2008)
Hot Chip--Touch too much(Made in the dark-2008)
Blur--Popscene (Single-1992)
The Concretes--You can't hurry love (The Concretes-2004)
Vampire Weekend--Walcott (Vampire Weekend-2008) (YSI)
Henning Specht--Daddy's gone (Les Agudes-2008)

A little video to end this post with a good laughter. Peter Hook from New Order doing... well im not sure of what he's doing actually... may be a 1980 drug gave its second kick 26 years after.

X

The Zombie Dance

2008-01-26T10:08:00.000Z

New video from The Kills
It looks like MIA dancing as Crystal Castles
in Vampire Weekend new video.
whatever.still bad ass...

Vampire Week End-----A-Punk

The Kills -----Cheap and Cheerful

Not Cheap

2008-01-22T01:01:00.000Z

HEY PUNKS!

I think everybody is posting actually
"made in the dark " from hot chip new album
(just take a look on hype machine...it's going crazy"
so this week an acoustic version of "hold on" waiting
for other tracks like "touch too much" (the new best single in 2008)
really good dudes
and another from them which is my fucking favorite for one month
it's a cover by hot chip called don & sherri by matthew dear
and it's awesome..ull ear

hot chip hold on (acoustic version)

hot chip don & sherri (remake from heaven)

W

Who's the greatest of them all?

2008-01-13T21:00:00.000Z

Ben vu notre blog hyper bien fait... c'est nous c'est clair

Donc encore une vidéo, les Black Lips avec Veni Vidi Vici ça nous rappelle les Hives dans le titre, c'est plus vicieux et aussi bon.
La semaine prochaine on parlera anglais et on saura poster des mp3....si si.
Word!

A Kiss could've killed me

2008-01-11T07:13:00.000Z

OiOi ; Yo; Hey, Hi....
nouveau blog pour 2008 et oui un de plus.... pfff
nos choix, vieux, récents, en francais, en anglais, en fumant du crack?
ouah!! mortel? génial??
Ben nan .
Une video pour en finir avec 2007 --
Kiss--- Scout Niblett avec Will Oldham...à pleurer.