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.

Danse Contact, a company my homeboy and I started, are proud to announce our next party in conjunction with AOC. Yep, we’re throwing the OFFCIAL PHOENIX afterparty here in Vancouver. As many of you know Phoenix will be playing here in Vancouver on the 22nd with You Say Party! We Say Die! (Interview dropping this weekend) to kick off the Olymiad Cultural festivities. The band will be in attendance, so ladies, try to keep your panties on. We got the fabulous Trevor Risk and Zeeaa playin on the 1’s and 2’s. Cover is maaaad cheap so there’s no excuse, $6.00. Tons of drink specials going down as well, so let’s show these dudes a great time.

Location:
The Metropole aka The Met
320 Abbott St.

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A Night Out With Cut Copy (2006) | Interview with Cut Copy

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Tracklist:
Overlanders – “Love Is Strange”
ELO – “Meant To Be”
Cut Copy – “Autobahn Music Box”
Metroarea – “Honey Circuit” (Drums)
Mito – “Droid”
The Cars – “Let’s Go”
Suicide – “Sweetheart”
Daft Punk – “Fresh”
Out Hud – “It’s For You”
Blackstrobe – “Fitting Together”
Cut Copy – “Going Nowhere” (Sebastian Remix Drums)
Poni Hoax – “Budapest”
Colder – “To The Music”
Tom Vek – “If You Want”
The Police – “The World Is Running Down”
Tiga – “You Gonna Want Me”" (12″ Dance Mix)
Digitalism – “Zdarlight”
The Woodentops – “Everyday Living” (Adrian Sherwood Mix)
Zongamin – “Bongo Song”
Telex – “Moscow Disco” (Carl Craig Dub)
Munk – “Disco Clown”
New Young Pony Club – “Ice Cream”
Black Box – “Ride On Time” (12″ Dance Edit)
Franz Ferdinand – “Do You Want To” (Erol’s Glam Racket Mix)
The MFA – “The Difference It Makes” (Superpitcher Mix)
New Order – “Temptation” (Edit)
LCD Soundsystem – “Tribulations” (Lindstrom Dub)
Giorgio Moroder – “From Here To Eternity”
Digitalism – “Jupiter Room”
Tom Vek – “I Ain’t Saying Goodbyes” (Phones Mix)
David Bowie – “This Is Not America”
Phoenix – “If I Ever Feel Better”
Cut Copy – “Going Nowhere” (Whitey Remix)
The Pixies – “Where Is My Mind?”

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)

Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past year, when you hear the name “Classixx”, sounds of some really great fuckin’ tunes enter your mind. When I personally hear a Classixx remix, it automatically transports me back to when the weather was nice and cruising around town on my bike, or dancing my sweaty ass off at a club. Whatever the case may be, the duo, Tyler Blake and Michael David, really turned it up this year and had everyone talking about their remixes. These remixes included the likes of Phoenix, Holy Ghost!, Major Lazer, YACHT and Ladyhawke to name a few, one after another, they just didn’t disappoint.

Killahbeez: Start off with the name, you two were previously called “Young Americans”, why the name change and how’d you two arrive on “Classixx”?

Michael: We were sued by a dancing choir called Young Americans based in Orange County. Tyler came up with the name Classixx, we wanted a name that wasn’t associated with anything in particular.

Killahbeez: How did you two initially meet and then decide to team up together and make music?

Michael: Tyler and I met in 6th grade. After high school we lived on separate sides of the country and kept in touch over the internet. We both ended up in Los Angeles and wanted to start a music project. We’d always been into electronic music, but dance music was pretty foreign to us. Before long we caught onto things like DFA, their records sounded so good to us.

Killahbeez: What are your backgrounds in music, were either of you trained or took lessons on any instruments and such?

Michael: Ya, we both took music lessons as kids. I’ve been playing guitar from childhood, and started programming synths and playing on Reason at 15. The same goes for Tyler, but he started on piano.

Killahbeez: This Summer easily, for me listening wise, was defined as a “Classixx” Summer. First Classixx had the single “I’ll Get You”, followed by remixes for Phoenix, Holy Ghost, Major Lazer, and YACHT. All of these were bangers and easily quintessential jams. Before the summer did you two have an idea that it was going to be as great as it turned out to be?

Michael: That’s nice of you to say. We didn’t know our sound would catch on this summer, but we did work tirelessly at it.

Killahbeez: For a few of the remixes above could you two give a breakdown on what inspired the final product?

Michael: For the Phoenix mix, we wanted to put the song into half-time. It was dragging, but finally I found a jumping synth rhythm that seemed to keep a stone groove. The rest was pretty simple

The Major Lazer one was fun because it has a slide guitar, and we got to use the sound seagulls that we had sampled.

Killahbeez: What about influence on your overall group sound, what bands, past or present, influence you two when you’re in the studio?

Michael: In the studio we’re constantly referencing music. It always depends, this summer we felt a strong Quincy Jones influence.

Killahbeez: You’ve released a few singles and a bunch of remixes now. Are there plans on getting a full album together?

Michael: Our schedule has made a full album difficult, but we are working on a number of original tunes. A full album would be nice to complete.

Killahbeez: What do you guys use when you make your music? Do you use analog or virtual synths? Software?

Michael: Everything. Lately, it has been pretty live and analog. We use Pro Tools specifically, it’s been that way for years.

Killahbeez: So what’s next for Classixx?

Michael: The next few months will be a lot of work in the studio.

Killahbeez: Any advice or words to fans or up-and-coming producers / DJs?

Michael: Just to work as hard as you can. I’d also say to practice a lot before you introduce yourself to the internet.

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The Twelves Essential Mix

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Track listing:

Fever Ray – Seven (The Twelves Remix)
The Rapture – Sister Saviour (DFA dub)
Phoenix – Fences (accapella)
Cerrone – Look for Love
Kraftwerk – Music Non Stop (vocoder)
Daft Punk – Da Funk
Glass Candy – Last Night I Met a Costume
LCD Soundsystem – Nike Run (excerpt)
Yelle – Ce Jeu (The Twelves Remix)
Chemical Brothers – Music-Response
Mr. Oizo – Two Takes It
D Train – You’re the One for Me
Metric – Help I’m Alive (The Twelves Remix)
Roger Sanchez – Computabank
Chilly – For Your Love
Dynasty – I Don’t Wanna be a Freak
Radiohead – Reckoner (The Twelves Remix)
Siriusmo – Last Dear
Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream (accapella)
Zeigeist – Humanitarianism (The Twelves Remix)
Eddie Tour – Up the Glitter
Gaz Nevada – IC Love Affair
Phoenix – Lisztomania (accapella)
Groove Armada – Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix)
Methusalem – Robotism
Gossip – Standind in the Way of Control (accapella)
Chromatics – I Want Your Love (The Twelves Remix)
Laid Back – White Horse
Metronomy – Radio Ladio
Sparks – Tryouts for the Human Race
M.I.A. – Boyz (The Twelves Remix)
Daft Punk – Voyager
Indeep – Last Night a DJ Saved my Life (accapella)
The Virgins – Rich Girls (The Twelves Remix)
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (The Twelves Remix)
In Flagranti – Just Gazing
Alan Parsons Project – Be Like You (The Twelves Remix)
B.W.H. – Stop
Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats
Karen O & The Kids – All is Love (The Twelves Remix)
Fleet Foxes – Mykonos (The Twelves Remix)
Patrick Alavi – Power
Michael Jackson – Thriller (Instrumental)
Justice – Stress (siren)
Kano – Ahjia
Mr. Oizo – Gay Dentists
Donna Summer – I Feel Love
Cerrone – Give Me Love
Mr. Oizo – Hun
Chic – Everybody Dance
Coldcut – Timber
Basement Jaxx – Rendez-Vous
Les Rhythmes Digitales – From Disco to Disco
Alex Gopher – Motorcycle
Nirvana – All Apologies (The Twelves Remix)
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
The Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers
Scenario Rock – Skitzo Dancer (Justice Remix)
Daft Punk – Aerodynamic
Boyz Noize – Arcade Robot
Basement Jaxx – Good Luck (accapella)
The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (The Twelves Remix)
The Twelves – Nightvision (Daft Punk)
La Roux – In For The Kill (The Twelves Remix)

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Classixx “I’ll Get You” Gigamesh Remix
The Soft Pack “Fences” Phoenix Cover
The Little Death “Why My Baby”

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The end of the year is near, so you know everyone and they mamas be putting together a top 10, 15, 20, 25 albums of 2009. We took it upon ourselves to put together a top 10 albums of 2009, but we’ve also asked some of our friends to break us off with they’re lists as well. So who do we have this year? Ohhhh a not so small band called METRIC! The band collectively worked together and put together a fantastic list as did some of other guests such as one of Canada’s best DJ Pump, Keys N Krates member Flowinsky, our homie Jeff from Booooooom, Tristan from Winniecooper.net and a whole host of other cats you’ll have to scroll down to see. A huge thanks for all our friends that came through and hit us off with their lists, I know for a fact all these folks are busy as hell, so much appreciated.

Now onto the lists. We could’ve had honorable mentions, mine would’ve been Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban linx 2, La Roux and a couple of others, but we wanted to get to the core, what the hell did our writers and friends listen to throughout the year that kept them hitting repeat. And with that we present you the top 10 albums of 2009. Let the controversy begin.

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Phoenix Live Acoustic Set

Its been a good minute since I’ve last visited Neonized Magazine.  Recently, they have dropped their 8th mixtape featuring Radiocontrol.  I don’t anything about the cat, but he starts things right with an Eminem inspired intro.  In fact, if you weren’t familiar with anything on the playlist, at least you know the intro is a sure sign of bangers to come.  Enjoy the mix.  And afterwards if you’re wondering if the tracklisting is missing a few titles here and there like miike snow’s ‘animal’, stardust’s ‘music sounds better with you’ or mstrkrft’s ‘bounce’, you’re absolutely correct.  Not sure why Radiocontrol omitted them from the tracklist, but the above mentioned tracks along with others were snuck in with perfection.

Like what you heard?  Download Neonized 8 – Radiocontrol here.

Tracklist
01 Intro (feat Eminem & others)
02 Duck Sauce – aNYway
03 His Majesty Andre – Pete Thong
04 Phonat – Set me free (Louis La Roche mix)
05 Scott Grooves – Mothership Reconection (Daft Punk mix)
06 Rex the Dog – Bubbilicious (Congo Rock mix)
07 Boys Noize – Jeffer (Para One mix)
08 B Rich – Make me dance (Noise Up mix)
09 Felix da Housecat – Elvi$
10 Sidechains – Can’t love you babe
11 Phoenix – Liztomania (Der Die Das mix, Radiocontrol edit)
12 Hidden Cat – Get with it
13 Major Lazer – Pon de floor
14 Sidney Samson – Riverside
15 Rusko – Cockney Thug (Caspa mix)
16 Radiocontrol – Bulls on Blood (”booty = culo” bootleg edit)
17 Fake Blood – The Dozens

Can’t believe this month is already over, it felt like we just posted Volume 2 of Boner Jams. Well, we’ve put together another killer mix. I know we always say that the last mix is the best, well, I’m gonna say it again, I really dig this one, the sound direction on this one is a bit harder and has more blips throughout. This one I spent some time editing a lot of these tracks and such. The amount of downloads on the first two mixes have been pretty overwhelming and to say the least, kinda surprising, but we love that you all are loving it.

For those new to the series. We compile some of the more popular downloads from the Afternoon Jams segment here on Killahbeez and present that in the form of a mix.

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

Download: Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 3 | Click on link, it will re-direct you.

Yelle “Ce Jeu” The Twelves Remix
Passion Pit “Little Secrets” Hey Champ Remix
Dragonette “Easy” Buffetlibre Remix
Felix Da Housecat “Ready 2 Wear” U-Tern’s Evening Wear Edit
Metric “Help I’m Alive” 80Kidz Remix
The Juan MacLean “One Day” Grandtheft 12” Extended Dub
Vampire Weekend “The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance” Miike Snow Remix
The xx “Shelter” Death to the Throne Remix
VHS or Beta “Feel It When You Know” LA Riots Remix
Amanda Blank “Shame on Me” Viking Remix
Plastiscines “Barcelona” Lifelike Remix
Sia “You’ve Changed”
Fan Death “Reunited”
YACHT “Psychic City” Classixx Remix – Fabio Pop Dancefloor Rework
Phoenix “Fences” Def Starr Remix

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Phoenix “Fences” Neo Tokyo Remix
La Roux “Quicksand” Alex Metric Remix

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Phoenix “Armistice” YACHT Remix
Chromeo “Night by Night” Siriusmo Remix
Boys Noize “Jeffer” Dexpistols Remix

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Phoenix “Lisztomania” Alex Metric Remix
Midnight Juggernauts “This New Technology” Emperor Machine Remix

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Bag Raiders Mini-Mix

Tracklist:
1. The Eternals – Wrath Of Zeus
2. Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night
3. Vernon Butch – Get Up
4. Royksopp – Happy Up Here (Breakbot Remix)
5. Beni – Fringe Element
6. DJ Swoosh – Swoosh
7. Solo – Congaloid (Minimow Remix)
8. Felix da Housecat – Like Something For Porno
9. DJ Swoosh – Swoosh (Swooshapella)
10. Classixx – I’ll Get You feat. Jeppe
11. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars (Kris Menace Remix)
12. The C90s – 10:01 DM
13. Kid Sister – Right Hand Hi (Kingdom Remix)
14. DJ Swoosh – The Swoosherman (reprise)
15. Nicholas – Goldelectric
16. DJ Swoosh – Swoosh (Mr Swooshy’s Nothing But Net Re-rub)
17. Phoenix – Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)

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Shazam “Hello Cat”
Phoenix “Love Like a Sunset” Animal Collective Remix

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Ladyhawke “Magic” Classixx Remix | Our interview with Classixx is coming soon!
Phoenix “Rome” Neighbors Remix ft. Devendra Banhart
Florence and The Machine “You Got The Love” The xx Remix

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The Twelves “The Twelfth Hour” Mix

Tracklist:

Methusalem – Robotism
Groove Armada – Drop the tough (The Twelves remix)
Glass Candy – Miss Broadway
Daft Punk – Da Funk
Dj Agent 86 – Wavestate
Gossip – Standing in the way of control
Gaz Nevada – I-c love affair
Phoenix – Lisztomania
Arpadys – Mystery Rock (Vlad Maywad edit)
The Do – On my shoulders
Zoot Woman – Information First
the jacksons – shake your body
mr oizo – two takes it
bushy – sqezy soul
zeigeist – humanitarianism (the twelves remix)
snoop dogg – sensual seduction
juan maclean – no time
dj agent 86 – magic
k.i.d. – hupendi musiki
franz ferdinand – ulysses
siriusmo – discoding
dan hartman – vertigo / relight my fire
air – sexy boy
fever ray – seven (the twelves remix)
pacific – hot lips (the twelves remix)
patrick alavi – power
dynasty – i dont wanna be a freak
metronomy – radio ladio
siriusmo – last dear
empire of the sun – walking on a dream
elitechnique – spectral escape
the virgins – rich girls
black kids – …dance with you (the twelves remake)
the juan maclean – happy house
m.i.a. – boyz
cut copy – so haunted
space – magic fly
pnau – with you forever
eddie tour – up the glitter
mr. oizo – hun
cerrone – give me love
mr. oizo – steroids (ft. uffie)
tiga – shoes
kano – it’s a war
daft punk – revolution 909
radiohead – scatterbrain (the twelves remix)
terry poison – comme ci comme ça (the twelves remix)
sebastien tellier – sexual sportswear
chemical brothers – it doesn’t matter
database vs. french horn rebellion – beaches and friends (the twelves remix)

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Wolfmother “New Moon Rising” YACHT Remix
Phoenix “Fences” Friendly Fires Remix
Zero 7 “Medicine Man” Noob Remix

I’ve mentioned the Buffet Libre DJ’s before, but have yet to feature any of their mixtapes.  Here is a more recent mix, Pour Les Enfants Du Mond.  Hailing from Barcelona, The Buffet Libre DJ’s are Marc Constanti and Miguel Sanchez.  With a full tour schedule, these dudes keep busy.  But yet, keep their site healthy with remixes, mixtapes and funny enough recipes found on their blog, “Continental Breakfast.”  Food analogies aside, listen to the mix below and download the mix here.

Tracklisting:
1. Sintonia Buffetlibre
2. Andreas Dorau – Girls In Love
3. Ladytron – Playgirl
4. Mirwais – Naive Song
5. Jay Jay Johanson – On The Radio
6. Ginger Ale – Happy House
7. Fangoria – Electricistas
8. Monosurroud – I Warmed You Baby
9. Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better (Buffalo Bunch Remix)
10. Barcelona – Studio Hair Gel
11. Annie – The Greatest Hit (Röyksopp Remix)
12. Radio 4 – Dance To The Undergroud
13. The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers
14. Console – 14 Zero Zero
15. Chucho – Magic
16. La Casa Azul – Cerca De Shibuya
17. Urban Cookie Collective – Feels Like Heaven
18. The Juan Maclean – Give Me Every Little Thing (Cajmere Remix)
19. Whitey – Leave Them All Behind
20. Saint Etienne – Shower Scene
21. John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air (Extended Mix)
22. Cassius – Feelings for you (Les Rythmes Digitales Remix)
23. Basement Jaxx – Bingo Bango
24. Etienne De Crécy – Prix Choc
25. Zoot Woman – It’s Automatic
26. Le Hammond Inferno – Move Your Mp3
27. Betty Boo – Doin’ The Do
28. MacNamara – Mi Correo Electronico Oh!
29. Justice vs. Simian – We Are Your Friends
30. ABBA – S.O.S.