Brilliant new video from Hot Chip for the song “I Feel Better”. In this video the band is replaced with a pseudo boy band or I guess man band also called Hot Chip. Some pretty funny stuff ensues, the real Hot Chip on the other hand do appear in the video and can be seen in a few shots amongst screaming girls, fist pumping along before they all meet their…well I won’t ruin it. Check it out for yourself. Also if you haven’t picked up One Life Stand, do so as this is a great album from beginning to end.

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Kenneth Bager “I Can’t Wait” Alex Metric’s Back to ‘99 Mix
The White Panda “Ready For My Neck, My Back” Hot Chip vs Khia
Dirty Super Car “Get A Grip” The Loops of Fury Remix

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Hot Chip “I Feel Better” KiD Cola Remix
Fred Falke “When I Look Into Your Eyes” Quinten 909 Rework
Jump Jump Dance Dance “Show Me The Night” Human Life’s West Coast Girls Remix

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February is a muthaphukkin’ wrap, so you know the deal. We have the next edition of Boner Jams, Volume 6 people!!!! I thought this particular mix was going to be hard to put together, but you know what, I just went into a huge groove and next thing I knew I was completed. There’s a lot of great tunes on this one, an artist that I can’t seem to get enough of vocally is Ellie Goulding and I worked in two tracks where her vocals are really featured. Her version of Passion Pit’s “Sleepy Head” leaves me wanting to hear more every time. But enough about that, the rest of the mix is great to listen to while in the gym, running errands or driving. Trust, I’ve been listening to it for all uses above and it just works. We hope you all enjoy this and as always leave us feedback, positive or critical. It’s how we get better and get you what you want.

Download: Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 6 | Click on link, it will re-direct you.

Tracklist:

Passion Pit ft. Ellie Goulding “Sleepyhead” Starsmith Remix
Yes Giantess “The Ruins”
The Antlers “Two” Buffetlibre Remix
Justin Faust “Holdin’ On” Moullinex Remix
Groove Armada ft. Bryan Ferry “I Won’t Kneel” Treasure Fingers Remix
Matt Van Schie “Saturday Night” Gloves Remix
Groove Armada “Paper Romance” Urchins Remix
Ellie Goulding “Starry Eyed” Russ Chimes Remix
La Roux “In For The Kill” Le Castle Vania Remix
Moullinex “Lover In Me”
Yeasayer “O.N.E.” XXXchange Remix
Hot Chip “Touch Too Much” Fake Blood Remix
Gorillaz “Stylo” Alex Metric Remix
Florence and the Machine “Drumming Song” Seiji Remix

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Previously:
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 1
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 2
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 3
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 4
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 5

Love Hot Chip? Love free concerts? Happen to live in New York? Well you’re in luck. Hot Chip is putting on a free show this Friday, February 5th. This is a free MySpace show taking place at the Highline Ballroom with Free Energy. It’s an all ages event and doors open at 7pm. First come first serve so once it hits capacity, you’re outta luck. But ain’t no need to stress because if you don’t make it in, there is a free live webcast just visit their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/hotchip or www.livestream.com/hotchip.

The 2010 Coachella line-up has been confirmed. The three day music festival, which takes place in Indio, California will see the likes of Jay-Z, Vampire Weekend, Them Crooked Vultures, Fever Ray, Muse, MGMT, Hot Chip, The xx, Gorillaz, Phoenix, Gossip, Dirty Projectors and a whole host of other acts that will satisfy any music fan. But one question, why is Thom Yorke’s name followed by a bunch of “????”, not too sure what’s going on here, but the over all line-up looks pretty awesome. Head on to www.coachella.com for more info. Annnd the countdown officially begins.

Being a fan of Aeroplane’s cosmic balearic-esque and nu-pop jams, I thought a Mixtape Monday feature would be appropriate.  For those that followed Stephen Fasano and Vito de Luca’s work, their benchmark may just be the wonderfully orchestrated Resident Advisor mix back in August 08.  And if so, this mix won’t disappoint (or any of their chart mixes for that matter) either.  But I do have to point out the stand out tracks this time around include The Swiss’s ‘Bubble Bath‘, Hot Chip’s latest single, ‘One Life Stand‘ and Flight Facilities ‘Crave You‘.

The option to download this mix can be found within the SoundCloud stream below.  Enjoy the mix and the new decade.

01. Pseudonimo : “Yet, I Still Want You”
02. Flight Facilities : “Crave You”
03. Oblong Feat Adam Parker : “Playing on My Mind” (Cloud’s Dreaming At The Disco Mix)
04. The Swiss : “Bubble Bath”
05. James Yull : “No Surpsrise” (Bostro Pesopeo Remix)
06. Hot Chip : “One Life Stand”
07. Erlkonig : “Falcon Crest”
08. Junkie XL : “Heart Of Darkness”
09. Friendly Fires : “On Board” (Joakim Remix)
10. Fast Radio : “Under My Thumb”

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Well 2009 is nearing it’s end and everybody has dropped their lists of favorite albums, remixes, songs, etc. (Check our top 10 albums of 2009 here) Generally we compile the Boner Jams based on downloads for the month and make a mini-mix, for this one we’ve taken a slightly different approach, we’ve selected some of our favorite songs from this past year and made them into one big ass mix, clocking in just under 2 hours. These are just a few of our favorite songs, because let’s be honest, if we had to compile all of our fav songs this shit would be like 6 hours long. So obviously with that said there were some stuff left off, which was really hard to be honest, and this mix nearly became the best of Fred Falke, Lifelike, Classixx, The Twelves and Grandtheft. SERIOUSLY!

Anyways give it a download and hear the year the way we did.

Previously:
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 1
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 2
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 3

Download: Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 4 | Click on link, it will re-direct you.

Tracklist:

Phoenix Lisztomania (Yuksek Remix)
Dragonette Pick Up The Phone (Beaumont Remix)
Bag Raiders Shooting Stars (Shazam Dub Mix)
Plastiscines Barcelona (Lifelike Remix)
Metric Help Im Alive (The Twelves Remix)
Sebastien Tellier Fingers of Steel (Hypnolove Remix)
La Roux In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix)
Felix Da House Cat Ready 2 Wear (U-Tern’s Evening Wear Edit)
Duck Sauce aNYway (DJ DLG Remix)
Terry Poison Comme Ci Comme Ca (The Twelves Remix)
Database vs. French Horn Rebellion Beaches and Friends (The Twelves Remix)
The Juan MacLean ONE DAY (Grandtheft Extended Dub)
Casiokids Finn Bikkjen!
Yeasayer Ambling Alp
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
Ladyhawke Back of the Van (ddpesh Remix)
San Serac & The Tranzistors Zanadu (fetch remix)
Two Door Cinema I Can Talk (French Horn Rebellion Remix)
VHS Or Beta Feel It When You Know (LA RIOTS REMIX)
Santigold ft. Spank Rock Shove it Grandtheft Remix
Fear of Tigers The Adventures of Pippi Longstrump (Edwin van Cleef Remix)
Miike Snow Animal (Fred Falke Remix)
Grizzly Bear Two Weeks (Fred Falke Extended Mix)
Moby Mistakes (Lifelike Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zero (RAC Re-Mix).
Holy Ghost! I Will Come Back (Classixx Acapulco Nights Version)
Hot Chip One Life Stand
Phoenix Fences (Neo Tokyo Remix)
Ladyhawke Magic (Classixx Remix)
Empire Of The Sun We Are The People (The Golden Filter Remix)
Fever Ray Seven (CSS Remix)

Great new jam from Hot Chip called “One Life Stand”. It appears they went gangbusters on the fisheye lens, which I personally love. I love shooting with a fisheye for the distortion, and that’s what it brings to this video as well as a wider angle of course. The album, of the same name, One Life Stand, will be released on February 9th via Astralwerks.

Some old some new.
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Cut Copy “Standing Up Sitting Down”
Gang Gang Dance “House Jam” Hot Chip Remix
Erol Alkan & Boys Noize “Waves”
Miike Snow “Animal” Fred Falke Remix
The Gossip “Listen Up!” MSTRKRFT Remix

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College “The Light Of Your Dress”
Daft Punk “Tron Legacy Theme” Cryda Luv Rework
Hot Chip “Ready for the Floor” LA Riots vs Villans Remix
La Roux “Bulletproof” Fred Falke Remix
Casiokids “Gomur Mamma”

Back in April I was sent a preview copy of The Juan MacLean’s latest offering called, The Future Will Come. The album, I’ll be honest, blew me the fuck away. I had gone in with zero listening expectations and came out a huge fan, even going out and picking up his first effort Less Than Human.

For those following The Juan MacLean, you know that for this second album The Juan MacLean has undergone some changes in the band and the over all sound. John MacLean enlisted friend and LCD Sound System band member, Nancy Whang to join The Juan MacLean full-time. She agreed and the rest they say is history. By now you’ve probably read or heard about John MacLean’s past drug use, his former dance-punk band Six Finger Satellite, but what you may not have heard about is the process and makings of this latest album, the current tour, inspirations and who he would “marry, fuck or kill”.

KB:…So let’s talk about how this tour is going so far, You guys started in late March early April.

JM: Ya, we went over to Europe and the UK for a little more than 3 weeks in the end of March to early April. We came home for about 5 days and then left for this tour with The Field. It’s been really good, it’s a good combination, cus those guys are much more ambient. It just makes for a really interesting night where things get, start off sorta slower in rep, but as the night goes on it gets really good.

KB: Have you found that there’s been a difference between the European and North American audience in terms of reception of your songs?

JM: I think in Europe and in the UK they much more respond to the electronic elements of everything and they seem to understand, especially from their radio standpoint, they see what we’re doing as a reference to very poppy kinda synth pop music and they can place the references very easily. Whereas in the United States I think it’s a little…they don’t get it as quickly in that way or if so it’s not perceived as much a mainstream thing which it is over there surprisingly.

KB: Hmm…that’s actually kinda interesting but like you said not too surprising.

KB: Your last album, Less Than Human, came out in 2005, when did you start coming up with ideas for The Future Will Come? Was it at all during Less Than Human or was there a break?

JM: No, the big thing was that after Less Than Human came out I started playing with a live band and when I made that album no idea that I would ever have a live band. It was only after I had made the album that I started thinking I would do it going forward. So it was kinda done retroactively, figuring out a way a live band could play those songs and then we went on tour for like a year and half. Then I immediately got back into DJing again and so I was just gone for like 3 years and was not in the mindset of making music at all.

Eventually it just occurred to me that I had better start thinking about making another album or else it would have been a really long time before a new one came out. So it was a pretty deliberate process, probably a year a half ago I just said alright I’m gonna start writing a new album and just did it.

KB: …not to mention you had done a shit load of remixes as well.

JM: Ya, remixing as well. That was all I was doing, DJing and when I was home I’d be doing remixes and it just soaked up so much of my time that it got my head out of the game of like playing live or making music again.

KB: This latest album definitely has a different feel than the previous album in that it has a lot more vocals and is a bit more pop. Was that something that you had intentionally conceptualized before going in?

JM: Yeah for sure. The biggest difference between the two is there’s so much more live playing on this album and the vocals as well. Both of those things came from my experiences of going on tour with a live band and a singer. Realizing that when you’re playing a live show how important vocals were in the presentation and just wanting to go in that direction much more.

In terms of making the album, it’s just much more interesting to have vocal oriented things as oppose to just instrumentals which can get boring over the course of an entire album, so before I made any of the music I knew two things 1. I would use my live band to record the album, which is why it sounded so much more live and 2. It would be very vocal oriented and that’s when I approached Nancy (Whang) and said “look instead of being a guest vocalist on this why don’t you just be a full-time member and then we just kinda went from there.

KB: So was she (Nancy) someone that you always had in mind?

JM: Yeah. It would always be her. I never considered anyone else.

KB: What about her voice made you realize that she definitely is the one?

JM: Well it’s kinda funny, she started singing with me and LCD Sound System, it wasn’t like she was a singer that had done anything before or like an accomplished singer, it wasn’t her career path or something. She was just a friend of ours and James Murphy and I were like yeah do you just want to sing on this track, my second 12-inch. She came down to the studio and did it and it just worked out really well and from that point in time I just thought she had this really quality. First of all not being a diva-style singer, which there is always (that) dominant female vocals in that genre. Also she just had this real knack for sounding both happy and sad, at the same time like being able to ride that emotional line, which is really a difficult thing to do and she just has this really endearing quality in her voice.

KB: You talked a bit about recording with a live band, what was that whole process like for this album?

JM: Well, generally I had written the songs at my home studio and came up with rough outlines for songs and loops. Then took the band to this pretty remote studio in Woodstock, New York out in the woods. Basically it’s a house with a studio built into it. So we all went out for a couple weeks and then it was basically a process of taking the songs I had written and then playing them live and recording it live in that studio. Then I took all that stuff home to my home studio and edited it all back down, sorta like making your own samples basically, and shaped it back into song formats again. Nancy and I went back to that same studio for a week just she and I recorded vocals. The final stage, I always mix at our DFA studios in New York with James Murphy.

KB: So how was that writing process because the songs do have that call-and-response vibe? Did you write together?

JM: Yeah we would actually make it a point to do this. We would be sitting on the couch next to each other with a notebook and pass it back and forth and write lines back and forth with each other. Even for songs where there was only one of us that sang we would help each other out as well with pieces. We intentionally went away to the studio alone, I actually engineered the session, which is quite difficult to do when you’re recording your own vocals, but yeah it was all done intentionally to set this mood of writing back and forth.

KB: With the success of Less Than Human, did you ever feel that pressure while creating this album?

JM: I think the sophomore album is always the litmus test. It’s where so many people fail, especially being on a label like DFA where there’s a lot of critical attention paid to it, it (DFA) gets written about a lot and there’s a pretty high standard, so there’s a little terrifying to start making a new record. That was part of getting out of the city and going to Woodstock, let’s just go where you don’t have to think about of this stuff and get away to do what we do.

KB: Changing topics, recently heard you guys teamed up with Nooka Watches and you guys created a mascot?

[laughter]

JM: Yeah I actually have one of their watches on right now. With our friend Mike, the graphic designer for all our DFA stuff and Pat Mahoney from LCD Sound System, whom is an old friend of mine going back, but he’s actually a toy designer and so they built this little robot out from scratch. It’s actually really cool.

KB: Does the robot represent anything to the band or is it purely for entertainment?

JM: Not really, it’s just something cool. Visually it makes sense, when you see it you would be like “oh yeah that would be a Juan MacLean type thing” and I really am into the watches.

KB: Yeah it does seem like quite a unique partnership.

JM: Yeah definitely. A lot of us at DFA have this kind of thing with like clothing designers or graphic artists or visual artists. We have a lot of friends in all those different worlds so we’re always looking to do different things.

KB: Will the robot have a role in the live aspect of the show?

JM: None more than sitting out in club. It sits there and lights up and everything.

KB: Talk about the live show aspect, what fans can expect to hear or see when they come to The Juan MacLean show?

JM: It’s pretty live for one thing. It’s definitely a reaction to see electronic shows where it’s just someone on a laptop or a few devices. DFA has a pretty high standard of live acts, like with Hercules and Love Affair, Hot Chip, LCD Sound System. I feel like we’re the most dance of all those things, so it’s attempt to play live dance music basically. The only thing that’s sequenced is the baseline and we all play around that.

KB: In making this album, what were the influences? Everyone knows that there’s the connection with Human League, but for example the first track “The Simple Life” sounds like Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”.

JM: Yeah that’s actually what it was. It’s kind of funny, whenever I first write up a song I usually give it the name that I was ripping off and that was originally called “I Feel Love”, Georgio Moroder was on the production for that song so he’s a big influence. Others include New Order, Grace Jones, Kraftwerk as they usually are. I had also just gotten back into listening to ‘90s piano house; there are a lot of house elements as well.

KB: What kind of experience or emotions do you want fans to take away from listening the album from start to finish?

JM: Well, we tried to make it so there was a narrative arch to it, on loosely this relationship between the two people and I still sequence albums in terms of vinyl. So we made it so that the other side of side 1 kinda ends on a positive uplifting note with the song “Tonight” and the other side of side 2 ends on a positive note with “Happy House”. Each side is meant to tell a story of a relationship between two people which more often than not is going wrong on this record.

[laughter]

But we definitely wanted to have more transcendent moments especially with those two songs.

KB: Was that intentional? Making things go wrong as you said.

JM: Well what was intentional was that Nancy and I decided that we were going to write very honestly and sincerely about our personal lives basically. Doing duets, it naturally became this thing that we went to instantly which was like this back and forth telling the two sides of relationships gone wrong. I think a lot of it came out of how our lives had been for the past 5 – 6 years and us playing in live bands and touring. That lifestyle doesn’t lend itself to relationships really. It felt like a document of the past 5 years for the both of us.

KB: Okay so one last thing before we end this interview. Not sure if you’ve ever played this game or heard of it. It’s called “Marry, Fuck, Kill”

[laughter]

Basically I’m going to show you three pictures and you have to pick whether you marry, fuck or kill that person. To make things interesting, because this is the first stop in Canada, we’re playing an all Canadian edition.

[laughter]

JM: Jesus I love her (pointing to picture of Elisha Cuthbert), she’s on 24. I’m not sure who she is (pointing to Emmanuelle Chriqui).

KB:…yeah and the final girl is Scarlett Johansson.

JM: JESUS, what is that picture.

[laughter]

JM: Wait do I have to assign one tag to each girl? Oh man.

KB: Base it purely on looks.

JM: hmm…Marry Scarlett Johansson, Fuck Elisha Cuthbert and Kill Emmanuelle Chriqui….but this Scarlett Johansson picture, where is this from do you know?

KB: I actually have no clue. I just downloaded off of the internet before I came here, but you are welcome to keep that picture if you want.

[laughter]

JM: Thanks!

The Juan MacLean “One Day”

Thanks to Voules Random, I came across one half of Trompe Le Monde, Mikey Mmmuscles aka Mike B.  In support of his Canadian West Coast tour, Mikey Mmmuscles created the TTTOUR MMMIX filled with Parisian House, Aussie synth pop and DFA favorites to name a few genres.  Basically something for everyone.  Enjoy this week’s Mixtape Monday and indulge in the download link and tracklisting below (for you individual track hypem mp3 hunter and gatherers).

On a side note, Vega’s track – ‘No Reasons’ is effin amazing.  Has Texas been the missing link for phenomenal Northern American electropop?  Aside from GhostHustler and Vega, are there any other hidden gems in the Lone Star state?

Download the TTTOUR MMMIX here.

Tracklist:
Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
Get Famous! – Slip Away
Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane Remix ft. Au Revoir Simone)
Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (Aeroplane ‘Italia 84? Remix)
Holy Ghost! – Hold On (Mock & Toof Remix)
WhoMadeWho – Out The Door (In Flagranti Remix)
Groove Armada – Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix)
Oldfolks Home – I Hate Dell (Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees Remix)
Damn Arms – Destination Pt. II
Daft Punk – Around The World
Vega – No Reasons
Animal Collective – My Girls (Gigamesh Remix)
The Juan MacLean – Happy House
Sneaky Sound System – I Love It (Fred Falke Remix)
Linus Loves – Prom Night
WhoMadeWho – The Plot (Muzzle Flash Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco – I Got This Down (Night Facilities Remix)
The Gossip – Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks (Fred Falke Remix)
Cut Copy – Far Away (Damn Arms Remix)
Passion Pit – The Reeling (Calvin Harris Remix)
Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance (Chromeo Remix)
Hot Chip – Touch Too Much (Fake Blood Remix)
The Juan MacLean – One Day (Surkin Remix)
San Serac & The Tranzistors – Zanadu (Tyler “fetch” Fedchuk Remix)
Santogold ft. Spank Rock – Shove It (Grandtheft Remix)
Friendly Fires – Jump In The Pool (Thin White Duke Remix)
Sneaky Sound System – It’s Not My Problem (Thin White Duke Remix)
Bat For Lashes – Daniel (Death Metal Disco Remix)
French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night

First off, many apologies for not having a stream associated with this post. I’ve spent nearly my entire day trying to upload to Imeem and Fail Whaled.  But trust me, this is a mix you will want on your hard drive and eventually your ipod.  Too Much Love is a weekly Saturday indie dance party held at Minneapolis’s own First Avenue Night Club.  The below list of tracks contains many of the tracks in this mix executed by DJ Soviet Panda.  Unmentioned are releases by The Presets, Holy Ghost!, Rub N Tug, Beyonce, Jesse Rose, Gino Soccio, Serge Santiago, Depeche Mode, Heartbreak and Hot Chip.  Now the real question is how I found my way  to Soviet Panda?

Download the April mix here.

1. The Juan Maclean – One Day – DFA
2. Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (Aeroplane “Italo 84″ Remix) – Record Makers
3. Simian Mobile Disco – Synthesise (No Voodoo Version) – Wichita
4. Jackpot – Ragazza – Permanent Vacation
5. Den Haan – Release The Beast – Optimo Music
6. Morten Sorenson – Start Something – Tirk
7. Beyonce – Diva (WhateverWhatever Remix) – MP3
8. Depeche Mode – Wrong (D.I.M. vs. Boys Noize Remix) – Mute
9. Tiga – Shoes (Djedjotronic Remix) – PIAS
10. Junior Boys – Hazel (Ewan Pearson’s House Mix) – Domino

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Photograph by David Thai from Vancouver show

I arrived a bit close to 10pm and now regret missing out on Knightlife’s dj set along with Matt and Kim’s performance.  A brain fart lead me to believe 9:30 Club was opening at 9pm instead of 7pm.  But timing was just right as I arrived close to 10pm and after sorting out tickets with friends, we entered the venue.  Roughly around 10:10pm, Fred Falke’s remix of ‘Colours’ by Hot Chip was playing and alludes to Dan Whitford, Mitchell Dean Scott, Tim Hoey and Ben Browning heading up on stage to perform, better known as Cut Copy.

Being a complete n00b to music reviews, I thought it was a great idea to carry a printed excel spreadsheet of the tracks from In Ghost Colours.  Now I can only imagine how Dave feels lugging around a camera, a moleskin pad and getting stuck in a mosh pit as the end result of fantastic Aussie electropop.  Call it nervous preparation, but I’m just a stickler for playlists and being somewhat orderly.

The band commenced with ‘Hearts on Fire’.  If my memory serves me correct, they played that as an encore the last time around at 9:30.  By the time, the 4th single came on, Dan Whitford announced it would be a track from Bright Like Neon Love.  My nerd juices were overflowing with joy.  I was like “Guys, could it possibly be Autobahn Music Box?”  For those that haven’t heard this hidden gem off the debut album, please see this video.  My excitement lead to a bullseye guess.  Unfortunately, the crowd was not as ecstatic as I was.  Next up was ‘Sands of Time’, another hit that I secretively prayed that Cut Copy would perform.  “Sands of Time” was not released on either albums and much like ‘Autobahn Music Box’, receives a lot of playtime on mine and my homegirl SK’s iPod.  So it was a definite treat to hear a live rendition.

For one reason or another, the crowd this time didn’t have the same level of energy as seen at the Black Cat and the last Cut Copy show with the Presets.  That is until the Dan Whitford asked if DC  was ready to get our dance on.  From tracks 6 through 14 ending with “Lights and Music”, the crowd went pulled a 180 and everyone was getting into Cut Copy.  At one point, a patron was seen crowd surfing from center left nearing the stage.  So even with a less receptive crowd towards some songs, dare I say another 3peat victory for Cut Copy?  I’d think so as do the not so gentle 6′3 and above giants that blocked my homegirl’s and my view.  Many Thanks to 9:30 Club for hooking it up, and be sure to check out www.930.com for a list of all upcoming shows as well as keeping it locked to Killahbeez as we will continually have ticket giveaways in conjunction with the 9:30 Club.

On a different note, Cut Copy’s US tour will continue down South all the way to Miami’s Ultra Music Fest.  However, those that would rather avoid a massive like environment should head down to Rokbar for Onitsuka Tiger’s party which also features a Cut Copy as well as Presets dj set.

In an effort to find any remotely as phenomenal sounding as The Devil Made Me Do It mix, I came across this gem. Unfortunately, neither the outdated email in my inbox, nor Fairtilizer had a track listing, but expect goodies from Grovesnor and Friendly Fires. Having heard those two tracks near the 20 minute mark had me sold. Anyway, have a listen if Italo-disco is your flavor and download the mix here. And if for some reason, you haven’t heard of Little Boots before, check out Stuck on Repeat.

Source: Fairtilizer
Image Source: Little Boots

For this week’s Mixtape Monday, I found the above gem from Paul Tao’s site, Hate Something Beautiful.  The Devil Made Me Do It is a duo from United Kingdom that classify their work as “melodramatic pop music”.  The tracklist features fan favorites such as reworks of M.I.A., Madonna , Lykke Li and of course Hercules and Love Affair.  But what really caught my ears is Q Lazzarus’s hit, Goodbye Horses.  Some may instantly recall the song from The Silence of the Lambs.  Although I’m sure no one wants to recall the imagery when this track played in the movie Aside from that, the only other time I’ve heard Ms. Lazzarus’s track was from Mishka x Math Head’s “I Like Your Poetry, But I Hate Your Poems Volume 1.”

Listen to the stream above, be sold by the intro and download the mix here.

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1)Lykke Li- Dance Dance Dance
2)Annie- Me Plus One (Rory Phillips)
3)Kraftwerk- Home Computer
4)Joanna Newsom- The Book Of Right-On (Pocketknife)
5)Hercules And love Afair- Blind (Devil Mix)
6)Alan Braxe- Palladium
7)Old Skool Junk-Flamed Up
8)Stevie V- Money Talks
9)Talking Heads- Pyscho Killer
10)Marco Dos- Not On The Guest List
11)Lykke Li- Breaking Up (Familjen Mix)
12)Madonna- Like A Prayer (Devil Mix)
13)M.I.A- Buckley Done (Edit)
14)Dev 79- That Philly Raw
15)Grovesnor- Drive My Car (Hot Chip Dub)
16)Wire- Three Girl Rhumba (Mock N Toof Mix)
17)Dizzie Rascal- Fix Up Look Sharp (Edit)
18)Mehdi- Charlie Brown
19)Simian Mobile Disco- Its The Beat (Shit Robot Mix)
20)Q Lazzarus And Garvey- Goodbye Horses
21)Uffie- Hot Chick (Acapella)
22)The Black Ghosts- AnyWay You Choose To Give It (Playgroup)
23)The Glimmers- Lets Get physical
24)Free Blood- Never Hear Surf Music Again (Barfly)
25)The Rolling Stones- Play With Fire
26)Mujava- Township Funk
27)The Outfield- Your Love (Edit)
28)Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (OCD Automatic)
29)Kavinsky Interlude
30)30)The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s- Maps (Live)
31)The Who- Baba Oh Riley(Sebastian/Original)

When I saw this mix on Kidz By Colette, it was a no brainer dl. Kitsune Maison, Ed Banger and DFA and mixed by both Digitalism and Cajuan? The Hercules and Love Affair track also helped seal the deal. Listen to the mix below and dl it here. Also, a track listing is on the back side. Off topic, I’m curious as to why hasn’t SebastiAn given a name to his new track yet.

Via Kidz By Colette

Digitalism and Cajuan Guest Mix Tracklist :
1. Sebastian – Untitled – Ed Banger
2. Yuksek – Contact – UWE France
3. Digitalism – Jupiter Room (Planetary Lobby Version) – Kitsune
4. Bag Raiders – Nil by Mouth (reprise) – Bang Gang
5. Eclier – DISCO
6. Symbolone – Love Juice
7. Digitalism – Pogo (Digitalism Robotic Mix) – Kitsune
8. Decalicious – La Faviere 76 (Larz Chaptier Mix) – Kiso
9. Cut Copy – Lights and Music (Boys Noize Mix) – Modular
10. Digitalism – The Pulse (ISI Mix) – Kitsune
11. Jence – Rollin
12. The Whip – Trash (Crookers Mix) – Southern Fried
13. Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor (Jesse Rose Mix) – DFA
14. Alex Gopher – Aurora (Cajuan Mix) – Go 4 Music
15. Late Of The Pier – The Bears Are Coming (Metronomy Mix) – Moshi Moshi
16. Hercules and Love Affair – Blind (Hercules Club Remix) – DFA
17. Cazals – Life Is Boring (Ali Love Mix) – Kitsune

I discovered Hot Chip and CSS a whole year ago + change. The sound of both bands gave me a refreshing break from my usual fix of electronica with a blend of indie mixed in. Below is Fred Falke’s remix of Colours by Hot Chip from their recently released, “Made in the Dark” album. Give it a listen and think of sunny SOBE. On a side note, this single should have been on the sound track to Cashback.

I know it ain’t new years eve anymore.  But big ups to my boy, Christian who shared this mix with me today.  Listen below and dl here if you like Pase Rock, CSS, Hot Chip, Peter Bjorn and John.  Speaking of Peter Bjorn and John, around the last ten minutes of you this set you’ll hear some Portishead transitioning into banjo instruments of Young Folks.  Definitely worth the listen.